AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Narcolepsy is a disorder of rapid onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), frequent uncontrollable sleep attacks as well as sleep fragmentation and can be associated with cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations.

Detailed explanation-2: -People with narcolepsy frequently enter REM sleep rapidly, within 15 minutes of falling asleep. Also, the muscle weakness or dream activity of REM sleep can occur during wakefulness or be absent during sleep. This helps explain some symptoms of narcolepsy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. Narcolepsy is a nervous system problem that causes extreme sleepiness and attacks of daytime sleep.

Detailed explanation-4: -INTRODUCTION-Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream-enactment behaviors that emerge during a loss of REM sleep atonia. RBD dream enactment ranges in severity from benign hand gestures to violent thrashing, punching, and kicking.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rarely, people who have narcolepsy may experience cataplexy, which is a sudden loss of muscle tone leading to weakness and loss of voluntary control over the muscles. It can occur with strong emotions such as laughter, fear, stress, anger, or excitement.