Sleep walking!

[brionyw]

Hi - my sister says she could die if I wake her from a deep sleep - pretty sure this is rubbish or I could see some very evil things to do to people I don't like.  Could someone help me before I sell my bugle on ebay?

thanks

[nuoyg]

I remember years ago someone told me that (for sleepwalking though, not a deep sleep). when I was in junior school.  Put the right frighteners into me and I was lucky not to sleep walk.  I don't understand how it can be true either but i'm too much of a scardy cat and have never known a sleepwalker. 

[chazza]

i have been woken many times from a sleepwalk or night terror, i think this one of those urban myths that circles the playgrounds!

[Supernick]

It's definitely a complete myth. I luckily grew out of sleepwalking whe  I was quite young. My Mum however delights in telling peope about the rime she found me at the top of the stairs dressed in just my pants and socks, addressing a non-existant person about whether I was too late to go to Tesco.

Check this link BBC out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_the_doctor/sleepwalking. shtml

[Octavius]

Did you know that  sleepwalkers are not allowed in the armed services of the US, at least partly because of the threat they pose to themselves and others when they have access to dangerous equipment (such as weapons) and are unaware of what they are doing when they sleep.

The main reason you shouldn't wake a sleepwalker is because of their reaction to being woken up. Some of them become really frightened and disoriented. If that's the case, you shouldn't touch them or lead them back to bed.  Some upset sleepwalkers will "flail out violently" if they're touched. So save yourself some bruises, lock up sharp objects and don't wake a sleepwalker.