How are sleepwalkers still sleeping even though usually there eyes are completely open as if they are awake.

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How are sleepwalkers still sleeping even though usually there eyes are completely open as if they are awake.

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So, people have explained that sleepwalking is where your brain fails to paralyse your body while asleep.

But the opposite also happens: [your brain fails to unparalyse your body when you wake up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis). Apparently, it can be really fucking scary.