Despite continuing to sleep, the sleepwalker (or night owl) shows limited responsiveness to their surroundings. People experiencing a sleepwalking episode may get out of bed, sit down, walk, or exhibit other complex movements or behaviors such as sorting clothes. without being aware of it.
During the episode of sleepwalking, it is not advisable to try to wake up the subject, but it is important to avoid getting hurt by removing him from dangerous situations and objects. Sleepwalking can, in fact, cause injury if the individual loses his balance or enters colliding with other objects.
can be classified according to the part of the sleep cycle during which they occur: sleepwalking occurs during non-REM sleep (NREM), usually in stage 3 of the sleep cycle, also known as deep sleep.
In practice, sleepwalking episodes normally occur when a person is in a deep sleep phase and partially awakens, in a way that triggers an activity or behavior by staying mostly asleep. Various factors influence the likelihood of it occurring. this kind of partial awakening.
