[Thomas38]

Hi all!

I am curious and kind of freaked out of what i did the other night.
Is conscious sleepwalking actual have a name or a reason to it..
I remember waking up calling my girlfriend's name and asking her what she was doing being up. And to point out firstly i have just come back from visiting her, so she wasn't home.
I then find out the thing i am talking to is a bunch of hanging clothes ahaha
SO i get up and go walking around the house looking for her for like 20mins, then i remember going back to bed, saying to myself "where the hell she gone and ah she must of gone to shop or something", and went back to bed.

So it is incredible weird and interesting that i was conscious and yet thinking my girlfriend was here and i was looking for her...

This has never happened to me before.. so just curious about it and wonder has anyone had anything like this before..

[Travelinglady]

Hi, Thomas38, and welcome to Psych Central! I seem to remember hearing about such a thing, but I don't remember what it is called. If it continues, then you might want to ask a doctor about it.

My husband talks in his sleep occasionally and doesn't remember later. There seem to be all sorts of variations on what happens when we are supposedly "asleep."

[Fresia]

I experienced this on a particular medication, a sleep med of all things. By chance, are you taking anything or have you ingested anything such as herbal supplements that might have influenced this starting? I would definitely talk with your doc if this continues. Do what yo need to to try to stay safe meanwhile.

[SnakeCharmer]

I started sleepwalking as a teenager and it continued for years. I had many episodes similar to what you've described. Somewhere in the middle of sleepwalking I'd come partially awake. I'd be in a state of semi-wakefulness and semi-dream and I really couldn't distinguish dream from reality until I awoke fully. I looked fully awake and I would remember the episode the next day, but my brain was dreaming.

It happened when I was over-tired and was caused by REM sleep getting out of whack. I was aware enough to know if other people were in the house and where they were. I'd do things like run to them shouting, "Call the police, there's a dead body rotting under my bed!"

My husband would reassure me I was okay, tell me I was sleepwalking again and I needed to go back to bed. But if I was home alone I'd feel terribly confused, trying to figure out what was happening. Even though I was partly awake, the dream state was intensely realistic.

As Fresia said, if it continues it would be a good idea to talk to your doctor about it. But a one-off episode can happen to anyone if you're overly tired or stressed out or on medication.