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Anonymous
October 25th, 2015 4:29pm
Sleep talking is usually caused by two disorders: REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) and night terrors. People with RBD act out their dreams usually in a violent way. Night terrors involve frightening screams, thrashing, and kicking and people are hard to be awaken.
It is maybe due to a sleep disorder or eating disorder, You should know that this phenomena is not always related to a serious thing, it is sometimes related to fatigue or nightmares ..
It could be a variety of reasons, stress, anxiety and depression can all play apart as well as coping with day to day life
Talking in your sleep is a normal thing. Everyone has talked in their sleep at least once in their life. Sometimes during sleep your body does things that seem strange, but usually we aren't aware. Sleep talking tends to occur in people who have especially vivid dreams.
I often get very bad nightmares. This causes me to talk/walk in my sleep. Often i do not even remember what has happened in the dream when i wake, but still feel a strong sense of fear, or the main emotion of the dream.
Anonymous
October 29th, 2015 6:05pm
You talk in your sleep because the pressure of the dream you're seeing is too much for you to handle
I talk in my sleep because I am stressed out. Every night i write down my problems so I don't talk.
Talking in your sleep can be a sign of distress in your life or it could be contentment. It all depends on the things you say during your sleep
Does your partner say so? How do you know it? What do you speak about? Do you sleep well? Does it bother you?
Anonymous
November 1st, 2015 5:34pm
There could be something on your mind that there is no way you could express the way you feel. It could also be your subconscious trying to tell you something.
During REM the body processes the events of the day and stage 2 the body moves to process it too. Therefore you sleep as a result of your brain sorting through things!
Anonymous
November 4th, 2015 10:20am
Sleep talking, also known as somniloquy, may occur during both the REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM sleep phases. When it happens during REM sleep — the stage during which we dream — it's caused by "motor breakthrough" of dream speech: One's mouth and vocal cords, usually inactive when we're sleeping, briefly get switched on, and words spoken by one's character in a dream are spoken out loud.
It's not a mental disorder and shouldn't be something to be worried about! :D
Cheers
Talking in your sleep is relatively common, people in my family do - it sometimes is just a release of stress built up, and in your dream you could be reliving your day and looking how to improve it for tomorrow? There are many reasons for talking in sleep :)
Sleep talk is quite usual behavior and is not usually an indication of any serious mental health issues.
Anonymous
November 5th, 2015 10:14am
Because of being caught up in some very vivid dream (more often than not). Although I think it can also be caused by stress, lack of proper rest and piece of mind.
I find that when my dreams are particularly vivid or distressing my sister will tell me that I'd been talking in my sleep. She'll usually report that I said things like, "wow," "hi there," "no way man," "that's hilarious," or even "get me out of here." This usually happens monthly.
Anonymous
November 6th, 2015 2:13am
I (think I) have talked in my sleep in the past (in a half-sleep/half-awake state). I believe this happened because my dreams seemed very realistic to me while being half-awoken.
Anonymous
November 6th, 2015 6:32am
Its one of those special things people do. Its what makes us unique individuals. Maybe its because we are thinking about something so much, we actually talk. Its a mystery given upon us.
The best thing to do would be speaking to your doctor about it, or research it online. That way you can get a medical reason!
Anonymous
November 7th, 2015 6:30pm
Talking in sleep is not as uncommon as you think. Perhaps, stress could trigger it but, its certainly not abnormal in most cases.
Because I am either sleeping lightly, or having a very vivid dream. If I have had a few drinks it can happen then too.
Might be because you supress things, you don't open up and your soul yearns to be expressed. When sleeping your brakes disappear and you talk out loud.
I talk in my sleep when I am in need of something, or someone. Most of the times its names of people I know but occasionally its food haha
Anonymous
November 19th, 2015 3:06pm
It's possible that you might be having a really intense dream that causes you to do this. If it really bothers you and makes you feel insecure, I'd recommend you seeing a nurse and you could discuss your options and how to deal with it.
There are things that you cannot contain, that even in your sleep you are sharing it :) or sometimes we are just dead tired.
Google and many search engines are wonderful tools!
https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-disorders-problems/sleep-talking
You talk in your sleep can be do to an active subconscious. If you have a lot on your mind it can sometimes come out in our sleep if we won't speak it while awake
Anonymous
November 21st, 2015 2:38pm
Sleep talking, or somniloquy, is the act of speaking during sleep. It's a type of parasomnia -- an abnormal behavior that takes place during sleep. It's a very common occurrence and is not usually considered a medical problem. The nighttime chatter may be harmless, or it could be graphic, even R rated
Sleep talking may be brought on by stress, depression, fever, sleep deprivation, day-time drowsiness, alcohol, and fever. In many instances sleep talking runs in families, although external factors seem to stimulate the behavior. Sleep talking often occurs concurrently with other sleep disorders such as nightmares, confusional arousals, sleep apnea, and REM sleep behavior disorder.
Talking in your sleep can mean that your not fully asleep or you have a sleeping disorder. It is only a disorder if it occurs almost every day when you go to sleep though
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