Pretty much anything! I speak as a person who sleepwalked down a long corridor that we don't have in our house and woke up mid somersault as I fell down the stairs (broken bone in hand and broken little finger knuckle - I was lucky!). My brother has also seriously injured himself whilst sleepwalking. Ultimately, it depends on the dream you are having as to what you do while you sleepwalk. If you dream you are fighting then you'll fight anything in your sleep, if you dream there is a corridor where there is really a flight of stairs then you'll step off the top and tumble down...
Stress, alcoholic drugs, and sleep deprivation.
No. During the human sleep cycle in stage 3 and 4 sleep we enter what is known as Cataplexy ( Temporary paralysis of the bodies muscles) so we cannot move, or act out our dreams. There are rare exceptions to this of course... The sleep disorder Somnambulism ( AKA Sleep walking), in which people experience episodes of sleepwalking or performing actions in their sleep. Boys are more apt to have Somnambulism. 25% of all Children sleepwalk.
The deepest stage of sleep is REM or Rapid Eye Movement.
There is alpha or stage one sleep, theta or stage two sleep, delta or statge 3 sleep, and alpha with REM (stage 4 sleep).
You return to stage 3, then stage 2 (delta sleep) before going to REM sleep (stage 5).
You return to stage 3, then stage 2 (delta sleep) before going to REM sleep (stage 5).
No, a person who is botherd while sleep walking will not die. They my have a mental episode but will not die
You return to stage 3, then stage 2 (delta sleep) before going to REM sleep (stage 5).
Stage 1 Sleep
45% of women in the United Sates are more likely to sleep walk that men. Most sleep walkera ser under the of 13. Paris Tate
Yes they do. People with Sleep Apnea often have a decrease in stage REM therefore they may not dream as often. REM sleep is often considered our dream stage. It is also our restorative sleep. Just because you don't remember your dreams doesn't mean that you did not dream. If you wake during REM stage you will remember what you were just dreaming. If you do not wake during REM but wake in a different stage of sleep (example stage 3) then you probably won't remember having a dream.
3,4. Both stages are now combined and are just called stage 3, SWS ( slow wave sleep) or deep sleep. Stage 3 is the deepest stage.