Is this very strange or am I paranoid?

[Pixie83]

My DS is 13 & well into pubery (voice has broken, everything sprouting, mood swings, etc).

I got up the other morning to find him already out of bed (he usually has to be prodded awake). Got downstairs and found him coming in from the garden through the patio doors - totally butt naked (with his hands over his wot-not). He jumped out of his skin when he saw me, and i was so shocked I freaked out at him completely, shouting my head off, demanding he explained what was going on.

He cried & cried, but no amount of threats or freaking out on my part would make him explain what he was doing out there in the nudd.

Just to explain further - our garden is completely enclosed with no side gate or anything - there are hedges all around so we are pretty much completely private apart from some distant windows.

This is driving me mad as I try to come up with a sane explanation - Im thinking maybe there is a paedo with a house overlooking our garden who has somehow 'groomed' my son to expose himself to him (I know this is very unlikely). Then I'm thinking maybe he stashes something dodgy in the garden somewhere (naughty mags, etc..) and I caught him hiding his stash? (Nothing to be found tho, and Ive searched extensively!). Or that despite always being completely normal and sane (apart from teen mood swings), he is secretly a flasher who wanted to get it out for the thrill of it? (I don't really believe this by the way).

DH was equally freaked out BTW, but is always calmer than me about things and went to great pains to talk to DS about how important it is to always tell us if anybody else is trying to get him to do anything dodgy, etc, and to try to get to the bottom of what he was doing - no luck for him either though.

When I have tried to talk to DS about it in a calmer way, he just got upset again and just seemed very embarrassed, and maybe a bit confused about why I was so freaked out, almost like he was trying to think of a reason to tell me when he didnt really have one.

Am I just paranoid and making a drama out of nothing?

I'm with Stricnine on sleepwalking. I do this especially when stressed. A few times I would walk down the stairs in my parents house and wake up in my own home. Very strange!

Pixie's DS may have already woken up and was coming back in but was embarassed to find a parent there.

My son is 14 and we have patio doors. Was trying to imagine if this happened to me.

It might make me curious but I would just laugh and divert my eyes. If he would not tell me what he was upto I would accept that.

He was only naked - so what! Poor kid. He may of been sleep walking ,he may have just fancied some fresh air!!
Sometimes its not worth over analysing teens!

Haven't fully read the thread so so sorry if this is wrong, but here's another viewpoint (based on teenage dd and her mates a few years ago)

Was he pissed/stoned and disorientated a tad maybe?

Maybe he dropped something out of his bedroom window which was very important to him (e.g.his mobile?) that he just wanted to retrieve straight away and didnt think anyone would be about. Or if patchy signal in your area he's found a place in garden that's better to text from ?

I've sleepwalked all my life and have been outside on several occasions. Thankfully I sleep clothed (well not clothed, I mean in my Pjs) Does he sleep naked?

It could well be that he was sleep walking; it's often worse during puberty or when stressed.

My other thought is that he was out putting something in the outside bin that he didn't want you to see (wet dream? underpants possibly?) Woke up in a bit of a state and didn't think about throwing his dressing gown on first.