On Demand
A Text to Build a Dream On?
By Brenna Farrell
June 13, 2008
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A great article in the Toronto Star explored a possible new frontier in sleep disorders…sleep texting. The article notes that claims of sleep texting are popping up on blogs and message boards. It seems that two possibilities exist here: 1) some people are actually able to text while sleeping (as some people sleep walk), and 2) sleep texters may actually be awake while texting, but experiencing a kind of sleep amnesia. Apparently, if you’re awake for less than 3 minutes, your brain doesn’t create new memories of that experience. This leads me to wonder how many things I might be able to accomplish in under three minutes in the wee hours of the night. And it inspires me to keep my cellphone out of reach when I nod off.
Have you ever sent a sleep text? Did you really, or were you just embarrassed about sending a late-night message?
Comments
Comment from Adam Van Meter
Date: June 14, 2008, 7:01 pm
Articles like this pop up so frequently, about so many things - sleep eating, sleep shopping, sleep texting now - I wish someone would find a way to help with things like sleep working, or sleep essay writing, or sleep driving. I didn’t have much success when I tried those.
I can safely say I have never sent text messages in my sleep, but I have definitely sent emails which I did not remember the next morning. Close, but not quite?
Comment from Mike
Date: June 15, 2008, 10:11 am
I live 8 hours (time change) from my girlfriend. I sleep text and talk all the time. I also check my emails in the middle of the night on my ipod… when I wake up I have no clue what i have read.
Comment from G
Date: June 15, 2008, 4:48 pm
I’ve sleep texted also, it was odd because, A) I don’t remember typing it, and B) it started off as an actual sentence then just random letters
Comment from esai
Date: June 20, 2008, 2:51 am
I’ve never sent a sleep-text… but I’ve written myself notes in my sleep, taken a shower in my sleep, and even driven a car in my sleep, so i believe anything is possible.
Comment from Oz
Date: June 23, 2008, 11:21 pm
I have replied to text messages late night in my sleep. The replies, usually have raised an eyebrow for being really forward and frank, things I would have not said otherwise. I only found out my reading the confusing replies in the morning, only to connect the dots and realize I had sent a text message I didn’t remember sending in the first place.
And just like the 3rd comment, i’ve started a message, only to wake up with a half finished unsent text message on my phone that made absolutely no sense.
Comment from Laura
Date: June 25, 2008, 10:31 pm
My sister recently texted a friend at 2.30 a.m. on a Saturday and asked them if they were still at school. She is a notorious sleepwalker, though, so it’s not really a surprise. Needless to say, her friend was quite confused.
Comment from M Tavarez
Date: June 25, 2008, 10:51 pm
I used to have a girlfriend that was very text-message friendly and would text me at all hours of the night, sometimes waking me up. I would reply back but I would text things I wouldn’t normally say to her.
I think it happends more often when people are stressed.
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