Sleep emailing

Last updated January 10, 2026

Sleep messaging (or sleep emailing or sleep texting) is a phenomenon related to sleepwalking where people send emails or other textual communications to co-workers in a combined state of sleep and wakefulness.^[1]^{[ secondary medical source needed ]}^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Siddiqui, Fouzia; Osuna, Edgar; Chokroverty, Sudhansu (2009). "Writing emails as part of sleepwalking after increase in Zolpidem". Sleep Medicine. 10 (2): 262–264. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2008.09.008. PMID 19059805.
↑ Stross, Randall (2009-01-10). "You've Been Talking (or Pressing 'Send') in Your Sleep". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-01-29.
↑ Hare, Breeanna (22 February 2013). "Don't recall sending that message? Maybe you're 'sleep texting'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

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[1] Siddiqui, Fouzia; Osuna, Edgar; Chokroverty, Sudhansu (2009). "Writing emails as part of sleepwalking after increase in Zolpidem". Sleep Medicine. 10 (2): 262–264. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2008.09.008. PMID 19059805.

[2] Stross, Randall (2009-01-10). "You've Been Talking (or Pressing 'Send') in Your Sleep". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[3] Hare, Breeanna (22 February 2013). "Don't recall sending that message? Maybe you're 'sleep texting'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

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