The Body Odd

I know this is a random blog. When I clicked on an MSNBC headline about this subject, I couldn't resist blogging about it.

The following is the information I got when I clicked on an interesting headline:

The Body Odd 34: Dangerous dreamer
June 14: I hit my partner when I sleep. How do I stop tossing and turning?

Apparently, there is this show called "The Body Odd". On it, they address odd medical questions. Tonight's show is about "strange sleep tales" - sleepwalkers, individuals who wack their partner while they are sleeping, etc.

When I was young, I had a friend whose older cousin was a known sleepwalker. He was known to get up and walk out of their house at night! They had to get several locks that required keys and keep the location of the keys a secret. To me, that is just plain creepy. I don't know much about sleepwalkers, to be honest. I do find the whole sleepwalking thing interesting. HOWEVER, not enough to study up on it. In my opinion, sleepwalking is kinda like what the mystery of UFOs and aliens is to some people. I don't know, and I don't want to know. I just don't want one staying in my house. :

Anyway! What inspired me to do blog on this subject is the 'wacking your partner while you're sleeping' part. I had this friend whose father repeatedly dreamed his wife was on fire! She would wake up by being wacked on the head over and over with a pillow! Is that not the weirdest thing? Maybe I'm sick, but I think it is hilarious! :) For the record, her dad was pretty odd. But don't you wonder why fire? And in his dream, why do you think he would take matters into his own hands by trying to "beat" out the fire on his wife rather than strip her of her clothes, yell out for help, call 911, or just throw her on the ground and start rolling her?! ;)

Deep thoughts by Tish...thank you very much, thank you very much....and to all a good night.