talking in sleep
By tigeraunt
@tigeraunt (6326)
Philippines
August 21, 2011 10:23am CST
hello everyone,
i was doing mylot when my granddaughter asked that she sleep near me. i said, ok sleep on the couch nearby. after sometime, i heard a little snore and then she talked. "she said stop running. you are too fast." it made me stop doing mylot and looked at her. but she was fast asleep. i guess she was dreaming.
i also see my dog like that most of the time. sometimes it kicks like it is running while lying down. and barks.
does anyone experienced seeing and hearing someone talk in his/her sleep? doesnt it bother you? how do you find it? scary? funny?
ann
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20 responses
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
22 Aug 11
Haha..my family did that but not me...I have heard everyone of my family members talking and screaming in their dream..I can hear them speak vividly..sometimes they are running away from someone, sometimes they are preparing to start going somewhere and many more. I always asked what they dreamed about but they can't remember it. I asked them if I have ever do that and the answers negative~(^^)
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hi ct,
i agree that must be the reason. my husband has not told me if i talk in my sleep. am always tired of office work which is very stressful too.
ann
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello ct,
those are funny things you just said. i just hope medicine and science could help determine why this happens. and also, why the person could not remember the dream.
thank you so much for sharing.
ann
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
22 Aug 11
For me it is because of what they think before they get to sleep or they just feel tired.Like my mom when she is having stress and worry things she will have bad quality of sleep. Like my brother when he is tired he will say things that makes him feel tired on that day in his sleep.(^^)
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
21 Aug 11
I have many family members who talk in their sleep. I usually find something funny in what they say. usually that person wakes up to find me making fun of them. it can be quite an ice breaker to conversation sometimes.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hi whisper,
you are naughty! it is good that those family members are game. but it is really good to have something funny to talk about as they awake.
thanks for sharing.
ann
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello gordy,
aint is cute for the dog to be barking in its sleep? yes, its action makes me smile too. sometimes i get near it and wake her.. and asks if she was dreaming. she just blinks her eyes and gets back to sleep.
thank you for sharing.
ann
@gordyyyyy (13)
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22 Aug 11
My dog used to bark a lot in her sleep. It wasn't the same bark as when she was awake but more stifled almost like a whisper. It was quite funny to hear and always made me smile.
I've been told I often laugh in my sleep.
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@rowantree (1186)
• United States
21 Aug 11
My 15 yr old has always talked in her sleep. It's funny and scary. Funny at the things she says sometimes, but most of the time I can't understand her. Sometimes she'll be sitting up in bed, just jabbering away and she'll have no memory of it in the morning. Scary because in the middle of the night, I'm woken up to her yelling something and I have to rush to her room to make sure no one has broken in. She did start sleepwalking late last year and I took her to see a neurologist, who told me that talking and sleepwalking are very normal in children. I was really bothered by the sleepwalking, even though I could pinpoint what was causing it, I was worried she'd walk outside. She hasn't and now that the situation is no longer, she hasn't been sleepwalking at all. The neurologist told me the next step would be to give her medication that would interrupt her sleep cycle, but I found out that I can interrupt her sleep cycle at home by simply waking her up an hour after she's gone to sleep and then having her go right back to sleep.
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@rowantree (1186)
• United States
22 Aug 11
Hi! Yep, the neurologist specializes in sleep disorders and he told me it is very common for children to talk in their sleep, as well as sleepwalk. The sleepwalking is something he feels my daughter will grow out of but I've seen that as soon as the stressor was removed, she stopped. She might start up again if she is stressed that badly again, but at least now I know it's normal & I know how to deal with it. Hope you're having a great Monday! :)
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello rowantree,
the neurologist said it is normal? i thought it otherwise (even if i do not know really). i find it weird because others do not walk or talk in their sleep.
but it is good you have found a solution to it.
have a nice day.
ann
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
25 Aug 11
I have had an experience like that when I was married. My ex wife would do that from time to time. I even told I should film her so that she could see what she was saying. But I never did. It was strange, but that his her problem now.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
28 Aug 11
hi inertia,
do you sometime talk to her when you were still together (i mean while she is still asleep)? i wonder if she answers you back. many here says the sleep talker sometimes answers back.
ann
@sjvg1976 (41286)
• Delhi, India
22 Aug 11
Hello tigeraunt,
My elder brother has this habit. I remember when we were child we used to share a room one night he shouted so loudly and i was waked up and sat and saw my brother he was sleeping at that time hahaha.
