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by Renea
(California)

I've known that I talked in my sleep as a child, and at times would sit up or look around while asleep but I always assumed it was finished by adulthood.

Recently though my girlfriend has been visiting and she has informed me that on several occasions I have offered her random commentary.

I told her on one evening that 'self drying towels are so convenient.' On another night I began describing the digestive system of a cat to her in my sleep and managed to wake myself up in the middle of it. I asked her if I had been talking in my sleep and she confirmed it. Most recently I insisted that 'everything is fine, we have donkeys and mules.'

I wish I better understood why I talk about these things because I do not have related dreams at all and we are also wondering if she should attempt holding a conversation with me next time, are there any kind of trigger or key words to use with sleep talkers that will direct their conversations to become two way and not one sided?

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