i have read that while it is true that most sleepwalkers do it in deep sleep, it is rare when we do it in rem sleep while dreaming (except in children who usually grow out of it).

i have had experiences similar to dales. for example, after watching a miniseries where russia invades the us, i awoke in the closet where i had drug my saddle, a pellet gun, and was aiming the gun at the door. in the dream the roof had been blown off of the house and russian helicopters were circling overhead. i have also woke up after diving over the couch and hitting the wall with my head. in the dream i was dodging samurai swords.

i have also seen research that sleepwalking often leads to pd. i do not have it, but perhaps of interest to heidi, my brainwaves are "characteristic of someone who hallucinates". i have also gone from sleepy but awake to sleepwalking without ever going to bed. is that technically a hallucination? or narcolepsy?

i tired of going to sleep specialists as they always called it my "alleged sleepwalking" and prescribed nothing.

to dale. when i did something like shaking my ex-bf in my sleep he would wake up swinging. he got that in the military and i was always lucky and he never connected. he used to tell me i had better not do that or i would get slugged. however, i was not able to turn off the sleepwalking. i never hurt anybody but i realize the potential was there. mostly i just hurt myself by walking out of two story windows and such. anyway, i feel for you and you are not alone.