I don’t have first hand knowledge with sleepwalking other than a friend who did it. When she was staying at my house, I’d wake up in the middle of the night with her standing beside my bed staring at me. Actually, she wasn’t staring “at me” but rather “through me”. I could tell that she wasn’t looking at me & IF I said anything to her, there was NO response. She’d suddenly turn & go back to her room & back to bed. The very first time it happened, it really creeped me out. Once I learned what it was, it didn’t bother me that much. Her doctor just said to NEVER startle her awake & to just tell her to go back to bed or take her by the hand & lead her back to her bed. There were a couple of times that I heard a noise & got up to check & found her raiding the refrigerator for a midnight snack.When I said something to her about it, she didn’t want to believe it.
Now, my ex was a heavy drinker & I’d occasionally be awakened to him standing in the corner of the bedroom peeing in the corner. IF I’d ask him what he was doing, he’d respond I’m in the bathroom…I’ll be back in a minute. When he finished, he’d come back to bed. Fortunately he never did more than pee!!! I chalked his up to being in a drunken stupor & not to sleepwalking…it only seemed to happen when he drank way too much!!!