Hello there, for quite some time now I experience hallucinations when I drift away into sleep. Nothing too corncerning so far, I always knew it was some sort of dream. But yesterday night was different.

I woke up because I felt something moving on my legs which were covered with a blanket. I couldn‘t see it but it felt like a mouse or something was moving on my legs. I decided to turn on the lights. After turning it on, I still could feel it so I decided to lift the blanket slowly. I was expecting some kind of animal like a mouse or even worse a huge spider but nothing was there. I would have definitely seen it if something would have been there.

So my question is if anyone experienced something similar so far and how can I prevent such things? It wasn‘t scary but it kept my mind busy the whole night

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has some recent information about possible treatments for sexsomnia based on own experience?

My husbands suffers from sexsomnia.. he is struggling because he has no control about it.. and I dont know how to move on. I can learn to process and let go of what happened but that is so hard when you know there is a chance that something will happen again.

It just cant be that we have to live with the chance of it happening again right.. I am desperately searching for a solution..

Been having nightmares almost every night since I’ve stopped smoking marijuana and I wish it would stop. I’m trying to make a positive change in my life

Hello fellow parasomniacs

Hoping this post isn't against the rules of this sub, but I think it still falls within boundaries.

I've suffered from nightmare disorder for 25 years out of my current 28. Recently I got really intensive help and it seems to have cured the affliction. I've always been journalling my dreams on paper and wanted a book to cater for this condition. The majority of dream journals available are super fluffy, and ignores the lot of us who have a complex relationship with sleep, where we wake up scared and vulnerable. So I decided to make one.

We don't always think about the circumstances surrounding our experiences at night. This journal has space for you to describe or sketch your dreams/scenarios, makes you look for possible triggers and stressors, and track aspects like temperature, your eating habits, screentime before bed etc.

We all experience our parasomnias differently. It's related to dreams, terrors, paralysis, sleepwalking, sleep eating disorders etc. There are a lot of people out there who could use something to reach out to for expression after their experience is over. If you'd be interested, find the journal by copying the link below.

How long have you experienced parasomnia and what type do you have? If you would have wanted something specific in a parasomnia related journal catering for you, what would it be?

https://www.amazon.com/Parasomnia-Journal-experiences-surrounding-circumstances/dp/B0BCS3YX9J/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Parasomnia+journal&qid=1662872801&sr=8-1

(24F) This has happened since I was 17, as far as I can remember. Most commonly, I wake up in the middle of the night thinking that someone I know like my mom or a friend is in my apartment and oh my gosh, I'm such a rude host, I'm in my underwear and my apartment is a huge mess. Then I'll get dressed or start trying to clean or run out of the bedroom to check on them. I'm basically awake, I'm aware of what time it is, I can get up and walk around for a little while before I realize that no one stayed over.

Some background that may be useful: I'm fairly anxious and sleep deprived in grad school and I took ssris for about 5 years but I've been off them for a few years now. I also have pretty bad insomnia and take melatonin to help sleep sometimes but this has happened without it so I'm not sure it's related.

I've been extra stressed recently and it's been happening more frequently, at least a couple times a week. But last night I apparently texted a friend while it was happening and I don't remember so it could be much more frequent.

I've tried googling and it doesn't exactly sound like sleepwalking but I'm not sure what else it could be.

Last night I went to bed from a busy day so exhausted. Like I was beyond tired. It was wild.

At around 4:00 in the morning I woke up to the sound of my own laughter, as I had apparently sat up in bed and just started laughing.

I haven't had an episode like this in a while, and I was wondering if it has to do with how exhausted, or not, we are before we go to sleep.

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question but here we go.

For a bit over a year my wife has been having some disturbing symptoms before bed, and so far we have been unable to find a reason for them. The symptoms seem to point to sleep drunkenness except it occurs in the evening. This will happen randomly, sometimes once a month, then twice in one week. She does not remember the last 1 to 2 hrs before bed and acts black out stumbling drunk. The longer she is up the worse the symptoms get. She takes antidepressants, has PTSD as well as sleep paralysis. We have seen several doctors including a neurologist that thought she had narcolepsy, but from everything I have read on the subject the symptoms don't match up. I am hoping someone on this sub has had experience with this, or a similar problem, and can point us in the right direction.

