# @yahoolifestyle on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxvVuUhM6N1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12302809-yahoolifestyle-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e73efe0997.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-09-28T14:58:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Yahoo Life (@yahoolifestyle) — https://gondola.cc/yahoolifestyle

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Less than 5% of the population are affected by parasomnias, disruptive sleep disorders that can include night terrors, sleepwalking, and sleep-related eating disorders. ⁠
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“One of the characteristics of non-REM parasomnias is that there’s amnesia for the event in the morning, so they usually don’t remember what happened,” says an expert. From playing musical instruments to eating last night’s leftover pizza, these non-REM #sleepdisorders can range in terms of how disruptive they are to one’s life.⁠
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Interestingly, some researchers believe myths about supernatural creatures may actually be related to these disorders.⁠
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According to Dr. Rafael Pelayo, professor of sleep medicine at Stanford University,  sometimes people would blame ghosts when they woke up to furniture being rearranged in their room — when in reality, they did it while sleepwalking. ⁠
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“Tales of things like werewolves are thought to be descriptions of people who are sleepwalking because when you’re sleepwalking you don’t feel pain the same way — they have altered pain sensations.” ⁠
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So, what causes #parasomnias and how can they be treated? Link in bio for more info. ⁠
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✏️: Yahoo Life⁠
📷: Getty

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sleepdisorders, parasomnias

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