"I don't know ANYTHING about sleep walking or any of that stuff. But that didn't look like sleep walking to me." Glad an expert cleared that up for us xD
@BadBlood&TheCommonGround oh another expert here able to diagnose someone from a story. Which you are not an expert on because none of that is true about people with schizophrenia
Rodney's story about his disorder just kinda irritated me. Yeah him not being aware of what he's doing or where he is is dangerous because he could believe he's In a dream and hurt himself or others but he shouldn't be talked about as if he was crazy or the bad guy. I used to suffer from night terrors and sleep paralysis which were so traumatizing to me that I now suffer insomnia and it made my depression and anxiety so much worse. I will literally go and go until my body gives out and i pass out just because I'm scared of night terrors and sleep paralysis returning.
For the first story I feel WAY worse for Rodney than any of the other suitemates. Storyteller has no clue he’s the villain of that horror story. Imagine trying to live in a dorm with a sleep disorder and trying to keep everyone informed and prepared for any night noises. But all your adult roommates react like a clique of gossipy middle school girls. That was so weird! Lmao glad Rodney got out of there fast lol
Rodney isn’t the only victim y’all. No one should be forced to deal with this and I’m pretty most of you would do the same as op but Rodney can’t control it (which isn’t an excuse just an explanation). They should just move everyone with sleep disorders in rooms
My eldest daughter is 14 and always sleep walked. She does things like this totally asleep. It might look sinister at the time but it's totally innocent. And trust me she's always more freaked out than people that witnessed it. I used to do similar as a kid but grew out of it. And I was always embarrassed 😳 I feel sorry for Rodney. It's something he couldn't help and to be had to switch dorms often is even more sad ☹ hope he's ok
When my sister was 8 she ran down the hallway while asleep it scared the scrap out of all of us I was 6 and I was terrified all night until my stepdad went outside and woke her up😂😂😂
Its akin to walking through your dreams.That's how I relate to it. It's similar to alcohol/narcotic induced blackout, but its limited as far as completing complicated tasks. A walker wont unchain or unbolt a door, but will try to open the door by turning the knob only. I've woke up trying to go out many times. My wife has caught me trying to walk my dogs in my sleep. I'm not a drinker nor drug user. I always have dreamed periodically. I enjoy it.
I slept walked all the time as a kid. I have a memory of being woken up mid sleepwalk by my mom yelling "THAT'S NOT THE BATHROOM!" and realising I was in the kitchen and I was pissing on the floor of a cupboard, lol.
i wasnt that scary on it but i used to sleep walk to but in a small redius like i would wake up start saying some gibberis words and sleep in the most difficult way a human have ever slept and wake up with my back and neck hurting like wow im glad its over
Rodney literally warned them, told the dude whats up, apologized for disturbing them and had to move dorms again but nah Rodney is the "bad guy" in that story and "needs to get help" justice for my man Rodney
Yeah, I empathize with him. It must be absolute hell to have to live with it. I think the roommates' behavior was on par with some gossipy schoolgirls, but nevertheless - I can see OP's point. Even if I was informed about it and then I'd wake up to him in my fucking room doing some bizarre stuff, I'd still be absolutely freaked out and I definitely wouldn't be able to take it long term.
yeah I had something similiar but I told people around me what could happen so it wasnt weird or anything. they just knew it wasnt me doing it and it was ok. they tell me to go back to sleep and that was it. it was a lot worse years ago. idk if it even happens anymore no one ever talks to be about it but yeah justice for Rodney.
exactly. why the hell would it be weird to warn the people that you’re sleeping in a dorm with that you have a sleep disorder? the kids in this story sound like insufferable mean girls
I felt the same way...the roommate was a complete immature asshole. Talking about Rodney behind his back after finding out he has a sleep disorder. Grow up dude!
For the third one, word of advice: when you aren’t sure that someone is supposed to be there, and you’re asking them questions, make them give the room number instead of asking them if the number you’re giving them is correct. That way, if they are lying, they’ll either say something wrong, or nervously try to figure out the right one.
You know, most people who wake up to see someone in the corner of their room acting weird, while in a fog of sleep, tend to just grab and throw the nearest object. Plus, Rodney didn't tell the others about the disorder, only the OP. That's something that should be explained outright, and people have the right not to put up with someone who is going to willingly or not deprive them of sleep.@@SpideyWebSlinger111
I actually really feel for Rodney. Having a sleeping issue like that must be terrifying, even though the scenario of him smashing against the door in the middle of the night sounds terrifying. There's something sad about him saying "I'm sorry guys" then being kicked out of another place to stay
I feel bad for Rodney in story one, that must be embarrassing and scary to go through on the one hand and feel pretty helpless on the other. Sounds like he was doing his best to communicate the situation while feeling bad about it. OP and his friends were being pretty judgmental from the outset. From accounts I've heard about sleepwalking, the moment he was in OP's room and even after tracks for it. Just a sucky situation and it's a shame that Rodney was being treated as an enemy through it instead of someone struggling with a problem he wanted to stop too.
