Is this sleep walking?

[Chance Wayne]

A few times in the past, I've gotten out of bed to do stuff that came to me in dreams. For example, the other night I woke up with the thought in my head that someone was coming to film and that I should put on shorts and a shirt. As I was digging through my closet, the reasoning became less and less clear until I was standing there saying to myself, "Who is going to come film and why? What are you doing standing here?" Whatever clear picture I had was gone and I got back in bed. Is that a form of sleep walking?

[blarghargh]

Sure sounds like it. Wait... Lucid Sleepwalking

[Chance Wayne]

LOL! Have you ever had this happen to you?

[drewmandan]

This is textbook sleep walking. Remember, sleep walkers need to be able to see and understand their environment to be able to navigate, so it's not unexpected that a sleep walking dream will take place precisely where you are in real life.

[Chance Wayne]

It's happened a number of times in the past. More recently, I got out of bed because I wanted to know if "he" was still there (on the couch, I guess). When I got to the living room, I couldn't remember who "he" was or what "he" was doing there.

[orofein]

Oh man, I used to sleep walk so much when I was young, not so much anymore, though. My mom has some funny stories about my sleepwalking days. I'm not quite sure if I was sleepwalking, or just half-asleep, but a few months ago I found myself urinating in the trash bin in my room. I remember thinking "Wait, this isn't the toilet..." as there is a bathroom right outside my room. It was kind of laughable at the time.

[Chance Wayne]

I'm not sure if yours is a case of sleepwalking. Then again, I'm not sure about mine, though, either.

[mel_noah]

I do this often. But I don't know if it's considered sleep walking. When I was younger, however, I truly did sleep walk. Like for instance one morning I awoke and my entire bedroom was clean (it was very messy when I went to bed - I was a typical teenager). I figured somehow my mom must have cleaned my room while I was asleep. Come to find out I had actually cleaned it myself - in my sleep! lol I was also in Speech and Debate in High School and on the nights before a big tournament I had this horrible unconscious habit of hiding my exempt box from myself. I would awake in the morning and would not be able to locate it. Time after time I insisted that someone in the house was playing a trick on me, until one night I actually woke up while I was in the process of hiding it. I suppose it was the stress. Also one night I had a dream that I attempted to flush a wash rag down the toilet (silly, I know). When I awoke, I went to the bathroom and imagine my surprise when I lifted the toilet seat to find a wash rag floating!! Now I don't sleep walk in that way. But occasionally my son does (he's 6) and it's frightening to witness it!! I do sleep walk (if it's really called that) in the way you spoke of. I'll awake from a nightmare and still see the scenes around me. They are very real. My terror still grips me, motivates me to move about. Suddenly everything fades away - sight, feeling, and motivation - and I realize that I am awake, I have escaped. Most often those moments occur when I am having an insect nightmare (don't know why). I awake and find the bug has exited my dream with me and is buzzing (or crawling - depending what kind) menacingly towards me. Again, gripped by fear, I am attempting to swat at it or get away. Until it fades. It doesn't just disappear all in one second. It FADES. The feelings fade, the images fade, I become confused. Because for those moments I was CERTAIN I was CONVINCED that it was real and was here - followed me through the dream portal! And then it fades and I realize it was just residue. So I guess I didn't really answer your question. But thanks for letting me rant! Good luck figuring out the answer!

[Chance Wayne]

It was awesome.