Sleepwalking is an unsettling sleep disorder that could see you walking around your bedroom or even performing daytime tasks during the night, like eating, watching TV and other habits.

The condition is a type of parasomnia and it can bring other symptoms such as insomnia and daytime sleepiness, as well as alarming a partner.

So why do we sleepwalk — and can our lifestyle habits make it worse? In this feature, we speak to an expert and examine the latest research on the condition, exploring who is most likely to experience it and the common triggers that can set it off as well as how to stop.

What is sleep walking?

Sleepwalking, or somnambulism, is a sleep disorder that happens when someone gets up and moves around while still in a deep stage of non-REM (non–rapid eye movement) sleep.

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