Sleepwalking Occurs During Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep with Few Dreams

Sleepwalking is more common in childhood, with approximately 1% to 6% of children experiencing occasional episodes. If children who have experienced sleepwalking only once are included, the prevalence of sleepwalking is about 25%.

In general, sleepwalking in children is not considered a serious problem. In contrast, sleepwalking in adults is much less common and is considered a pathological behavior.

Sleepwalking is often a fascinating topic of discussion. People are intrigued by sleepwalking phenomena and have developed several noticeable biases towards it. It is commonly believed that sleepwalkers stumble around like blind people, but in reality, their eyes are partially or fully open, and their walking posture is similar to when they are awake.

People also believe that sleepwalkers have incredible courage and engage in thrilling and terrifying actions. However, sleepwalkers rarely perform actions beyond the usual routine, and they rarely exhibit aggressive behavior during sleepwalking episodes.

Of course, sleepwalkers may occasionally fall or injure themselves due to distractibility.

There is another bias that suggests one should not wake up a sleepwalker randomly because it might frighten them.

In reality, sleepwalkers are difficult to awaken, and even if they are awakened, they do not go crazy but rather feel confused and disoriented.

Some people believe that sleepwalking is simply a part of dreaming. However, psychologists have observed that sleepwalking often occurs during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, which is characterized by a low frequency of dreaming.