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Defining Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking is known as somnambulism. It's classified as an abnormal behavior during sleep that's disruptive.
The handbook for mental health professionals, the DSM-IV, defines sleepwalking by the following criteria:
- You leave your bed while sleeping.
- Others find it difficult to wake you during an episode of sleepwalking.
- You can't remember what happened while you were sleepwalking.
- When you do wake up from an episode, you're confused.
- You don't suffer from dementia or another physical disorder.
- It impairs your work or social life.
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