Listen "8. P is for Parasomnias "
Episode Synopsis
Lorien invites Katharine to sleepwalk this way through an exploration of the disorders that can make people talk, walk, and maybe even murder (?) other people in their sleep.
Sources:
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sleep/nighttime-sleep-behaviors/confusional-arousals.html
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/stages-of-sleep
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleepwalking
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleepwalking/symptoms-causes/syc-20353506
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sleepwalking-detective-who-convicted-himself-of-a-murder-e1f882f213f1
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/
https://www.addictioncenter.com/sleeping-pills/ambien/
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/does-ambien-cause-sleepwalking-what-about-sleep-driving/'
https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/04/lets-put-ambien-sleepwalking-myth-sleep-13154
https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-ambien#2
https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-sleepwalking-went-from-a-spiritual-oddity-to-a-medical-issue-94a25c118495
https://livesofsleep.com/2021/04/12/sleepwalkers-witches-troubled-souls-and-sleep-murders/
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=dclj
https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ3QAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484&lpg=PA484&dq=Colonel+Culpepper+shooting+someone+in+sleep&source=bl&ots=0VAKa6bsRP&sig=ACfU3U2o7qk45pohjK2tQgZLcO90N5kMtg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeqf_P9rH8AhXXmWoFHQIKDgEQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=Colonel Culpepper shooting someone in sleep&f=false
https://medium.com/snipette/murder-or-mistake-da9088976ebc
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/10/27/man-acquitted-of-sleepwalking-murder-running-for-school-trustee-in-durham/
https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-police-detective-who-caught-himself-7b7bcda1caf2
https://twitter.com/lolrakshak/status/1481180222896885760?lang=en
Sources:
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sleep/nighttime-sleep-behaviors/confusional-arousals.html
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/stages-of-sleep
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleepwalking
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleepwalking/symptoms-causes/syc-20353506
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sleepwalking-detective-who-convicted-himself-of-a-murder-e1f882f213f1
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/
https://www.addictioncenter.com/sleeping-pills/ambien/
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/does-ambien-cause-sleepwalking-what-about-sleep-driving/'
https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/04/lets-put-ambien-sleepwalking-myth-sleep-13154
https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-ambien#2
https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-sleepwalking-went-from-a-spiritual-oddity-to-a-medical-issue-94a25c118495
https://livesofsleep.com/2021/04/12/sleepwalkers-witches-troubled-souls-and-sleep-murders/
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=dclj
https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ3QAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484&lpg=PA484&dq=Colonel+Culpepper+shooting+someone+in+sleep&source=bl&ots=0VAKa6bsRP&sig=ACfU3U2o7qk45pohjK2tQgZLcO90N5kMtg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeqf_P9rH8AhXXmWoFHQIKDgEQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=Colonel Culpepper shooting someone in sleep&f=false
https://medium.com/snipette/murder-or-mistake-da9088976ebc
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/10/27/man-acquitted-of-sleepwalking-murder-running-for-school-trustee-in-durham/
https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-police-detective-who-caught-himself-7b7bcda1caf2
https://twitter.com/lolrakshak/status/1481180222896885760?lang=en
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