Introduction: when good sleep goes bad -- Chapter 1: a tour of sleep -- Chapter 2: insomnia: bleary-eyed nights -- Chapter 3: obstructive sleep apnea: suffocating repeatedly in your sleep -- Chapter 4: restless legs syndrome: the agony of jittery dowsiness -- Chapter 5: hypersomnias: excessive sleepiness, daytime dysfunction -- Chapter 6: circadian-rhythm disorders: timing is everything -- Chapter 7: confusional arousals and the crush of severe morning sleep inertia -- Chapter 8: sleepwalking: the twilight state -- Chapter 9: abnormal sleepsex: unknowing cruel intimacy -- Chapter 10: sleep terrors: the night the ghost got scared -- Chapter 11: sleep paralysis: dreaded visits from the old hag -- Chapter 12: sleep-related binge eating: relentless loss of control -- Chapter 13: REM sleep behavior disorder: bizarre and violent dream enactment -- Chapter 14: nocturnal dissociative disorders: the lost children as adults -- Chapter 15: sleep-talking: disruptive chatter, obscene shouting, and desdemona scenarios -- Chapter 16: parasomnia shadows of obstructive sleep apnea -- Chapter 17: parasomnia potpourri: nocturnal groaning, exploding head syndrome, sleep-laughing-- and pets with parasomnias -- Chapter 18: bed partnerʼs insomnia: sleeping with a snorer, leg-jerker, loud sleep-talker, or parasomniac -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- General references on sleep disorders and parasomnias