What Causes Sleepwalking and How Does It Happen?

[Wild Angel]

How is one able to sleepwalk and enact a dream without even knowing it? I have already sleepwalked , sleep studied (amazing huh? i got an 'A' for that paper) and sleep eaten.My parents saw me & let the episode pass and I cannot recall even a moment.

 

[jim mcnamara]

You do not remember your dreams, always.

More importantly, it is possible for you to get into physical danger sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is considered a disorder:
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleepwalking-causes

 

[Evo]

My ex-husband used to cook while sleepwalking. His mother would find him in the kitchen frying eggs and he'd be asleep. It can be a very dangerous condition.

 

[DaveC426913]

How is one able to sleepwalk and enact a dream without even knowing it? I have already sleepwalked , sleep studied (amazing huh? i got an 'A' for that paper) and sleep eaten.My parents saw me & let the episode pass and I cannot recall even a moment.

The states of consciousness and unconsciousness are not on/off. Nor is memory storage and recall.

When sleepwalking, parts of your brain are perceiving and acting (even on knowledge, such as 'where is the door'). Not remembering can merely be a matter of short-circuting the memory-storage mechanism.

We're so used to everything in our brains working tickety-boo we forget that it's pretty kludgy.

 

[Wild Angel]

This week I found out that my uncle was a sleepwalker.:zzz: