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I Answer Questions In My Sleep

by Kristi
(Portland, OR)

I have talked in my sleep since I was a child. I will even answer questions, I will motion, and I have been known to sit up and carry on a conversation.


I recently got a new boyfriend who sleeps with me and he listens to me at night and he asks me questions. Last night apparently my talking was incorporated with a place I went to and my cousin who I took that I haven't seen for almost 40 years. I told him that we were meeting boys and that my cousin was gonna give him a blow job.

Now i would never do this and I would never talk to my cousin like this. Now my boyfriend is hurt and I again have asked him not to drag questions outta me at night. I am trying to find articles that what you say in your sleep is not necessarily true.

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Aug 16, 2018
 Omg i thought i was only one NEW
by: Melissa

Okay first off let me tell you ima pretty good sleep i get my sleep in if not ebpugh o get naps too. I dream about things all the time. Has nothing to deal woth this bht just stating how i am. Okay my mom told me a few occasions so far she tries to wake me up and yells questions at me. Amd i actually answer. She said wheres the popcorn?. I said it under the bed. And i rrpested ot a few times and she actually looked under the bed this was false of course. Then she asked me next day if i remembered. I said no. Another time she tried to wake me up from sleeping so we can go get groceries. She said lets go buy food abd i said buy what? And i said it inbmy language too. Thats a trip and agaim she asked me next day if o remmebered. I said nah i was knocked out. I wish my mom woukd record me becaus eim curious how i sound when im kmocked out asleep but can speak.
Jan 23, 2021
 I am glad I am not the only one.. NEW
by: Eliz

I don't think I sleep talk often on my own. But when someone ask me a question, I will most likely give them nonsensical answers. But there are times where I am able to answer questions correctly.

Example 1 (I hate this btw): My mom will talk to me when I am sleeping. She ask me if I want to join them, which I said yes during my sleep. She persistently wake me up for an hour.

Example 2: I was asleep and mumbled beside my friend. When my friend ask me to repeat what I have said. I just tell him to shut it and sleep.

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