Sleepwalking

[ThePhanastasio]

Anyone else here have any experiences with sleepwalking? Be it themselves or friends / family?

I've been sleepwalking multiple times per year since I was a child. It's weird that it seems to come and go in episodes. I had a week or so just before my sister's wedding in November that I was sleepwalking. That was a weird spell - I was mainly opening all of the cupboards in my sleep and finding bibles in my house and dragging them into my bed.

One night, because I thought for some irrational reason it would stop me doing it, I hid the bibles from myself. I woke up the next morning with every book from my bookshelves on the floor, and the bibles in bed with me. Fortunately, this spell stopped by the time I was out of town for the wedding.

My most recent sleepwalking venture is also weird, and involves canned goods. I woke up a couple of days in a row with canned goods stacked in pyramids on the counter. Then, last night, I apparently opened a can of corn in my sleep and poured it on the floor beside my bed.

My mom tells me that when I was a child, my sleepwalking was weirder. I would walk to my relatives' houses in my sleep, wake them up by, you know, being in their house, then they would find me digging through their refrigerators. When they said my name, I'd turn around and look at them, then walk back to my house.

Sleepwalking is whack.

[Key]

When I lived at home, I ended up sleepwalking to the upstairs door and managed to unlock the door and walk outside. Only reason I remember is because my older bro told me he saw me out there the night before. I literally thought it was a dream at first.

[Stephen]

My daughter has done it a few times. One night she wandered into the kitchen and was pulling plastic bags out of the cupboard. When we asked what she was doing she said she was looking for her brother. Another time she was staring up the wall at the shadows.

[ThePhanastasio]

Originally Posted by milano

When I lived at home, I ended up sleepwalking to the upstairs door and managed to unlock the door and walk outside. Only reason I remember is because my older bro told me he saw me out there the night before. I literally thought it was a dream at first.

So you still remembered a part of it, even if it did seem like a dream?

Originally Posted by fazstp

My daughter has done it a few times. One night she wandered into the kitchen and was pulling plastic bags out of the cupboard. When we asked what she was doing she said she was looking for her brother. Another time she was staring up the wall at the shadows.

The cupboard incident actually sounds as though it was probably adorable.

[Howard the Duck]

i don't sleepwalk, but according to my fiancee, i do go into long monologues in my sleep, mostly reviewing music, and especially The Replacements, for some reason

i have a cousin who sleepwalked, he used to stay with us during his school holidays, he slept in the same bed with me, but the next morning, he'd be face down in the living room, or sleeping hugging the toilet bowl

[Paedantic Basterd]

The can of corn thing is amazing.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

I did a couple of times, once when I was drunk, by going into my parents room drunk and fling the aerial off their TV and not remembering. The other time I got up, told my flatmates to quieten down and then I didn't know I did it until the next day when they told me.

[DoctorSoft]

Ive done it a few times but all I really do is walk from our couch to my bed or vice versa. Or at least, thats all I do that I've heard about.

[Freebase Dali]

I used to sleepwalk a lot as a child. Notable examples was one where I apparently mistook the refrigerator for the toilet and almost pissed in it, but my sister brought me to the bathroom, where I proceeded to piss all over the door.
Another occasion, I walked out of the house and laid down in the street. Fortunately, my mom had heard the door open so she was able to scoop me up before I got ran over.

Never again did I sleepwalk after puberty age. Just abruptly went away.

[Key]

Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

So you still remembered a part of it, even if it did seem like a dream?

Yeah. I have a good memory of my dreams. That's what resulted in me talking about it to my family who were having dinner, than my older brother noted that it wasn't a dream. I was like "lolwut"