The 18th of November, my friend Mandy and I did an oral presentation about nightmares, some meanings, the sleepwalking and the sleeptalking. I had to evaluate myself, but I’m not sure about how I did it. I think that the slides were cool, the information was interesting and the content was OK too. But maybe I was so anxious because I used to do the presentations with the “medium” class last year, in which the people aren’t very good at English, and this year we are all together the higher level with the medium and that’s very weird for me, I don’t like, I feel stupid, so it makes me feel anxious and “hyperactive” I really can’t be still. And finally my pronunciation, I think it's normal.
Friday 2 December 2016
WHAT'S A SLEEPWALKING?
Sleepwalking or somnambulism is a behavior disorder that originates during deep sleep and results in walking or performing other complex behaviors while asleep. The sleepwalking includes not only walking in your sleep, they sit up in bed and look around, leave the house and drive long distances… A common misconception that a sleepwalker should not be awakened, but it can be dangerous not to wake a sleepwalker.
The prevalence of sleepwalking are between 1% and 15%. It’s common in adulthood, but it isn’t associated with any psychological problem. It can be possible with a sleep deprivation, sedative agents, febrile illnesses, certain medications…
Sleepwalkers are more common in children, between three to seven years old. It can be provocated for bedwetting, sleep terrors, sleep apnea…
- SYMPTOMS:
A sleepwalking can have some symptoms like: sleep talking, no memory of the event, difficulty arousing during an episode, inappropriate behavior such as urinating in closets (more common in children), screaming and violence. THE MEANING OF SOME NIGHTMARES
- Natural catastrophes
Maybe you had dreamed about tsunamis, tornados, volcanoes… Natural catastrophes. The scientist relate that with a feeling of anxiety and fear. You are insignificant in front of the enormous powers of nature.
- Being trapped
These nightmares are common in people suffering from claustrophobia, because they have an incredible fear of being locked in small places. However, these nightmares can also be experienced by people fearing their inability to break away from current bad situations (like annoying relationship or dead end job).
- Teeth dropping
These nightmare aren’t so frequent. Some people describe it as a profoundly anxious. The person starts feeling their teeth dropping suddenly from their mouth. This nightmare has been linked to profoundly personal worries about other people’s judgments on his physical appearance.
- Being Naked
Maybe you dream about being naked. Psychologists argue these dreams are symptoms of an inner fear of what other people might believe or say about us, normally about our physical appearance. It’s more common in kids.
- Missing important events
It’s a very common dream about missing important events, as our own wedding. These dreams represent the fears and anxieties that we feel in important events, an expectation on us. We have the fear of missing that, so we dream about it.
- Not able to talk or move
When you can’t scream or talk in a dream that means that you are in an impotence and unfair mood. You try and try, but nobody can hear you, that means that you had some communication problems too.
If you dream about not being able to run or your body doesn’t react, that means that you have some self-esteem problems and you are very insecure.
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