Not unusual, I don't think. It was a few moments during a night's sleep.

I was told that it was because you were not fully awake by my doctor. My husband told me a couple of times before I asked about my having multiple conversations using different tones in my voice and a smattering of languages I did not know I knew. Most of the time the voices sounded happy but there were a couple of times not so happy.

My DH used to carry on conversations with me, and never remember it, even though he said he was awake when I asked him if he was awake, since he had that habit!

No, that's not something I ever experience. I'm either fully awake or fully asleep and very deeply so. I don't always sleep through the night but if I stir, I'm completely awake. I don't talk in my sleep, my wife doesn't either.

Everyone is different.

I used to talk in my sleep. DH has several amusing stories of my ramblings. I do remember one time, asking him something while he was still reading. He just looked at me and went back to his book. Even when I told him "I am awake" he didn't believe me.

My best friend talks in her sleep. We traveled to Europe together, and before we left, her husband told me about it. I thought he was kidding, because he tends to kid a lot. Well, she does. The first time it happened, I was like, "what the heck?" I tried to figure out what she was saying, but it's more of a mumble. And sometimes she would sound distressed. I'd go over and nudge her, and she'd stop. Didn't remember a thing in the morning. It didn't happen every night, only occasionally.

I woke up one night years ago, to my husband talking nonsense. I said "what are you talking about?" He replied "I'm talking about gangsters!" He didn't remember it at all and to this day, when someone in our familys says "what are you talking about?", the standard answer is "I'm talking about gangsters!"

I don't think it's unusual. There are a lot of states between full wakefulness and deep sleep during which time various brain functions may be more or less active. For example, if you've ever dreamed that you're paralyzed and tried to move but can't, it's because you are. The brain will paralyze the body during REM sleep.

My husband would complain that I'd tell him he was snoring when he hadn't fallen asleep yet. He actually had, but was not aware of it. Research has shown that being asleep or awake is not an either or proposition but that various areas of the brain can awake while you're asleep, or asleep while you're awake. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sleeping-while-awake/

Sleepiness can also affect memory...one study suggested that reading before bedtime, especially for students who are trying to do homework, isn't a good thing as much of what's read won't be retained.

So yeah, weird things can happen.

I usually read before going to sleep and the next day I have to go back a few pages because I don't remember what I read.

According to my husband, I teach in my sleep. My nighttime teaching has subsided considerably since I retired 7 years ago.

I used to belong to a women’s choir which would travel to workshop retreats regularly and sleep in dormitories. One time, one of the ladies in our group was snoring and another went over to gently shake her shoulder to get her to stop so her throat wouldn’t be sore the next day.

The snoring lady sat up, said “Hello (friend’s name), how are you?” then laid down and went back to sleep.

At breakfast the next morning, the snoring lady had no memory of this, and remarked, “At least I was polite,” as we laughed ourselves silly.

Lol, you teach in your sleep! I often dream about taking exams, running around looking for classrooms (being late). :-) I can remember most of my dreams the next morning.

In the past 12 to 18 months my 74 year old DH has started talking in his sleep. He has always snored, but this is really something else. His voice gets really deep and he sounds like he is telling someone off. I can't make out the words but he sounds very angry. Don't know why this started and he has no clue.

Kathy, did your DH change his medications 12-18 months ago?

Check out this: https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/talking-in-your-sleep

I have - often my son will wake me up to tell me something and I won't remember it the next day if he doesn't fully wake me. As kids we used to hear mom and dad talking to each other in their sleep - never could understand what they were saying, though.

Shortly after we were married, DH told me I had shouted in my sleep "Ha! So you think you are master of the pack. I will no longer do your bidding!"

Thankfully it didn't scare him off, but I still often refuse to do his bidding.

If I'm under a lot of stress, I will walk and talk in my sleep. Sometimes, I wake myself up. Other times, I don't remember the episode at all.

Sleepwalking can be dangious though. I hope it won't happen to you too often.

I dreamed about work last night, and 4 crystal pens were missing from my drawer. In real life I only have 2 crystal pens at work. Lol

Here is the crystal pen in my dream. Is it pretty? :-)

No, I've never been told I had a short conversation with someone during the night, but didn't remember it the next day. But I wouldn't be concerned, you were probably just in a sleep stage that allowed you to speak coherently, yet not retain memory of it in the morning.

My younger sister used to laugh in her sleep. I shared a bedroom with her and my older sister, when we were young. When younger sister would start giggling, it would wake older sister and I up. But her giggling was so infectious that my other sister and I would start laughing. Then our younger sister would wake up and ask us what we were laughing about, because it had woken her up! My youngest son also laughed in his sleep often, and now my 7 year old grandson does as well, so maybe it runs in the family!

Sometimes this can be a result of neurological dysfunction. My husband has neurological dysfunction and it often causes hallucinations and he will sometimes see a little boy standing by his bed. Other times he lashes out physically and yells and screams. He has, on a couple of occasions tumbled out of bed. I won't share a bed with him anymore because he has clobbered me too many times. He doesn't do it with intention.