For as long as I can remember, I have laughed in my sleep. I’m not talking about just smiling or chuckling; I’m talking about laughing out loud. I’m talking about laughing out so loud that I wake myself up, wondering where the sound is coming from. And then I realize that it is just my laughter. And whatever was making me laugh in my dream is no longer funny when I wake up.
When I used to sleep in the same room with my mom, she’d jolt me awake in the middle of my sleep-laughter. Now that I’m with Igwe, he does the same thing, too. He wakes me up when I’m sleep-laughing and looks at me with a worried and inquisitive look. Like I’m crazy or something.
I have been judged, laughed at, pointed at, and … can’t remember what else. But after Igwe pointed his man-fingers at me, you will not believe what I discovered. So there I was working hard on my advertising price list, trying to figure out what to charge for what, and what did I hear? A chuckle! A chuckle that lasted for about three seconds. And then it dissipated and was replaced by a broad smile.
I looked up the condition – you know everything is a condition – on Google, and sure enough, there is a name for it: somniloquy. This must be pronounced something like soliloquy. In soliloquy, people talk out loud. I know you know this already. So in somniloquy, sleep-laughing is the order of the day. According to what I read, copied, and pasted from a website that I now cannot find or remember, “sleep laughing falls under Somniloquy or sleep talking. Sleep talking, or somniloquy, is the act of speaking during sleep. It’s a type of parasomnia — an abnormal behavior that takes place during sleep. It’s a very common occurrence and is not usually considered a medical problem.”
So it’s a condition – though not a medical problem – and I have it. So does Igwe. Our children should be interesting to observe. I might rear them in a museum. And I’ll charge a door fee to see them.
Awwwwwwwwww @ our children. Yup that’s America for you. Everything is a condition.
Lol at the aww. No comments. Lol.
Lmao…funny article
Thanks!
u get winch! maybe u were laughing in one of ur winch meetings….. sweety, dont be fooled that some people (Nigerians) believe that crap i just said !
Lol. I know right, Funmie?
Buahaha
You’re not half serious Vera! Better to laugh than cry shaa
Ginger, I can’t argue with you. I really am not half serious. Sometimes, even I cannot tell when I’m serious or not.
Tell that to a spiri-koko Nigerian…you’ll get the shock of your life.Don’t ask me,cuz I’m not telling.
Mr. Who, yeah I know. Those people are just crazy. They’re paranoid, traditional, and quite misinformed.
You’d better rear them at a museum in Ijebu !!!
For where?! Just wait and see. Lol.
Don’t allow people in 9ja hear oh or you will find yourself in MFM fasting for 7days for your deliverance and ano 7 days for Igwe’s.