If no one lives with you, I guess you can't know. But if you live alone like I do, you can stretch a thread across your doorway to know if you go sleepwalking or not in the future.

My nights are mostly peaceful in recent years, even when I have trouble sleeping, but during the nightmare years my insomnia frequently reached sleep deprivation levels. Yes, I would frequently lose it and had serious trouble with impulse control. Nights were definitely the hardest.

Sleepwalking has never been on my list of problems but I've helped others deal with it. muji's thread suggestion is a good one. Tape on the door jam or a piece of paper in between the door and the frame also work for establishing whether or not it is happening. Of course knowing you are doing it won't keep it from happening. One friend used to handcuff himself to the bed. Another tied a rope around her ankle. Another rigged a bucket of water over his door so it would spill on his head and wake him up if he opened the door.

Gentle support while you figure out what works for you, Happy.

I think Muji has a great idea, I have a hard time sleeping at night for various reasons and I am tempted to try that myself

Humm. .I am certainly not an expert here but I have never heard of people with ptsd sleep walking. I would think if they were getting up at night it might be more of a disassociation situation?

I like the tape on the door jam thing. I think that would tell if you are sleep walking.

I am often up at night from fear of nightmares. I get very odd and bad ones.... But stretching scotch tape or similar over a door like Muji said is a great idea.

I've had dreams so vivid I have to check with Hubby to be sure I didn't really get up and that didn't really happen, so I know the brain can be very tricky.

Luck and blessing.

There are some relatively inexpensive digital video cameras that are motion-sensitive -- they don't film until there's motion. You could buy one, and hook it up in your room.

Kind of a high-tech "thread across the doorway" idea.

It might help you get some peace of mind about what is and is NOT happening while you sleep.

I'm going to start doing something to verify i'm safe throughout the night. now i'm worried about last night, I just wish there was a way that this would go away and that I can start going to sleep at night without worrying. I never had to worry about this before my abuse.

You aren't taking ambien, right?

Just checking. I was given one, I think I got up, only vaguely remember eating 4 or 5 bananas.

What do you think might have happened?