I Waited For My Friends To Fall Asleep To Fulfill My Weird Habit

hi I'm Kelly and I'm a sleepwalker most of the time it's not a big deal I go to the kitchen and rate the fridge or I go sit in the living room for a while I don't remember anything the next day my mom has special locks on the doors to keep me from wandering outside and if she hears me get up she'll lead me back to my bed when a girl at school Cate invited me for a sleepover I was a little nervous what if I did something really weird in my sleep and everyone made fun of me but I decided to go my mom warned the friend's parents about my sleepwalking so they wouldn't freak out if I did it the evening was super fun we watched movies ate popcorn told stories I got tired before the other girls so I got in my sleeping bag and drifted off the next morning everyone was acting really weird one girl Mikayla finally said dude Kelly when were you going to tell us tell you what that you're like an amazing artist I didn't know what they were talking about until Mikayla held up an amazing colored pencil portrait and said I'd drawn it I denied it but Mikayla said that they'd watched me draw it last night it seemed impossible I didn't even know who the person in the portrait was you don't remember drawing it she asked she sleepwalks Kate announced her mom told my mom everyone stared at me as I blushed they all wanted to know how I drawn it if I remembered anything from last night all I wanted was to go home away from their questions I was super freaked out no way had i drawn this picture i didn't know how to draw i showed my mom the portrait and she was amazed - you drew this no I protested I mean maybe I don't remember I think they're playing a prank on me but if I hadn't drawn it who had then my mom told me that back when she was first researching my disorder she came across stories like this people who had amazing talents that only came out when they were sleepwalking she said it was rare but I might be one of those people I was so confused but an internet search confirmed she was right there were people who were amazing artists when they slept I could barely draw a straight line when they were awake it was kind of cool my mom was super excited she left art supplies in my room the next night and we joked about the Picasso that would be sitting on my nightstand when I woke up but nothing happened nothing happened for two weeks and my mom seemed weird like she was getting frustrated with me that made me feel weird too at school the sleepover girls hung around me more they asked me if I drew every night I didn't feel comfortable talking about it and I didn't know what to say then finally it happened again I woke up and I drawn a gorgeous portrait you would have thought my mom had just won the lottery she was so excited I've contacted the local news station she said when I got home they want to interview you what I was stunned you're going to be on TV I wasn't sure I wanted to be but I tried to act excited what if they don't believe I really drew those pictures I asked anyone could fake it don't worry I filmed it on my phone my mom said what it's no big deal I heard you stirring so I went to your room and set the video up then I left and let you do your thing I was horrified my own mom was filming me sleeping but what could I do she was so happy the interview went okay I was nervous and had no real way to answer their questions since I didn't remember doing the drawings so my mom answered for me after the interview aired I got more sleepover invitations when nothing happened at the sleepovers I got the sense people were disappointed like my mom had been or was that just me being paranoid my mom set up a YouTube channel for me saying she'd try to get more videos of me sleepwalking she wanted me to check every day to see if we had new subscribers or new comments it got exhausting I didn't want to go viral I just wanted to be myself I went to another sleepover and the next morning everyone was snickering I must have drawn my heart leaped with the familiar excitement and discomfort I was amazed by my own talent but it was so strange look at the pictures we took Makayla showed me on her phone on it were pictures of me in all kinds of weird clothes and looks so stupid you were sleepwalking and you just put on whatever we told you to she collapsed into giggles as Kate started joking about putting the pictures in the yearbook I left almost in tears I hated how people kept exploiting my sleepwalking that night in my own room I saw the art supplies my mom has laid out furious I thrilled him in the trash my mom was mad when she found out the next day yelling at me about how expensive the supplies were just but out of my life I shouted I'm not some trained monkey I don't want you to fill me when I sleep I don't want to be on TV I don't want to draw you're so selfish Kelly we could be famous you know that hurt a lot for the next week my mom and I barely spoke at school people laughed when I walked by or yelled out questions about my sleepwalking I knew Michaela and Kate had told everyone pictures of me at the sleepover cropped up on social media I was miserable but then one day Stacey a girl from the sleepover sat at my lunch table hey she said I muttered hi wishing she'd go away I just wanted to tell you it really sucks the way people treat you I know it's not the same exactly but I have Tourette syndrome what does it mean I asked well I can't exactly control my speech and movement all the time people used to try to get me to yell bad words because they thought it was funny they take videos it was awful and my parents were way to in my business all the time because of the disorder I rolled my eyes tell me about it part of me wanted to tell Stacey to leave but part of me was curious so what did you do she shrugged my therapist told me I had to set boundaries like let people know that it wasn't okay to make jokes and it kind of worked hardly any one teases me now we talked for the rest of lunch and hung out more during the week if anybody snickered at me in the halls Stacy shut them down eventually I realized if Stacy could set boundaries so could I I told my mom that evening that I was upset about what had happened that I didn't want her to fill me sleepwalking and I didn't want to be on TV or on YouTube I just wanted to be myself she was a little defensive at first but eventually she agreed she shouldn't have done that I talked to Kate and Michaela - Kate was nice about it but Michaela was kind of whatever but now I have Stacy as an ally and I know she'll stick up for me I've even started going to sleepovers at Stacy's where there's no art supplies and no hidden cameras we just hang out and have fun I still draw occasionally when I sleepwalk and I do keep the drawings because I think they're cool but they're just for me not to share with the world what did you think of my story did you find it weird please tell me in the comments below and don't forget to like this video and subscribe to the channel for more

Channel: My Story Animated

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Length: 10min 2sec (602 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 28 2019