I posted this in my
updates but I thought I'd repost it in a separate topic in case anyone has dealt with this before and might have a solution. This really scares me.
It seems like I'm dealing with
Dad's death in my own way. I had no idea about this until now since I've been sleeping with Mom on Dad's side of the bed. She told me that I've been having really bad nightmares and have been talking in my sleep. She said that I've even gotten up and sleepwalked to the closet and around the room.
I don't even remember any of that. I remember getting up and getting something to drink at 2:00 last night, but she said that I have been talking in my sleep and getting out of the bed. It's scary to me because I'm not controlling myself when I do things like that. She says whenever she calls me, I say "Oh sorry, sorry.", and then I stop talking or something.
I barely remember the dream I was having. Sometimes I can remember them vividly, but lately I can't.
Anyway, she wants me to talk to someone about it. Either one of the social workers or a relative or friend. I wanted to post this up here and see if anyone had any ideas.
It's like I'm living a separate life when I sleep, you know? One I can't control, and that I don't remember a thing about when I wake up.
I used to sleepwalk when I
Seeing someone about it may not be a bad idea at all. My guess, as a complete non-proffessional, would say it probably has to do with stress.
I would think so too, but I
Mom thinks it might be because I'm not in my own bed. Her bed is alright but I'm used to the sheets in my bed having a certain feel to them, you know. That and Brandy keeps pushing me off of the bed during the night.
Hello. Nhh.. It does seem
Nhh..
It does seem like a way of your spirit dealing with the recent events.
It could even be an attempted out-of-body experience, just not the right kind, if you have little or no experience in this field. The spirit could be using your body to move around, instead of just leaving it for some time and flying about freely.
Another, more psycho-logical version is rather similar, only instead of calling it the spirit, one should have to say "subconsciousness".
Either way, this part of you, whatever it's called, does not mean you any harm. It may be trying to keep you safe.. in a way.
I've read somewhere about a trick of waking a sleepwalker: they should put a wet rug on the floor and once a person touches it with his feet, he stops going wherever he was supposed to and heads back to bed.
The reliable way not to sleepwalk at all is to try changing your sleeping hours. The spirit is not as easily agitated during the day. This piece of advice is of no use, I'm afraid, if you have to walk around and do things in the daytime.. Hmm..
Changing the place of sleep can also be a solution. Different parts of a house/apartment have different.. flows to them.
Try to experiment -- maybe you will find a calm and soothing one. Cats are inclined to sleep in 'bad' places, as far as I remember..
I hope this helps you gain some more confidence. Fear makes one's soul too vulnerable..
I have a few probably
Try rigging something up that makes you wakeup. Like, say, a bell tied to your wrist or a bucket of water bove your closet door.:\
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Thanks for the suggestions,
I think that maybe once I'm able to get back to my own bed this might not be as bad, but I honestly had no idea I was getting up at night until Mom mentioned it this morning.
I would talk to someone about
You can always e-mail me or chat whenever.
Yeah I think I'm going to
If it keeps going on I'll look into solutions to fix it. I think that it might get better if I was able to sleep in my own room in my own bed, but I have to wait a few more days for that since my bro and his wife are still here.
Sigh...I wouldn't worry about it if it didn't seem dangerous to me, but I'm afraid of slipping and hitting my head on something, or waking up in the hospital, that kind of thing.
Mmm, I must agree with
I sleepwalk. Or sleepwalked. I dunno. I actually... Well, I never have woken up needing to use the bathroom for... I dunno, six years? But my best friend says I go sometimes. Apparently I sleepwalk when I need to pee. (And here the moving around bit: when I was nine or so I wet the bed for the first time I can remember. Except I was sleeping out in the garage with the cat in a tent [the cat is not allowed inside but we have coyotes]. Anyway, if I was sleepwalking by this time, that seems to have broke my pattern.) Once I even used mouthwash. I dunno.
Anyway, I never worried about it with myself. I do a bunch of other stuff too, some a little... Odd. I make odd noises, no words that I know of (I spoke aloud once in my youth but haven't heard about doing it again). I also prop myself up on my elbows and glance around the room... With my eyes closed. Kinda... Creepy for those around me. xD
Anyway, I never worried about me once. Sleeping me seems to know her way around. Sleeping you... You're stressed, you likely want to double check with a doctor about this all, to be cautious... But I think you're still pretty good-in-the-head. Stressed, yeah. Sad, yeah...
But I trust even sleeping you to know what he's doing. c: Though I also understand your worry.
I wish you the best. ♥
Thanks, well he has helped me
Edit - Didn't have any problems last night to my knowledge. I guess if I would have said or done anything, my mom would have said something.
I'm still going to talk to the social worker about it, and see if they've had any similar cases/reactions to mine.
Good idea. Hang tight. c:
Hang tight. c: ♥
It's what I'm doing too.