8. P is for Parasomnias

Lorien invites Katharine to sleepwalk this way through an exploration of the disorders that can make people talk, walk, and maybe even murder (?) other people in their sleep.  Sources: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sleep/nighttime-sleep-behaviors/confusional-arousals.html https://www.sleepfoundation.org/stages-of-sleep https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleepwalking https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleepwalking/symptoms-causes/syc-20353506 https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119 https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sleepwalking-detective-who-convicted-himself-of-a-murder-e1f882f213f1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/ https://www.addictioncenter.com/sleeping-pills/ambien/ https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/does-ambien-cause-sleepwalking-what-about-sleep-driving/' https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/04/lets-put-ambien-sleepwalking-myth-sleep-13154 https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-ambien#2 https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-sleepwalking-went-from-a-spiritual-oddity-to-a-medical-issue-94a25c118495 https://livesofsleep.com/2021/04/12/sleepwalkers-witches-troubled-souls-and-sleep-murders/ https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119 https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=dclj https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ3QAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484&lpg=PA484&dq=Colonel+Culpepper+shooting+someone+in+sleep&source=bl&ots=0VAKa6bsRP&sig=ACfU3U2o7qk45pohjK2tQgZLcO90N5kMtg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeqf_P9rH8AhXXmWoFHQIKDgEQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=Colonel Culpepper shooting someone in sleep&f=false https://medium.com/snipette/murder-or-mistake-da9088976ebc https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/10/27/man-acquitted-of-sleepwalking-murder-running-for-school-trustee-in-durham/ https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-police-detective-who-caught-himself-7b7bcda1caf2 https://twitter.com/lolrakshak/status/1481180222896885760?lang=en