Sleep Talking... Seems like She's Upset

I wouldn't read too much into this. She's likely just dreaming and talking about what's happening in the dream. My husband is a pretty happy guy and this happens to him from time to time. Unless she brings it up or she is upset about it, I wouldn't worry about it.

One of mine sleep talks. And he's usually angry with someone and is lashing out. My most relaxed and calm kid out of them all. I'll ask him if something is going on with a friend or at school, and nope - he doesn't know who he's yelling at (can't remember dream).

I think it's perfectly normal unless it crosses over into sleep terrors (the two can be related). That's when the child would become so upset they'd wake up. Then their sleep pattern is affected, and that would be worth mentioning to the doctor.

But generally I think it's harmless.

Some kids walk in their sleep, others talk - and while most kids out grow it, sometimes they don't.
I'm a sleep talker.
I'm just dreaming and the mechanism that keeps us paralyzed while we dream doesn't work all the way for me - so I talk while I dream.
When I was in chorus and choir, I'd sing in my sleep - my Mom would hear me.
Now my husband hears me - and he has some interesting rambling conversations with me that I have no memory of the next day.
You can talk to your pediatrician about it but it's really common in kids.

They describe sleepwalking and sleep talking as sleep disorders but I only think of it that way if an adult hasn't outgrown it.

http://www.sleepmanagement.md/sleepdisorders/sleepwalking...

At that age it could be anything from some one in class to something she watched or read. Or nothing at all. It's normal.

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At that age it could be anything from some one in class to something she watched or read. Or nothing at all. It's normal.

as a life long sleep talker and walker I have to say that rarely did my actual awake life have any impact on my sleep life ... in college my room mate wrote down the things I said, and none of them corresponded to real life ever, lol.
There was one time I remember waking up as I was sleep talking -- I was apparently fixing a car (very accurately according to my dad who was watching and listening to me) and as I was explaining where to put things I was moving my arms around and hit myself and woke up but my arms and mouth were still going even though I was now "awake". It was so weird.

I would be mindful also of the things she watches on TV/movies. Sensors are not as good as they used to be and previews to some movies even scare me. We had friends who took their young kids to see scary movies. Then they were upset that the kids wouldn't sleep alone, go anywhere by themselves, etc. DUH! That's what you get for scaring them all the time! Anyway, I hope that helps. Good luck.

It is how we process daytime experiences, feelings in our dreams. My take would be that she's talking as her dream is progressing. The dream may be triggered by something she's experienced or thought about or not. The dream could or could not have the same characters or even seem closely related to experiences.

I often dream about houses in which I'm the mother or child. I think I'm dealing with a couple of issues. In one dream my mom is taking care of me. She's watching as I organize the house. I'm feeling happy. In another dream my mother isn't there. I'm on my own and am looking for her. I do have issues related to my mother. One is that I miss her. The first dream tells me she's still "here"and I'm able to do things required of living. In the second dream, I'm anxious, and perhaps wanting my mother's help. These interpretations fit with my life. Of course the dreams are much more complicated.

I suggest your daughter is working out an event or feeling in which she was bothered but didn't talk about. Or perhaps.about something intangible in the daylight. Not knowing what she said. I can't even guess.what the dream is about. We often have fears that aren't known to us and we are only aware of the situation when we're dreaming. I sometimes have dreams that are so scary I wake up. Infrequently, I can figure out why I was scared. Most of the time I can't.

If she seems curious about the dream and can remember parts of it, have her describe it and ask her what she thinks the dream was about. Tell her she sounded (frightened?) and give her an opportunity to decide if the dream.tells about something.

If she doesn't remember the dream, and you're concerned, you can tell her how you felt. Perhaps she will talk about the dream. Perhaps not. My mother did this with me. When I had bad dreams, I would crawl into her bed. She would talk about the dream until I relaxed and fell back to sleep. She would always talk about my feeling scared and how it was only a dream.

My daughter rarely remembered her dreams. There was one time that has become a family story. I wrote it down. Whew! I no longer remember what she said. She stood up in bed, said something, then plopped down on my head. She didn't wake up and didn't remember any of it. At the time this incident felt related to situation at the time. My sense, from her tone of voice and action, was "there that's done."

A dream could mean we're processing something. We talk out loud as a part of the dream. It's also like watching a movie sometimes. We're not involved.

I would not be concerned about how she expressed being bothered. If she is not asking about her dream, I'd consider it just a dream and not worry about it.

I have a 7yr old daughter. I ask her everyday, how her day was and what she learned. I learned from my teen son, that asking that one question opens a world of expression and thought. Children don't always just open up. And when they do, it may not be all of the time.

On another note, my son used to sleep walk and my daughter presently sleep talks. The sleep walking passed and the sleep talking is subsiding. So please don't begin worrying. It'll all work itself out.