What If Your Body Didn't Paralyze You During Sleep?

Our body is supposed to be paralyzed during REM sleep, but REM sleep behavior disorder might not allow you to stay in bed. It could even cause you to act out your dreams in real life.
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[RamzaBeoulves]

Thankfully my girlfriend doesn't move but she talks rather clearly during her sleep almost every night. It's funny at first and quite scary sometimes.
Sad thing is she's a workaholic even in her dream

[lyndsaybrown]

"Throwing punches at Voldemort" - those were real, man.

[sobertillnoon]

I wasn't paying attention when he mentioned what RBD stood for at the beginning. But instead of rewinding I just assumed it stood for Really Bad Dreaming until he said it again at the end

[TheBlindBaker]

Wow I've dealt with that on and off my whole life that's kind of scary definitely going to talk to my doctor

[DaveTexas]

I don’t know about "acting out" my dreams, but I was definitely a sleepwalker who would do things in my sleep. I’d wake up to find myself with a bowl of cereal in front of me, or I’d wake up on the downstairs sofa when I’d gone to bed upstairs. After I was found by a family member asleep in the back seat of the car — the whole family was searching for me — my parents installed locks that required a key to open from the inside so I couldn’t easily get outside while sleepwalking. Even now, decades later, I still occasionally wake up in a different room from the one in which I went to sleep. It still freaks me out every time, too.

[PepperoniMilkshake]

Having this while you're on that wet dreams stage of your life must be a sight to behold.

[RJTheHero]

I've been on antidepressants, clonazepam and melatonin at the same time.

Those were some of the wildest, weirdest and craziest vivid dreams of my life. It's almost lifelike at times.

[Twosocks]

I had issues with this before I started sleeping with a CPAP. I once dreamed that a Hell Hound was lunging at me and reached out to hold it off... and grabbed my then girlfriend (now wife) by the neck, surprising me and scaring her. Another time I dreamt I was in a fight and punched the pillow next to me multiple times. I was not a good sleep partner for that stretch, but once I started sleeping with a CPAP (treating sleep Apnea) it cleared up.

[andehehehe]

Wow, I have RBD, am 26 now and have had RBD since as early as 14, but didn't know that fact about developing neurodegenerative diseases, now I'm going to live perpetually in wait for my brain to get even more out of order.

[jackielinde]

Hank, when are you going to have an episode on why some people can remember their dreams and some don't. It's funny, because I not only remember my dreams a little bit after waking, I remember them in color. My daughter doesn't remember hers, and swears I'm nuts because the few she remembers are all black and white.

[itsjustbree]

Scishow: *teaches me interesting and potentially useful info about RBD*
My brain: "I wonder, if someone with RBD has a dog, what their dog thinks when they start acting out their dreams in the middle of the night."

[rachelk]

Oh, so this is what they consider it now? It seems to run in the family, but no one who had it developed neurological conditions. Growing up, this was a big thing with me. We found out, at least in my case, it dealt with my energy levels before bed. I was a very active teen.... and if I couldn’t completely exhaust myself before bed, there was a lot of movement. Punching and kicking was most common, but I slept walked a lot in high school.

When I stopped dancing competitively (at least 12 hours a week of intensive activity) and running track concurrently, the incidences dropped.

[jessicaparker]

I just made this video get it's 1000th view lol. Feels nice.

[deeplol]

0:32: "..Or throwing punches at Voldemort, ..."
🤣🤣🤣
I'm a Harry Potter fan, too, Sir.

[pcuser]

Pons/Medulla is your night firewall...

[therebel]

Yep me and my sister would beat the hell out of each other when we were kids in our sleep when we had to share a bed.

[TheDevler]

My dad has this disorder!! It's terrifying, sometimes. He and my mom haven't slept in the same room since the 90's because she would get hit or kicked as he acted out his dreams of fighting badguys. Fun Fact: turns out he also has early stage dementia, now. Diagnosed over 15 years after his sleep disorder kicked in.

[jayliu]

these videos are fascinating 🥰 thanks for sharing. he looks a bit like hank green from crash course biology videos

[michelleslifeonrepeat]

I’m at this point now. Waiting for my lab test results. I’m guessing I have this, and central sleep apnea. Since my oxygen drops down in the low 80s, and my husband wakes me up as I am swinging punches and crying out loud. I dream the down the pipeline genetics in my family line of dementia and possible Parkinson’s disease. I am making videos of my testing and journals of my health declines on YouTube. When I finally make my test results video, I will gladly share your channel and this video link as you nailed it graphically and on point. Great video.

[Master_Therion]

What if "being awake" is just a combination of sleepwalking and lucid dreaming?