If you have a smartphone, you may have felt the embarrassment of sending a private message to the wrong person or having autocorrect fail you at just the wrong time. But some people experience a different kind of messaging mishap, one they may not even remember doing. And no, they're not drunk-dialing. They're sleep-texting.
Whereas some people might "get up and go get something out of the refrigerator" while in a state of sleep, said Dr. Jim Fulop, the corporate medical director for OhioHealth Sleep Services, others "grab their smartphone, which is right next to them, and they may text or do other things."
Here are some other recent examples of sleep texts, as posted on Twitter and Instagram:
- "Wtf did they put in those little bomb things."
- "No bounces issues with monh..., pillow helps"
- "I legittt wish veggird were enough to fuelme"
- "The bullet holes really look great on my teddy bear."