Along with handling job-related hassles, Mena is struggling to keep up with her night classes. As the pressure mounts, Mena finds that she is often unable to go to sleep at night or that she repeatedly wakes up during the night. Mena's sleep disturbance is best described as:
A)cataplexy.
B)narcolepsy.
C)REM sleep behavior disorder.
D)insomnia.

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Mena's symptoms of being unable to go to sleep or repeatedly waking up during the night are characteristic of insomnia, which is a sleep disorder defined by difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or by non-restorative sleep. The other options, cataplexy and narcolepsy, refer to sleep disorders with different symptoms, while REM sleep behavior disorder refers to a condition in which the paralysis that normally accompanies REM sleep is incomplete or absent, leading to people physically acting out their dreams.

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