[joshuas-mommy]

Last night my mom told me to do things while I was sleeping. I took off my shoes, exchanged my pillow, and other stuff she told me to do. But I don't remember anything from last night. Also, before when I was younger, I would wake up on the living room floor and not remember how I got there. Is this dissociation?

Yes and I don't know what you would call it. I figured it was being too tired at bedtime and then too hungover to remember in the morning. Thank God them days are behind me for now.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by joshuas-mommy

Last night my mom told me to do things while I was sleeping. I took off my shoes, exchanged my pillow, and other stuff she told me to do. But I don't remember anything from last night. Also, before when I was younger, I would wake up on the living room floor and not remember how I got there. Is this dissociation?

here in my location this is not called dissociation its called sleep walking other times its called psychosis depending upon other accompanying symptoms. the reason its called that in my location is because dissociation is something that people that are awake and experience a trigger which causes them to have dissociation (numbness, spaciness\foggy minded ness). the mental disorders for doing something you dont remember on a non normal level is called dissociative amnesia. the symptoms are localized \selective around a triggering event.

example my location went though a hurricane a few years back. some people have dissociative amnesia because of this traumatic event. they have no memory of the hurricane, no memory of what they went through just before, during and right after the hurricane.

my point going on my locations definitions if what you went through was dissociative amnesia you would not remember doing things in your sleep, you would not remember your mother having even told you to do those things, it would be like waking up the next day thinking you went to bed, fell asleep and woke up everything was ok, with no memory or trauma because that was dissociated.

i do know that medications and schizophrenia can cause the same symptoms that you posted about so maybe check with your treatment providers. they can help you sort out what happened and why. maybe try some reality testing for example when something like this happens to me I look at reality. I dont live with my abuser so of course that abuser could not make me do things in my sleep.

I may be wrong but if I remember right you dont live with your mom and your mom doesnt have a key to your place. maybe the reality testing that I do for me will work for you. just a suggestion.

[joshuas-mommy]

Originally Posted by amandalouise

here in my location this is not called dissociation its called sleep walking other times its called psychosis depending upon other accompanying symptoms. the reason its called that in my location is because dissociation is something that people that are awake and experience a trigger which causes them to have dissociation (numbness, spaciness\foggy minded ness). the mental disorders for doing something you dont remember on a non normal level is called dissociative amnesia. the symptoms are localized \selective around a triggering event.

example my location went though a hurricane a few years back. some people have dissociative amnesia because of this traumatic event. they have no memory of the hurricane, no memory of what they went through just before, during and right after the hurricane.

my point going on my locations definitions if what you went through was dissociative amnesia you would not remember doing things in your sleep, you would not remember your mother having even told you to do those things, it would be like waking up the next day thinking you went to bed, fell asleep and woke up everything was ok, with no memory or trauma because that was dissociated.

i do know that medications and schizophrenia can cause the same symptoms that you posted about so maybe check with your treatment providers. they can help you sort out what happened and why. maybe try some reality testing for example when something like this happens to me I look at reality. I dont live with my abuser so of course that abuser could not make me do things in my sleep.

I may be wrong but if I remember right you dont live with your mom and your mom doesnt have a key to your place. maybe the reality testing that I do for me will work for you. just a suggestion.

I didn't remember my mom telling me this stuff. I still don't remember doing them. Although, I don't think there was a triggering event other than me sleeping. I spent the night at my mom's house last night. My mom said that she woke me up and I did things.

[finding_my_way]

it sounds like a sleep disorder. i know of so many people who do/have done that kind of thing. they get up, eat food, use the bathroom, etc. some people even walk right out of their house and end up in random places. one of my sister's as a child did that and ended up on a neighbor's couch. my mom recently told me of her neighbor's adult son who becomes violent while sleep walking. some people can even have full conversations and appear to be awake but not remember anything.

it does not mean it's dissociation. you could get a sleep disorder evaluation if it is concerning you and happening a lot.

[joshuas-mommy]

Originally Posted by finding_my_way

it sounds like a sleep disorder. i know of so many people who do/have done that kind of thing. they get up, eat food, use the bathroom, etc. some people even walk right out of their house and end up in random places. one of my sister's as a child did that and ended up on a neighbor's couch. my mom recently told me of her neighbor's adult son who becomes violent while sleep walking. some people can even have full conversations and appear to be awake but not remember anything.

it does not mean it's dissociation. you could get a sleep disorder evaluation if it is concerning you and happening a lot.

I have sleep apnea. I already had a sleep study.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by joshuas-mommy

I didn't remember my mom telling me this stuff. I still don't remember doing them. Although, I don't think there was a triggering event other than me sleeping. I spent the night at my mom's house last night. My mom said that she woke me up and I did things.

my guess is that then its most likely just a sleep walking problem but contact your treatment providers to be sure because we can not make a diagnosis of other members problems here.