Ok Wtf?!

Drop The Leash 10
Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
this morning i woke up but hadnt opened my eyes if that makes any sense. well i tried to and couldnt do anything at all. i was awake in my head i guess. i knew where i was, i could feel stuff, just not move. i got so scared. then i woke up. what the hell????????
I will be what i could be
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Isn't that sleep paralysis? I think its pretty common..
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    this morning i woke up but hadnt opened my eyes if that makes any sense. well i tried to and couldnt do anything at all. i was awake in my head i guess. i knew where i was, i could feel stuff, just not move. i got so scared. then i woke up. what the hell????????
    Were you dreaming??

    Either way, if you're ok now you'll probably continue to be so.
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  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Were you dreaming??

    Either way, if you're ok now you'll probably continue to be so.
    yeha im fine. and no i was not dreaming.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    happens to me a lot. fuckin terrifying.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    omfg i used to get that. Hasn't happened for ages. Its fucking horrible, ahh dont even remind me.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Yup, that's sleep paralysis/night terrors. I freaking HATE when it happens.
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    This happened to me once. I was in bed in the morning, lying there awake, but I couldn't move. I couldn't open my eyes and I was actually afraid to try and move bacause I thought I must be dead. :eek: It was horrible! And no, I wasn't on drugs - I don't even smoke pot.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    I get something like that once in a while. i feel like I'm awake, but I'm really not.
  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    Welcome to the world of sleep paralysis. Sometimes, you can turn these episodes into lucid dreaming.

    If it happens again, just try to stay calm and see where it takes you.
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  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    wow. didnt know it was common. yeah it scared the crap outta me.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • The Great Cornholio
    The Great Cornholio Posts: 157
    this shit used to happen to me all the time a few years ago. aint so bad now, but happened a couple of nights ago.

    if i try to stay calm to get out of it, it makes me worse, my heart races, so i try to wiggle my toes, then i snap out of it.
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  • alexers
    alexers Posts: 492
    Aww between this and the scary movie thread, I'm gonna have trouble falling asleep tonight! I don't wana wake up to this!
  • monster95
    monster95 Posts: 127
    just like an out of body experience..

    there grrrrrrreat ! i luv em.. enjoy 'em while you can still wake outta it

    just dont get em too often...
    hahaha
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    I've had it happen before. That's why I never go to sleep anymore without setting an alarm.
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  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    Yea ive had that happen to me before. Used to be scary now its interesting. Its when your mind is awake, but your body is still asleep. You can also get to that point through meditation.
    That kind of thing can also be close to an out of body experience. Sometimes.
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  • Keiran
    Keiran Posts: 393
    I read somewhere that when moving into or out of REM sleep (deep sleep) there are times the body either disconnects to soon or doesn't reconnect fast enough with the brain. This causes the paralysis.
    There is currently no "cure" for sleep paralysis. It seems to effect teenagers at a higher rate than other age groups.
    My son experienced numerous bouts of sleep paralysis during his mid-teens. He found that adhering to a regular sleep schedule and not eating late at night reduced and eventually stopped his problem.
    Talking about it also helped. He realized what was happening to him was real and that he wasn't imagining things. He also wasn't alone as I too have experienced sleep paralysis. It often runs in families.
    It used to be called "Old Hag Syndrome" because many people upon waking hallucinate and think they see a "figure" running from their room. In olden days, an Old Hag or Witch was the usual suspect.
    Good luck and remember that you are going to be OK and try to remain as calm as possible.

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  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    sleep paralysis fucking sucks, but try having it with hallucinations. it's hell.
  • stylo17
    stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    so THAT's what it is?? this crap happens to me like twice a week. I always get the most vivid dreams and I can actually "hear" myself telling myself (weird, I know) to wake up and get out of bed but I just CAN'T. it's like my brain is disconnected from my body.
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  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    i remember watching some show about sleep paralysis. i am not sure if its a brain function thing or a hormone thing, , but they explained that your body somehow stops your body from moving so you don't act out what you are doing in your dreams. people have been known to "wake up" while still paralyzed. during this time, people tend to hallucinate and these experiences are usually blamed for the alien abduction stories.

    its amazing how many different sleep disorders there are. on the same show, there was some dobermans that had some severe narcolepcy and when they would get startled or really excited, they would just collapse for a few minutes.

    totally bizarre.

    speaking of sleep, i should go try to do some of that.
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    At least you don't have this condition.

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