There’s a new sleep disorder phenomenon out there – sleep texting!

If you’ve received an incoherent text in the middle of the night...

...there’s a chance the sender was sleep texting. Sleep specialist, David Cunnington, says sleep texting is a rare condition that can be triggered by stress. People who are overloaded with communications during the day are at risk of remaining “on call” even while asleep.

With the ease and availability of communicating with a smartphone, the best way to avoid sleep-texting mishaps is to turn your phone completely off at night – and keep it out of reach.