Ever Wondered Why People Do Sleepwalk ?

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From centuries till date, Sleepwalk is always seen as a laughing issue with the patients. We heard many tales of sleepwalking from our parents to grandparents which would be very funny and interesting at. But it is seemed to be normal as long as it is harmless. We find many cases where sleepwalk is found very harmful from sexually abusing, mudering, robbing etc.

Sleepwalk is actually termed as ‘Somnambulism’. Here people just wake up suddenly and do some activities which aren't found in their memory. People are unaware of their situation in that state and just can't even remember the incident they have done during this walk. Infact,there are many cases where people get involved as said in robbering, killing, driving long distances alone etc.

This is often considered to be normal but in some cases this is proved very very harmful for both, the patient and people around them. Following this, a person from Tornoto drove 20 Km away to his mother-in-law and killed her assaulting his father-in-law. In fact, he loved them very much and unknowingly killed them without his memory. So, we can estimate the heights of activities done with these patients. Also a man from Wisconsin, working as a electrician walked out his home on his underwear with a 20 Celsius temperature out and was found dead the next morning with hypothermia. They aren't only for humans but many animals are also seen sleepwalking with same issues of not remembering the incident.

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Sleepwalking can be cured with a little caring and observance. This is generally found in people suffering with heavy stress and people having less sleep within their schedule. They also must be stopped from consuming heavy alcohol along with cutting down the caffeine intake. If needed they also must be consulting a physician or a psychiatrist otherwise they may be driving so far that they may even forget the way to come back ;) . Check out this video where a dog sleepwalks :D .