I've been feeling completely foolish since yesterday morning and horribly embarrassed anytime I even tell anyone this...
I got lost in my own bedroom!!
Yes, you read it right, LOST, in my own bedroom and I was completely awake!!!!!!!
The other night I stayed up late, my hubby is on day shift so he was off to bed early; I was up until around midnight when I figured I should try to get some sleep. I've been tossing and turning for the past few nights and my sleep pattern has fallen back again despite my new 'sleep program'.
I went up at just after midnight, it was dark, I stood for a while to let my eyes adjust to the dim light, went into the room, straight to the bathroom, did my usual routine, shut off the light, again let my eyes adjust and went back into the bedroom. It was pitch black despite having my eyes adjusted to the bathroom, there was less light in our bedroom.
Now I can do this walk with my eyes closed, turn, five steps, reach out and bed. Somehow I got turned around, completely lost my sense of direction...I took the five steps, reached out, didn't feel the bed, figured I was just too far to the left, took a step right, reached out - nothing but air and nothing but complete darkness in front of me. I stood up, baffled and trying to make sense of this. I bent forward at the waist, flailed my arms out to my right...nothing but air! I figured if I just kept walking, I'd have to hit a wall right? So I took two steps further, reached out, nothing. I took another two steps, finally hit a wall. Should have realized by then that I was starting to panic.
Touched the wall, relaxed a little. Didn't recognize the wall, it wasn't a wall near my bed, those ones have outside corners, this one was long and flat, this didn't make any sense! I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. I stood there holding the wall, feeling it, feeling for the door to our bedroom; if I was where I thought I should be, it should be right there! It wasn't. The next thing I know, I get this strange feeling - it was like the wall was curved! yes, it felt curved - ahhhh, the tricks of a reeling mind. I began to flail along the wall frantically searching for something I could recognize and my hand hit a door casing to my left. I grabbed onto that damn moulding like it was a lifesaver!!! But when I started to really feel it, it wasn't the door to our bedroom, it was the door to our closet - on the complete opposite side of the room as our bed. I was completely baffled, none of it added up in my head. I even checked to make sure my darn eyes were open.
I must have stood there trying to get a hold of myself for at least two or three minutes! I finally started to calm down. If I was facing the direction that I was in, I should be able to back up a few feet and see the light on the dvd player....didn't see it. Panicked again. Saw a light, but didn't know what it was, it sure wasn't the dvd player and it was in the complete opposite direction to where I should have been looking! I calmed enough to realize I had to take two steps back again and cling onto that damn door moulding. I almost gave up there. I couldn't here anything but my heart pounding in my ears. I wanted to call out to my husband but I thought it would be pretty stupid of me to wake him and besides, I WAS IN MY OWN ROOM, this was completely silly! I stood for another minute at least trying to form a plan. I wanted to drop to the floor and cry.
My head finally cleared enough to think about where this door was in relation to our bedroom door, I followed the wall and eventually made it to the bedroom door. I then opened that door to let in some light, located the bed and made a beeline for it. I had never in my life been so glad to be safe in my own bed!!!
God! In my own room! I got lost! I've been doing this same routine for YEARS and then poof, its all gone and I get LOST.
I feel like a complete idiot. My husband laughed at me, but reminded me that I DID calm myself down and I WAS able to work it out on my own...this is all that matters.
He put a small glow in the dark light on the floor beside the bed last night...........uh, embarrassing!
I got lost in my own bedroom!!
Yes, you read it right, LOST, in my own bedroom and I was completely awake!!!!!!!
The other night I stayed up late, my hubby is on day shift so he was off to bed early; I was up until around midnight when I figured I should try to get some sleep. I've been tossing and turning for the past few nights and my sleep pattern has fallen back again despite my new 'sleep program'.
I went up at just after midnight, it was dark, I stood for a while to let my eyes adjust to the dim light, went into the room, straight to the bathroom, did my usual routine, shut off the light, again let my eyes adjust and went back into the bedroom. It was pitch black despite having my eyes adjusted to the bathroom, there was less light in our bedroom.
Now I can do this walk with my eyes closed, turn, five steps, reach out and bed. Somehow I got turned around, completely lost my sense of direction...I took the five steps, reached out, didn't feel the bed, figured I was just too far to the left, took a step right, reached out - nothing but air and nothing but complete darkness in front of me. I stood up, baffled and trying to make sense of this. I bent forward at the waist, flailed my arms out to my right...nothing but air! I figured if I just kept walking, I'd have to hit a wall right? So I took two steps further, reached out, nothing. I took another two steps, finally hit a wall. Should have realized by then that I was starting to panic.
Touched the wall, relaxed a little. Didn't recognize the wall, it wasn't a wall near my bed, those ones have outside corners, this one was long and flat, this didn't make any sense! I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. I stood there holding the wall, feeling it, feeling for the door to our bedroom; if I was where I thought I should be, it should be right there! It wasn't. The next thing I know, I get this strange feeling - it was like the wall was curved! yes, it felt curved - ahhhh, the tricks of a reeling mind. I began to flail along the wall frantically searching for something I could recognize and my hand hit a door casing to my left. I grabbed onto that damn moulding like it was a lifesaver!!! But when I started to really feel it, it wasn't the door to our bedroom, it was the door to our closet - on the complete opposite side of the room as our bed. I was completely baffled, none of it added up in my head. I even checked to make sure my darn eyes were open.
I must have stood there trying to get a hold of myself for at least two or three minutes! I finally started to calm down. If I was facing the direction that I was in, I should be able to back up a few feet and see the light on the dvd player....didn't see it. Panicked again. Saw a light, but didn't know what it was, it sure wasn't the dvd player and it was in the complete opposite direction to where I should have been looking! I calmed enough to realize I had to take two steps back again and cling onto that damn door moulding. I almost gave up there. I couldn't here anything but my heart pounding in my ears. I wanted to call out to my husband but I thought it would be pretty stupid of me to wake him and besides, I WAS IN MY OWN ROOM, this was completely silly! I stood for another minute at least trying to form a plan. I wanted to drop to the floor and cry.
My head finally cleared enough to think about where this door was in relation to our bedroom door, I followed the wall and eventually made it to the bedroom door. I then opened that door to let in some light, located the bed and made a beeline for it. I had never in my life been so glad to be safe in my own bed!!!
God! In my own room! I got lost! I've been doing this same routine for YEARS and then poof, its all gone and I get LOST.
I feel like a complete idiot. My husband laughed at me, but reminded me that I DID calm myself down and I WAS able to work it out on my own...this is all that matters.
He put a small glow in the dark light on the floor beside the bed last night...........uh, embarrassing!
