I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat and I have really vivid dreams every single night. It’s no secret that I talk in my sleep. Apparently I snore too, although I’m not sure how true this is … Ahem.
In the main it’s not a problem … for me. Sometimes my nightly disturbances can be disruptive for the husband especially when we move onto my sleepwalking.
My first episode of sleepwalking was when I was 15 and I woke up running down the stairs away from the MAHOOSIVE mechanical spider that was chasing me. It’s confusing to wake up in an upright position, more so to be moving at speed down stairs.
The second time was when I was 18 and I walked into my stepbrothers room in the middle of the night, naked. He described it as being visited by the Elephant Man.
Other than that I have night terrors, usually about spiders. I wake up scrabbling about in bed trying to get rid of the hundreds of spiders that are crawling about on our bed.
In more extreme moments I leap up convinced that I need to rid the room of the hundreds of spiders whilst shrieking about ‘the spiders, the spiders’. I climb over the husband, elbowing him, waking him, switch on the bedroom light, blinding not only myself but him also.
Then I slowly wake up wondering why I am stood in our brightly lit room at 3am with the husband looking at me as if I am mad.
So after all the times I have woken the husband up with this particular spider/light/bed scenario did he do the following this morning.
I was brushing my teeth and I heard a kerfuffle in our bedroom. I went in for the children to tell me that there was a huge spider in the room. This is not a problem during waking hours, I am not scared of spiders in my day to day life.
However he then said … “It was a great big ugly thing, it’s gone under the bed now. That will have been crawling in and out of your mouth all night” followed by a Beavis & Butthead type “hehe” chuckle.
Cue wide eyed children looking from me to their father to the dark space under the bed where Mr Ugly Skinny Legs is hiding. I am aware that my subconscious has filed the thought of those big hairy legs sitting on my face for a 3am visitation.
So, this is just a warning to the husband … when I wake up EVERY NIGHT this week stood in the corner having blinded us both again at 3am screaming about the spiders, I just want you to know … YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
16 Comments on "He described it as being visited by the Elephant Man"
I just clicked back on your blog from a more recent post about the spider dreams. I was convinced that I was the only one doing this. It started about 10 years ago and I wake up hitting the pillow,/the wall/my husband/anyone/ completely convinced that there was a hairy knee-ed beast invading my bed. Oh my. Initially Kenny was great – really supportive, turned on the light to make sure there was no offending beast. Now, he barely wakes up – I’m yelling – ‘huge, big, spider arrrggghhh’ and he – eyes closed, snoring, says – ‘no it isn’t go back to sleep’. I have no idea why I have them or what the dilly is, but man I hate those dreams. Thanks for sharing the pain of the spider dream.
I do have vivid dreams and sometimes talk (I’m told) in my sleep much to my Soul Soother’s amusement.
There then was the time when she dreamt about squirrels rather than spiders: http://wp.me/ppqxP-35
Eek, I had to scroll past that picture quickly, let me tell you!
I have never walked in my sleep, but I’ve had the ‘my bed’s full of spiders’ dream.
And thanks to you, I suspect I’ll be having it again tonight!
You poor thing. It’s very unhealthy having disturbed sleep. My oldest has always suffered from night terrors and rushes around screaming, wide eyed and babbling. He’s also incredibly difficult to comfort as he shies away from us (which is actually quite upsetting). Still they’re dying off now he’s getting older. Maybe when you’re about 70 they’ll stop completely??
I’m exactly the same. I frequently have night terrors about spiders running around all over my bed and jump out of bed shrieking. It feels so real and frightening it’s horrible. OH just thinks i’m loopy and laughs.
I can’t watch horrible things on TV as it sets me off. I used to have nightmares just listening to the theme tune of the XFiles – such a wuss.
I am scared of spiders in my day to day life although I can get rid of them when duty calls.
I hope you sleep well tonight x
I have similar sleep issues, teamed with the other half who sometimes suffers from Sleep Paralysis, night time is fun in our house!
The other big issue that I have (that I think you might be able to adopt!) is that I sometimes can’t tell the difference between something I have dreamed and something I have really experienced. The poor OH, sometimes he has no idea why I am angry with him but we manage to work out it is because he was chatting some girl up in my dream or similar!
I may never sleep again…..eeeeeeek!
I once did some half naked sleep walking at an ex’s house into his parents room. They never woke me, just returned me to bed.
It wasn’t until my ar$e of an ex decided to ring and tell me at work (after telling all his friends) that I found out. Oh the shame!
Maybe the hubs is hoping to help calm you down “in that special way” later this week.
Hey, you started it by using the word “naked”.
Oh no! Nasty hubby!
I rarely remember my dreams but hubby tells me I sometimes talk in my sleep.
I’ve tagged you in a meme over on my blog http://b4kersgirl.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/whats-in-your-bag/. Check it out and give it a go if you fancy!
Thanks, I’ll give the meme a go, think someone else tagged me for it too!
I get those dreams too – horrid, aren’t they? (And I suggest a well-aimed kick for your husband, if you find you’re lying in bed tonight worrying about forthcoming dreams. It might not stop them happening but it will certainly make you feel better…)
Shall be kicking away tonight …
Oh yes, he can’t be surprised now…
I do a similar thing whenever I have a small baby. I wake up taking my pillow out of its pillow case because I think it’s my baby I’m smothering. Also very confusing.
It’s funny isn’t it – when the children were small my nightly disturbances were worse … and not just with them waking me up.
oh no! Eeek! Just the thought of it…urgh *shudder* Maybe blogging about it will have gotten it out of your system…
Here’s hoping!