Similarly it happened in my college days as in hostel i used to share room with 2 guys and one night we all were sleeping suddenly he started crying and shouting mummy mummy and i thought he was crying in reality i switched on the light to see him and saw he was sleeping at that time.I understood that he also has the same habit as my elder bro.hahaha
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello sjvg,
did you say college? then this guy you shared with was like a baby crying. did you not try waking him? he must be having a bad dream.
thank you for sharing.
ann
@talnadsjan27 (26)
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28 Aug 11
hi.
I already experienced that in my self and to my sister haha! while we are watching together with my mom my sister woke up and talk she asked something weird :D and me and my mom are asking each other what's my sister is talking about haha! and me I encountered not only talking but walking in the beach. the next morning my parents are tired of searching me and they see me lying in the sand maybe 50 steps from our resort! :D
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
28 Aug 11
hello talnadsjan,
i guess talking in sleep is not a very bad thing. but walking in sleep is dangerous. your parents must be very worried looking for you. you could get accidents while walking in sleep.
ann
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
23 Aug 11
I don't know if I talk in my sleep, but i know many peole do. I wonder what your daughter was dreaming of?
I have heard my ex step daughter talk in her sleep, and she used to sleep walk too! She did some really weird things.
My cat dreams, and makes funny sounds, she twitches. Also my dog dreams and makes little yapping sounds in her sleep.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
hi jenny,
it was my granddaughter. she probably was dreaming of the frisbee, the game she loves a lot.
pets really are cute when they dream. you couldn't take your eyes off them.
ann
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
21 Aug 11
Yes a few people in my family. I also was asleep once but knew I needed to wake up.I couldn't. So, I started screaming for my son to wake me up. All he heard was these loud noises. Mmmmmm Hmmmm Mmmm that's it. lol He was afraid to wake me up. Thought I would be mad. lol
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@Dasari100 (3791)
• Anantapur, India
22 Aug 11
Most of the them is having habit talking during sleep so they need to be aware.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello dasari,
when one is asleep, i dont think he is aware of what he is doing. only the witness to his doings can say that he did this or that.
well, you gotta tell them when they awake the next time. if still they dont believe you, go record it or video them on your cellphone cam. that will be the best evidence.
thanks for sharing.
ann
@veronizm (907)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
Yeah, many times My brother, my husband, mother... I myself talk in my sleep sometimes, although it's more of laughing than talking, LOL! I've seen that on my cats too! It's so adorable. Also with dogs. The first time I witnessed that on a dog made me understand that animals also dream
Babies do that too My baby for instance would always laugh in her sleep, LOL! Sometimes, sob. But mostly laugh. So adorable
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
hi veron,
babies are really nice to look at when they dream.
same as me, i am scared when the person sleeping seems to be having a nighmare.. like he is trying to shout but no words come out and hence what you hear are moans.. then i wake them.
ann
@bhabycatch013 (9150)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
hi tigeraunt,
My mom is like that but she mentioned about business many times
I keep on asking her and sometimes she answered me back but she is sleeping
My dog snores loudly there are times he kick and like he is drowning
I find it funny
happy mylotting
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
dear bhaby,
sometimes things are just so funny, you cant help but laugh at it.
really! i have seen dogs who snores too.
have a great day.
ann
@minomarimat (372)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
I experienced this in two ways! One, that I was sleeping with my brother beside when we were young, and suddenly he began laughing! I was scared at first because I thought there might be some ghost playing on me around. But then I heard the laugh again and then confirmed that it was indeed my brother who was laughing. Two, it was me who was talking while I was sleeping with my ex-girlfriend, and she told me later when I woke up that I was talking, saying that I want a McDonald's Happy Meal! Weird indeed.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello minomarimat,
all your experiences are kind of funny. but i guess you will be scared if someone shouts like he is being attacked. that would be shocking.
thank you for sharing.
