Somniloquy, somniloquy or sleepy speech is a parasomnia referred to when speaking aloud during sleep. It can be quite strong, ranging from simple sounds to long speeches, and occurring one or several times during sleep. The listeners can understand, or not, what the sleeping person is saying.
Sleeping talking usually occurs during a transient awakening of non-MOR / REM sleep. It may also occur during REM / REM sleep, in which case it represents a sleep speech motor translation (the words spoken in the dream are pronounced out loud). The somnílocuo is not aware of his own vocalization and his discourse does not relate between the real and the unreal.
Sleeping talking is very common and is reported in 50% of young children, most of them over puberty, although it may persist into adulthood (about 5% of adults speak asleep). >
In small ones, sleeping speech is related to daily experiences and emotions and generally tends to a common sense; however, in adults, the experiences are in a greater amount and the emotions much stronger, this produces that when disconnect the brain in the process of rest the change is much stronger and you lose consciousness and your relationship with the unconscious and in turn, the real of the unreal is meaningless. Talking asleep on its own is harmless and content should be taken lightly, but it can awaken others and cause consternation, especially when it is confused by conscious speech by an observer (meaningless things that are not related each). If the content of the speech is dramatic, emotional or aggressive can be a sign of another sleep disorder, persisting, can be improved with the help of a professional. Causes
It is something more common than is believed, but since we are not aware of what we are saying and as we do not remember what we said, the questions about whether we mention something embarrassing or something that should not be mentioned, are very recurrent Especially because there are those who maintain that it is possible that in our nocturnal discourse some of the subconscious desires are revealed. Research has shown that it is generally not something interesting, but rather, mostly, they are meaningless speeches and with a short duration of 1 to 2 seconds. However, it is a fascinating act if we consider the ways in which it develops.
Note that it is not a disease, it is very common among children, but if the person has somniloquias frequently, it may be due to one of these causes, or a symptom of them:
It should not necessarily be because of these causes, it can be completely normal even if the person has very frequent or infrequent somniloquies.
It has also been observed that periods of great stress, anxiety, alcohol consumption and fever can cause or exacerbate this phenomenon. In addition, it can occur when the person sleeps in an unfamiliar environment. If you have somniloquias ...
8.4% of people with somniloquias have frequently had or will have sleepwalking at least once in their lifetime. Other phenomena of sleep
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