So up until this point in my life, I’ve never had the pleasure of sleeping in a room with other people on a consistent basis. Sure there’s the school sleepovers and occasional hotel stays, but I’ve never actually been told what I do in my sleep. I guess college has brought on a ton of new experiences, one of which is finding out what my body does when I’m not conscious. Since my roommate is always up much later than me, he is used to seeing me asleep - a lot. I was so glad to find out that I don’t snore or thrash around uncontrollably in my sleep, because that would just be the worst; or would it be?
It turns out that when I have to wake-up super early or I have an exam the next day, I tend to have major anxiety about over-sleeping and I feel stressed in general. I have a new found habit of talking back to my roommate in my sleep, whenever he asks a question. It makes perfect sense. I’m so used to hearing his voice every day seven days a week, that when I sleep, my brain automatically responds to him. For example, Tuesday night I was very worried about getting to my PT session on time without slipping multiple times in the black ice. The last thing that I saw before I went to bed was the ending of the movie, I Am Legend, which involves the lead actor taking a hand grenade out of a desk. That night, I told my roommate, “Make sure to grab all of the grenades in the room.” He is now use to my odd conversations in my sleep, so he responded, “Yep, no problem, I got ‘em all.” I was apparently satisfied with his response and went back into a deep sleep. Another night, I was talking to my roommate as if he was a military officer and said phrases directed towards him, such as, “Yes sir,” and, “I’ll get right on that sir.” He thought it was hilarious and played along with what I was saying. I of course have woken up with no recollection of what has happened the night before and get to hear all of the stories each and every time.
Oh dear, I hear you. Happens to me all the time. Unfortunately I just babble incoherent words in a mix of German and English that just make no sense to whoever is listening and just like you I never remember but I'd really love to know what the hell I'm saying.
ReplyDeleteI've had the same thing happen this year too. I never knew I talked in my sleep but my roommate has told me multiple times in the mornings that I was sleep talking. Most of the time she says its just loud mumbling and she can't make out what I'm saying so I kinda wish I was more "fluent" in sleep talking so she can tell me what I was saying the next morning
ReplyDeleteMy roommate randomly opens her eyes and gives a death glare in her sleep. She doesn't remember in the morning and she thinks the glares are directed at our neighbours. It's amusing.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the stress sleep talking though.
my roommate is over paranoid when he sleeps. He would jump up to a dresser cuz apparently there were spiders on the floor, according to him.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow. Whenever I sleep my roommate honestly thinks I'm dead or possessed, because I get really pale and sometimes start mumbling some incoherent phrases.
ReplyDeleteLol My mom told me I talk in my sleep too, although I disagree. But I feel your pain.
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