Caught myself sleep walking.

[DogTired]

Caught myself sleep walking last night for the first time which is "different" from usual as I'm normally fighting nightmares most of the night.
I ended up a good half a mile from home before I woke up. Good job I know the local area well and got back before upsetting anyone.
So, apart from locking the door and the wife sleeping with the keys under her pillow, or chaining myself to the bed.
What steps could I do to stop that wandering?

 

[Friday]

My go to actually IS a bit of creative restraint.

In BED rather than police or fuzzy metal cuffs, I prefer Velcro flex cuffs -or buckles if I’m feeling paranoid and/or don’t want to alert people to my activities- made of seatbelt sturdy webbing (or movers webbing) with enough play between them to hit that sweet spot of sleeping with my arms under my pillow, but not enough to garrote myself, or anyone else; or surfboard type leash/lead around my ankle, as long as I have a falling space that isn’t going to brain or break me. Failing easy or practical access to either, wrap my wrist or ankle with a sock, and create a doubled (no sticky showing) duct tape leash/lead. Temporary, but effective.

OTW I can either sleep in my car, seatbelt on; or bring in a bucket seat with 5 point harness attached.

I rarely sleepwalk, unless I’m on certain meds that almost guarantee sleepwalking, night-terrors, acting out my dreams.

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Many people I know add extra locks to their doors in odd places, but I’ve lived in too many places, and have never been particularly encumbered by doors. Works better for me to have to wake up, wake up, first step.

Ditto, I’d rather be briefly tied up, or curled up in bucket seat with 5-points, than stringing up “zombie traps” (noisy wake ups piss me off)… and other alarms or obstacles.

 

[Sideways]

Glass bottles standing on the floor in front of the door works for me.

 

[LuckiLee]

Bells hanging on your door knobs.

 

[DogTired]

Glass bottles standing on the floor in front of the door works for me.

That I can't do as our puppy will send them flying!

Bells hanging on your door knobs.

That's something I can't do because once the puppy wakes up, it's playtime.
Fine for her, sleepless for me, and will wake the wife.
We only have one door so adding locks might, in a fire, not be the best move.
SWMBO thinks the best way is to hobble me with a simple cloth belt around my ankles.
Try to get up, aint going to be easy and that may be all I need to stop me wandering. Trying that tonight.
She has also set up a big PIR light at my eye height by the door so if I get close, it is going to turn on.
A good idea anyway as the corridor is really dark with no windows.
Thanks for your input.