They should be judgemental, it was one of the first things he said to them. Just drop the old “I have a mental disorder that causes me to bang on things and scream in my sleep.” How the fuck are they supposed to respond? “Yeah that’s cool no problem just don’t kill me in my sleep.” No moron.
As someone with Parasomnia, the first story kinda made me upset. There is a lot of misconceptions about disorders like that and it’s upsetting to listen to a story about it being antagonized.
As someone with a sleep disorder who lives in a dorm with other people I feel for Rodney. Poor dude can’t control it and doesn’t “need to seek help” he did enough keeping everyone informed of it.
there is not much to be done... Maybe lead him back to his bedroom, try to get him to his bed? My family did this when I used to sleepwalk, they also would try really har to wake me up, they learnt the hard way a sleepwalking person really is sleeping lol
The problem is regardless he will disrupt others as it was shown, or rather told through the story. i know you "can't help it" but living with someone with is quite nerve racking cause of situations like this, so in the end "being informed" doesn't help the actions you'll have to deal with.
Don’t know why the OOP said it was weird that Rodney informed them of his disorder! It’s usually one of the first things I tell new people as a disabled person
@@shadowsage2636 Informing them is all we can do because as you said we can’t help it it was their fault leaving their door unlocked so they can’t be surprised when stuff like that happens.My roommate personally doesn’t mind because he knows this and just tells me to go back to bed. It really is as simple as being informed instead of being ignorant and scared or nervous.
So glad to see that everyone here is backing Rodney. I got really pissed off and sad by that story. The poor dude clearly told them about it so they wouldn't be alarmed when it would end up happening. Instead they just made fun of him, got alarmed when it happened and judged him hard for it. I hope Rodney is doing good and has better people around him now.
Ur telling me u wouldn’t be scared if ur roommate was standing in ur ur smiling at u in the middle of the night then starts banging on doors ???!!! Bffr
@@ilovethesturniolotriplets507that’s what I’m thinking too🤣 like wtf, are people really saying they’d be fine with someone entering their room , smiling at you and then screaming their lungs out?🤨
@@sherrymuhammad6914 literally nobody is saying that it isn't creepy......but he obviously has a sleep disorder and instead of his roommates being like "ok, that is creepy but it's a disorder" they gossip about him and treat him like some serial killer 🙄
bro my little sister scarred me when I turned a corner and I accidentally punched her if a dude who already got moved dorms banging on my door and looking at me from the corner of my room I would be shitting bricks
@@divines1677 no said it wasn’t scary. we’re all just backing him in the sense of sleeping . disorders often do lead people doing this in extreme cases.also he informed them about it if wanted leaner more they could have looked it up somehow. I mean surely if wasn’t google or computer there was book or dictionary … something. Like truely the story teller in this is looking to be the victim that they aren’t.
With that first story, I feel so bad for Rodney. I bet he felt so outcasted and alone through all that. He confided in those boys and in turn they thought he was a freak and probably made him feel even worse about himself. Poor kid.
they where even talking behind Rodneys back about how weard and creepy he was rather then feeling sorry for him and wanting to help him, im not suprised that he wasent seen the next day
For the first story I feel WAY worse for Rodney than any of the other suitemates. Storyteller has no clue he’s the villain of that horror story. Imagine trying to live in a dorm with a sleep disorder and trying to keep everyone informed and prepared for any night noises. But all your adult roommates react like a clique of gossipy middle school girls. That was so weird! Lmao glad Rodney got out of there fast
@@youngwerthermf the last big outburst was the most unsettling thing but night terrors and sleep disorders are exacerbated by psychological stress. If they had been chill and supportive it probably never would have got so disruptive and intense to the point of going into someone’s room or yelling thru the doors. (Although not locking his door at night and being shocked that the guy who has a huge and very transparent sleepwalking problem eventually opened your unlocked door was goofy. and concluding he must be a crazed psycho doing it on purpose because he low and behold opened a fully unlocked door while sleepwalking is such a bizarre reach. Lmao Bro lock your door at night wtf). I honestly theorize Rodney told the officer that his roommates are making him super uncomfortable by always whispering about him and giving him strange looks and that the weird unsafe environment might be making his symptoms worse. And so the cop advised Rodney to move out ASAP and relocate for his own safety. There’s no way rodney was forced to leave or something the officer was protecting HIM lmao
@@KitKat_293 I agree Rodney definitely left on his own bc why would anyone want to stay with people like that. They seem like the kind of guys that peaked in high school but go to college thinking they'll be perceived with the same greatness til the end of time smh 😮💨💀
@@Jim_WoolClearly not since he included the story. He's included so many ableist stories that it just makes me want puke. I can't give him the benefit of the doubt anymore, I'm just disgusted as someone who myself is disabled and also has an incredibly stigmatized disorder. It's just disgusting and exhausting and I'm just getting really tired of this villinazation of disabled/mentally ill people.
Felt bad for Rodney. As someone who also used to struggle with sleep walking, I used to freak out family members by getting up and walking around aimlessly at night. I was eventually able to get a handle on it but having a good environment helps a ton though. The fact that he told them what was going on, only to whisper about him behind his back was low. Poor dude was most likely stressed enough about it as is. And stress can actually make the sleep walking worse which led to him being kicked out or most likely asked to leave. Hope he was able to eventually get a better place to sleep and a better handle on it.
