same I get that she 4t she was trying to save her family and she was like stuck half in half out of the dream but thay could have ended up so much worse then it did she would be allowed to.sit in the front or st the very least would have to be fully awake
I would imagine she had a night terror, night terrors really truly feel like real life, and often the way they end kind of just blends into reality, so you think you've been awake the entire time. It takes *several* moments for the brain to realize that it had been dreaming, and that what was happening in the dream wasn't real. Not to mention, your body releases adrenaline and cortisol (the fight or flight hormone and the stress hormone) *during* night terrors, so on top of struggling to tell dream from reality you're essentially hopped up on natural stimulants, which just adds to the panic and confusion. I used to have night terrors involving some sexual abuse trauma I had, and I'd wake up to my husband next to me thinking it was the guy in my dream and I'd either freak the fuck out or attack him. So glad I was able to get help for those, mixture of trauma therapy and sleep medications. After several years I was able to ween off the medications and no longer have any dreams at all.
My mom actually pulled a similar thing. My dad was driving and my mom was fully asleep. All of a sudden she grabbed the wheel and tried turning it. Thankfully my dad had both hands on the wheel so he was able to stop her
She'd be in the back in an instant everytime she wants to sleep in the car after that... Would not risk it ever happening again especially with kids in the vehicle
I'll tell ya right now, I would never drive with her in the passenger seat again. If she can't take that then good luck with your next husband, hopefully he'll be strong enough to keep you from taking control of the wheel.
i will stand by a passenger in a car should always stay awake with the driver no matter the time of day if something happened to the driver they need to be just as aware aswell as the fact that things like this are insane
Please tell me you saw a sleep specialist or a neurologist for her parasomnia. I’m glad you’re all safe and no accident happened. But this can happen again in other situations if she doesn’t get help.
Your poor wife had a waking nightmare. A similar thing happened to me when I drove my husband home after a medical procedure. He was convinced a car was about to sideswipe us. He has no memory of grabbing the wheel. We still laugh about it. I'm just grateful was half under, and not at full strength.
O my thats a call for a huge slap . She's still dreaming !!! My husband who has seizures does this sometimes. Never while i was driving though . Slap will wake her up immediately
Now that you know that this happens if you don’t have too many kids in the back, have her sleep back there (and honestly this makes me think if there is room in the back just have the person in the passenger seat sleep in the back just in case
My ex husband served in desert storm and (he has PTSD before it was well known like 1998) I would scream GET UP SOLIDER! ON YOUR FEET! In his left ear. I DO NOT REGRET IT. Only because in 2002 I woke up in the hospital with tubes coming out of me and my jaw wired shut. When we got into fights it was physical on his end and he took it too far.
Wow, and I guess you still don't see how you played a part in the violence in your marriage. You verbally abused a sick man, but of course, Ur the victim not a participant
So let me get this straight. You mentally abused a retired military soldier and thought there weren’t going to be consequences? Do you even know what ptsd IS? You scream that at him and his instincts and training kick in, it’s not a conscious decision to hurt you. Why is it so normalized and acceptable for women to torment their husbands? But of course, it’s his fault and not yours.
This was in 2000 or 2001 I was 18 or 19 HE WAS 31 years old. I didn't know wtf ptsd was nor did I care at that time ONLY BECAUSE HE WOULD DO EXACTLY the same thing to me when I would nap on the couch. HIS OWN FATHER took noticed one day and said SWEETIE DONT cry about it... give it back to him 10 folds. That was the advice given to me by a man in his 60's
