Parasomnias

There are many different stages of a person's life. A very important stage is your basic education. However, In most school systems students are given a specific schedule. Students wake up early in the mornings and often start their classes tired. Although it may allow students to get more sleep, classes should not start later in the day. First, students would not be able to adapt to the new schedule. Schools carrying extracurricular activity programs would be forced to change their entire schedules

Homeostasis is defined as a state of equilibrium in which our body’s systems work together to create an internal balance. Our bodies aim to keep everything at a constant condition or within a normal range. Homeostasis is required in all organisms in order for them to live. Homeostasis in our bodies is possible because the human body has sensors called receptors that monitor everything from temperature to blood pressure. These receptors look out for stimuli and sends the information found to control

Psychological Effect of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Ever wondered how it feels to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)? PTSD has a psychological effect on anyone who has been through a traumatic event. The psychological effects include, anxiety, depression, and sleeping disorder. First of all, anxiety is one of the psychological effect of PTSD. “Anxiety is a feeling of worry because of something that has happened or could happen” (Anxiety). Those who suffer from PTSD struggle with

Night terrors affect many children in their early years. Unfortunately, it is a topic that is not addressed as a key cause of behavior and educational challenges throughout education. This first journal that is titled, Just a Scary Dream? A Brief Review of Sleep Terrors, Nightmares, and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder, helps describe what night terrors really are. According to Haupt, M., Sheldon, S., and Loghmanee, D., “Sleep terrors typically occur in the first half of the night and

Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorders Diagnostic Criteria and Features Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorders (NREM sleep arousal disorders) has six diagnostic criteria. The first criterion requires individuals to present recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, that includes sleepwalking or sleep terrors. The second criteria require individuals to present no or little dream imagery that is remembered. The next two criteria require individuals to present amnesia for

Guy de Maupassant wrote “The Horla” which is considered one of the greatest fantastical short stories of all time. Filled with amazing descriptions of the protagonist’s strange plight with the arrival of the Horla, this story was thought by many to be the key to understanding Maupassant and his own madness. This story was released twice, originally in October 26, 1886 and then an edited version in 1887. This second version was longer and contained more details using a journal format, however “interestingly

Yet, there is no law in existence that provides a set of determined actions for when someone commits a crime or acts out in an aggressive way while asleep. Therefore, parasomnias that result in illegal activity - specifically violence - create a grey area within the justice system: should those who commit crimes and/or violence while sleepwalking be persecuted for their actions? In the legal case of Mr. A, he was not found

Clinical Overview Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, BCECT (also called rolandic epilepsy, RE), is an idiopathic focal epilepsy of childhood and its underlying structural causes and possible genetic aetiology are unknown. It is the most common epilepsy syndrome in childhood and accounts for 15%—24% of all paediatric epilepsy cases between 5 and 14 years of age, and there is a male predominance. The prevalence of BCECT is estimated to be about 2% in children and it is four times

Andrew Coogan, Alison Baird, Aurel Popa-Wagner and Johannes Thome are the authors of the article, “Circadian rhythms and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The what, the when and the why.” They stated that the main features of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is impulsivity, inattention and hyperactivity. However, they also discussed those children that have trouble sleeping could also be a result for most of the symptoms for the Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

I guess we should start with what is a nightmare. Nightmare is a frightening or unpleasant dream. Nightmares that occur frequently are a parasomnia (or a disorder characterized by abnormal or unusual behavior of the nervous system during sleep) dream state event, in which visual sequences unfold that often depict imagery or situations that are particularly disturbing or frightening to the individual experiencing them, and may often come from fears in their own subconscious. When does a nightmare