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Guys, I just lived on me the most frightening things I ever have this morning : sleep paralysis.
Basically you wake up but you're kind of trapped in your own body : your muscles don't work and you are only able to control your breathing. It takes several seconds/minutes to recover the usage of your muscles.
It's scary as hell, you try to move the hardest you can but not a single part of your body responds and you can't talk too. I just concentrated on my breathing and tried to clench my fists and tiptoes and I was able to move about 30 seconds after I woke up.
I did some research and apparently it's well known and affects healthy people (I mean, I'm not dying xD) and 20 to 60% percent of individuals have experienced this at least one time in their lifes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
So, have any of you guys experencied this? And if so, how many times?
  
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I get it all the time. Scary at first, but I'm used to it now.
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I get it quite a few times - it happens when I get too much sleep and then my body doesn't respond. Basically, when it happens, I have to force myself to get up and not go back to sleep even if I want to.
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I got it once and it scared the shit out of me.
Most terrifying thing that's happened in my sleep.
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ogsj bless his soul, has been this for awhile unfortunately TT;
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United States33587 Posts
I guess a lot of people find this scary, but personally it just strikes me as annoying?
From what I hear, with some people it's frequently combined with nightmares of someone (ghost, monster, whatever) sitting on them or holding them down, which intensifies the experience... so I could see that being fucking scary.
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Been there, done that. I've had this happen to me on a regular - almost daily - basis some three years ago. It always happened when I'd fall asleep. It was like witnessing the exact moment you passed from waking state to sleeping, without getting fully into the dreamstate. I can only describe it as a complete inability to move your body whilst being completely concious and lucid. It always felt like I was falling down head-first into a hole without being able to control my movements. This would happen several times until I finally fell asleep normally.
Totally hated it. It stopped after a few months.
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I got this a lot last year, or maybe the year before that. Anyway, I learned how to control my sleep paralysis and turning it into lucid dreaming. Basically, when you wake up and can't move, instead of forcing yourself out of it, try to imagine that you're standing up from your bed or alter the setting you're in.
It takes time to practice. Don't get scared. If you do, sleep paralysis can turn into a nightmare, which is why some accounts report the "hag" who sits on your chest.
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I've never had this in my life. So you pretty much wake up but none of your muscles respond?
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I've found that it only happens when I sleep on my back. It's scared me from ever sleeping that way, I'm always on my side now. I've had no problems since.
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Happens a ton when I'm dozing and don't wake up properly.
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United Kingdom6641 Posts
Its happened to me before although I wasn't fully awake, I was half awake and still kind of dreaming so it seemed like there were people in the room with me and weird shit going on, it was a pretty ill experience.
This condition explains the vast majority of "hauntings" and "alien visitations".
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On November 14 2011 23:50 ArnaudF wrote:Guys, I just lived on me the most frightening things I ever have this morning : sleep paralysis. Basically you wake up but you're kind of trapped in your own body : your muscles don't work and you are only able to control your breathing. It takes several seconds/minutes to recover the usage of your muscles. It's scary as hell, you try to move the hardest you can but not a single part of your body responds and you can't talk too. I just concentrated on my breathing and tried to clench my fists and tiptoes and I was able to move about 30 seconds after I woke up. I did some research and apparently it's well known and affects healthy people (I mean, I'm not dying xD) and 20 to 60% percent of individuals have experienced this at least one time in their lifes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysisSo, have any of you guys experencied this? And if so, how many times?
Hundreds. But that's because I often use WILD for Lucid Dreaming.
Once you know what it is it isn't scary at all and is actually a great chance to enter into a lucid dream. \\On November 15 2011 00:08 tyCe wrote:
I've never had this in my life. So you pretty much wake up but none of your muscles respond?
That's correct. It's often accompanied by other sensations like vibrations, spinning, loud noises, etc. This occurs because your body isn't fully out of REM sleep and is still, in essence, dreaming a little. The paralysis comes as well from the REM paralysis not being fully gone yet.
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It's a sign to invest more time into spirituality/meditation, imo.
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It happened to me once when I was a little kid. Was terrifying as all hell, and didn't know what it was until 15 years or so later. Haven't had it happen to me since though...
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This has never happened to me. It would probably freak me out real bad if it did. 
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Thanks, I feel a lot better about this after reading all your comments!
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It happens to me every few months. I usually have a dream and get a fright, then I lie there with my heart pounding and none of my muscles responding. I listen to noises outside and lay there frozen for 40 seconds or so (who can really tell, time seems to last forever when you're like that). As J1.au said, it has only ever happened to me when I wake up lying on my back. So it is possible that it is less likely to happen if you sleep on your side. However it is hard to control in your sleep, especially if you are used to sleeping like that or find it comfortable.
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o man i got this mate who is abit dodgy and i woke up and couldnt move but i was still half asleep. my head was facing my computer monitor and there was a red light on it and i couldnt look away. i was totaly convinced it was my mates eye and he was going to kill me. i almost cried but the more i woke up the better it was. i feels ya brah some of the scariest shit i eever experienced.
o and i dont think this counts but on new years i fell asleep on my arm and for about a month after i couldnt move my hand because i damaged the nerve. radial nerve palsey i think its called or saturday night palsy.
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On November 14 2011 23:59 Waxangel wrote:
I guess a lot of people find this scary, but personally it just strikes me as annoying?
From what I hear, with some people it's frequently combined with nightmares of someone (ghost, monster, whatever) sitting on them or holding them down, which intensifies the experience... so I could see that being fucking scary.
Actually, my one high school teacher (and old and somewhat batty lady) claimed to have visited a famous haunted hotel somewhere in the UK and experienced 'The Sitting Ghost' which she described as an immense pressure on her chest. Despite all our arguing that this was actually sleep paralysis she insisted there had been a ghost pinning her to the bed for several minutes.
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