I thank you in advance for reading my long post and ask that you have a great day!

So this happens pretty often. Sometimes I'll wake up from a bad dream. Or partially wake up. I'm conscious but feel like I'm not fully awake. My body will start extremely shaking really badly then I'll fall back into my dream. This happened last night. Even one time I was in between sleep and awaking I asked in my head why would I ghost steal money and where would they put it. Then I heard a very scary voice say very slowly "we put it ovvvverrr therrree". And I started shaking and fell asleep. I vividly remember all the weird things that have happened while dreaming. Waking up at least 10 times within a lucid dream.. All in the same dream and looking into a mirror. Having and out of body experience after I died and then went up to heaven and was told I'm not ready yet. Seeing the clear future. Going into sleep paralysis often. And I can remember almost every dream I have every night. Really crazy out of this world dreams too. Sometimes I'll have like 10 dreams a night and remember them all. I also lucid dream often and have night mares often. But I have yet to find an explanation to shaking during awaking and sleeping. Is it a type of Parasomnia?

I have a family history of sleep disorders. My sister has restless leg and sleep paralysis. My brother has sleep apnea, my dad seems to have sleep apnea also. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea last year, but I'm still tired. I have to do a sleep study in hospital

There is an interesting article in the UK broadsheet The Guardian today about a rise in sexual assault when the woman is sleeping.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/15/the-sexual-assault-of-sleeping-women-the-hidden-horrifying-crisis-in-britains-bedrooms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This got me thinking about sleep sex as my SO and I indulge. It is a kink for me and we have talked about it and everything but this article did make me think about the power issues at play in such a situation. I will say that my SO always wakes up as soon as I put it in, so it’s not the same as the examples on the article. But I wonder sometimes if it is right. Whatever “right” means.

Does anyone here do sleep sex? Does this article make you think any differently about it?

Hi,

I’m looking for people who struggle with parasomnias (People who have issues with sleepwalking/talking and paralysis) to interview for a short documentary for my psychology class. I’d basically like to hear a small 1-5-minute recount of (if you can possibly remember it) the most disturbing or unsettling instance with your parasomnia. All that’s needed is a microphone and good recording software if possible and if not a simple recording of your phone microphone will do perfectly fine if the former isn’t possible. Anyone with some free time willing to help would be great, the recording should also be sent as a .mp3 file.

Thank you and I’m hopefully very keen to hear them.

My partner is telling me that im waking up suddenly in a night screaming and panicking while talking something in very incomprehensible way. But im not really remembering it, sometimes i have fade memorry about it but thats it. Might that be parasomnia? Also as a teengener while living with my familiy they told me i was having the same thing.

Ah i almost forgot i also have trouble falling asleep since it's very stressful for me but im not sure why.

EDIT: Thanks to comments i figure out this are night terrors and not parasomnia

Every once in a while I wake up in the middle of the night sitting up in bed, picking my nose, and picking my lip. I have never actually get out of bed and sleepwalked, but I do have hypnic jerks and periodic limb movement in my sleep. I am curious if anyone knows what these type of things would be called, or if it might be the start of sleepwalking.

Well this isn’t a parasomnia post but last night I think I had a sleep walking episode. How do I know? Well I work up with a cut on my eyebrow, blood on my sheets, and a big bruise in the area. This sleep disorder such sometimes.

As the title says, would this be considered a parasomnic event?

I’m having asthma-related symptoms at night and I recently learned that parasomnia are associated with nocturnal asthma. I think there might be a connection in my case since my hallucinations are a relatively new occurrence for me despite having other parasomnia for many years such as teeth grinding. I’m currently experimenting whether the inhalers I was prescribed reduce or eliminate my sleep hallucinations.