ecting his anger towards anyone else (Caldwell 121). A night terror is also an example of a partial arousal disorder. When a night terror occurs an individual may wake up sit straight up in bed and scream cry or shriek (Dement 518). A person who experiences night terrors may seem awake but is actually very unaware of what they had just done. Another example of sleep stage transition disorder is nocturnal leg cramps (Dement 518). Nocturnal leg cramps may happen spontaneously and in the calf. Leg cramps are very common in pregnant women. When I was pregnant I would wake up with shooting pain in my legs. Another example is sleep talking (Dement 518). Sleep talking is a fairly harmless disorder even though it may sound angry or full of emotion. My moms husband often talks in his sleep. She will hear his and try to spark up a conversation. Another example is sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (Dement 521). This occurs when an infant unexplainably dies it his or her sleep. There are some links to SIDS such laying an infant on its stomach and RSV.Then there are medical problems that can cause sleep deprivation. Three examples of medical conditions that can cause sleep disorders are asthma, ulcers, and emphysema (Dement 522). Asthma attacks can occur while a person is sleeping or the asthmatic may wheeze all night making it difficult for them to get some rest (Dement 522). Ulcers cause severe pain that can keep a person up all night (Dement 522). Emphysema causes lung or bronchial problems that hinder lung function (Dement 522).Psychiatric disorders that can also be a cause for sleep deprivation are depression and claustrophobia (Dement 523). I have seen depressed people stay up all night just thinking and analyzing everything in their life. Some just dont want to sleep they are just want to be upset or they want to wallow in their misery. Claustrophobics will wake up when they feel they maybe trapped or they cant breath.Con...
