causes of sleepwalking

Sleepwalking (somnambulism) is not a very popular issue yet we all heard about it. Sleepwalking is when a person gets out of his or her bed walk here and there, and do some activities, while still in a sleeping state and while their eyes are open.

Unlike what you see in the movies in which a person walks while being sleep with her arms extended horizontally. But the real sleep walking is with the arms by the sides without any pose. Sleep walking people don’t remember a thing after they wake up, and they have no idea about When, where and what they did at that time. Sleepwalking is an issue that consists in the individual getting up and doing an action while still asleep.

Causes of sleepwalking

Psychological disorders: panic attack and anxiety can lead to sleepwalking

Disease: fever, nighttime asthma, obstructive sleep apnea (breathings is disrupted during sleep)

Alcohol consumption and the use of some drugs (alcohol induced sleepwalking)

Though this is not a harmful issue, but it may lead to accidents and really necessary to know the reason behind it to resolve it.

The psychologist may solve this issue by adopting preventive measures and change any leading habits that might caused this issue and the use of hypnosis and anti depressant. As we said earlier the  problem is not in sleepwalking in self but it is in what can lead to, and it may lead to bad things. Sometimes sleepwalking is accompanied with aggresive behaviors that can harm the sleepwalking individual or any one close to him/her.

Almost all the adult sleepwalkers, sleepwalked as children.

What sleepwalking people can do including alcohol induced sleepwalking

Just talk

Shout

Drive a car

Do any sexual behavior (in this case sleepwalking called sleepsex or somnambulistic sexual behavior).

Eat (Sleep-eating)

Or anything that you do in your dialy life.

Playing piano

Literally, they can do any thing

How long does it last also alcohol induced sleepwalking?

From a few minutes to half an hour