As a person with parasomnia, it would actually make a lot of sense to let people you’re sharing a dormitory with (a place where you’re sleeping close to others) to let them know you have a sleeping disorder that would probably frighten somebody if they saw you screaming, violently moving, or walking while being completely asleep. Would it make sense?
I have PTSD and I occasionally cry out in my sleep and sleep walk despite medication intervention. I’m at college in a dorm room like the one in the story. My suitemates are super supportive and they try to help me on my bad days. I truly feel for Rodney, sleep disorders can be detrimental to someone’s life and they can make you feel embarrassed and ashamed. I hope Rodney’s parasomnia eases, I wish I could hug him.
I used to have PTSD that gave me terrible nightmares. Therapy and medication have helped but it took a few years. People need to be more understanding.
@@Alberto-wu1mj I just recently got diagnosed and my nightmares were worse when I was younger but I’m doing a lil better in terms of that now. However, the ptsd still does make me cry a ton :((( I’m glad I haven’t done so in my sleep well not yet. Just started meds recently.
I’d love to see how everyone calling him an asshole would react if someone in their dorm woke up the entire floor in such an alarming and terrifying fashion. Rodney’s condition wasn’t just mildly inconvienient- his condition was so bad that the police had to get involved. It’s so easy to judge these guys when you’re not in their situation yourself. But everyone’s a hero in these comment sections.
@@koolandblue I just think that most of the people have a human level of empathy, Daniel. This is this guy's own story and he still paints himself really badly. In these stories you can totally lie and say what a good person you were when you weren't, but not this guy. I empathise with people having difficult situations with roommates, stuff that's complex and where no one is the bad guy, but this guy sounds so ignorant and like such a cunt. The moron also left his door open after multiple incidents.
@@koolandblue We get that. But they didn't had to make fun of him in the beginning tho. & they weren't trying to understand his condition; something he couldn't help
Poor Rodney. He trusted is dormmates enough to tell them about his sleeping disorder and then they went and treated him like he was a freak. I can't imagine how isolated he felt or how many other times people have treated him similarly over something he has no control over. Hopefully he was able to find better and more supportive roomates.
@@RockinRocketScienceYeah because they had the right to treat him like a freak for a condition he can't control even after he told the guy about it early before he even showed signs of his disorder. They acted all surprised even when he was clear about his condition and wanted to let them know to avoid making them uncomfortable. No, i'm not saying it's not disturbing and creepy waking up to someone you just met a few days ago mumbling non-sense in your room, banging on your friend's doors at night but you could at least be more understanding that he has no control of his actions in that state of sleepwalking, so the only way to deal with it is letting the others know about it so they would know what the reason behind his actions while he's sleepwalking. Even though this all would creep anyone out you have to at least have some semblance of understanding that his intentions are not to creep anyone out. Honestly this could've been avoided if after the first time he would've been placed into an individual dorm so he wouldn't disturb anyone else at night or if the suitemates handled the situation any better than how they ended up doing it.
@BadBlood&TheCommonGround not so sure about that, its not schizophrenia, its sleep walking plain and simple, if it was, it would be justifiable because it can be a dangerous mental illness, but sleep walking not so much. Why would he mask it? Im sure he would let them know about his actual condition if it was either of the 2, please elaborate because i havent seen the video in a while so i might just be missing some details
I feel so bad for Rodney. Imagine having to live like that, especially in college when you wanna make friends and have fun. Hope he gets better soon. 🙏
Those of us with the problem usually outgrow it in adulthood. I wasn't so bad in college (freaked people out by sleeping with my eyes open) but it was really bad right after college - would come out of my room into the shared living room and just stand between my roommate and our TV looking at her and not saying anything while she was just trying to chill. Another roommate (thankfully an old friend) woke up to me screaming loudly due to night terrors. Not fun for anyone. Next apartment was tiny, no roommates until my partner moved in, and he only saw me sleepwalk once or twice early on.
So basically in Rodney's pov, he has just moved into this new dorm thinking "I think this time I should tell them about my sleeping problems so they won't get scared or caught off guard". Then later catches them gossiping and acting weird around him for something he really can't control. Suddenly is woken up in the middle of a hallway feeling ashamed for sleep walking, making him run back to his room. And has now is moved to another dorm because his mates thinks he's evil.. Mmhm..the roommates are TOTALLY the protagonists in this story~🤡
every comment defending this man only mentions his sleep walking. Not him yelling threatening words like "OPEN THE DOOR", not him having his back to this persons corner muttering. not the smile then walk out the room. not the banging. I understand that one can sleep walk but you cannot say that all of those factors adding up plus that is was in the middle of the night will not scare the shit out of anyone. They shouldnt have been gossiping about him but cmon.
