Sleepwalking...ugh

[Blue Survivor]

I've been sleepwalking a lot lately. Last night I made it downstairs, then back upstairs; I don't recall my dream but in it I made that weird inhaled scream that people do when they're scared. The sound of that woke me up and I found myself standing in front of a mirror in my bedroom. Then I went back to bed. Half of this I remember (waking up, going back to bed) but the rest was filled in by my BF who witnessed the whole thing.

I used to sleepwalk as a kid, and would always wake up in my closet for some reason; but I hadn't suffered any trauma back then.

So I wonder - is this just a 'thing' people do, or is it something 'we' as PTSD sufferers do? Any tips for stopping this, or at least how to keep myself safe? I'd hate to wake up outside or do something with the stove in my sleep!

 

[Ocean5]

I don't know if sleepwalking, or dissociation. One night found myself in laundry room of apartment building floor at 2am! My door locks automatically. I was locked-out, and only in my underwear. I ended up sitting outside my door until a neighbor walked by, and called a locksmith. So embarrassing.....

Since then I never sleep in just underwear, and always put something against door to keep me from leaving....