Sleep Disorder
 

I sleep-walk and sleep-talk. I had such a vivid dream last night that I thought it had actually occurred and I acted on it. I also think I acted on it while I was dreaming it and it worries me because I was alone. Anything can happen when you are walking and dreaming. Ok I am calling a doctor, now.

I am tired of waking up with what I did to my face in my sleep. A couple of weeks ago I had a series of dreams that included rubbing off the top of my nose until it was scratched and bled. For two nights consecutively, I spent the time rubbing just underneath my eyebrows on the bridge of my nose...causing damage that looked like someone beat me. I also woke up with a blackened eye and still can't fathom how I manage to do this alone and sleeping. This is getting dangerous.

Last night I woke to check on someone that wasn't there and went back to bed. I thought it had actually occurred and they were there but they were not. I was walking and f'ing talking is what I was doing. This has to stop. What can happen dependent on what I am dreaming at the time? Some crazy, crazy stuff. Ok. I'm calling someone, this is just wrong.

This has happened before, but there was something about the therapy and sleeping with my husband that made it go away entirely. Now it's back, big time. Fuck.

You think that's bad?

I woke up this morning at 4:45 with an REO speedwagon song in my head....and the smell of baked beans wafting about.

and I dont get up until 7am!

Uuhhh.......

At least you didn't Build This City On Rock and Roll!!

lol!!

On that, someone played a joke on me and gave me a cd for Christmas, and I thought it was sweet. It was that song burned 10 times. :(

Bad.....That guy needs a spanking. :)


I made some calls about the sleep issue. Now I am just waiting for calls in return. This being New Mexico, it could take awhile. ;)

I apologize for bleeding on the board but this is driving me mad!! My old therapist called me "gifted". I can't wait to see what the new one says. Can one of them have what it takes to say, Yah you are f'ed? I always try to get a diagnosis but these people are like, "wow that's cool"....I don't need compliments I need help with this. I worry about my puppy. I don't like to worry about my puppy.

If dreams really are the subconsious' way of sorting out the stresses in your waking life, then it's probably reasonably easy to explain why you're having these dreams and behaviours at this time in your life.

I think it's a good idea to go and have a chat with a doc though. Maybe hypnotherapy could help?

My mum's best friend is a classic for doing strange stuff when she's asleep.

The most dangerous thing she has done over the last couple of years is to get up and make herself pasta and then eat it...all in her sleep.

She left the stove on and there were bits of sauce and pasta on it. Could have caused a house fire. fortunately it didn't.

I know why. I just want it fixed. How to fix it is the question....And fix it permanantly this time....

I do things I am unaware of. That is enough for me.

Hmmm...sometimes I wish I was unaware of things I've done.

My dad tried to climb out their (second story) bedroom window once. Mom moved all the furniture in front of the windows.

I don't know what you do to help sleepwalking, but I hope you find relief. It's a scary thing.

have you tried marijuana?

@ Ali...Yah. lol! But the reality of it is scary.


I have nightmares and living in one f'ing sucks. It also scares the hell out of others. I have done some crazy stuff in my sleep...Some of it was benign, and some things were dangerous. But the amount of self-inflicted injuries lately scares the hell out of me.

I don't hate myself or anything, I think I'm dreaming about someone or something else and the harm falls on me.....That's just crazy!!!

Woo!! We have a nutter on our hands! ;)

You mean, like, in the last couple hours? :lol:

lol! No. There's enough crazy here without magnifying it. lol!!

http://www.crescentlife.com/disorders/sleepwalking.htm

Some suggestions, short of drugs there's hypnosis...and of course making your environment as safe as possible. Does your roomie know and keep an eye out?

I went to hypnotherapy and it didn't work. They referred me to another lady...


Thanks Shaw I'll check it out!

Good luck Cicero. That has got to be a really scary situation. I hope you find something that works.

Back many years ago when I was roommates with this one guy, he warned me that he would sleepwalk at times. With him, the best thing to do was to simply ask him a question when he was doing it, and that would usually cause him to snap out of it and wake up, or go back to bed. Like if it was 2AM and he was moving furniture around or something, you just say "Why did you move the couch over there?" And he'd realize he had no reason to do what he was doing and he would stop. Usually would mutter "Fuck you" in a sly way and go back to bed.