A medical excuse

[weaktwos]

Okay, folks. The next time you get caught in flagrante delicto with someone who is not your boyfriend of spouse, here's your excuse.

I really find this hard to believe, but then again, I know little about sleepwalking phenomena.

Comments

[purplesquirrel.livejournal.com]

You've never heard of sleepfucking before? Sounds like a sham to me. How did those strangers get into her house?

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't think they got into the house...she went out and about.

But goodness, her subconscious has some serious needs.

[cotharyus.livejournal.com]

Er. Hmm. All I can say is, it must not be very good sex for her. I usually wake up if umm....never mine.

[bheansidhe.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who's a genuine Sybil-style multiple personality (though much more stable than poor Sybil at the time of diagnosis). I have another two who are severely dissociative and will forget things that make them emotionally uncomfortable. And I myself have night terrors when I'm in a stressful period - as in I will wake up wondering what the heck the terrible racket is, and *then* realize that I'm screaming my lungs out for absolutely no reason.

So yes, I can believe it. *shrug*

[bheansidhe.livejournal.com]

Um, the screaming thing has only happened a few times in my life, and always during a stressful time (graduation, parent in hospital, etc). I am much saner than that anecdote probably made me seem. ;-)

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

What, you haven't seen that House episode? I'm shocked!

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Doh! I missed it!

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I guess it would have to be some sort of schizophrenia. Yeesh. At least her split personality used condoms!

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

The ep was "Role Model" from the fist season. It was a clinic subplot in that episode, and seriously, it's really worth watching. Both for the main story, the clinic subplot, and the moment when Wilson goes, "Oh boy are you in trouble!"

As far as the Sydney woman's story, I have to say that from what I've read about in the past, I actually have little difficulty believing she was in fact sleepwalking.