the protagonist just means the main character regardless of their morality, it doesnt immediately make them good. while i agree rodney wasnt the bad guy that doesnt change the protagonist being the person who sent in the story since its his pov
The first story pissed me off. Rodney took the time out to let him know that he had parasomnia and told him what came along with that… what threw me off was the guy saying “…but to tell you the truth, that being the first real conversation I had with the guy made me more uncomfortable than anything. I was hoping I get to know him on a more personal level not find out that he has a sleeping disorder. I also didn’t intirely get why he thought it was necessary to tell me that. I texted in the groupchat we made with Cody still in it to see if Rodney told them about his sleep disorder and they told me no with laughter…”. I can’t bash him for feeling uncomfortable regarding that being their first real convo but I don’t get why that made him feel uncomfortable if Rodney was simply letting him know… What if Rodney didn’t bother to tell him at all then it would’ve been an “why you didn’t tell us?”. It was only right that he did and he made sure that was one of the first conversations which was considerate. Then he texted the group chat asking if they knew and they responded no with laughter? I’m not sure if Rodney was going to tell them aswell but felt as if the guy already told them so he didn’t bother but laughing about it wasn’t ok. Also! Knowing he was being switched around because of his disorder.. he should’ve been given his own dorm. I hope they ended up giving him that. I’m sure there been times he was uncomfortable aswell, he at least deserve his own dorm.
What gets me is how OP says he didn’t know anything about Parasomnia or sleepwalking and then proceeded to end his post by saying that he didn’t think It looked like Rodney was sleepwalking. As a person who had sleepwalking issues in the past OP would be surprised how subtle sleepwalking and unsubtle it can be. There are times it’s evident a person is sleepwalking and at other times looks like they’re wide awake, aware of their actions, when they truthfully aren’t.
It also reminded me of another story that Mr. Nightmare read--in his video about Best Friend Horror Stories I wanna say--where a guy had a friend living with him for a short while because of a "fight" he had with his roommate, only to then find out that his friend was actually dangerous and tried to hurt him AND his roommate with a knife. And he claimed he didn't sleepwalk. At least Rodney actually felt sorry about what happened and didn't actually try to hurt anyone.
Either that or that he found better roommates. Also, the main character guy claimed that he wanted to get to know him on a personal level, yet made fun of him after he opened up about something personal, and he didn’t even bother to take the time to look up his disorder since he knew nothing about it. Rodney deserved better.
I feel terrible for Rodney. Here he is, a brand new student in a suite with 3 strangers, despite being completely new to the environment, he feels comfortable enough to be vulnerable and share his condition with the OP and his friends just so they’ll be safe and aware, and instead of making him feel better about it or welcoming him, they immediately treat him as a walking joke in his own home. Even though the story was told through the OP’s perspective and he perceives himself and his friends as a victim, he’s not the victim in this situation, he’s the asshole. Maybe instead of ripping on Rodney’s condition, you take the time to conduct research and learn more about it, so the next time you get a new roommate with a sleep disorder, you won’t make them feel like utter shit and quite literally embarrass them out of the suite.
@@thegamingcook785 No. Why should they be expected to put up with a dangerous situation? Yes, sleepwalking CAN be EXTREMELY dangerous. They were slightly catty about it but they didn't go out of their way to make the guy feel bad
Rodney was the victim in the first story. I hope he finally found roommates that had a little bit of empathy and a willingness to actually do collaborative problem solving to minimize the harm he could do to himself while sleepwalking.
I thought so, too. I lived with my best friend on and off for more than ten years. Sometimes, when she got really stressed, she would have night terrors and wake up yelping-I say yelping because the sound always reminded me of a scared puppy. Sometimes she would run out of the room in a panic. Anyway, it may have been unsettling to be startled out of my sleep, but she was still my best friend. She IS still my best friend. When she had a night terror, I waited for her to come around, made sure she was okay, and usually we would both calm down and go back to sleep without a problem. Sometimes, she would ask me in the morning if she’d had a night terror, and we’d chuckle about her interrupting a dream or how I didn’t realize what it was at first and thought there was a dog in the apartment.
You think those guys should just be forced to live with someone who screams and violently bangs on doors? They shouldn’t have to deal with that or help that idiot in any way. “Collaborative problem solving” what the hell are you on?
I felt so frustrated when the storyteller said "why did he feel the need to tell me he has a sleeping disorder?" Because it's courteous for people to be aware of what might happen?? Rodney did his best to warn everybody EXACTLY what could happen and they acted like that was weird to even mention!
His big mistake was right in the beginning. Instead of asking a random guy “are you in room 5” it should have been “what room were you assigned to?” I’ve definitely been watching this channel too long because I immediately guessed that it was just a random guy.
I feel for Rodney. "That didn't look like sleepwalking to me." There's variations of the disorder far more severe than that. I can't imagine having to go through that.
