Uh oh.

• Posted by admin on January 31st, 2009 filed in Sleep Recordings

Do I need to see a sleep specialist?
Sleep talking is very common and tends to be harmless. If your talking is dramatic, emotional, or vulgar, then it may be a sign of another sleep disorder.

(http://www.sleepeducation.com/Disorder.aspx?id=16)

That is good advice, but I tend to disagree with the final point.  Even in moments where I have discovered myself emotionally babbling dramatics (with lashings of vulgarity), I retain the sense that it is completely a function of experiencing a drugged state.

I can’t envision any link between voracity and other disorders.  Unless,  of course, you’re talking about the “Dr Sleep Specialist has to put food on his table” disorder.

If you talk and you don’t want to, all you can do is record yourself and try to pay attention to factors.   I think it likely that there are very few people in this world who have any sort of expertise on this subject.  Mostly, all you ever read is that it is a function of stress. I can tell you right now, for me, stress has nothing to do with it.  My talking is as far as I can tell, absolutely random.  There may be a psychological connection somewhere, that is true, but it is buried under so much stimulus it is doubtful I shall ever get a handle on it.

Not that I want to, of course.  I’m far too entertained by the end result.