Hey there. I’m writing to seek help with some weird nighttime behaviors I’ve been experiencing while sleeping. I’ve always had issues sleep walking and talking in my sleep, my wife will often find me in the kitchen or sitting in the living room and have to lead me back to bed. Most recently, she told me that I was engaging in some… sexual behavior… in the middle of the night. I had no recollection of this happening to be honest I’m really embarrassed and worried about it happening again. Is this something I need to see a doctor about? Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Hello Gabe10101, I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, not a fun issue and it’s hard to talk about. The sexual behavior you described is called sexomnia, it’s a real thing and it’s not uncommon. Sexsomnia, sleepwalking, and other behaviors like this are often the result of other underlying sleep issues, and I recommend you go see a doctor asap, as the solution will depend on your specific situation. It’s important that you and your partner do you research and communicate about this so you and your partner both know what’s happening and how to deal with it.
I wanted to write about my own situation, not sure how to start my own thread but here goes. Since 2015 I have had what I call waking dreams. About 3 or 4 AM every night, I hear a distant voice–sometimes male, sometimes female, sometines a couple of a man and a woman, telling me to get up, get dressed, be ready, they’’re coming. They’re coming to get something or for me to give them something or give them something they’re expecting–that part has changed a bit over the years. It has me jumping out of bed and racing to dress before they get here. Most of the time I haven’t left my house but a few times I have “come to” in my vehicle, backing out of my driveway! When I “come to” as I call it, I immediately tell myself there is no one coming as there is no way anyone could have called me. I check my phone but there are no new calls. I remind myself the voices aren’t realas I slowly wake me and calm myself down. I go back to sleep to sleep another 4 hours and wake fully dressed. I hate this so much. What especially worries me is that now I am 72 years and could end up in a rest home if I were to fall and break a hip as I have no one to look after me. Should that happen and I’m still doing this, they would probably sedate me or restrain me as I have seen done to my elderly family members. You know their overworked employees won’t have any understanding of these waking dreams. Altho I am this age, I still live a fulfilling, rewarding, very active life–I just choose to liive alone and on my own terms. I’m not resting, I’m not at peace, and I am afraid to go to sleep. These only happen at night, not when I sleep during the day. I can sleep in the den for 5 hours without a waking dream. Oh, I dearly someone else knows what I’m talking about. Surely I’m not the only person whose hypnopompic dreams have them up and walking and driving.