Once I woke up in the middle of the night and felt sudden uneasiness. I was hearing strange squeaky sounds. Soon I realized that somebody was clearly going through my kitchen.

I was scared shit-less. I didn't know what to do.

I hoped it was all a bad dream, or wind, or anything but a fucking gunned burglar. After five minutes of being completely stiff, I decided to take the heaviest thing in my room (metal lamp) and confront the intruder.

As I was nearing the stairs, the sounds got louder and more realistic. Now I knew it was not a dream. Somebody was browsing through my cereals (why would a burglar go through my food - that I didn't bother to think of the time).

I finally reached the kitchen and entered it as fast as I could. Suddenly all sounds stopped. The kitchen was empty! It became so quiet I could hear my blood running though my veins.
Breath in, breathe out...

THEN A VOICE!

"Sir!"

I froze in place.

"Sir, I'm afraid you will have to go with us."

At once I realized that the voice belonged to a policeman who tried to talk a local beggar out of going through the garbage can that stands on the street that my kitchen window goes into.

Then I fainted.

I was never scared at night this much ever before or after.
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theodore said:

I wonder if you could make money out of it.
Ladies and Gentlemen! I give you the Sleepclappers.

ThreadCula said:

Same thing happened to me once, I thought I had died very scary
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One of my best friends masturbates in his sleep. I found this out first hand!

I frickin thought he was awake! Eeeesh.

FruitToAttractBears said:

I think your firend is lying.

rushing07 said:

No way. There were witnesses.

FruitToAttractBears said:

You called in for witnesses? What kind of a friend are you???

rushing07 said:

I wasn't the only one in the room at the mo

FruitToAttractBears said:

Too bad you didn't record the event with your cellphone and post it on youtube.
That would've been like a cherry on the top of the icecream.

ZombieKitten said:

damn none to report

ThreadCula said:

it is torture.

Teacher said:

Did that happen when I was there?
I don't remember. I don't think it happens too often. Not sure when. But when I wake up after it happens, my eyes are a bit burning and dry.

My friend in boarding school thought I was dead one night. Apparently it didn't bother him too much because he went back to sleep.

ThreadCula said:

Well I don't snore, so it's creepier, because I do look like a dead guy.

ThreadCula said:

I have much fewer nightmares than I used to. I still have that recurring dream that my mouth is full of gum and I can't get it out though.

heartbeatocean said:

I dream my teeth are wobbly sometimes
and once I dreamed that women can grow beards if they want to

ZombieKitten said:

I could write novels about my teeth dreams. Usually they are crumbling into miniscule pieces and I'm trying to get them back into my mouth.

I also have disturbing menstruation dreams...

I've been told that I purrr and make the sound that cats make when they're happy or relaxed or whatever the reason is for that sound, apparently I do that in my sleep. And I was told by an ex once that I talked in my sleep which was not a good thing
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I only talk in my sleep if i'm on heavy medication.

ZombieKitten said:

i woke myself up laughing last night.

i had a dream i was looking at a can of hairspray and there was a model who looked like one of the widettes from saturday night live, and she had a giant silver flip hairdo, and i started giggling in the dream and then i realized i was laughing really hard for real. whoops

None of the above, just have boners.

CynthiasSocks said:

morning wood

Anxiety said:

I LOOOOOVE waking myself up from laughing.

CarrieMpls said:

i usually don't wake myself up, but i was cackling up a storm last night. i think it's how my subconscious deals with stress.

Anxiety said:

Well that's an awesome subconscious then. Waking up laughing practically guarantees a fabulous day.

I do some weird shit in my sleep.... and it used to be worse.

When I was small I had night terrors BAD,the doctor said I'd grow out of them and I did but Ihave issues with sleep forever because of it.

They started with me sleep walking around the house, turning on all the lights and all the faucets, then I'd go back to my bedroom get in bed and start screaming and screaming, and screaming.

Now I sleep mostly ok if I can actually get to sleep.

I grind my teeth in times of stress.

In times of incredible stress, I do still sleep walk but only enough to change my clothes. If I'm wearing say a tshirt and shorts, I might walk up topless in sweat pants, or in a pair of flannel pjs. They are always sleep clothes I change into though.

If anyone touches me while I'm in a deep sleep, I will punch you in the face before I wake up.

Oh and least of all.... I snore.

I had a nightmare and started speaking in tongues as I was being killed by a killer, or was it the killer speaking in tongues? It doesn't matter I woke up to my girlfriend sitting up staring at me horrified because I had started.... speaking in tongues. I stopped the nonsense, woke up, opened my eyes, looked at her and said.....


"Hello?"

she said, "What the fuck?"

onenitealone said:

Poor guy.

If it's any consolation, I've heard that for many sufferers of true night terrors, they percieve them in such a state of consciousness that they often don't recall what they were dreaming the instant they awake.

I heard one sleep therapist put it this way: Nightmares scare the hell out of the dreamer; night terrors scare the hell out of his/her spouse, friends, parents, etc.
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Did I ever tell you guys about the time that I woke myself up because my legs were kicking each and every way. Yes, I was dancing. I laughed my ass off after that. This was after a great night of dancing.

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