For real! the op of that story even said "i don't know anything about sleepwalking" multiple times but feels confident enough in deciding what it does and doesn't look like. I really hope Rodney got a private room after that
My dad did that once or at least claims he didn't remember screaming at us. We were talking about cat stuff, like that we needed to get cat food pretty soon or something, and he had fallen asleep on the couch. He had been out for probably 20 minutes when he "woke up" and started angrily screaming we're not getting another fucking cat. Made my mom and I both jumped because of how sudden and loud he was and upset because neither of us mentioned anything about getting another cat, nor was I even entertaining the idea. Yet he claimed we were and had purposely waited until he was asleep to bring it up. Something was different about the way he accused me, and i realized that halfway through his tirade something was off. He seemed convinced we were scheming behind his back and said so, and it was so odd. He got up and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and while I'm probably misremembering, he broke it or at least dropped it in the sink because he swore and reiterated we better not be getting a second cat. My mom swore we weren't even talking about that and that he was scaring and upsetting us. He said nothing else and came back to sit on the couch, conked out again, and a few minutes later groggly asked what was wrong as if he had just woken up. I was crying and angry and my mom told him what he said and that he really upset us (mainly me). He said he didn't remember and even apologized. It was one of the few apologies I accepted from him as genuine because he honestly didn't seem to remember anything, and i was old enough to consider the possibility he must've been sleepwalking. He went to get into their actual bed, and i told my mom that's what it must've been. It made me second guess how often he might have been actually sleepwalking all those years, and none of us just ever caught on.
@@Mia-tz9hc Yeah, he's acting as if Rodney was a serial killer or something. He didn't even come close to hurting anyone, but in the end he got hurt instead; both physically and emotionally.
Did u listen carefully to the story when they said it would be weird to tell them bc he said he already informed everyone in the dorm which when he told his other friends they said no he didn't inform them the only jerk was cody i think he was always laughing at what was told?
How were they heartless jerks? Pretty sure Rodney is the heartless one for thrusting his problems on a dozen different flatmates 😂. Like mate, take some medication or save up for your own place. It would be disturbing and disrupting to wake up nightly for an hour to take care of some guy creepily staring at you, screaming, talking in the dead of night. You people are so far up your own asses you think you’d react any better 😂
the other 2 were insanely creepy, but the first one just made me feel really sorry for Rodney. sleep disorders are no joke, and he almost definitely had no idea what he was doing and more than likely wasn't dangerous. probably left because he was so embarrassed and didn't want to scare the others.
@@jenx5870 older gen z (21) here !! the same still goes for our generation, ive only ever met people that are like 30+ going by bob, anyone around my age goes by rob(bie). ive met a robin (still short for robert) though
Poor Rodney. To be treated like an outcast because of something he can't control is heartbreaking. At least he tried to give everyone a heads up instead of blind siding them. Some people are just shitty people.
I get it ain’t his fault but if I see a grown mf just waltzing his way in my room middle of the night im rocking their shit nun personal im just protecting myself
wtf do you expecting them to do ? just imagine every night you waking up to someone screaming and banging doors. personally I would try to be nice to him but I don't how long I could deal with it
@@anzx0699 They are the assholes of the story. You make some really good points though, and I think the solution could've been for Rodney to live on his own, but he probably couldn't afford that. These things tend to be worse with stress, so if he found a place with good people who came at the situation with empathy, I'd hope that future incidences would be few and far between. We don't live in that world though, truly good people are rare and people like the OP are the rule not the exception.
@@anzx0699 i understand not being able to live with him when he has those terrors, but there was no reason for them to sit in a common room and giggle about his uncontrollable disorder (and laugh about it in a group chat). I would hope the college could just give him a dorm to himself or with someone who specifically said they wouldn’t mind living with him.
First story sums up today’s society’s tolerance of people with disabilities/disorders. Rodney did everything he could to warn the guys of his disorder and they still weren’t mature enough to walk with him.
@@cryptic3350 Exactly I can't believe all these virtue signalers acting like they wouldn't have a problem with someone constantly waking them up in the middle of the night. And sleepwalkers are unpredictable. You don't know if they might be violent. So now, YOUR health suffers because you aren't getting sleep and your stress skyrockets having to deal with a sleepwalker. I can feel bad for someone having a condition, does not mean I or anyone else should suffer having to deal with their condition.
As someone with parasomnia, there was nothing “scary” about the first story. Just really sad. I’ve been that person who freaks out roommates when I just want to keep to myself and can’t help my sleep issues
Those roommates were naive and prudish. He explained himself in what must be a mortifying personal hell, of his condition. They weren’t exactly welcoming or understanding. I can’t see what else he could have done. None of it was intentional. Some people just don’t have the capacity to empathise.
@@thefirm4606 he told one guy then woke him up 3 nights in a row with the last time loudly banging doors waking everyone up, you can go deal with that in a home if you want.
@@Obs23456 it wasn’t intentional though so you can’t blame someone if they did something like that accidently. That’s just not how it works it literally can’t be that persons fault for the fact they have that condition. I feel so bad for Rodney.
@@tara6637 yes you can for literally causing disruption at night on that extreme level which is more than just accidental sleep walking. That’s not how it works for college students it literally makes it that persons fault they should be somewhere instead of public dorms with that condition.
