About 72 percent of all Americans experience insomnia, but five specific sleeping disorders can make sufferers fearful of falling asleep. Sleep eaters snack without remembering. Sleep paralysis can cause people to feel they cannot move or as if they are dreaming while awake. This article describes these and other sleeping problems.
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