Sleep-walking takes place out of deep sleep and is characterised by amnesia and difficulty in waking the afflicted. It is not regarded as pathological, but a sleep-walker can accidentally harm themselves or others. It is not harmful to try to awaken the sleeper and it is not surprising if it takes many minutes for them to come to their senses. They can if possible be guided back to their bed to sleep. Sleepwalkers usually do not remember their perambulations.
Individuals eat little or no food in the morning but consume increasing quantities in the evening.
Food intake during the night is associated with insomnia. In contrast, binge-eating disorder involves the large consumption of food in one sitting with a subjective sense of loss of control. Whilst there is a debate whether night eating disorders are eating disorders or sleep disorders it has become clear that investigating the sleep characteristics is worthwhile. No specific web sites have been set up. This directory lists most of the useful sleep sites on the web.