That last story makes me grateful for the strict security on my campus. You couldn't get into the building or past the front desk without your student ID. If you refused to show it, campus police was called. If someone said they forgot their card in their room, an RA was called to escort them to get it (unless the desk people knew you really well, which happened in smaller dorms - I worked the front desk and recognized 95% of the faces in the three-floor dorms I worked in). There were a lot of things to complain about in that school, but security was definitely not one of them lol
I honestly feel bad for Rodney. He didn’t meant any harm to anyone. But with a condition like that, he can’t control it. I hope he’s doing better now 🙏😞
Man, poor Rodney. He said he had to move out of his previous dorm room because of his parasomnia and moved into that one just to have to move out again. I hope he found some roommates that understands and accepts his condition.
The last story was thrilling and my heart was pumping with adrenaline as the kid had never met his replacement dorm mate, but to be spending the time with an possible homeless intruder with intentions of stealing is concerning
I actually have parasomnia! I do not sleep walk, sleep talk, etc. but I do have the nightmare + sleep paralysis “side” of it. Some people grow out of it but there’s really no “treatment” for it other than medication. It makes a lot of sense for him to let his dorm mates know he has it and how it effects him! I really do feel bad for Rodney.
I have had it since child hood from sleep paralysis, screaming, fighting and randomly washing dishes having full on conversations and only after family realizing that I was actually asleep. Depending on my stress level for the day would be a factor in the severity of the night.
Been watching since Iike 2015 and despite the many re-upload issues, age restrictions issues or whatever else that I can't think of off the top of my head Mr nightmare has always persevered with the top quality horror narration content. Keep up the amazing work and just know that whatever happens your work will be worth it in the end
The second story sounds like a ghost story, would love to binge more on such stories. I heard one story about a guy who got woken up by his bunkmate who asked to accompany him to the common washroom. They walked to the washroom together and the bunkmate went into one of the cubicles while the guy stood at the sink area. Soon later, to the guy's surprise, the bunkmate walked in to the washroom. He immediately thought that if the bunkmate just walked into the washroom, who was it that was in the cubicle? He pushed open the cubicle door and realized that no one was inside. A freaky story, similar to the one i wrote about a weekday mall that actually exists in indonesia
For the first one, he most definitely actually had the sleep disorder and was sleepwalking. I genuinely feel bad for him, because not only does he have to deal with it personally, but he knew it caused trouble for those around him too. Poor guy already had to leave his first dorm, likely because his original roommates complained too. I can’t imagine how embarrassed he must have felt. I hope he got his own private room or smth.
My wife experiences with Sleep paralysis plus nightcrawler and never sleepover anyone house due to disorders....I learned personal your own family would give up on you, Kick you ,meds dat dont work.....no love , So Homie dont give up on ppl yet someone will accept you an see past that work with you, like i do with my wife everyday plus Night.
The fact that everyone is so freaked out about Rodney freaks me out. Seriously? Dramatic much? He said he has a sleep disorder. Why is that so scary? The most climactic part of the story was when they were all shaking him to wake him up because he’s waking around asleep and the yelling and chaos builds and builds as they shake him and act like maniacs, and then……( 🎶 cue dramatic music 🎶 )……HE REPLIESSSSS…”I’m sorry guys.” And goes back to bed. Lol Seriously just turn Rodney around and point him towards his bed. He will go lay back down. I know because I used to sleep walk when I was little and so did my son. 🤷🏼♀️🤣
Did you not listen to the part where he entered someone’s room and started smiling and laughing at him?🤨 are you saying something like that shouldn’t freak anyone out?
@@cdencerr sleep walking is fine, I’ve done it before. The main fact is that the original comment thinks seeing someone in the corner of your room, smiling and mumbling at you at the middle of the night shouldn’t be cause for concern or fear🗿🗿
@@sherrymuhammad6914 my sister sleeps walks. don't think it's js walking around dude. she was in my closet before. did I make her leave after that?? no. she walked into my parents room bright eyed and was mumbling. we just put her to sleep. excuses dude
That second story…that’s super creepy and disturbing!! I can’t imagine waking up in the middle of the night, pitch black and a total stranger’s just standing in your room….😬
Right? The mhmm and creepy wave was very unsettling, and the fact the cameras didn’t pull up anything tells me it was someone who lives close by or knows the campus very well
most of these stories are just horror stories sent in and mr nightmare reads them. yes rodney can’t help it and i feel bad for him, he didn’t deserve it, but just imagine how creepy that would be waking up to at 2 am half asleep. he was saying it in that perspective not as an “evil person” they’re college kids. get a grip.
