Speak in a dream? Means there are problems with health
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The team of researchers studied the state of people during sleep and concluded that 1/5 of the inhabitants of our planet are talking in a dream. Specialists noted that most often children talk in a dream, in most cases this condition does not require treatment, but sometimes it can be associated with the development of epilepsy.
Concerning adults talking in a dream, the scientists singled out 2 types - a clear speech, mainly in the shallow phase of sleep and a quiet incomprehensible muttering at the stage of the deep phase. But no matter how a person talks in a dream, this indicates an overabundance of emotions during the day.
Also in the study was mentioned somnambulism, which affects every fifth child between the ages of 8 to 12 years and 4% of the adult population of the planet. According to some reports, up to 30% of people during the life experienced at least one time of such an attack of somnambulism. Until now, scientists have not been able to establish what causes the attacks of sleepwalking, some experts associate this with mental abnormalities, others with genetics.
Experts point out that if one of the parents suffered from sleepwalking, the child's risk of developing the same disorder is increased by almost 50%. If both parents suffer from somnambulism, the likelihood of developing sleepwalking in a child rises by 60%.
During an attack of sleepwalking, a person can walk in a dream, take some kind of action, for example, do household chores and even drive and drive cars. There are even cases of murder during an attack of somnambulism, for the first time such cases are described in the 17th century, when one of the knights killed a friend in a dream, the last case was recorded in 2003, when a young man killed his own father to death.
But the most "harmless pranks" of sleepwalking is the replacement of light bulbs, smoking cigarettes, hide-and-seek in cupboards, filling cups with water, writing letters, etc., but people often talk in a dream.
Usually sleepwalkers do not remember what happened at night and that they generally got out of bed somewhere. But, according to scientists, all actions during the attack of somnambulism are accompanied by a clear logic, for example, a person starts to wash dishes, because he thinks that she is dirty or he sees that a fire has started and tries to extinguish it.
In some cases, sleepwalking occurs during a sleepwalking attack and up to 40% of sleepwalkers can be damaged at such times.
During puberty, up to 75% of young people may suffer from somnambulism, in some cases this disorder develops in response to nervous exhaustion of the body, stress, serious health problems. Also, scientists note that about half of sleepwalkers experience drowsiness during the day, their reaction is inhibited, which is due to the fact that the deep phase of sleep with somnambulism is abnormal. During the deep slow phase of sleep the body rests, but in lunatics this stage is divided into several short episodes with a duration of 3 to 10 seconds, with a nervous excitement, as a result, the body does not rest, and in the mornings and in the day a person feels tired and sleepy .
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