I'll give advice to anyone I think I can help in any way. Ask away.
Gender: Female
Location: England
Occupation: Student/ General Know-It-All
Age: 22
Member Since: August 17, 2005
Answers: 297
Last Update: January 22, 2011
Visitors: 25774
Favorite Columnists
Scribble
poa
comradestalin
hebe
mundokiir
|
| |
|
im 13/f hes 15/m. my brother sleepwalks ALOT. he is 2 years older 3 feet taller about 100lbs stronger. in the day we get along really well not like most siblings. he tries to hurt me and soon gona kill me in his sleep. every night so im scaared to sleep i only sleep for about 3 hours. just last night he got up on my bed and was kicking me and started punching me. night before he was trying to strangel me. the night before he was trying to pull my head off and hitting my head. something happenes almost every night. i fight back. i dont want him to kill me but i fight back hard i dont wana kill him. i knocked the air out of him when he tried to strangel me. i dont want it to hurt either of us. does it mean something. how do i stop it. he went to the doctor. my mom can not stop him im stronger than she is. what do i do. (link)
|
Well for a most immediate solution- is it possible to put a good, sturdy lock (or eve a few locks) on your bedroom door? Keep a window key handy in case of fire etc but just keeping your brother out sound like a decent temporary solution. If he finds he can't get in enough times he may even stop this particular behaviour.
As for the sleepwalking vilolence in general it's a pretty rare condition but it does exist in other people too and no necessary link has been found between this and any kind of psychosis or repression in the person in general. It's just down to a lack of a chemical in the brain which reders most people paralysed in deep sleep.
Going to a doctor and working out treatment with him is the best longterm solution but in the meantime it's important to keep yourself safe. I know some parents aren't keep on the lock idea but in this case it seems only reasonable and I'm suprised she hasn't done something like this for you already.
|
|