That first story was honestly just someone gossiping about a roommate with a condition that he doesn’t understand. The guy literally told everyone he has a condition and everything that was described sounds like textbook sleep walking. OP needs to get a life
I feel so bad for Rodney in the first story. My freshmen year of college, I had a roommate who had a history of various sleep disorders. She told me she had been getting treated since she was a little girl and that she had gotten better for the most part. But she wanted to mention it just in case anything happened, which I very much appreciated. Nothing really happened in the beginning of the semester. Although, around mid terms, this one night at 3:00 am, she BLOODY MURDER screamed while I was sleeping. I jumped up nearly having a heart attack. I had never been so scared in my entire life. She ran to my bed and said she had just had sleep paralysis. She felt so bad and wouldn’t stop apologizing. And I wasn’t mad at her as I knew that was something she couldn’t control. Although the next morning she told me something that really freaked me out. She said that during her sleep paralysis, she saw a little girl in a dress standing by my desk. Now a couple days later, i woke up to hearing footsteps all around our dorm. I opened my eyes to see what it was and it was my roommate sleep walking around the entire dorm. Not going to lie, it looked pretty scary but again, it’s not something she can help. Point of me sharing all of this is that just like my roommate, Rodney couldn’t control any of that. And while I very much understand how frightening it can be, making fun of someone and alienating them isn’t cool.
I really appreciate that Mr Nightmare dresses up the stories just enough. Not too dramatic and not too bland. Perfectly told, I’m completely focused on the story and not distracted by the voice telling it
Story 1: Oh FFS if you're that alarmed by a sleeping disorder you're going to have a hard time outside of college. I sleep walk, talk, etc (so does my brother) and I've never once been violent. I'm sure it was disturbing for this kid but it's obvious Rodney's disorder is coming from trauma. A little sensitivity and communication was called for. He probably left on his own accord because he felt uncomfortable and insecure. People with mental health issues are often the TARGET of violence and general ignorance, not the perpetrators, with their offenders often being people like the story's writer. Everyone, please: Stop associating violence with mental health concerns. The two are NOT mutually exclusive and "normies" are far more violent than the vast majority of the mentally ill. SCARE RESPONSIBLY. Or we'll come for you in your sleep. 😉
At least you admit to being insane. “If you’re alarmed by a sleeping disorder (that causes insane screaming and violent banging) you’re going to have trouble outside of college” fucking how? Those guys will luckily never have to deal with or live with someone like that ever again, they will be just fine. It’s wrong to not want to wake up to a person laughing in the corner of your room? What????
@@jordannewman177 calm down it's a critique on a bad horror story. No need to call this person insane. Learn that you don't need to insult everyone on the internet.
i see where you’re coming from and OP def should’ve been more understanding, however, don’t you think rodney should be roomed by himself? despite OP and his friends being assholes, they really shouldn’t have to put up with being disrupted every single night
@@jordannewman177 man, you're fuckin' riled up over your garbage opinions all over this comment section. Fun fact: i have a sleep disorder that sometimes causes me to wake suddenly in my sleep with a yell. I work as an EMT. Many people will have to deal with me. Sleepwalking and sleep talking is way more common than people think, especially since there are basic sleep medications (often prescribed for night terrors) that have been reliably shown to *induce* sleepwalking.
@@lmao8617 i have said it before and i will say it again: choosing who you live with for your own mental health? Perfectly fine. Gossiping and having a laugh about someone because they're weird? Kinda fuckin' skeevy.
First story is just sad my brother had the same illness, he grew out of it but it was just sad seeing how he did it involuntary, he started sleeping while completely covered and his blanket so that he would trip when he started sleep walking so it would wake him up, I have no idea what it was like but he looked miserable every time it got closer to night because he knew of his illness and night terrors he was miserable for like 7 years till he grew out of it but I still feel bad because it got bad, so for a fact I know the first guy was just sleep walking he just needs help but sadly that's easier said than done in America with the medical bills and if he's in college he's most definitely in debt so I feel bad that he can't get the help he needs because unlike my brother who just got lucky, it seems he won't grow out of it without help
You know that kinda scares me a bit I mean I do wake up early to work but I feel like overtime something like this would screw me up and pretty much I would want help.
I feel bad for Rodney. I have lived with the same roommates for 4 years. I sleepwalked once when I was like 8 years old, and it didn't happen again until I was in my thirties. I was dreaming that I was walking to the bathroom...then I woke up to my roommate's face, because I had just opened his door in the middle of the night. He could tell immediately that I was out of it, I went the other way down the hall to the bathroom and back to bed. I was so embarrassed, I literally handcuffed myself to the furniture for the next week because I was so scared of doing it again.
Honestly having your roommate be a friend or someone you know helps make things less awkward. It also probably lessens the chances of one of these stories happening to you lol
here’s my dorm horror story; everyone got food poisoning from the dining halls. the smells and sounds were absolutely horrific. there were “puddles” of well you know everywhere.
4:46 - Who sleeps with the door unlocked? Especially when they know their neighbour has a sleep disorder and is prone to sleepwalking. Man, I feel bad for Rodney
The last story was crazy I was not expecting that ending. I thought the email would show that the person couldn’t change rooms or couldn’t get a new roommate. That twist ending was way creepier.
Story sender should have asked for “Bob’s” dorm number instead of asking “Bob” if he (“Bob”) was assigned to a specific number, which happened to be the sender’s room. It’s like asking a stranger at your door if he’s the plumber you called earlier instead of asking who he is.
Am I the only one who feels like both the voices he uses are equally soothing and perfect to listen to and for narration? Like I can’t decide which one I like more because I can fall asleep to both!
