My husband is a sleepwalker. I don't mean this in the sense that he gets up in the middle of the night and wanders the house. It's more an issue of, he falls asleep on the sofa, I wake him up to come to bed, and he doesn't actually wake up. Whenever he is in this state he is extremely belligerent.
Anyway, I have this phobia about running our fireplace. I don't mind it running when he is home, so long as he turns it on and off. We have gas burning logs and I am just too scared to touch the dials. I always think I'm going to blow the house up!
So this evening I realize he has fallen asleep in the living room again, with the fireplace going. I decide to wake him up so he can turn off the fire before he falls into a deep sleep. I try to gently wake him, nothing. I try saying his name softly, then with increasing loudness. Finally I am basically screaming his name and he opens his eyes and starts yelling, "WHAT?! WHAT?!" I asked him to turn of the fire and he just keeps yelling, "WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?!"
Good God! He is rather frightening in this state! He did finally turn off the fire, walk around a bit, use the bathroom and lay back down, without ever waking up.
Does anyone else deal with this, either themselves or with a spouse/SO?
Anyway, I have this phobia about running our fireplace. I don't mind it running when he is home, so long as he turns it on and off. We have gas burning logs and I am just too scared to touch the dials. I always think I'm going to blow the house up!
So this evening I realize he has fallen asleep in the living room again, with the fireplace going. I decide to wake him up so he can turn off the fire before he falls into a deep sleep. I try to gently wake him, nothing. I try saying his name softly, then with increasing loudness. Finally I am basically screaming his name and he opens his eyes and starts yelling, "WHAT?! WHAT?!" I asked him to turn of the fire and he just keeps yelling, "WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?!"
Good God! He is rather frightening in this state! He did finally turn off the fire, walk around a bit, use the bathroom and lay back down, without ever waking up.
Does anyone else deal with this, either themselves or with a spouse/SO?