Sleep Paralysis
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i just saw the sleep apnea thread and it reminded me i always meant to post this..
has anyone ever heard of this?
when im sleeping sometimes i know im dreaming ..or im like awake in my dream and i cant move..totally paralyzed..sometimes i cant breath and its honestly the scariest thing ever. i try and wake up and cant.
ive actually taught myself how to get out of it by not resisting then jolting my self awake..sounds insane but its what i do
no one that i know has ever had this experience..i think im goin crazy
has anyone ever heard of this?
when im sleeping sometimes i know im dreaming ..or im like awake in my dream and i cant move..totally paralyzed..sometimes i cant breath and its honestly the scariest thing ever. i try and wake up and cant.
ive actually taught myself how to get out of it by not resisting then jolting my self awake..sounds insane but its what i do
no one that i know has ever had this experience..i think im goin crazy
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I'd try and sit up but i couldn't, also try to open my eyes and i cant. One of the worst things i've experienced.
I've had the "person in the room" AND the "person coming up the stairs" situation. Ugh.
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I had this after surgery YEARS ago while on hydro-codone....Changed my meds the next day!! Didnt like that feeling at all!
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i should have looked this up years ago..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
This use to happen to me a lot to and no doubt it scares the shit out of me when it does happen and I have to say it's been a while,but now since we brought this up Im probably doomed tonight :twisted:
I went through a similar experience when I woke up from out-patient surgery as they were wheeling me out of the Operating Room. I could hear the orderlies talking and I knew that I was being moved down a hallway and into the elevator. I was terrified (for whatever reason) and couldn't say a word or move a muscle. I am just thankful that it didn't happen during surgery like it does to some people. Anyway, it was so terrifying that I swore I would never go under anesthesia again. Of course, now I am thinking that may not be a good vow.
Many years ago it happened to my Mom during gall bladder surgery. She said it was painful, but not unbearably so - more like very uncomfortable and of course, terrifying. When she told the doctor about it he seemed upset. I guess he was afraid she was going to sue him. She didn't. Anyway, she was scared after that but then she got cancer and went through so many subsequent surgeries she got over her fear. I haven't!
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Larry King did an episode a while back talking about this. I saw it about a week before I had surgery and it scared the hell out of me. But, every experience I have had with anesthesia has been very nice. Those few seconds before you fall asleep are heavan!
i was dreaming and then everything went black and i couldn't hear anything...i was convinced that my heart had stopped beating...but then i "talked" myself out of it. sounds weird but it was the scariest thing ever!! i guess in reality i was falling back asleep.
I hate when it feels like someone else is in the room or house. It is so freakin' scary.
I had this happen to me last night and twice before that.
First time was about 4-5 years ago. I pretty just remembered seeing a black shadow above me and not being able to move or talk for about a minute.
Second time was probably the weirdest and it happened 2-3 years ago. Had my cats for a few months, closed my bedroom door cause they were always coming in and waking me up and it was getting annoying. Now I leave it open though. Anywho I was dreaming I was sharing a place with someone, but they only had access to the kitchen and for some reason they could see me and what I was doing and I could see their place and what they were doing. Now I'm remembering stuff before that but only bits and pieces and nothing that would help. Well anyway this guy went to the kitchen ans was watching me watch tv. I had some groceries on the floor and asked him if he wanted me to move them. I had them on the floor because I was only staying at this place for a few more days. almost positive after that I was awake, but I couldn't really move or open my eyes all the way. i was sleeping on an angle towards my fan when I see a woman. Least I think it is because the only part I saw was a dress. Something from the 50's or 60's. It was pink with black trim. I tried to open my eyes all the way but they wouldn't open. Also tried to say something but just gasps came out. Although not sure who would have heard me. Then I started to shiver and I could move and talk. Just weird.
After that one I mentioned it to some people and they told me about sleep paralysis. I thought I had heard of it before but forgot the name.
And the third time happened last night. Had a weird/eerie dream involving ghosts or something. Woke up and thought that there was something holding my blankets and sheets down so I couldn't move. I tried calling one of my cats, Kali, but just gasps of air came out and couldn't move.
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Also a good entry into different potential/realities,
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Were you sleeping on on your back?
And I love this painting from Henry Fuseli that sums it up perfectly, 'The Nightmare'...
the first and third time i was. Second time i was on my side, why?
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For me, it starts with a vague awareness that it is happening. I sort of feel myself get heavier, as though I am sinking through the bed. Then I get this buzzing sensation through my body, kind of like the tingle of pins and needles without the numbness. This buzzing intensifies until it's practically unbearable. Over the years, during different episodes, I have tried ignoring it, fighting it, letting myself try and go with it......... most of the time I feel the panic rising though and it gets too much and I try and fight it, wrestle myself awake. I remember one night, years ago.......... I managed to lift myself up, and was thrashing from one side of the bed to the other, trying to slam it out of me. This wasnt physically happening of course, but I was completely awake. Every time it's happened, I am awake, and aware of everything in the room, the sounds, shadows, shapes that I am familiar with. On some occassions I have felt someone in the room with me, mostly not.
There was one episode that I wish I could have again though. I had fallen asleep on the couch and started feeling it, and decided.... no bugger it, I am gonna ride this out and see where I go. The buzzing got so intense I felt I HAD to get out of myself......... and wrestled myself free of my body, with a lot of effort. Once I was "out", my movements were fluid and easy. I was able to look back at my sleeping self as I moved away....... very strange feeling indeed. I started heading towards the front door, through it, and down our driveway towards the forest I lived across the road from at the time. I got about half way down the driveway and had this vague thought in my head " what if I cant get back?".......... immediately I thought that, I was right back in my body, in an instant. I've never been able to achieve this since, but I wish I could.
For the most part, its a damn scary thing to feel, at times I cant breathe and that is the worst. Luckily, it doesnt seem to happen very often these days, perhaps a couple of times a year. In the past, especially as a teen and in my early 20's, I'd only have to think about it during the day, and it would happen that night. So, basically I try not to think about it. As someone else said though, I am probably doomed tonight........ :P
i put it down to stress.. and it would only happen when i slept on my back (which i rarely do)
so scary, when i finally 'came to' i was all sweaty and clammy, heart racing :( such a horrific experience :(
Was very scary, sense of panic. But once I understood what it was it didn't bother me too much. Normally I think I would just fall back to sleep and wake normally later.
Luckily it hasn't happened for a long time.
I wonder... the people who have experienced this, do they also have particularly vivid dreams? I do, and they're not infrequently nightmares.
Last night I dreamed I was driving my car and the brakes stopped working. I couldn't depress the pedal. It felt so real, even to the amount of pressure I was trying to put on the pedal. I tried the emergency brake, tried shifting into neutral, nothing worked. I was driving down a busy road in the next town. I was thinking, "I wonder if the dogs are in the back seat, if they are, I'm glad they have their seat belt harnesses on."
The last sleep paralysis dream happened when I was home, napping on the living room couch. Dreamed that two figures all dressed in black had come into the house and were roaming around from room to room, and I couldn't move or speak. They knew I was there. I woke up in a cold sweat, with my heart racing, on the couch. It took a few seconds to realize that it was just a dream and there were no intruders in the house.
It tends to happen most/often when people are sleeping on their backs, the best position to sleep? Right side of the body. It's the best position for health of the body and mind.
So when you rest at night, try to keep your body angled to the right as much as you can.