Perfect way to start off my Sunday after noon. You and me b are my fav story tellers because of the music timing and the way you draw people in when telling stories. Keep up the amazing work man!
It's 2 in the morning here lol and I am just lying on my bed in my dark room listening to Mr Nightmare and now I am kinda scared to fall back asleep :'p
As someone who used to have night terrors constantly when I was younger, I really do feel bad for Rodney I grew out of mine eventually with age, so I can’t imagine how bad it must’ve been for him not to be able to stay in dorms because of something he can’t control… It’s something that stems from ptsd and your mind is trying to process those issues when you are most relaxed (hence when asleep) so therefore it affects whatever dreams you may be having at the time and make your body think they’re hyper realistic (so you act them out, talk and walk in your sleep, etc.)
Thanks for describing this for viewers. I have it due to cPTSD, severed chronic pain from EDS, and OCD (which in my case comes with a fear of sleeping because it can be hard to put my guard down). I take meds that help, work with my longtime psychiatrist, a newer psychiatrist, *and* a therapist. It's a lot of work, but the incidents are under somewhat better control. It's scary, like you're a real-life Jeckyll/Hyde. I have some crazy stories. The comedian, Mike Berbiglia, talks about his struggles with a similar condition (he doesn't name it. It might be the same. I've also heard other names for this condition and associated conditions). It's quite enjoyable for anyone who wants to learn more about it. He actually jumped through a glass window in his sleep. Yikes.
OP in the first story: „I know nothing at all about sleep walking or sleeping disorder.“ Later: „That does not look like sleep walking to me.“ Okay genius, and how does it suppose to look then? 😑
The first story was just pure judgement and rudeness from the storyteller. People just don't understand what it's like to have issues that aren't physically seen. Him telling you that he has a sleeping disorder is not a weird thing to do you'd be more freaked out when it happened if he didn't tell you. If it's really that disruptive you need to be an adult and start emailing and talking to people who handle dorm roommates and politely tell them the situation and ask if he could have his own room to avoid any issues with others.
In the first story, I felt bad for that Rodney. It actually is a disorder he has and it's not his fault. Hoping he's getting the help he needs. Happy spooky season 💙🎃
Story 1, You are not supposed to wake a sleepwalker but that sure was intense Story 2; How long does College Dorm camera footage last before it gets erased completely (Public stores and many other public places have their footage last up to 28 days before it's gone) Story 3; How was Bob able to get past security? and I'm guessing his real roommate was completely normal These are great stories and I am kind of glad I am not staying in a College dorm.
depending on where you are, there isn’t much dorm security. i’ve made it into dorms i didn’t live in by just… following someone in. you clock someone with a keycard and it’s easy
The second story is mostly likely she just dreamed it. The roommate could’ve left the closet door open whenever she got up, and because she was so stressed about her assignment she woke up really early and saw her roommate
I had a serious bout of anxiety and panic attacks late last year, and hearing your awesome delivery of these creepy stories was possibly the only thing keeping me grounded. So many thanks for you work :)
Thats very true, the quality of the first story sucked horribly. It wasn't creepy or scarey at all, infact it made the other kids seem unsympathetic and self-centered. Instead of discussing the issue with their roommate, they ridiculed him behind his back. Quality over quantity indeed.
Thankfully here in Ireland actual roommates is really rare in college, sharing a house or apartment with strangers is stressful enough, nevermind a room
Parasomnia is NOT to be laughed at, I've gotten up in the middle of the night and eaten food, and only know about it from family members. I also have EHS ( Exploding Head Syndrome ), that can be as scary as Sleep Paralysis !!!!!!!!!!!
I can relate to Rodney. I've never slept walk as bad as him, but I did have night terrors that would make me talk and physically struggle in my sleep when I was younger. I used to bruise myself in my sleep and wake up with severe chest pains. Instead of giving me any help or listening to my problems, I was verbally attacked by adults who wanted me to be "normal". What was worse was that my night terrors stemmed from other kids in school regularly bullying me. I don't have sleep issues anyone, but going through it was hands down the worst several years of my life. To anyone else who has trouble sleeping at night for any reason, just know you're not alone. Lots of love.
I've been told I talk in my sleep. I have heard that for years. My son has had full on conversations with me and laughs at some of the things I have said. I have woken myself up screaming before. That's not fun. Those are when I have nightmares of being murdered (from past trauma). I know I have hit and kicked my ex husband in my sleep before. I have insomnia, though, so it's weird. I can go days where I only get 2 hours of sleep. Then I will get maybe 6. Then I crash and on a weekend I might get 12. Sleep and the brain are a complex and weird thing. Sorry you had to go through all of that. I know what it's like to not be protected by adults. It's scary and confusing. I hope you're doing well now.
With me, it's night terrors. I sometimes wake up in really weird positions in bed, or not even in my bed, or sometimes at my desk in my room. I usually have the same kind of nightmare, though it does change up randomly. I'm glad it doesn't happen often anymore, but in my teens it was brutal at times.
Ashamed to admit i love your videos but i absolutely love waiting until october-November to binge on all the videos you uploaded over the summer Idk why but scary stories always hit the best in the fall