Night terrors are characterized by bouts of screaming, thrashing and panicking in one's sleep. They can be caused by lack of sleep stress, or PTSD.

It’s more than a sex dream. Sexsomnia, or sleep sex, is a rare but real sleep disorder that causes people to engage in sexual behaviors including dirty talk, masturbating and sex all while asleep. The ...

(CNN) — A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to force his wife to have sex in the middle of the night but has no memory of his actions when he wakes up. (CNN) — A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to ...

Disrupted sleep is the fuel that keeps the fire of chronic pain roaring. Dreams, sometimes of the frightening variety, can keep us from a sound sleep. But there are other terrors lurking in the dark ...

“I wake up and look around the room, but I hallucinate and see a shadow figure of a man,” says 28-year-old Ali Strick. “The man will either stand in the corner or at the foot of my bed for a while.

A drug that currently treats excessive daytime sleepiness due to narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea could be repurposed to relieve debilitating symptoms of attention deficit hyperactive disorder ...