Attacking Myself In My Sleep
This morning I awakened to find a deep gash on my chin. I figure I must have scratched it in my sleep with my fingernails. Later, I was soaking in my bath and noticed that a mole from my wrist was gone (I have to confess, I took a quick glance to see if it was in the water before realizing how stupid that was). Do moles just suddenly fall off? I guess anybody who can answer that probably isn’t reading my blog. It wasn’t really a protruding mole, if was more like a slightly-raised freckle. I can’t think of anything I’ve done recently that would have ripped it from my skin.
I have a history of overactivity in my sleep so I’m wondering if I should be concerned. In the past, I’ve walked into other rooms, thrown things, even carried on phone conversations- all the while virtually unconscious. The weirdest incident occurred one morning a couple years ago when the trash truck was beeping outside my window. In my little trance state, I thought the sound was my car alarm. And for some reason, I thought my car alarm was deactivated by The Clapper. So I got out of bed, went to the window and held my hands out: Clap clap! Clap clap! Clap clap! Six a.m. in the morning and I’m hanging out my window apparently cheering on the trash guys. I kinda came around at that point and slinked back to my bed, embarrassed and confused.
Often, my conscious takes hold of me in the process of my sleeptime activities, though sometimes it’s not until the next day that something reminds me of what occurred. I suppose occasionally I never remember at all. Given that I don’t recall what was surely a painful attack on my chin, I think that’s a real possibility. I can’t imagine what happened to that mole, but I guess I’ll stay on blemish alert to determine if I’m slowly trying to take myself out in my sleep.
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omg that was hilarious.
The “People are Idiots” version of the “Fight Club”. Sucks when you have to play yourself. First rule of People are Idiots…
Interesting post. Lighter side of Clive Barkers The Body Politic?
I have a question…..Is there a 6am in the evening?
Gimme a break. I was asleep when I wrote the post.
Well it could be 6 a.m. somewhere and at the same time somewhere else it could be evening which means…technically yes there is a 6 a.m. occuring in someone’s evening. What’s that thing..they came up with years ago? uhmmmmmm time zones…duh….if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around does it make a sound?