Every so often, a story pops up about mobile phones that just makes me go, “Yeeeeeeeeeeah, I have to blog that.” Usually, it’s something stupidly hilarious, or something that could be a massively big deal in the mobile world. Every once in a while, though, it’s something that’s both, just like a story from TheStar.com. Apparently, mobile phones aren’t just everywhere in our waking lives, but they’re even taking us over while we sleep.
Well, that is, if you believe the claims of people who say that they have found they actually send text messages, from their mobile phones, while they’re asleep.
Now, at first, this does indeed look like it’s come out of one of the loony papers, and should share the page with stories about buses on the moon, and aliens abducting people to play ‘hide the implant’. Surely these stories of people using mobile phones in their sleep are the same, urban legends or made up to make fun out of (or make money from) gullible people?
Those are the things you’re all expecting me to say. I know you’re all thinking I’m going to say that, I can practically smell it.
Well, you’re wrong.
Because, believe it or not, there is a vast amount of evidence that suggests it is actually possible and plausible, and let’s face it, sleep disorders are a lot more plausible than ‘Redneck gets a probin’ from aliens’ stories. After all, sleepwalking is a recognised phenomenon, and you might not realise that sleepwalking can frequently involve acts much more complicated than using mobile phones. Cleaning the house is a common one, or sleep eating, or binge drinking in your sleep. It’s a recognised phenomenon, and has even been used as a defence in the case of Kenneth Parks, where he drove to and killed his in-laws, all whilst asleep, and having no conscious memory of it.
When you look at it like that, sending a message from your mobile phone, mimicking your dream, saying, “Wofbah, I’m running the sheepy bicycle shining on my knees,” is not such an unlikely thing.
So, in conclusion, yes I think it’s entirely plausible that people can grab their mobile phones, send a text, then roll over and go back to whatever dream they were in, and do all that without waking up.
It’s just a mercy they don’t wake up with their Apple iPhone 3G rammed up their nose, I suppose. Still, it’d stop the aliens playing ‘hide the implant’ up there…
Have you ever sent a text message in your sleep? Do you think it’s all a load of rubbish, or are you a regular sleep-texter? Leave us a message and have your say!
June 25th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I’ve never….ever! met anyone that’s texted someone while being asleep…maybe phoned the first person in our contact lists….but that’s about it.
July 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I’d love to text my lover “can u plz wake me up at 7?” while sleeping. lol
August 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Hi,
I woke up this morning, shocked and totally confused to find that I had sent a text message to my ex-boyfriend in the middle of the night!
I had been speaking to him during that evening and shortly after, fell asleep. I woke up this morning to find that I had texted him in the early hours of the morning saying “Hi Steven. Hope youre all ok. When will you be in wsm apain?x (Which should have read “again” and WSM is my home town!)
I felt totally embarrased and had no recollection of texting him the message and it didnt make sense anyway as I had only spoken to him a couple of hours before, so yes, I knew how he was and “hope youre all ok”…well, there is only him!
Embarrased, I texted him to apologise, maybe a ghost (haha) or just sleep texting (if that is possible?!)…I just couldnt understand it, other than my daughter sleepwalking, which she tends to do on occasions and maybe she did it?…who knows, but very strange and quite worrying!!
Thanks
August 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Hello there.
Well it happened today. I didn’t sleep all night because I had some work to finish and in the morning came all the other worries so I stayed awake until 1 p.m. I set my phone to wake me up at 2:30 and, as it often happens, i woke up at 5:30. Probably kept snoozing for 20 minutes or so (as usually). Which I tought was ok, altough I was almost late for a meeting, because I needed some. I eventually sent a message to someone saying that I was going to be late and while doing that, I noticed the last message sent. The nokia phones have this setting, the text remains in the editor after you send the message. I didn’t think much about it. Erased it, then stopped. ‘What was that?’ I tought. Then looked up the sent messages and found I had sent a message to a friend at 2:56 with the content “sample:director, friend etc” . It makes no sense at all. I checked out the set wake up time. It’s 2:50. Not 2:30. So I must’ve reset it or something. But the text make no sense at all.
