“Nightmare, wandering and Arabic”

[Barry]

Had a very bad night as apparently from what Sumi has since told me I hadn’t been asleep for more than an hour when I must have been having a terrible nightmare again and started to shout out in my sleep but Sumi said the strange thing was that this time I was shouting out in Arabic, then apparently I got out of bed and started wondering around the house opening and shutting the windows! It made Sumi very worried and although she tried to wake me up as I wandered from room to room I was oblivious to her voice but finally made my way back to the bedroom and got into bed again totally unaware of what had happened and I’m still none the wiser this morning as to why I should be shouting out in Arabic!! I think today I will take it easy…

Barry

[Haydar]

Dear Barry,
I am sorry you had terrible nightmare. Many other people have this due to their dementia or mental disturbances. I wouldn’t worry the reason of saying couple of Arabic words during your nightmare because:

In Indonesia 90% of the population are Muslims. Almost all Muslims in the world practice their religion in the mosques or in their houses not in their own national language but in Arabic. Means they pray in Arabic, while they can’t speak or write in that language.
Because you are living since so many years in Indonesia you most probably heard Muslims while they are praying in Arabic many times.

In my opinion shouting out in Arabic during your nightmare must be for the above reasons.

p.s. Yesterday I figured out that your website was closed. Therefore I was worried about you. To see this thread cleared out my worry. Please continue to posting time to time in Talking Point.

Best regards, Haydar

[Barry]

Hi Haydar

Many thanks for the reply, in fact I am a Muslim and also pray using Arabic but it just seemed strange that I should be shouting out in Arabic and not my native tongue English. Maybe I just wanted to get closer to God!

Hope all is well with you in Turkey?

Barry

[creativesarah]

hope things are a bit better for you now Barry

sarah

[Barry]

Yes I'm OK Sarah the bad dreams haven't been to bad !
many thanks
Barry

[Saffie]

Hi Barry. It's funny you should mention Arabic as my husband, now in a nursing home often talks in Arabic. He is Welsh but spent a year in Egypt when he was 11 and we spent over 2 years in Aden when we were first married. He was teaching the children of the armed forces but also did some teaching of English at the college there for a short time. This reinforced his knowledge of the language I suppose - or is it that Arabic has something about it that sticks in the mind? Either way it is odd that now nearly 50 years later, he can remember it when his ability to remember english words is so poor. That's not to say that his arabic words would make any more sense than the English ones where context is concerned but al least he does remember them. He also uses the Welsh language but that is not unusual even though he is not a natural Welsh speaker.The mind is indeed a complex organ! I hope your dreams are now more peaceful.

[Barry]

Hi Saffie and many thanks for your reply "Yes" youa are right (The mind is indeed a complex organ) but strange your Hubby also speakes in Arabic, I picked it up when I was working and Living in Doha Qatar and that was over 30 years ago.
Best wishes
Barry