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Question: My husband does this weird movement in his sleep...?my husband usually doesnt toss and turn but he sometimes makes this weird movement in which he jerks his hips. its kind of like that movement of the hip when you have sex....but he's not actually lifting his hips..he's just sort of contracting his gluts that make that jerking movement. it happens when he's really sleep deprived....and when he's sleeping on his back or side. the thing is...im really getting disturbed by it....last night i actually started yelling at him while he was sleeping and i feel so guilty cuz he doesnt remember doing it. it occurs during non-rem sleep. i know about some sleep disorders like nocturnal epilepsy and rls...and its not these thats why im kinda confused....has anyone else experienced this....
Answer: Is he aroused during these dreams? I just wondered because people do to different degrees act out their dreams sometimes. For me it is usually when I have been stressed out. I woke up my bff once because I was dreaming of a recent ex-boyfriend, in my dream I punched him. In reality I woke up with my hand in my friends face. Luckily he saw the humor in it. My husband has woken me to tell me my arms were jerking.(just slightly) and I had been dreaming of making free throws. When I was much younger I actually went to the doorway and called out to a friend. In extreme cases I have heard of people on diets who safely find their way to the kitchen, gorge themselves and can't figure out why they are gaining.Have you ever seen a dreaming animal move their legs in a chase? I think it is the same kind of subconscious and uncontrollable movement.
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