Have you ever sleep walked ?
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
May 5, 2022 12:53pm CST
For some weird reason I was just thinking about when I was a child, I sometimes walked in my sleep. I wonder what causes that? Glad I haven't done it in many many years. It started when I was around 9 years old. I can't remember when it stopped. I think around 13 years old.
Our house had a basement with very steep stairs. I remember my step dad putting a lock at the top of the door because my mom had seen me walk past her bedroom toward the kitchen just as she was about to go to sleep and went to investigate and found me starting to open the basement door. If I had stepped out, I would have fell down those stairs. 
I was scared of the dark as a child so mom knew if I was up wandering around, I was likely asleep 
I kind of wonder if it's hereditary. Because I had 2 kids that also walked in their sleep for a while when they were little. It's a very scary thing.
I woke up one night 2 am with my 6 year old son slamming the door and when I looked he was across the street knocking on his friends door 
When my oldest daughter was 3 yrs, she got up and wandered around the house and sometimes peed in things.
I was a wreck till they grew out of it. Anyone know what causes it? Have you ever walked in your sleep?
photo is my last pet, baby girl Coco sleeping.
I was scared of the dark as a child so mom knew if I was up wandering around, I was likely asleep I kind of wonder if it's hereditary. Because I had 2 kids that also walked in their sleep for a while when they were little. It's a very scary thing.
I woke up one night 2 am with my 6 year old son slamming the door and when I looked he was across the street knocking on his friends door
When my oldest daughter was 3 yrs, she got up and wandered around the house and sometimes peed in things.
I was a wreck till they grew out of it. Anyone know what causes it? Have you ever walked in your sleep?
photo is my last pet, baby girl Coco sleeping.26 people like this
24 responses
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 May 22
My son was a sleepwalker. One night I was awakened, by repeated thumping that came from Chad's room. My son was inside his closet with the door closed, bumping into the walls, trying to find a way out. I ushered him back into his bed. The next morning, I mentioned this and Chad had no memory of the incident.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 22
It's quite dangerous. surprised there are not a lot of reports on kids getting killed over it. 
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 May 22
@bunnybon7 Chad never left the house, but he possibly could have.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 May 22
@bunnybon7 The sleep walker's safety, that's the most important thing. My son never left the house, but he couldn't have been injured, falling over something.
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@snowy22315 (182175)
• United States
6 May 22
I have not personally, but I had a roommate in college that did. One time I woke up during the night and she was leaning over my bed. It looked to me like she was going to choke me. I screamed and kicked her away, and then she screamed and woke up. She was a very nice young woman, and we got along great when she was awake!
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@snowy22315 (182175)
• United States
6 May 22
@bunnybon7 I don't know, maybe not. I never slept well there anyway, too much caffeine.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
@snowy22315 I know. Young and studying and partying.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
yikes,I bet you got little sleep after that.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
6 May 22
That is interesting and it seems like it is hereditary since your son seems to have gotten that too. But I am not sure if it is indeed hereditary or not. I do not know if they can be fixed because it looks like it is a natural behavior for some that they sleepwalk. I never experienced that in my sleep, I may talk at times but not sleepwalk.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
6 May 22
@bunnybon7 sleepwalking and sleep talk that is such a combination.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
@rsa101 the whispering came later
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
8 May 22
@Shavkat probably but we just dealt with it till it stopped.
@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
7 May 22
@bunnybon7 In my book, he or she needs to consult a specialist for this mental health condition.
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@MarieCoyle (38702)
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6 May 22
My grandmother told me when I was very young, I had a terrible fever and did the sleepwalking thing for several nights. As far as I know, that's the only time I ever did that. One of my sons used to sleepwalk every once in awhile, but not often. He outgrew it, too. It would be scary to wake up and not know where your child was, for sure.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
It does make me wonder if that is what happened to some that went missing and never seen again. So glad both our children grew out of it unharmed.
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@MarieCoyle (38702)
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6 May 22
@bunnybon7
It is scary for sure. I am glad to know I only did it that one time when I was sick.
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@Mcma143 (5)
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5 May 22
I can’t say I know why people sleep walk, but when I was younger, I used to sleep walk and I had night terrors. I was the creepiest child ever!
I walked to open and close doors, I would watch the tv when it was off and I used to cry a lot.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 22
wow. Something must have scared you that you couldn't remember. when you was really a baby or very young. Glad it went away.
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@Mcma143 (5)
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5 May 22
@bunnybon7 thankfully, I remember nothing of the sleepwalking or the night terrors. We used to think our house was haunted too haha
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 22
@Mcma143 It may have been. I truly believe many places are.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 22
that's funny. I wonder if you walked around while asleep and they were asleep to and didn't notice.
yes I still miss my Coco but don't cry as much any more. 
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 May 22
I can't say I can ever recall. I was never told if I ever did.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
I see. Never knew anyone that did either ?
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 May 22
@bunnybon7 No, I don't recalll. Doctors are still studying it to figure out why it happens.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 May 22
Never have I Bonnie thank goodness.
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@Marilynda1225 (83109)
• United States
6 May 22
As far as I know I've never walked in my sleep but my son did when he was young. It can be scary finding a sleeping child wandering around or worse leaving the house.
Such a cute picture of your Coco sleeping
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
7 May 22
thank you. I did what mom did, had a lock installed to high for them to reach.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
good thing you did. my parents put one of those latch locks on the door too high for a child to reach.
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@LindaOHio (181721)
• United States
6 May 22
I walked in my sleep for a very short time. It may have been right after we moved. It's usually caused by something that has changed or is causing an upset in the person's life. Cute picture.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
That's it. I think so too. My mom had just divorced my step dad and we were living with the second one that treated me badly. and both times my kids did it was during problems I was having with their dads.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
6 May 22
I have too. Sometimes it looks like they are dreaming of running.
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@popciclecold (39510)
• United States
6 May 22
No, the only time I've heard of it was on TV. Glad you all grew out of it. Sounds scary.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 May 22
any scary incidents ? when did you stop?
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 May 22
Cute photo, I do not know anything about sleepwalking and have never done it myself,
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
7 May 22
yes it is. Good thing they usually grow out of it.
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@freelancermariagrace (28714)
• Philippines
6 May 22
I have never experienced sleep walking in my life.
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