Why can't my child sleep in his room?
He keeps saying he's hearing voices, seeing thing's/people when he wakes up from dream's and now he's just woken me up again because he's hearing voices but in different language's in his head.
Now he's in my room and I'm in his.
Wtf does this all mean.
Hearing voices, different language's is new and only just started tonight. He woke me up and was scared. His heart was going.
He's 9 by the way.
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The fact it only happens in one place tells me it’s not actually a problem with his head.
I’d say anxiety, bad dreams/nightmares are common. People as the bad thing is developmentally appropriate, you can look up how fears of children progress.
Mums nest is always the safe place/the nest. If you re settled back into his bed he would probably go back to sleep just as well.
Extending as far back as i can remember, I have experienced auditory hallucinations when I'm in that 'half asleep' phase, usually when I'm falling asleep or when I'm not in a deep enough sleep. I'll think I've heard someone calling my name, random bangs and crashes (I have jumped up in a start a few times thinking we're getting burgled), songs eyc. Usually though it's nonsensical jibberish or just sounds I can't really process. I also have extremely vivid and unsettling dreams and the occasional episode of sleep paralysis (that I'll let you research on your own if you so choose).
It's almost like my brain has a hard time shutting down, like my eyes/body are asleep because I can be physically exhausted but my mind will still be going a thousand miles a minute.
I'm actually just starting to explore the possibility that I may have undiagnosed ADHD which I think could be linked to this, I guarantee the generalised anxiety I've had since I was a kid also has a lot to do with it.
All of this is actually why I'm awake now at 2.33am lol.
My mum was completely dismissive and unsupportive about this so I suffered in silence most of my life. Part of me thought it was normal to sleep this poorly. My advice would definitely be to take this seriously, start with your GP and go from there - if nothing else, just to rule out a physical issue for peace of mind.
Does he play computer games or watch any scary movies? It could be that he plays games and it’s playing on his mind. Limit what he plays and watches. I think it’s probably a nightmare and anxiety. Get him to read some calming books before bed. It’s his dream/nightmare waking him up. Have him sleep next to you and see if this eases off over a week. It might calm his anxiety. It’s nothing mentally though else he would hear these things when he was awake during the day etc. it sounds like nightmares and anxiety.
I'm also going to say this sounds like anxiety and a possible sleep disorder. You could start by talking to him and getting him to write down his concerns plus what makes him happy. It definitely wouldn't hurt to see a paediatrician.