Strange kid

[batskeets]

I'm up! At 6:30am! On a Sunday!

Yes, I know it's rather strange. I spent most of my Saturday night watching Iron Chef and dozing intermittently on the couch, because I wasn't feeling very well. Apparently, James came back at one point and asked if I wanted to watch a movie, and I told him to leave me alone because I was sleeping. I, of course, don't remember this, because I was asleep. ;p

There have been a few times when I've done/said things in my sleep that don't make much sense in the context of the real world, and it's kind of interesting, but ultimately weird. I remember one instance when I was 12, and staying at my great aunt's house for a few weeks over the summer. My sleeping self was somehow convinced that it was time to go back home, so I got out of bed, sleepwalked over to the dresser drawers, and started opening and shutting them, as if I was packing up my clothes and getting ready to go home. My cousin even woke up and asked me what I was doing, and I told her in my sleep that I was going home.

This was, of course, a good two weeks before my actual departure date. I also don't remember dreaming about packing, or travelling, or anything like that.

So, yeah, apparently I do odd things when I'm unconscious. Does this mean I'm repressed, or just incredibly effective at dreaming?

Anyhoo, I think I'm going to go read something now, and maybe fall back asleep for a couple more hours. Sunday should be fun, once we get to a more decent hour of the day--roleplaying in the afternoon, possibly followed by a viewing of Ichi the Killer during the late-night.

Comments

[alleycatsphinx.livejournal.com]

hehe, I'm still awake too, just got back from a party

ichi is supposedly fascinating, i look forwards to it

[http://users.livejournal.com/axiom-/]

It's likely not a major issue unless it occurs often. Sleep disorders can lead to sleepwalking, night terrors, etc. Your brain is supposed to be "paralyzed" in sleep, to keep you from thrashing, but sleep isn't all that well understood so when it malfunctions and you talk, walk, or do anything else you normally shouldn't be able to... it's not easy to fix. Most often the problems are brought on by stress or exhaustion, try to be relaxed before you go to sleep, and try and fit your sleep pattern into regular hours.

[tomato-san.livejournal.com]

Whenever I've done weird stuff like that in my sleep, I've always been pretty stressed out (and sometimes I didn't even realize it until then). So maybe stress is getting to you? That's just my personal experience, anyway.

[tripoverthings.livejournal.com]

just passing through.


I do that all the time. People try to talk to me when I'm sleeping and i'm like "errr go away, sleeping here!" and sometimes I'll even have whole conversations about it. later, someone refers to something i said in the midst of it all and i have no idea what they're talking about.

telephone conversations included.

moral of the story: if you want to be able to understand me/expect me to remember later, don't talk to me when i'm sleeping. the end. hehe.

[meredithcecile.livejournal.com]

my whole family talks in their sleep, once, when we were remodeling a house the 4 of us were all sleeping in the living room, and my stepdad never did get any sleep becuase if one of us started talking, it would set the other two off and we would talk all night, and not remember a bit the next morning.
I think it is just some kind of modern adaption, we respond best to verbal commands, so we have learned to tell people to go away and let us sleep, while we are sleeping. I used to do that to Tara (my old roomie) all the time.