According to the New York Post, a rare disorder has led 42-year-old Kelly Knipes in England to spend over 3,000 pounds (Rs 3.2 lakh) on shopping while asleep. Kelly Knipes herself admitted that she engages in sleep shopping due to a rare sleep disorder known as parasomnia.
to bed not knowing what the night will lead to.
Known for her late-night shopping sprees, Ms. Knipes has bought unusual items such as a full-sized plastic basketball court with a net, pole, and backboard. She has also ordered tins of paint, books, salt and pepper pots, a children’s playhouse, fridges, tables, and hundreds of Haribo candies. She couldn’t return the food items and decided to keep the paint tins after her kids saw them.
She admitted, “I was accumulating debt everywhere. I never had to enter my credit card details when buying things online because they were all saved on my phone.”
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She recounted a troubling incident where she disclosed her personal financial information to scammers. “I provided them with all my details, and when I woke up, they had withdrawn $317 from my bank account. If I had been awake, I wouldn’t have responded to them,” she said.
Ms. Knipes suspects that the scammers sold her personal information, leading to attempts to withdraw money from her account. Fortunately, her bank has managed to block several transactions, but she continues to endure the consequences of this disorder.
Sleeping Disorder
Parasomnia is a type of sleeping disorder where a person engages in various activities that are normal but are not consciously aware of them. These disruptions in sleep can occur at any age, but are more common in children. They are usually not harmful, but in some cases, they can affect the quality of sleep and create difficulties in daily life.
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