So I spent the night with someone else last night....Follow

That's insane! You're a real freak! Can I set up cameras in your room? I'll give you 2% of the net profits.

I only talk every night, the actual mobility is more like once weekly.

I know I've mentioned before that my older brother sleepwalked his way out of a third-floor window one night. Painful and (hilariously) embarrassing.

Only weird sleep thing I do is grind the heck out of my teeth. I do it so forcefully and loud that it wakes up and bothers my husband on occassion. More than once I have been startled awake by him sticking his finger in between my teeth and yelling "friggin quit!!!"

Luckilly, he doesn't do anything strange while asleep unless he is totally wasted. Then all bets are off. I once watched him sleepwalk to a closet, pee in it, and then work the doorknob like he was flushing. Great comic material, as long as it is his shoes that are the target.

Weren't you always accusing people's problems of being "all in their head" and telling them to suck it up rather than take pills?

It IS all in your head, literally.

For my brother, the recommendation was to get motion sensors that would turn on the light in the bedroom when he gets up. Noise doesn't bring him out of it, but light does. No heavy meds, no big lifestyle change, just don't watch TV before bed, and install some motion sensors.

Nothing in particular "motivates" the weird things I do. Most of them I don't know that I've done, and if, by chance I get caught and slightly awaken, sometimes I have no clue why I am doing what I am doing.
Sometimes I will even argue that I am awake. I am aware of what is happening, what I am doing, it makes sense that I need to do it, but I can't remember why I need to do it.

This is also the case with hypnotism. You become relaxed enough that almost any suggestion becomes a good one. It's not that they can gain control of your mind, its that you are just so relaxed that you don't fight any ideas, to a point of course.
Let's just say, that I can't ever see a hypnotist. I saw one in an auditorium once in college and had to have the guy come out of the stands to "release" me after he did an audience example. It was bad news.

Edited, Fri Apr 21 18:08:22 2006 by NephthysWanderer

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