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As many as one in a thousand adults may binge eat in their sleep, according to an article in the New York Times.
More than 10 percent of adults suffer from a class of conditions known as parasomnia, or sleep disorders, the article notes. In addition to the more commonly known behaviors such as sleepwalking, parasomnia may also include violence, sexual behavior or other waking behaviors such as driving. In 1 percent of cases, it involves sleep eating.
Most sleep eaters are women, while most of those who engage in violence while sleeping are men. Yet frightening, bizarre or even dangerous as these behaviors may be, psychologists insist that they do not necessarily betray mental instability.
"Those who exhibit violence during sleep, or scream, or swear, or masturbate, or eat frozen ravioli, or wander into the hallway in their underwear while asleep generally have no more of a psychological disorder than those who sleep peacefully every night," writes Carlos H. Schenck of the University of Minnesota in his book Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems and the Solutions.
Some researchers believe, however, that sleep eating is more common among those who suffer from waking eating disorders.
In cases of sleep eating, sufferers rise from their beds while still sleeping and "make a beeline for the kitchen," said John W. Winkelman, medical director of the Sleep Health Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Brighton, Mass. They tend to binge on sugary and high-calorie foods, and may also put together odd food combinations such as peanut butter and pasta. Sometimes they even eat inedible or dangerous substances, such as paper or nail polish.
A sleep eater may rise to binge as many as five times a night, Winkelman said.
In addition to being embarrassing or frightening, sleep eating can also be dangerous. Sufferers have been known to cut themselves on knives, walk into obstacles or even damage their teeth by chewing on frozen foods.
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根據《紐約時代報》的一篇報導指出，每 1,000 名成人即有 1 名可能會在睡眠中出現暴食的行為。
報導內容表示，超過 10% 的成人都有異睡症 (Parasomnia)，又稱睡眠障礙。異睡症的症狀除了比較為人所熟知的夢遊之外，可能還包括暴力行為、性行為或是駕駛交通工具等清醒時才會做的行為。其中 1% 還會有睡吃症狀。
睡(shui)吃(chi)症(zheng)患(huan)者(zhe)大(da)部(bu)分(fen)是(shi)女(nv)性(xing)，而(er)在(zai)睡(shui)眠(mian)中(zhong)會(hui)有(you)暴(bao)力(li)行(xing)為(wei)的(de)則(ze)以(yi)男(nan)性(xing)居(ju)多(duo)。盡(jin)管(guan)這(zhe)些(xie)行(xing)為(wei)異(yi)常(chang)地(di)嚇(xia)人(ren)或(huo)甚(shen)至(zhi)具(ju)有(you)危(wei)險(xian)性(xing)，心(xin)理(li)學(xue)家(jia)仍(reng)然(ran)堅(jian)稱(cheng)這(zhe)並(bing)不(bu)一(yi)定(ding)是(shi)心(xin)理(li)不(bu)穩(wen)定(ding)的(de)現(xian)象(xiang)。
「會在睡眠中出現暴力行為、尖叫、咒罵、自慰、食用冷凍水餃或是穿著睡衣在走廊上遊走的人，並不會比每晚都安穩入睡的人有更多的心理障礙問題」，明尼蘇達大學的卡洛斯宣克在他的著作《Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems and the Solutions》(睡眠問題之謎的解決之道) 中寫道。
但是有些研究人員認為，清醒時患有飲食失調症狀的人較常有睡吃症。
睡shui吃chi症zheng患huan者zhe會hui在zai睡shui眠mian中zhong下xia床chuang並bing快kuai速su走zou向xiang廚chu房fang，馬ma薩sa諸zhu塞sai布bu萊lai頓dun布bu裏li根gen婦fu女nv醫yi院yuan睡shui眠mian健jian康kang中zhong心xin的de指zhi導dao醫yi師shi，約yue翰han溫wen克ke曼man說shuo到dao。患huan者zhe會hui大da量liang地di食shi用yong含han有you糖tang分fen及ji高gao熱re量liang的de食shi物wu，或huo是shi將jiang食shi物wu以yi奇qi怪guai的de組zu合he搭da配pei，如ru花hua生sheng醬jiang及ji意yi大da利li麵mian等deng。他ta們men有you時shi候hou甚shen至zhi會hui把ba不bu能neng吃chi的de或huo是shi危wei險xian的de物wu品pin也ye吃chi下xia肚du，如ru紙zhi張zhang及ji指zhi甲jia油you等deng。
睡吃症患者每晚最多會下床暴食達 5 次之多，溫克曼表示。
除了尷尬及嚇人之外，睡吃症也很危險。目前已知會有患者拿刀割傷自己、行走時撞傷或因為咀嚼冷凍食物而使牙齒受傷等。
