The most common way of thinking about “acting out” is that it is self-destructive behavior. But originally Freud used the term to describe when a patient acts on the basis of an unconscious feeling ...

Okay, so this looks like it could be a lot of fun, but only if you have the right group of pals prepared to throw themselves in and make a right old fool of themselves. Less so, if it’s just you and ...

HOUSTON — Acting out your dreams -- like running in bed as your dream self tries to escape an attacker -- can be indicative of health issues, including Parkinson’s disease. When we go into deep sleep, ...

Wes Mills has a peculiar nighttime ritual that both stunned and amused his wife when they began to live together a decade ago. He would act out his dreams in dramatic fashion. Some of the episodes ...

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder, or RBD, is a condition that causes people to act out their dreams, often with violent movements and vocalizations. According to the Mayo Clinic, ...