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Sleeping Braxism is the third-most common sleep disorder, but many people have never heard of it. In fact, if you suffer from sleep braxism, you might not even realise it.

Recently, many magazines have been running stories about sleep sex – also called sexsomnia. The titles allude to saucy episodes and outrageous claims, but the reality may be much more difficult.

One of the most misunderstood sleep disorders, people suffering from narcolepsy experience overwhelming desires to sleep during the day. It can be a dangerous condition, because the narcoleptic might fall asleep while driving or operating a potentially dangerous machine.

Around 40% of men and 25% of women snore regularly during sleep. Snoring is caused by blockages or pressure on your airway and results in a raspy, gasping or snorting sound when you breathe during sleep. Snoring can have serious consequences – like collapsed airway, or interrupted sleep.

Do you struggle to get out of bed in the morning? Do you feel tired and slow all morning, even if you got a good sleep the night before? Maybe you're not a morning person, but it could be you have a sleep phase disorder.

Did you know that 8 out of 10 blind people suffer from some kind of sleep disorder? It's true. Totally blind people (those who cannot perceive light), and many other groups of vision impaired people such as those with achromotopsia (complete color-blindness) and photophobia (extreme light sensitivity) often experience problems falling or staying asleep.

There's nothing better than a peaceful night's sleep. Unfortunately, for some people, getting a good sleep can seem next to impossible. While most people will suffer from common sleep disorders like insomnia at least once in their lives, some unfortunates live with rare sleep disorders that interrupt their lives.

Sleep experts estimate every person will experience a sleep disorder at some point in their life. Sleep disorders occur regularly over long periods, or they can be intermittent, occurring maybe once or twice over a person's life, or at random, unpredictable intervals. Sleep disorders usually occur as part of a range of symptoms of an outside stress – whether that's illness, stress from work or family life, grief, or an irregular work schedule.

Experts estimate every person will suffer from a sleep disorder at some point in their life. For most people, this will be insomnia brought on by stress or grief, or disorders associated with shift work. Most common sleep disorders can be cured by lifestyle changers or taking herbal sleeping pills.

If your partner tells you you're keeping them awake with a loud grinding noise, and your dentist notices strange wear patterns on your teeth, you might be suffering from sleep bruxism.