A prolific sleepwalker recorded his antics and captured himself arguing and talking - while fast asleep. <br /><br />James Grayson, 27, noticed he would sleepwalk and talk while he was on trips away in 2014 - as he would wake up people he was sharing a room with.<br /><br />His friend, sent him funny clips of someone sleepwalking and James decided to record himself out of "curiosity".<br /><br />James looked back at his footage and noticed he would be up out of bed and talking or walking between three to four times a night. <br /><br />Whilst he has been asleep, James has got up out of bed thinking that someone is there and doing anything from whispering to shouting.<br /><br />James says he finds the videos funny and his partner, Daisy Dayton, 26, is a "heavy sleeper" and doesn't bat an eyelid when it happens.<br /><br />James, a musician, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, said: "It isn't affecting my life, it doesn't feel like it is impacting me greatly - I don't feel the need for a solution.<br /><br />"People ask if I remember any of it which is usually no.<br /><br />"Sometimes I wake up feeling confused or embarrassed knowing I have done something but I can't put my finger on what."<br /><br />In 2014, James started travelling for work and noticed he was waking people up.<br /><br />Originally James put his sleepwalking down to being in an unfamiliar place but it continued when he returned home. <br /><br />He said: "I think I have always done it to some extent, but I haven't had people around to witness it.<br /><br />"I started travelling for work a little bit and would share hotels with people.<br /><br />"That is when I noticed I would start to wake people up.<br /><br />"At first, I thought I did it in an unfamiliar setting, in a hotel, but when I started recording I noticed I was doing it more often."<br /><br />James started recording himself sleeping a year ago in May 2023. <br /><br />He said: "I wanted to figure out a way to record out of curiosity.<br /><br />"It was shocking to see how much I was doing it. <br /><br />"I probably average around three to four times a night, sometimes it'll me nonsensical muttering - anywhere to full-blown shouting.<br /><br />"I put a handful of them on Instagram and TikTok, I thought they were really funny.<br /><br />"But, when I saw friends in the pub they were all talking about my sleepwalking."<br /><br />James says it is a "weird feeling" plugging a memory card in to see if he has done something "impressive". <br /><br />He said: "It is a weird period of disappointment when there isn't something but I'm happy I got a full night's sleep.<br /><br />"It is my usual routine now, I almost don't think about it too much - I sleep pretty well."<br /><br />James said he feels sorry for his partner, Daisy, for having to deal with his sleepwalking but says she doesn't seem fazed by it.<br /><br />He said: "I feel really bad for Daisy or anyone who is subjected to it.<br /><br />"I don't know if she is being nice about it as it would infuriate me.<br /><br />"She has become accustomed to it to an extent and found a way to deal with it.<br /><br />"You have to entertain what I am doing to an extent."
