Imagine going to sleep and waking up able to speak a foreign language. Or knowing all the facts for your upcoming history examination…unfortunately, despite the promises of some advertisements, it just isn’t going to happen. Research over several decades has proven that you can’t learn new information while you sleep. Or has it? A new [...] Read more »
Are you losing precious sleep…worrying about losing sleep? You may start dreading bedtime as you predict you won’t be able to fall asleep for hours or that you’ll wake up at 4 a.m., as usual, and not be able to fall back asleep. If so, you could be one of the 30% of the adult [...] Read more »
We all dream at night, although many of us aren’t able to remember our dreams. If you have ever had a nightmare where you were petrified or a dream that was so pleasant you wish you never woke up, you may have thought to yourself that it would be useful to have been able to [...] Read more »
Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is also known as Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD); it is a circadian rhythm (internal sleep clock) sleep disorder in which a person’s sleep pattern is delayed 2 or more hours from a ‘normal’ sleep pattern (sleep at night, wake in the morning) causing you to sleep later and wake [...] Read more »
Why do people sleepwalk? Sleepwalking can be defined as someone exhibiting a complex behaviour whilst asleep. It is basically a sleep disorder: the person goes to bed as normal, but instead of staying tucked up under their duvet all night long like the rest of the family, they get up and do all kinds of [...] Read more »
Parasomnia is a term that covers a wide range of sleep disorders ranging from bed wetting to night terrors, and although such problems are commonly associated with children, they can also affect adults, so what are the parasomnia treatment options for adults and children? The treatment for parasomnias will depend on the exact nature of [...] Read more »