Weird sleep behaviour

Sleep clinics say they are treating more people with sleep disorders than ever before, with more and more strange cases popping up.

Here's one:

Josh Bliszko says: "My latest trick is changing light bulbs in my sleep. And no, the light bulbs don't even require changing."

How about you, do you do weird things in your sleep?

Yes.  I talk.  I used to sleepwalk but I don't do that any more.  I laid the table with my bedspread when I was a kid and I was trying to pick flowers off the wallpaper in my bedroom.

What about you Johnny?

blue

When I sleep, I sleep, that's all I do. People told me that I don't even move much. Once or twice I talked about something but it wasn't understandable.

Is it like you were dreaming. Wondering if you recall doing these things in your sleep.

I don't do anything weird when I sleep except I sleep with my eyes open!

I read about a girl who sleeps for like months at a time.  Gets up only to eat and use the bathroom, then goes back to sleep. 

I sometimes can sleep for days like this myself; not sure *can* is the best word for it.  But if I know I've nothing to do, nowhere to go, no way to go, going to be stuck for a week with little food, no company, etc...  I sometimes find the only way to get through it is to hibernate.  It's a slippery slope, though, and I prefer to be much more awake.

I remember trying to pick the flowers off the wallpaper because I woke up while I was doing it.  I don't remember sleep walking though.

If I wake up my hubby by my chatter, I do vaguely remember talking rubbish if he tries to have a conversation with me.

blue

Some say I talk in my sleep sometimes, but I never managed to remember saying something. And sometimes I find myself sleeping with my head held in the palms of my hands, usually happens when I'm worried/tense/stressed.

When I'm not sleeping alone, I usually fall asleep hoping that I won't, all of a sudden, start talking in my sleep and say some inappropriate things and make an awkward situation.

i sleep walk and eat while im doing it.

Here's a really weird example from a BBC website reader:

James Bath: "My wife watched me walk out of the house, get into my car and drive off. I returned 15 minutes later. It only happens occasionally and one particular time I got in the car and returned over an hour later. Having filled the car the previous day, I was able to calculate the mileage from the reset milometer. I had driven 35 miles. Nowadays my wife hides our car keys each night, I go for walks."

Hmm, it doesn't say if he looks for the car keys. I guess that's not important

Maybe he leaves them in the car for convenience

:D
Who knows, I guess it's better to have a key than to break into your own car.

Here's another one, even more strange:

Patricia from France - "I have gone online and bought inappropriate dog equipment for my elderly Jack Russell terrier - two large size collars and a complete training course of slalom sticks, tunnel etc. My only clue to the fact that I had purchased anything was finding my purse and credit card beside the computer, not in their usual place. Subsequently, the arrival of the parcels from America was a complete surprise. Even more surprising was a phone call from a kennels about a puppy which I did not want but had ordered in a letter written in French and emailed in the middle of the night. My most disconcerting repeated actions have been writing letters which look OK but have bizarre and inexplicable content."

That is so strange; quite incredible story.