ann
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
27 Aug 11
Wooo great discussion taking while sleeping you have such habit then tell me what you say in sleeping hah.... friend my daughter has such habit but I know this habit is not good.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
28 Aug 11
hello fantabulus,
i guess in time, this problem does not continue. but i heard many says that when a person is very tired, sometimes they do talk while asleep.
yes it is not good. he/she might reveal some secrets that you are not supposed to know.
joke joke!!
ann
@Airen214 (50)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
Mine was quite scary because I ran out from the house going somewhere I did not know. Most people who knew me and who had heard many stories about this said that I might be going to the place I have in my dream. I think I was dreaming about my grandmother that time who is living in the town. They even added that I might go to the town running while sleeping...unconscious and won't even feel tired. Like going with the wind. It takes 20-30 minutes going to the town by motorcycle. I was really scared when I found myself outside the house standing and barefooted.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
23 Aug 11
airen hello,
this is what i call scary and dangerous. you are not in our conscious mind and out where you might meet accident. it is best that you lock your doors so that even in your subconscious mind, you cannot open it.
you need to have companions when you sleep too i guess.
ann
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
21 Aug 11
I think that talking in one's sleep is actually more common than most of us think ... lol! When I was younger I used to talk in my sleep and sleep walk alot thankfully that finally stopped. Now and then my daughters will talk in their sleep i just find it funny and once in a while try to get them to have a conversation in their sleep
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello ronita,
its good you have outgrown talking and walking in your sleep. it maybe funny for some, but walking in your sleep is really dangerous.
thank you for sharing.
ann
@dodo19 (47334)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
21 Aug 11
I have to say that I talk in my sleep. Until my husband pointed it out to me, I never knew I did it. He has told me some of the things I've said while sleeping, and I have to admit that it's really funny. None of it make sense, but it's funny as hell.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hi dodo,
yes i think it is funny especially if he starts asking and you answer and then you dont what you said afterwards.
have a nice day.
ann
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
21 Aug 11
Sweety
It is common for guys and girls to talk while sleeping, no wonder Thea did it.
Let me tell you, a renter of mine, who is 65, talks while fast asleep..
You may ask, how i know, well one day she was in our house, slept in my wife's room, because her room had no power..
She was talking
Kalyani called me, we awoke her, on being asked, she said, 'no, i was not talking'
I have a suggestion, next time if she talks, use your mini Sony tape recorder to record and let her hear next day.
Thanks for this post
Best of luck.
Professor
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
21 Aug 11
hello professor,
what a wonderful idea. surely she cannot deny it if i ask her.
it would really be fun.
have a nice day.
ann
@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
21 Aug 11
i have that experience, while my friend sleep behind me, he talking. i laugh cause when i ask him, he answer all my question, while he sleep.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
21 Aug 11
henkiprananda,
that is very naughty and funny all at the same time. he answers you in his sleep. you could have taken out some secrets that he use to keep.
have a nice day.
ann
@way2vision (613)
• Canada
21 Aug 11
Ha ha, that is a very cute story. This I believe occurs when they are not at that deep sleep mode yet, next time this occurs, go near your granddaughter, or your dog and see if you can see movement under their eyelids. So basically while the eyelids are closed, their eyes could still be moving. Freaky yes, but it just means they have a very active brain at that moment.
I personally have 2 brothers, both in the next rooms beside me, left and right. The other talks very loudly in his sleep, sometimes you can converse with him and he'll murmur something back. The other farts during his sleep, this I find very hilarious.
It is as if they are both still awake sometimes.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hello way2vision,
yes i find that funny. it's good you are not in the same room with them or it will be chaotic. am sure you will be laughing so loud that they two would awake and find you like crazy because they have no knowledge what you are laughing at.
have a nice day.
ann
@thetis74 (1525)
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21 Aug 11
I think it is normal. My little girl would talk in her sleep like she is still playing around with her playmates. Sometimes she is happy and sometimes she is sad and angry. I might be talking in my sleep too that I just don't know it. My dog is just like yours too, but he doesn't bark. He just make noises as if she is talking.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
hi thetis,
it is possible that little children are like this. but i dont think i can explain why they are like that. it is good that many of them have outgrown it or there will be too many of them to watch talking as they sleep.
ann