Sleep talking husband

Karen Slavick-Lennard has recently seen her "Sleep Talkin' Man" blog go viral online.

Karen first started jotting down her sleep talking husband's night time musings on a laptop to entertain family and friends, but such was their amusement that she decided to post them online, and rapid sharing through social networks has seen the words of her sleep talking husband spread all over the web, as well as national newspapers, radio and recently onto TV.

Karen's sleep talking husband, Adam, has exclaimed such oddities as, "I haven't put on weight. Your eyes are fat." and, "My badger's gonna unleash hell on your ass. Badgertastic!", and have captured the imagination of half a million people from over 50 countries.

So what does it all mean? What is Karen's sleep talking husband talking about, and why is it so bizarre?

The answer lies in his dreams, and understanding what they mean and why he has them. Ancient civilisations would have deemed Karen's sleep talking husband's night-time ramblings as messages from God, and it was the Austrian neurologist and father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud who opened the door to scientific research on the meaning of dreams.

For Freud, dreams provided the key to a theoretical understanding of the subconscious.

Many theories abound, but over a century has passed since Freud first offered his thoughts on dreams to the scientific community, and scientists are still debating whether dreams carry any real meaning or not.

So whether Karen's sleep talking husband is inadvertently relaying his deepest desires, giving messages from above or simply babbling nonsense as his brain categorises the day's events is still open to debate. So what do you think? Leave a comment and let us know.

Here's one of sleep talking husband Adam's recent quotes as a discussion starter, make of it what you will:

"Can you hold... can you hold my starfish? It doesn't like it when I'm getting excited. Oh look, it likes you! Its legs are all cree-py cree-py"

Related links:

- All the quotes from Karen's sleep talking husband can be found on her Sleep Talkin' Man blog

- More info about mind power, dream facts and the meaning of dreams

- Find out how sleeping may improve memory abilities

- Adam Slavick-Lennard's antics as a sleep talking husband are amusing and provide harmless fun. But what if you really lost control in your sleep? What if when you went to sleep you became sexually violent? 'Sexsomnia' is a very real, life-ruining condition that was covered by the My Shocking Story series. Find out more about 'Sleep Sex' here.

- You know when you're just about to fall asleep and you have that twitch? Waking yourself up? So do the contributors to the Mythbusters forum. See what they have to say about it.

Comments

[Vince]

Ha ha thats quality! My wife talks in her sleep and I try to talk to her to see what shes on about. she was on about cars the other night - Don't get in the blue car, get in the red car! - God knows.

[Vince]

Ha ha thats quality! My wife talks in her sleep and I try to talk to her to see what shes on about. she was on about cars the other night - Don't get in the blue car, get in the red car! - God knows.

[Mutated Monkey]

It's all funny now, but what if his dreams become 'erotic'? His wife won't be laughing then!

[ed hardy]

It's all funny now, but what if his dreams become 'erotic'? His wife won't be laughing then!