Josh Bliszko, Milton Keynes: I have a history of doing activities in my sleep ranging from eating to rummaging through the bottom of my wardrobe. My latest trick is changing light bulbs. And no, the light bulbs don't even require changing.


Nichola Collinge, Towyn, Wales: I have been known to cook a quiche from scratch and strip a chicken down to its bones in my sleep. Waking up to empty loaf bags and chocolate wrappers is also quite common. I also like to go walking around my house and garden while talking about all the things I'm seeing as I'm dreaming. I thought I was going crazy until my partner regaled me with my nocturnal tales.

James, Bath: My wife watched me walk out of the house, get into my car and drive off. I returned 15 minutes later. It only happens occasionally and one particular time I got in the car and returned over an hour later. Having filled the car the previous day, I was able to calculate the mileage from the reset milometer. I had driven 35 miles. Nowadays my wife hides our car keys each night, I go for walks.

Peter Ramm, Stockport: I have done many strange things. I have woken up in the middle of the garden in the middle of the night sitting at the garden table. I was totally naked with cigar in one hand and cup of tea in the other. I have woken up inside the wardrobe in a hotel dreaming that I had gone blind. It was, of course, pitch black inside the wardrobe. I once came to in a hotel tidying my hair in my room mirror. I then realised that I was stark naked and the mirror was in fact a window at the end of a corridor on a different floor from where I was sleeping.

Rob Knight, London: I sleep eat -biscuits, chocolate, sweets, never anything healthy. My wife woke once in the middle of the night to find me tearing strips from a magazine and eating them. She told me I was eating paper. I replied that I knew I was and then got back into bed. I had no recollection at all. When I was attempting to lose weight I ensured that there were no sweets or biscuits in the house. I awoke one morning complaining of a soapy taste in my mouth, but my wife could shed no light on it. Some days later I went to get a fresh bar of soap from a drawer in the bathroom and found a fresh bar, neatly unwrapped, with a large chunk bitten from the corner. Again, no recollection.

Patricia Porter, Callac, France: I have gone online and bought inappropriate dog equipment for my elderly Jack Russell terrier - two large size collars and a complete training course of slalom sticks, tunnel etc. My only clue to the fact that I had purchased anything was finding my purse and credit card beside the computer, not in their usual place. Subsequently, the arrival of the parcels from America was a complete surprise. Even more surprising was a phone call from a kennels about a puppy which I did not want but had ordered in a letter written in French and emailed in the middle of the night. My most disconcerting repeated actions have been writing letters which look OK but have bizarre and inexplicable content.

Jay Hanna, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland: I woke up one morning to an irate wife saying, "Come see what you did last night." She took me to the kitchen, opened a cupboard door and every cup and glass - 20 plus - had been filled to the brim. Not one glass or cup could have held a drop more of water and there was no spillage anywhere. Couldn't have done it when I was awake.

Lee, Nazeing Land, Essex: My biggest issue is sleeping whilst clapping. I noticed it five years ago when I was on the train. Commuters pointed out that I had provided a nice steady beat to which they could hum along and all be jolly whilst on their journey to work. Since then I have noticed an increase in tempo and I often wake up with hands the size of frying pans due to excessive clap. It humours my girlfriend who is a light sleeper. She has even bought me a pair of oven gloves to wear in bed.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20542311

Is it normal to do all this things? Do you identify with any of these people? If not, let's know what weird things you do while sleeping.

We can talk about Jesus when through.

Thank God my sleep is perfectly normal. No surprises. No eating soap, chocolates, etc. Very wierd. Is this peculiar to a particular race, is it genetic? Interesting.

The only thing i know i do is waking up at midnight to drink water, in a perfectly conscious state.

Thanks for sharing.

T'was only knacking I used to do while sleeping (wet dreams).

My mind's on talking about Jesus.