Has anyone ever fallen asleep holding something in their hand?

In bed, my phone, more times than I care to admit.

And I wake up with a jolt to find that I'm about to report a post, or post a line of pure jibberish (not for the first time, some might say ).

I have a mild form of narcolepsy and I can nod off like a flick of a switch. I fall asleep holding things all the time. Mainly small things like pens, books, remotes and one time on the toilet whilst holding my toothbrush. But there's been quite a few instances where I've dozed off holding a hot cup of tea/coffee and tipped them in me lap. The skin on my thighs don't even burn now they've just become accustom to it. The most dangerous time was when I was stood up chopping vegetables. Lucky the knife fell on the chopping board. I fell and hit my head, need 3 stitches along my eye brow. I'm 64 now and I've suffered with it since I was 48. I just try live life like any normal human being, even if it means the odd accident here and there.

Books, both in bed and in the bath.

Not quite the same, but I remember when I was little waking up in the very early hours of Christmas Day and opening my stocking. I found a chocolate Santa Claus and had started eating it when I fell asleep again. The next time I woke up, I had chocolate all over my hair and one cheek, not to mention the pillow. What a waste!

I know it's it old post but thought I'd share anyway. Had another incident last night. Made one of them herbal teas that help you sleep. Took it up to bed with me and well I guess they work too well because the next thing I know it's soaking through my nightie. Gone cold luckily but still gave be quite a shock.

When I was younger I used to drink a bottle of wine on a Friday evening. Sometimes I fell asleep with a glass in my hand. Ruined a pair of white jeans doing this.

Glasses of wine. Too many to count. Only a few spillages though. I sit quite still in my sleep.

Cari your post - and several others, have had me giggling.

Love the wooden banana .....and how sweet to wake up finding the dear little boy holding your hand Jane.

shysal's post just reminded me of the occasion when I was doing my Latin homework in the bath and dropped off still holding it. It was a little embarrassing to explain the condition of the Aeneid to my Latin teacher.

A mug of tea that spilt all over my laptop which then cost me an arm and a leg to have it fixed.
Frequently drop off holding my Kindle, then wake up in the small hours with my glasses on and the Kindle somewhere under the duvet.

Eating cereal in the evening.
What a bluming mess yet I still haven`t learnt my lesson.

I drop a book, usually mid chapeter off the side of the bed quite often .

All these in bed:

Doing handwritten version of Sudoku. Woke up with most of the ink from the pen now in my duvet with blobs on me too.

Putting nail varnish on. Sleepless night - well it was ! Didn't do that one again.

Book - frequently.

My grandson loves jumping on my bed. He also likes hiding things, which is why I woke up yesterday with a wooden toy banana in my hand.
At least, I think so.....

Usually do it with a book. I did it with a cup of coffee once, spilled it in my lap.

Its not the same, the opposite really, but once, when DGS was very little he was staying with me and sleeping in my big bed- I woke up to find he was holding my hand. It was lovely.
He's a big lad now and would be mortified to hear that!

The Guardian crossword. If you sleep on it all night, you end up with the whole crossword printed on to your face.

I often dip my book into the water when reading in the bath. I once dropped a library book right in, so had to confess and pay up!

I was browsing books to buy on my Kindle, fell asleep and accidently bought a book I had no interest in.

I don't think I have ever dropped anything whilst asleep although occasionally my Kindle has turned itself off in frustration when I've not turned a page for a while because of dropping off

DH though, stays and watches telly long after I've gone to bed and I often hear a clatter followed by loud swearing. Sometimes I'll find a shard of glass under the settee a few days later.

Perhaps my post would be better on Mumsnet.

My son was about 6 weeks old and he slept approximately 20 minutes out of every 12 hours and kept me awake most of the night. I had a very tiring volunteer job, a paid cleaning job and was trying to finish my last year of a 4 year course to qualify.

To say I was exhausted was a massive understatment.

I was kneeling at the toilet, scraping pooh off a nappy, prior to washing it (very eco-friendly, no disposables for us) and I fell forward over the bowl and hit my head on the upturned seat.

And the consequences were....I dropped the nappy into the mucky water, the baby began yelling, I girded up me loins and carried on - as you do.

Sorry, similar user name.

Me too Cherrytree, thread is also on MN Chat, same user name......

The steering wheel! I fell asleep driving down the motorway and only woke up after drifting into the fast lane! Fortunately I am still here!

Me too - the Kindle clunck.

I have also quite often dropped a glass of something.