There is an ancient belief that sleepwalkers should not be woken up. It is believed that everything can end very badly for someone who walks in their sleep.
But, as science reports, approximately one in five children wanders in their sleep, and almost half of the world's population has shown signs of sleepwalking at least once in their lives.
But what happens if you wake up someone who walks in their sleep at night?
Causes of sleepwalking
Today it has been established that sleepwalking affects people in the deep sleep phase.
The sleepwalker's brain remains active enough to walk in his sleep. However, he cannot yet wake up in this state.
In studies of the brains of patients prone to sleepwalking, it was found that some areas of the brain are awake at this moment, while others are asleep.
It seems that it is this difference that prompts the sleeper to get up and walk around.
How Sleepwalkers Walk
Certainly not with his arms stretched out forward, but his gaze is often frozen and “unseeing.”
It is extremely difficult to attract the attention of a sleepwalker, because he can move around the house in the dark, from memory.
Is it possible to wake up?
Science knows of cases where sleepwalkers left their homes and even drove away in such a state while driving a car. But these are isolated cases in history.
It has been established that these people sleep very soundly. A person may not even react to someone trying to wake him up.
But science definitely does not recommend waking up. If you do manage to do this, the person, upon waking up, may experience severe stress due to disorientation in space.
Rumours that a sleepwalker will have a heart attack or fall into a coma upon waking up are exaggerated.
How to do it right
Observe your relatives. Usually attacks occur at a certain time.
Experts recommend waking up 10-15 minutes before an attack is likely to begin.
If the moment is missed, then the sleepwalker must be stopped in time and carefully put to bed, after which he will fall asleep and in the morning will not remember what happened.
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