Sleep talking

[matsumo itsu offline]

Hi I've found out I am a sleep talker. It annoys me since A) It keep my sister up since her room is next to mine and B) since I might say something I'll regret like how my sister angers me or how I hate one of my friends. Reason "B" worries me is my sister might tell my friends since she even said she might listen in one day. Any idea on how to stop sleep talking.

[Taelia offline]

Sleeptalking just happens, honey.

[TheLQ offline]

I doubt there is a way to stop it. Its just what people do when there sleeping. Don't worry about it.

[matsumo itsu offline]

it isn't a one time thing, it's like every night. I heard there were ways but none have worked.

[Slayer offline]

I have one idea but i don't know if it will work, sleep with a sock or something like it in your mouth.

[desincarnation offline]

@up: I bet the sock thing is some kind of joke. :|
As far as I know, sleep talking occurs when you dream that you actually talk. Therefore the only solution would be to stop having dreams. But how to accomplish that... don't ask me.

[matsumo itsu offline]

Another thing is I don't dream. So that option is out, I hope that was a joke cause I'm not going to try it.

[desincarnation offline]

Another thing is I don't dream.

Maybe... or probably you just don't remember your dreams. Which doesn't mean you don't dream at all. You just aren't aware of it.
Just throwing an idea now... cover the bedroom's walls with a sound-absorbing material so that it isolates the room acoustically form the rest of your house. But I assume you wouldn't like to turn your room into a recording studio.

[Mewberries151]

Sleep-talking is technically a sleep disorder, caused by disturbances in one of the four stages of sleep.

Other than medication, which I would recommend only as a last resort, I would suggest you try adjusting your sleep routine so that you practice better "sleep hygiene" as it is called. This includes:

- Keep a regular schedule that includes bedtimes and waking times that are as consistent as possible.

- Avoid eating or drinking a lot just before going to bed.

- If you smoke or drink a lot of coffee/caffeinated beverages, limit your consumption during the day.

- Exercise regularly

- Make sure that your bedroom is at a comfortable temperature and light level for you.

- Don't nap during the day if you can help it.

- Make your bed as comfortable as possible to promote better sleep.

- Create a "going-to-bed" routine that will relax you, like reading, watching calming television, etc.

- Don't lie in bed awake for more than 30 minutes if you're disturbed from sleep. Get up and do something until you feel sleepy again.

- Don't push yourself to stay awake beyond when you start to feel sleepy.


I would give this sort of regimen a try. Do as many of these as you possibly can...not just the ones you "feel" like doing or the ones that are "easy" to do and keep at them. See if your sleep-talking doesn't go away with your improved sleep habits after awhile.

[jakarooni offline]

While we are on this topic I kick in my sleep and once I was at a hotel with my mom with only one bed and I gave her a bruise. Do you have any suggestions on that.

[TheLQ offline]

While we are on this topic I kick in my sleep and once I was at a hotel with my mom with only one bed and I gave her a bruise. Do you have any suggestions on that.

Usually happens when you get scared in your dream. Since its related to dreams, you can't do anything about it.

What I'm wondering through is why people are asking people around 20 for medical advice... Surly your parents or your health teacher at school would be a better place to solicit advice?

[Slayer offline]

@up: I bet the sock thing is some kind of joke. :|

no it was acctuly a suggestion.

Have you tried sound proofing your room?

[. offline]

Another thing is I don't dream. So that option is out, I hope that was a joke cause I'm not going to try it.

Actually they find you people always dream. THe only thing is that most of the time we forget our dreams because they're not important.

However those same people say that our dreams are just random synapses firing but I don't believe that since all my dreams are based around my Elementry school days for some reason.

[TheLQ offline]

Another thing is I don't dream. So that option is out, I hope that was a joke cause I'm not going to try it.

Actually they find you people always dream. THe only thing is that most of the time we forget our dreams because they're not important.

However those same people say that our dreams are just random synapses firing but I don't believe that since all my dreams are based around my Elementry school days for some reason.

Yea I don't think that random occurrences could make perfect war stories...

[emoBillâ„¢ offline]

I don't know how you would stop it. I don't think you can.
But if it makes you feel better [which it probably won't], I sing in my sleep. In German and Russian.
My sister cracks up at it xD

[Vodka's Vengeance offline]

Just tell your relatives to wear earplugs.

[Mewberries151]

Another thing is I don't dream. So that option is out, I hope that was a joke cause I'm not going to try it.

Actually they find you people always dream. THe only thing is that most of the time we forget our dreams because they're not important.

However those same people say that our dreams are just random synapses firing but I don't believe that since all my dreams are based around my Elementry school days for some reason.

Actually, that's only one theory as to what dreams are and it's not the most popular or the "correct" one. (Not that any one theory can be "correct" persay.)

Another theory about dreams believes that they are a way of processing information collected during the day. Yet another theory thinks our dreams may be an evolutionary mechanism that helps us work out survival scenarios that we may encounter in real life.

We don't know what dreams are yet or why we have them, but it is absolutely true that people dream, and usually more than once a night. And most of the dreams are not memorable. You actually will usually only remember a dream if you are awoken during that particular sleep cycle.

What I'm wondering through is why people are asking people around 20 for medical advice... Surly your parents or your health teacher at school would be a better place to solicit advice?

What? *blinks confused* Someone in their 20s couldn't be studying something like this? Or had similar problems and are repeating what they were told to do?

I do agree, he should probably seek out a health teacher or counselor who has experience in this, but that's no reason to completely denounce any suggestions he may get here. What if someone here suggests something no one else thought of? ...Just saying, I wouldn't discourage outside help purely because they're not "professionals" or something. ^^;