sleepwalkers
Unconscious midnight roamers
Sleepwalkers are people who walk or perform other activities while asleep, typically during deep sleep stages.
The condition, called somnambulism, ranges from sitting up in bed to leaving the house.
Figuratively, sleepwalkers are people who move through life unaware or disengaged: The sleepwalkers stumbled toward disaster without seeing the signs.
Walking during deep sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
arousal · diagnosis · neurologist · medication · triggers · amnesia · confusion · automatism
Traveling with no fixed course
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- eyes openWatchful and aware
- blank stareExpressionless, unfocused gaze
mumbling · disoriented · aimless · unresponsive · routine tasks · nighttime · awakening · memory gaps
State of owning
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- eerieDisturbingly strange
creepy · thriller · night terrors · gothic · sinister · victims · prey · lurking
Lacking any awareness
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- zombiesReanimated dead people
- automatonsSelf-operating mechanical devices
- massesBulk or populace
conformists · passive · mindless · indifferent · disconnected · disengaged · apathetic · herd mentality
somnambulism
Walking during deep sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
REM · arousal · diagnosis · neurologist · medication · triggers · amnesia · confusion · automatism · brainwaves
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- eyes openWatchful and aware
blank stare · mumbling · disoriented · aimless · unresponsive · routine tasks · nighttime · awakening · memory gaps · automatic
possession
State of owning
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
eerie · creepy · thriller · night terrors · gothic · sinister · victims · prey · lurking · shadows
oblivious
Lacking any awareness
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- zombiesReanimated dead people
- automatonsSelf-operating mechanical devices
masses · conformists · passive · mindless · indifferent · disconnected · disengaged · apathetic · herd mentality · complacent
- sleepnap, doze, slumber, naps, snooze
- walkerspedestrian, hiker, hikers, rambler, ramblers
- poor sleepersinsomniacs, narcoleptics, snorers
- night terrorsnightmares, bogeymen, ghosts, phantoms, specters
sleepwalkersactivists
People working for causes
watchdogs · sentinels · whistleblowers · truth-seekers · critical thinkers