Here’s What It Means When You Talk In Your Sleep

What sleep talking does most likely mean: A person is sleep deprived. “Most of the time it’s due to either something causing sleep deprivation or there already is a high level of sleep deprivation,” Breus says. The National Sleep Foundation also says stress, depression, daytime drowsiness, alcohol, and fever can cause sleep talking. Underlying medical conditions could also cause sleep deprivation, leading to sleep talking. This includes sleep apnea, a sleep disorder where breathing is repeatedly interrupted during sleep. In very rare cases, frequent sleep talking that starts in adulthood could be associated with a psychiatric disorder or nocturnal seizures.