Thread: Nightmare "sleepwalking"

If this is happening to you, you really might want to see a doctor. That is not a normal thing to be happening.


-Rob

I sleepwalked once as a kid - the only time I know of anyway. I went to a locker and started to open and close it repeatedly, and then my mom took me to a sofa.

I have something similar every now and then when I go on a holiday, or sleep somewhere else. About once a year. Although I think my experience is a little milder than yours.

While I was on a holiday in Africa (three weeks trekking in tents through Kenia, Uganda and Congo) I woke up during a thunderstorm, rain was pounding my tent, I opened the flap and looked outside, our entire campsite was being washed away by a mudslide, my tent already started to move, I panicked, I saw an airbed floating by and tried to jump on it, when I moved out of the tent I woke up, severely relieved that it was but a dream.

During a holiday in Egypt my girlfriend woke me up, I was skulking around in the dark, touching the walls, with a look of terror on my face, again very relieved to wake up.

And many more of those dreams, no sleep paralysis, but still dreaming, always fear, always in a horrible situation. You can find some extra information on this topic by reading different topics when you enter 'sleepwalking' in the search.
For myself, I don't think too much of it, it happens rarely, in specific conditions. I think it's only a real problem if it interferes with your life, then it's time to do something about.

The most extreme cases of these are called "night-terrors" and are common in children.
I heard of one case in a documentary of a girl (unusually older than the average) who would have them every night. It was so bad that her family had to wedge chairs against her door so that she couldn't get out of her room (while asleep) and injure herself. What's worse is that, one night, she got up during a NT, ran to her balcony, her room being on the second floor, jumped over the balcony in terror, broke her hip (or something), got up and ran hysterically in the woods, while still dreaming.
Since then, her family sleeps in shifts, making sure that someone is up to keep her from hurting herself even more.

Thanks Oneironaut, I googled 'night terrors' and got a lot of info. In my case I think it's not 'night terror' but a different form of 'parasomnia', because after waking I'm back to normal in a few seconds and because I often do remember being in a specific dream. (which should not be the case with night terrors)
But definitely parasomnia, interesting topic, going to see if I find some more on this site.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

The most extreme cases of these are called "night-terrors" and are common in children.
I heard of one case in a documentary of a girl (unusually older than the average) who would have them every night. It was so bad that her family had to wedge chairs against her door so that she couldn't get out of her room (while asleep) and injure herself. What's worse is that, one night, she got up during a NT, ran to her balcony, her room being on the second floor, jumped over the balcony in terror, broke her hip (or something), got up and ran hysterically in the woods, while still dreaming.
Since then, her family sleeps in shifts, making sure that someone is up to keep her from hurting herself even more.[/b]

Fuck, that's some creepy shit. It would suck to be that self-destructive in one's sleep.

They should just have tied her to the bed with a rope instead of watching her each night, though; it would have been so much simpler.