All my life ive had it. Some months/weeks i might have it many times, Some night i may have it over and over, then i might go for months and not have it once. Really weird I dont understand it much but i find that if i go to bed feeling either bit "off" or weird im almost guarenteed to get it, altho thats not always the case....messed up stuff :confused:
Yeah now i can almost tell when im gonna get it. So I try to stay awake as long as i can. Usually happens when im stressed.
For the most part all the cases are very similar. It was quite comforting to find out that a majority of the people who suffered from sleep paralysis had the same symptoms as I did. Some people who suffer from severe narcolepsy (spelling?) have episodes for hours and are unable to wake up even when people try to wake them up.
I usually dont drink caffeine. And by drinking caffeine i mean i had one diet coke zero.
I think theres a solid chance I have it tonight. I drank a lot of caffeine tonight and I was stressed all day at class... Had to do work all day, had a test, took a midafternoon nap for about 3 hours because the sleep paralysis i had this morning kept me from getting a good night's sleep. Been really dilerious for most of the night. Sucks.
Um... I think I've gotten something a little like that. Sometimes when I wake up suddenly and try to fall back to sleep, well, it's rather hard to explain...
It's like my brain is sucking in on itself and (as was written earlier) it becomes harder for me to move and harder for me to try and get myself out of it the longer I wait. At first, it feels strangely good, like (for lack of a better term) an orgasm in my head or something, but after a little bit it starts to hurt, really badly- like someone is taking a flag pole and jamming it in to my brain.
I never experienced hallucinations, though, except once when I was at my grandparents house. There's actually an interesting story behind that, but I don't feel like explaining it.
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I dont feel any pain or anything that is considered "good." It is extremly extremly terrifying. I dont think I ever had what you had with the head thing. I have heard some things that feel like are in my head during sleep paralysis. Like either a deep voice or whisper.
I thought I had a deep whisper one time with a presence by the couch during the middle of the day when I was taking a nap. I couldn't move at all and was absolutely terrified to move because I felt like if I turned around there would be something standing right next to me. So it took me a little while to wake up.
Yeah. Right before I wake up I feel like im moving back and forth to wake myself up but when I actually do wake up im completely still...meaning I was just hallucinating/dreaming that I was rolling back and forth trying to wake up.
Well I was wondering if anyone here has ever had sleep paralysis. For those of you who dont know....
Sleep paralysis is a common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode, which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the bodily paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully conscious, but unable to move. In addition, the state may be accompanied by terrifying hallucinations
Sleep paralysis frequently effects me and has been occuring more and more frequently lately to the point where i am afraid to go to sleep. (Hence why I am awake at 3:00 A.M)
I had an episode this morning at around 6 A.M. Where I thought I woke up, but I was still sleeping. I looked over at my piano and it was playing by itself. Then in my dream/hallucination i tried to go back to sleep, but I then felt a presence right near the bed, but no matter what I couln't move. I woke up terrified about 20 seconds later with my heart racing.
An episode I had a few months ago happened at 4 in the morning. I was again having a dream/hallucination that I woke up on my bathroom floor by banging my head on the cabinets. Then I got up and saw myself sleeping on the couch. Then I tried shaking myself to wake up. Again I felt completely paralyzed but was able to be conciously aware of what was going on. Finally, after about 20 seconds of trying desperately to wake up and become unparalyzed... I did....but was unable to go back to sleep after the episode.
Anyone else ever have this happen to them?
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Yeah now i can almost tell when im gonna get it. So I try to stay awake as long as i can. Usually happens when im stressed.
You're paralyzed..and you are like 50/50 aware of whats going on...but you hallucinate
Luckily I didnt have it last night. But I am dead tired right now
For the most part all the cases are very similar. It was quite comforting to find out that a majority of the people who suffered from sleep paralysis had the same symptoms as I did. Some people who suffer from severe narcolepsy (spelling?) have episodes for hours and are unable to wake up even when people try to wake them up.
I usually dont drink caffeine. And by drinking caffeine i mean i had one diet coke zero.
I dont feel any pain or anything that is considered "good." It is extremly extremly terrifying. I dont think I ever had what you had with the head thing. I have heard some things that feel like are in my head during sleep paralysis. Like either a deep voice or whisper.
I thought I had a deep whisper one time with a presence by the couch during the middle of the day when I was taking a nap. I couldn't move at all and was absolutely terrified to move because I felt like if I turned around there would be something standing right next to me. So it took me a little while to wake up.
Sleep paralysis is a common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode, which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the bodily paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully conscious, but unable to move. In addition, the state may be accompanied by terrifying hallucinations
Sleep paralysis frequently effects me and has been occuring more and more frequently lately to the point where i am afraid to go to sleep. (Hence why I am awake at 3:00 A.M)
I had an episode this morning at around 6 A.M. Where I thought I woke up, but I was still sleeping. I looked over at my piano and it was playing by itself. Then in my dream/hallucination i tried to go back to sleep, but I then felt a presence right near the bed, but no matter what I couln't move. I woke up terrified about 20 seconds later with my heart racing.
An episode I had a few months ago happened at 4 in the morning. I was again having a dream/hallucination that I woke up on my bathroom floor by banging my head on the cabinets. Then I got up and saw myself sleeping on the couch. Then I tried shaking myself to wake up. Again I felt completely paralyzed but was able to be conciously aware of what was going on. Finally, after about 20 seconds of trying desperately to wake up and become unparalyzed... I did....but was unable to go back to sleep after the episode.
Anyone else ever have this happen to them?