Night terrors, tackling the unknown. Stacy is a happy child. She loves playing with her dog, and at times she just wants to lie down and do nothing. It is during one of those times when she was lying down that she gave her mother the scare of her life. Stacy had just finished having […]
Nobody ate your ice cream, you simply did it all by yourself, in your sleep! According to the National Sleep Foundation, sleepwalking is a behaviour disorder that occurs during deep sleep and can result in the person performing different activities. This disorder is more common in children than adults, but if you are sleep deprived, […]
Why are you gasping for air? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder where breathing is interrupted during sleep. This can take place repeatedly where breathing is paused for a few seconds and then resumed. This happens when the back throat muscles fail to open up the airway. What Could Happen With Sleep Apnea […]
When your legs just won’t stop. Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease, is an uncomfortable sensation in the legs whereby there is an irresistible urge to keep moving your feet. And these urges know precisely when to occur; when you are resting or inactive, for instance when you have been sitting down […]
Study shows that patients with DLB have reduced sleep efficiency and RBD. REM in sleep medicine stands for Rapid Eye Movement. REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a disorder that is characterised by abnormal muscle tone, which results in a troublesome release. The release can be an enactment of, particularly unpleasant, altered, and hostile dreams. […]
Sometimes just knowing the body knows how to sleep is the most reassuring thing. Recovering from insomnia is never a quick, easy, and linear process. The disorder is unique for everyone, with each insomniac encountering their own personal version of the disorder defined by their lifestyle, their environment, and sometimes, their own internal enemies. The […]
There is a close connection between trauma and the development of sleep disorders. Trauma comes in all different shapes and sizes and is much more common than one might believe. According to one statistic from the National Center for PTSD, roughly 60% of men and 50% of women will experience at least one traumatic event […]
Dreams have the potential to reveal ourselves to ourselves. Many people believe dreams are random sequences of images that just give us a recount of familiar people and situations from the previous day, but dreams carry important messages for those that dig into its meaningful content. What Are Dreams? We spend about a quarter of […]
What are the various causes and effects of sleep disorders? Nearly everyone will suffer from some sort of sleep-related disturbance at some point their life. A third of Australians report having insufficient sleep and studies show children today sleep 75 minutes less than they did 100 years ago. Those with sleep disorders may have trouble […]
Recent studies shed light on how sleep deprivation affects brain structure and function. Even if we don’t suffer from a sleep disorder, sleep is often the first thing that gets cut back to make room on our schedules. However, the consequences of lack of sleep on the brain are serious and far-ranging. This is especially […]