somnambulation
Walking while asleep
Somnambulation is sleepwalking—the act of walking or performing other activities while asleep.
The term is formal or clinical, appearing in medical contexts: The patient's somnambulation episodes increased during periods of stress.
Sleepwalking is far more common in everyday speech.
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
- noctambulismWalking during sleep
- sleep disorderCondition disrupting normal rest
- night terrorsFrightening partial-arousal episodes
- sleep talkingSpeaking during slumber
sleep study · neurological · sleep medicine · episodes · recurrent · chronic
Room for sleeping
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- darknessTotal absence of light
- pajamasSleepwear set
nightgown · barefoot · midnight · nocturnal · slumber · sleep · pillow · blanket
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- automaticOperating without intervention
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
dissociated · fugue · autopilot · insensible · oblivious · zombie-like · glassy-eyed · absent
Traveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- ambulatingMoving on foot
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- risingAct of ascending
sitting up · navigating · pacing · climbing · exiting · dressing · eating · urinating
Hazy and fantastical
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
haunting · uncanny · Lady Macbeth · gothic · mysterious · eerie · phantasmal · otherworldly
parasomnia
Abnormal behavior while sleeping
- noctambulismWalking during sleep
- sleep disorderCondition disrupting normal rest
- night terrorsFrightening partial-arousal episodes
sleep talking · sleep study · neurological · sleep medicine · episodes · recurrent · chronic
bedroom
Room for sleeping
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- darknessTotal absence of light
pajamas · nightgown · barefoot · midnight · nocturnal · slumber · sleep · pillow · blanket · quiet
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- automaticOperating without intervention
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
amnesia · dissociated · fugue · autopilot · insensible · oblivious · zombie-like · glassy-eyed · absent · unreachable
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- ambulatingMoving on foot
- walkingLocomotion on foot
rising · sitting up · navigating · pacing · climbing · exiting · dressing · eating · urinating · automatism
dreamlike
Hazy and fantastical
spectral · haunting · uncanny · Lady Macbeth · gothic · mysterious · eerie · phantasmal · otherworldly · hypnotic
injury
Physical or psychological harm
window · traffic · accident · hazard · drowning · self-harm · bruises · cuts · fractures · unsafe
somnambulationinsomnia
Persistent inability to rest
wakefulness · sleeplessness · sleep paralysis · alertness · vigilance
somnambulationmindful walking
Deliberate, aware locomotion practice