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Meet Jess the 3 Year Old Sleepwalker

Brian Yalung — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:59:53 +0000

Sleepwalking is normally expected from adults but for a 3 year old? Well she is from Britain and she has been the subject of a documentary. This sleepwalking problem has been plaguing the family for 2 years and Jess has been living a practical double life. During the day she is like any jolly little girl but at night she goes into a trance acting out elaborate scenes and is unable or unwilling to communicate.

No one knows if she’s awake or asleep. And while these things may seem fascinating, her health is at risk. Sleep is still essential for brain development and of course her young age. To this day, there has been no cure and the specialists seem to be left speechless.

(Source) Mirror

Sleepwalking Claims Life in Germany Tragedy

Brian Yalung — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:43:23 +0000

Sleepwalking was never thought of as dangerous. But if you live in a condominium or an apartment at a high floor level, you can just imagine how it can be dangerous. With the death of this 18 year old who climbed out of the window while sleepwalking, perhaps addressing sleepwalking disorders should now be taken more seriously.

An 18-year-old sleepwalker who climbed out of his bedroom window while asleep died of his injuries after falling seven storeys

His family, who had worried for years about his disorder, called emergency services at 5 a.m. Tuesday to their apartment block in the southern German city of Ulm after finding the youth seriously injured on the ground.

Sleepwalking or somnambulism is a condition where people, most often children and teenagers, leave their beds and move around with their eyes open while in a sleep-like state.

(Source) Hindusan Times

Images of Sleepwalking

Brian Yalung — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:10:59 +0000

We all hear that sleepwalking is as rare as we can see it. While this video is not entirely about the actual footage of a normal sleepwalker, nothing comes close to illustrating it properly.

Sleepwalking woman had sex with strangers

Brian Yalung — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:35:45 +0000

Here’s a story of a woman who had sex with strangers while sleepwalking. If that was the Google girl, we wouldn’t regret being the strangers.

Sleep medicine experts have successfully treated a rare case of a woman having sex with strangers while sleepwalking.

The behaviour had disrupted the lives of the woman and her partner. At night while asleep, the middle-aged sleepwalker – who lives in Australia and cannot be identified for reasons of confidentiality – left her house and had sexual intercourse with strangers. The behaviour continued for several months and the woman had no memory of her nocturnal activities.

Circumstantial evidence, such as condoms found scattered around the house, alerted the couple to the problem. On one occasion, her partner awoke to find her missing, went searching for her and found her engaged in the sex act.

via newscientiststtech

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