[Emmelouise]

Hi Everyone,
New to this forum and wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if you have any solutions for me?
My sleepwalking is out of control! Every night 2-4 times a night and on going for years, at least 5 years now but have been a sleepwalker my whole life but its been the last 5 years that its taking over my life and the other night I really hurt myself and I don't know what else I can do to prevent or stop myself.
I try do meditation, mindfulness and I also see a psychologist.

Every night when I sleepwalk I know I am dong it, I cant seem to stop myself but it seems to happen within the first hour of falling asleep which I believe is the REM sleep. Its like I am convinced something is happening and I am so scared, mostly I wake up thinking I am going to die or the house is going to blow up and I have to get out of the house!
The last 2 weeks every night I wake up sleepwalking and every night its counting down to a date that I am going to die, there is something I can do to stop it but I don't know what exactly that is but it has something to do with the roof of the house and I am worried I will climb the roof one night.

2 nights ago I woke up and ran to the office in our house and opened the window and jumped out which is nearly 2 metres off the ground as I believed the house was going to blow up! Not once but I did this 2 times in the one night.... The back of my leg is so bruised and black. I stood in the back yard starring up into the sky waiting for the house to blow up. There is also a door that leads outside near this room but both times I jumped out a window?

For the last 5 years its always the same, instantly waking up and 100% believing that I am going to die, that's the kids are going to die, the house will blow up, electrical issues that will cause death. I remember the next day exactly what I did, my eyes are open, I'm fully aware but I think that these things are happening.
Does anyone have any advise for me, I go to the Drs quite often and they don't really know what to do. Ive also been to a sleep clinic which was inconclusive as that nigh I didn't sleepwalk.
Thanks

[Shazerac]

Hello and welcome to psych central

Sounds scary. I don't know what to tell you, other than continue seeking help.

My daughter used to sleep walk and actually leave the house. I put a simple hook and eye latch on the top of the doors. Her waking self knew how to unlatch it but her sleeping self didn't figure it out. It didn't stop from sleep walking, but it did keep her from leaving the house.

[Teddy Bear]

Welcome to PC. I did some sleepwalking in my teens but it just stopped on its own. I hope yours will do the same

[RubyRae]

Hi.Welcome.

How is your psychologist helping you with this?Have you been delving into what's behind all the fear that's causing this?Have you been diagnosed with anything?Do you have PTSD or a dissociative disorder?

I used to sleepwalk very often,not to the extreme you do,but I did leave my home.Sometimes I wasn't sure if I had just dreamt I had gone places or if it really happened.I would wake up with mud or dirt on my feet which made me believe I really was.

I have PTSD and once I started working on past traumas the sleepwalking stopped after doing it since childhood.I'm not really sure if it was really sleepwalking or more of a dissociative thing ,but either way,therapy helped.

Do you know what's behind your fear?