Ever had sleep paralysis?
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Have you ever experienced what is termed as "sleep paralysis" meaning you wake-up and can't move? I have and it's really not very fun. I found this article on it but I don't feel it entirely explains it, so I would love to see if any of you have any explanations on what causes it and why some of us experience it and others don't?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/sleep_paralysis/
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/sleep_paralysis/
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Yeah, I went through a phase of having it a lot... it just seemed to stop after a while. It's quite possibly one of the most frightening things I've ever experienced.
Edit: I say the odd time because I normally only have straight sleeps - i.e sleeping from the moment I get to sleep to the moment I wake up for those who don't know what straight sleep means.
Still, the experience of trying really hard to open my eyes and lift my arms is a freaky one.
I seem to go through phases of it. I haven't experienced for a few months now I think about it, so it seems to come and go.
It is the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced. As the article said it's like someone sitting on you.
Just another shitty thing I've got no control over.
It does recur, it's been happening to me once every three months for about six years. It is like someone sitting on you, but I've also had the sensation that someone is dragging me around the bed by me feet and I'm helpless to stop it. It's awful.
I'm always completely paralyzed, helpless.
hmmm...well maybe its just the length of time it takes me to get the force to kick my leg is just when the sensation is wearing down.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has this I told my sister (whose a doctor) and she looked at me as if I was crazy
(I'm so going to have it tonight)
If the article doesnt explain it to your satisfaction what is your thoughts on the matter?
The first time I dreamed that there was a ghost in bed with me stroking the back of my neck. I woke up with the hairs on the back of my neck standing up and although I knew it was only a dream I was completely unable to move or make a sound for what felt like forever but was probably only 15 seconds or so.
When I eventually managed to move I turned over to face the "ghost" and clearly heard something jump off the bed and scuttle away. I thought and though about it because I don't really believe in the supernatural, and I think it must have been next door's cat jumping off their bed and my brain interpreted it as something in the room with me.
Second time the dream was about being attacked by a bloke on a bus and again, woke up paralysed yet knowing I'd been dreaming. Scary!
I wake but can move nothing but my eyes, i sometimes feel someone sitting on the bed, it sometimes feels like they are trying to strangle me. It is terrifying, my throat hurts the next day with the effort of trying to scream out to wake my husband. Sometimes i hear a throbbing type noise. As i start to come out of it the figure on the bed kind of melts away, sometimes to the floor sometimes behind the bookcase or wardrobes. Eventually when i can move i'm quite often in full *fright and flight* mode and my husband usually has to grab a hold of me and hold me til i'm calm, i'm usually up and on the way out of the bedroom in sheer panic lol.
You'd think i'd be used to it by now but it is still just as terrifying every time i get it
The second time I was again struggling to move and there was a constant buzzing in my ears. I managed to open my eyes and there was a black devil shape thingy in front of my curtains. I closed my eyes quickly and after a few seconds I couldnt move again. (I think I've already posted about this before actually)
I think I had it again last night. I dreamt that I was sleeping on a mattress on the floor and there were mice, rats and bugs scuttling around on the floor and trying to climb into bed with me. I was trying so hard to move and hide under the covers, but couldn't.
I've had a few recently where I have had the hallucinations, and I have to admit, I almost wet myself from fear...
I'm not sure what causes it really, and it usually happens when I wake naturally (as in without an alarm..).
It is a weird feeling though.