Rapid eye movement sleep disorder is also termed as REM. It occurs as a result of incomplete or absent paralysis that occurs during sleep. It is this paralysis that lets the person to act out with the dream. These include yelling, jumping from bed, grabbing, sitting, talking, arm flailing and punching.

An acute cause of Rapid Eye Movement sleep disorder is due to the withdrawal of alcohol, drug use etc. It is confined to men usually and is seen in people from the middle aged to higher. The exact cause of REM is not yet found as it might be due to various diseases like Parkinson’s etc.

The symptoms include violent, self injury, injury to others dream enacting behaviors etc. These violent emotions may awaken the person from dream and sometimes he himself could recall the dream and recognize the event. It should be treated at the proper time when the violent behaviors seem to be unusual.