Sleepwalking (somnambulism) is quite common but why do people do it? Is waking up a sleepwalking person bad for them? Let's find out! Watch more: Why Do We Forget Our Dreams? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCrxPVr4jg Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LifeNogginStudios Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Click here to see more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Life Noggin Team: Animation by Steven Lawson Director/Voice: http://lifenogg.in/patgraziosi Executive Producer: http://lifenogg.in/IanDokie Director of Marketing: http://lifenogg.in/JaredOban Writer: http://lifenogg.in/KayleeYuhas Sources: http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/FactSheets/SleepwalkingTalking.pdf https://web.mst.edu/~psyworld/sleep_stages.htm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/18844566_The_frequency_of_sleep-talking_in_the_laboratory_among_chronic_sleep-talkers_and_good_dream_recallers http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/sleepwalking2.htm http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-some-people-sleepwalk/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-of-sleepwalking-97626685/?no-ist http://psychcentral.com/lib/stages-of-sleep/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711131030.htm