Sleep paralysis...

yeah, i've experiened that too, can get pretty scary. Did anyone see "Nights From Hell" the other night on ITV, it was a programme all about this; some of the people on it were going wild in their sleep jumping about and screaming, their eyes looked like they were possessed or something from what the camera caught of them :?
 
:idea: Figures why insomnia is so common, to funkin scared to sleep.

I think I'll try to avoid sleeping supine, try vertical in shower instead.
 
think i hav expierienced this when younger, the not being able to cry out bit. and lately have expierienced on several nights the not being able to move like something is stopping me and trying to cry out to flat mate but not bein able to. but i am asleep when this happens. it feels real, im in my own bed that i went to sleep in and feel like i have woken up but i know i havent because then i actually wake up and i feel fine and a huge sense of relief that its not real. it happened the other night after i had been talkin to my friend about it and i kept sayin to myself this isnt real its a dream but took ages to wake up by that point think i was convinced it was real but then woke up. did not like it. :( was desperate to go toilet when woke up but was so scared had to wait till it got light! nearly resorted to peein in cup. :?
 
My roommate has had this happen to him. Don't think drugs has a lot to do w/ it, because he doesn't do any, but overactive brain and lack of sleep seem right on the money. Sounds extremely scary though!
 
As I've said, you don't need to take drugs to experience it, but when people do take drugs they tend to stay awake much longer then usual and it's the fact that they've been awake for so long that's the problem.
 
I had sleep paralysis only one time in my life. It was an horrifying experience.

The one thing I remember most about it was that I was extremely depressed when I went to bed that night and I remember saying a prayer to God before I went to sleep. At some point in the night I heard a voice talking to me, but nobody was there because I was all alone. I felt like there was an angel in my room talking to me. There was definetely a presense in the room with me...like a spirit or a ghost or an angel.

I was in this half awake, half asleep state of being. I remember hearing this voice and having a conversation out loud talking and answering in my sleep. All of a sudden this tingling sensation started in my feet and I couldn't move my toes. Pretty soon the tingling sensation was creeping up my body and everywhere that tingled was paralized.

All this time, I'm thinking to myself..."WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

I could still feel and hear this presense in my bedroom, but I couldn't get out of the half awake/half asleep state of being. When the tingling got all the way up to my neck I was urgently telling myself to "WAKE UP!". I felt like if it went any higher that was going to be it. Finally, I woke up and I couldn't move a muscle. After about five minutes I was finally able to move my toes and then my feet and then my legs... It was the most terrifying experience of my life. I thought for sure it was a near death experience, but my doctor told me it was just sleep paralysis.
 
i get it fairly regularly, admittedly i get it after a heavy weekend but not always, my first experience was years before i ever took any funny substances. Moreover i get the "whooshing" sensations often referred to as "electric shocks" after dabbling in excess, I think the 2 can be pretty similar. :?
 
I get it all the time. Same thing all the time too - Scary man stood behind me just out of sight and can turn round to look or wake up to run away....not nice! Especcialy when you start twitching to wake your self - the other half has often thought I was having a fit when I leap out of bed!!
 
Every person that I know (who canes it on a regular basis) gets sleep paralysis and electric shocks - they are awful (espec when you are sat at work!! lol lol) 8O
 
jjinit said:
there must be a scientific explanation?? ;)
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Someone once told me it was something to do with your body being asleep and mind being awake. Can see the idea although it may have just been that person's theory...
 
jjinit said:
there must be a scientific explanation?? ;)
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I read that when you go into deep sleep that your body becomes paralysed to prevent you from injuring yourself. In sleep paralysis the body remains asleep but the brain is awake, hence the paralysis.
 
I've never had sleep paralysis but suffer from night terrors from time to time. It usually happens within an hour of going to bed so it is different from nightmares in that it doesn't happen in the REM stage. It usually happens when I'm over-tired. I don't take drugs so is nothing to do with that. I have woken up my whole house with blood-curdling screams because I have felt intense fear usually because I feel like I am awake and my room looks normal apart from a figure by my bed or snakes or bugs in my room. I feel extreme terror, my heart rate goes up and I scream and move about in bed until someone wakes me up, it's really horrible. I got them alot while I was studying for my final Uni exams. I don't get them much now. It's nothing to do with mental ill health ;) and you can cut down episodes by having a regular sleep pattern and not having things in your room which could potentially trigger you. Scarey stuff!
 
I'd say night terrors are the same as sleep paralysis :? I wouldn't /couldn'tdistinguish between the two
 
Scoobie said:
jjinit said:
there must be a scientific explanation?? ;)
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I read that when you go into deep sleep that your body becomes paralysed to prevent you from injuring yourself. In sleep paralysis the body remains asleep but the brain is awake, hence the paralysis.
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that makes sense.

there's obviously a "reverse" condition in existence hence Jade Goody?
 
N8 said:
I'd say night terrors are the same as sleep paralysis :? I wouldn't /couldn'tdistinguish between the two
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In sleep paralysis are you not actually awake and unable to move? In night terrors you are asleep and often are able to move. I've knocked stuff of my bedside table before trying to get away from the evil presence. They are different conditions.

Checked on the net and they seem to be treated as separate sleep disorders.
 
I think i used to get confused between the two :? Don't get either much now though,yay!
 
Night terrors
Night terrors can accompany sleepwalking, or may occur on their own. During these brief episodes, the dreamer may scream and seem very frightened, although they are not fully awake. Both sleepwalking and night terrors are more common in children, who often grow out of them. Take any necessary precautions, such as having stair gates and locking doors and windows.

Sleep paralysis
During the dreaming (REM) phase of sleep, limb muscles are limp and paralysed. If something suddenly disturbs you during this phase of sleep, your mind may wake up before your body does, and so, for a few seconds, you become aware of your inability to move and may be unnerved by it. Usually, such episodes are very brief, ending when you become fully awake.
 
glasgow-chick said:
Sleep paralysis
During the dreaming (REM) phase of sleep, limb muscles are limp and paralysed. If something suddenly disturbs you during this phase of sleep, your mind may wake up before your body does, and so, for a few seconds, you become aware of your inability to move and may be unnerved by it. Usually, such episodes are very brief, ending when you become fully awake.
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I've had this a couple of times, you're asleep but you want to scream and shout and wake up but can't.

Its like you are trapped in a dream. In one I was looking at myself in bed and there were 'visions' around my bed... wanted to wake up but couldn't - not very nice at all.

L x
 
Wow, a lot of us had sleep paralysis before....so anybody else ever feel a presense in the room even though you were all alone?
 
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