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Sorry if I've offended you, that was not my intention. I'm not looking for confrontation. I appreciate your feedback.

I don't think posting the question here was pointless. I got a lot of valuable feedback. I'm capable of making my own sound decisions when it comes to my safety. I was looking for advice and/or experience from other gun owners. Not looking for advice from a doctor, or expecting to get professional advice on a forum. If I felt that I needed professional help, I would certainly seek it elsewhere. Thank you to everyone for your responses.

I will look into a buzzer or alarm on the gun itself. But then that would just let the bad guys know where I am. However, I do agree with Jim in that in all of the 33 years I've been on this earth, I have never had a home invasion. I have had a few occurrences of sleepwalking so even though it may be rare, there seems to be a higher probability of a sleepwalking episode than a home invasion.

I am not on Ambien or any sleep aids. I used to sleepwalk a lot as a child according to my parents. The last sleepwalking episode I know of is when I was staying in a hotel in Germany with my mom about six years ago. She saw it, had a good laugh, and told me about it in the morning. I have not tried a bed alarm, and it would probably be annoying because I get up a lot at night either because of my dogs or to use the restroom. The concept of sleepwalking didn't even cross my mind until I bought a gun. I guess there isn't much to worry about since I'm not on any meds. Thank you everyone!

Please don't judge me, I am a new gun owner waiting on my CHL. I have moderate experience handling different types of firearms, but I only recently purchased one of my own for self-defense purposes. I go to the range twice a week so it's not like I bought one without knowing how to use it. I would like to feel comfortable leaving a round chambered in my gun on my nightstand but I'm curious about sleepwalking. I've searched the forums and didn't find much on this topic. In the last six years I've had only one sleepwalking episode that I know of. But I live alone so there isn't always a witness. I've heard of people doing very intricate things like cooking a meal or even driving a car while sleepwalking. I currently have my gun in a safe with a code in the drawer of my nightstand, but I would like it to be more accesible. I would like to think that because I am so safety conscious and trained with firearms that this would carry over into my subconscious mind if I were to ever sleepwalk and pick up my gun. But at the same time I'm afraid I might pick it up and shoot a wall, or my dog, or anything who knows. The safe doesn't really prevent anything other than quick access in a real emergency, because I'm certain if I really wanted to I could open the safe while sleepwalking. Believe me when I say I'm not crazy, but this is a valid concern of mine. Am I over-thinking this? Is anyone on here known to sleepwalk? Do you think it's safe for me to keep a round chambered on my night stand? i'm interested to hear your thoughts or if this has crossed anyone else's mind. Thanks in advance!