I did a quick search of this forum on REM sleep and found only minor references so thought I’d post my situation.

I have been having bad acting out of my dreams for the past 6-12 months. While I have never hit another person in anger in real life, I have become the hero of the oppressed. I take care of the bullies and I save those in trouble. I wake up punching the daylights out of my pillow or my recliner. I’ve fallen on the floor trying to crawl over someone in between me and the bad guy. A couple of nights ago I dreamt a bear was attacking a woman so I circled around behind the bear to distract it and ran into two other bears. One attacked me and started to eat me. It was an out of body experience as I watched myself being eaten by a big brown bear.

My kids say I yell in my sleep but I never remember the dreams associated with the yelling. Just a few nights ago my daughter, who lives in my adjacent duplex, was up with her baby and said she went to the window to see who was fighting outside then realized it was just me!!

I lost a significant other because she was afraid to sleep in the same bed.

Has anyone else had any similar experiences or have any comments?