Later on, after the meeting I told this to someone and he said he’d read about his phenomena somwhere. So I googled it and got here and on many other websites. It seems we’re really victims of modern time.
Well, thanks for reading this.
Good luck with your sleep..
September 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Hi,
I believe this whole thing. I normally wake up every morning, look at my phone, and realize that i had texted someone while i was sleeping. i never remeber dong it, but the messages all make sense. it’s really wierd for me becauae i’ve never been known to sleep walk or anything. Now experiencing this, it’s just kind of crazy.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Hi All,
It sounds different and unnatural, text messaging someone while asleep. Anyway I personally don’t experienced yet.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I have text people in my sleep twice,
once was last night, i text my best friend in my sleep saying ,
‘look, just take us!!’
its really weird cause her name starts with s so i would of had to scrolled all the way down,
i have NO memory of it, appart from the fact it is in my sent messages.
i only knew about it when she text me today saying ,’what was that message about last night?’
i text her at twenty to one when i was sound asleep,
so yes, this is possible.
x
December 1st, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Just this morning I was woken up out of a dream when my fiance Joel called. He asked me what ‘the msg ment’. I must have been dreaming about him, and I had text him “have you showered yet?” It didn’t make any sense to me and I was still half asleep when he called. To make things worse, now he thinks that I am cheating on him and has broken up with me. I don’t know what to do. I feel so hopeless and angry at myself because I feel like I havn’t done anytihing wrong. I don’t blame him though it sounds really far fetched. I wish there was more awareness about this so he wouldn’t think i’m lying!! I have a 8 week old child to him and I am completely in love with him. Im so upset!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Honestly, Rebecca, I don’t know what to suggest. Although if you have him read the info out there on the net about sleep-texting (of which, there IS some), then he should realise you’re not making it up. I know a few people who’ve told me they’ve done it, and received a ’sleep-text’ myself off a friend, so I firmly believe it does happen.
Chin up, you’ll get it sorted.
January 4th, 2009 at 1:11 am
I have experienced this before too.
I fell asleep watching a show about a band being In a bubble.
I woke up with a msg saying, “what???”
I went to my sent msgs and Apparently I sent a msg saying, “People are in a bubble.” Well I have no memory of sending it at all. I do remember dreaming about being in a bubble that night though. It was very strange.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:04 am
I have been doing this for the past 3 years. I am not sure why or how, but my texts are very poetic and I have found out that they usually occur after I don’t sleep well for a few days. I am a diagnoised insomanic and I usually send a text while sleeping about every other month. I have started to save them and my favorite one is “Just when you think its ok, its funny how it all falls apart. Sneaky eyes and a wild heart can be destructive in a land with no love. Where are you from?” Sent to my ex-girlfriend. Pretty weird
September 15th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Last night I went to bed at 10:30. This morning when I woke up my boyfriend texted me asking me “what was with that text last night” I told him I didn’t text him but he told me to check my phone. Sure enough at 11:45 I texted him saying “OMG what are they doing”. I have texted him in my sleep before but it was always gibberish, this time the text was legit. I think it’s weird and it’s kind of scary. I’m guessing I was probably just dreaming about something weird and that’s why I made that comment, but it still kind of freaky. I have problems with sleeping and I can never stay asleep the whole night. I wake up 4-5 times during one night so I think that might have something to do with it.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:17 am
This Morning my girlfriend asked me if I meant to text her at 3.30am this morning? I replied that I hadn’t texted her at all, she insisted i had and showed me the message which said it was from me and delivered at 3.30am. The message said ” Hey Baby, half Sun for questioning! X ” Not a private joke or anyhting, it really makes no sense, i have no history of sleepwalking or anything, was sober when going to sleep at 1.30am and to my knowledge slept well until 8.00am. Weird that i have no memory of it and it however meaningless was spelt correctly and appeared to be a sensical message!!!! Any thoughts???????