# Why is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807 "2000-10-05T17:29:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shatzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Shatzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shatzi)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807/1 "2000-10-05T17:29:37Z")

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Yeah, um, why? :\>

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807/2 "2000-10-05T17:37:50Z")

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This was answered here a week or two ago.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39752](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39752)

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**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807/3 "2000-10-05T17:39:08Z")

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This question was briefly discussed recently in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39752).

It is generally a good idea to do a search before posing a question to see if the question has been recently discussed. If that thread doesn’t answer all your questions, you can add to it rather than start from scratch.

Welcome to the boards, **Shatzi**.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807/4 "2000-10-05T17:39:34Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB!

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**Author:** ![Shatzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Shatzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shatzi)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker/35807/5 "2000-10-05T17:58:54Z")

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Thanks guys!

I see. I would have looked through a bit, but my browser’s been frustratingly slow lately, so I just didn’t have the patience to do so. Anyway, next time I’ll spare ya my spammy double-question ;\>

~Shatz