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 Like every field of life, sleep has it's phenomena - parasomnias. They are extremely rare, nevertheless they occur. Some are benign, others can be harmful, depending on your surroundings and your mental state. The most common ones are: sleepwalking (and its different variations), sleep terrors, sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome.      Sleepwalking, as the name inclines, is a phenomenon ralated to unconscious walking. This parasomnia doesn't harm its victim directly - as long as there are no objects which we can hurt ourselves with. If we know that we are vulnerable to sleepwalking its advised that we hide sharp objects, lock our doors and hide our keys. Two of more common sleepwalking variations is sleep-eating disorder and RBD. The first one makes it so that the victim eats while sleepwalking and the latter makes it so that one acts out their current dream.      Sleep Terrors are a variation of nightmares, though they lack the visual aspect ...

 Sleep disorders are conditions that influence the quality and amount of sleep that you get. Everyone can have problems falling asleep once in a while but sleep disorders tend to stretch for long periods of time. Usually as result, even though you’ve slept a healthy, recommended amount of time, you can experience weariness and fatigue. There are around 80 different types of sleep disorders but most common types are insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy. Insomnia prevents you from falling asleep, sleep apnea influences your breathing patterns while in slumber, restless legs syndrome is a type of sleep movement disorder, and narcolepsy makes you fall asleep during the day due to extreme exhaustion. Such conditions aren’t rare to find. Around 70 million people in the US suffer from such disorders. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleep-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354018