Sleep Talker

Unfortunately I share a room with my older sister, Chloe. We sleep in a bunk bed, Chloe’s on the top, and I’m on the bottom. Chloe often complains to me about my snoring in the night. Obviously, I can’t help this, and often I don’t snore. Usually, if I am though, Chloe would yell down to me and tell me shut up. Charming, eh? I would reply in sleepy groans and flop back to sleep.

But just over the past few months, Chloe has told me that instead of snoring, I’ve been sleep talking. One night, she told me I was blurting out random words like, “Grass! Colour! Dog!” On another occasion, she said that I was talking about something rather disturbing and creepy. She’s never told me what it was though, and I’m not sure I want to find out.

I want to know the cause of this. Personally, I thought that I must have something on my mind. But I never lose sleep over anything, everything’s fine in school, my family life is perfect and I’m not having any friend troubles. It’s very peculiar.

I’ve researched it a bit more the hope that I can get some answers to my questions. A website has told me that in lighter stages of sleep, you are more likely to be capable of speech, whereas in a deeper sleep you are limited to just moans and groans. It states that the causes of sleep talking can be anxiety disorders, strain, and fevers, none of which I’m aware that applies to me. Below is a piece from the website:

“What are the causes of sleep talking?

Sleep talking may be associated with:
• Psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders.
• Medical disorders like febrile illness (fever).
• Sleep disorders such as obstructive apnoea syndrome, sleep walking, or REM sleep behaviour”
Taken from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sleep-talking.html

I just don’t understand it. I’m not going to worry about it too much though, it’s not really a big deal to me, but I am curious…