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I happen to have these very often lately, does anyone have the same problem?, it's bugging the shit out of my sleep ever since after new years eve celebration.
This is basically when you wake up after a nightmare, or even just wake up, you are very aware of your awaken, and still can't move or see clearly. And you hear things, weird things as if your auditive senses have incresed by a mile, you hear things (and sometimes see things) that suposedly aren't there, and it's fucking scary the first few times.
Sometimes you even see ghosts, that look at you, and you can't move at all, and the harder you try the less you can move, sometimes you also can't breath ok. It's very frustating because you know you are awake already.
How can i prevent this? I heard/read it was cause by stress or tension but i really don't have that right now, i'm really chill these days i'm on vacations...
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
i know what your talking about, i get it sometimes. Its a result of conflict between the hemispheres afaik because your motor functions shut down while in REM. Your probably not fully awake which is the problem i have. im aware that im in bed "asleep" and try to get up/move a limb and cant.
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holy shit what the fuck hm i heard of this like a really really long time ago during a tv show but i was like lol wtf impossible
=/ sounds scary man wouldnt want that to happen to me. hope ur ok
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the devil is trying to possesss u
quick, hire an exorcist
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Germany1309 Posts
I don't see strange things but i recall waking up (my senses at least) but I cannot move at all. Beeing unable to move gets you to panic, and this panic *really* wakes you up. Happens very rarely, like once a year or so.
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i think it's called Ba Wi in korean (바위)...
basically, don't fight it. Just go back to sleep, it'll be fine~_~
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I've had this happen, but I didn't see ghost or some shit, though I was really scared, because I was face down in my pillow and I couldn't turn my body to breath, I was like that for what felt like an eternity, but it was maybe a minute or so, I tried to calm down until I could feel my body again.
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Belgium6776 Posts
I've had this a few times in the past but its been a long time
I discovered I would always 'become free' when I'd hear a loud sound that was near
other than that you can just try to go back to sleep and not focus on becoming free
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Never happened to me, but I heard stories from people. Of course, they tried to make'em campfire ghost-related spooky tales, so they exaggerated a bit. But this is basically true, you figure out you're awake, you can't move, and maybe see some weird things.
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I used to get this where I would be awake, try to move or get up, and it would be really, really hard and slow to move, and then a bit later everything would suddenly snap back to where I was, and I hadn't moved at all. The time passed, but my body had switched from actually controlling my muscles to kind of 'dreaming' it had, but I was conscious the whole time. It is one of the most aggravating things in the world, and it caused me to literally take hours to get out of bed sometimes, as it would keep doing it over and over. It's psychological torture, because not only do you think you're making progress each time, but you are using 100% of your willpower to try, just to have it taken away.
You could try closing your eyes tightly. I can't remember if I ever tried this for the paralysis, but that's what I do when I'm dreaming and want to wake up. It almost always wakes me up then, or switches me to another dream. I don't get the sleep paralysis anymore, so I'm wondering if it's related to medications or OTC sleeping drugs. Right now all I'm taking is anti-inflammatory medication (never anything for sleeping), and I don't get it.
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no i don't take anything for sleep too
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I have it from time to time. I have no idea how to stop it. Would be nice if there was a way.
Have you moved or something lately? I get it more often when I have moved someplace.
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I get it more when i'm really tired, but still know i gotta wake up early so i sleep like 4~3 hours, feels like i'm so tired that i can't wake up correctly and don't have enough strenght to move my own body
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testpat
United States565 Posts
On January 08 2007 08:48 pr0n wrote:
I used to get this where I would be awake, try to move or get up, and it would be really, really hard and slow to move, and then a bit later everything would suddenly snap back to where I was, and I hadn't moved at all. The time passed, but my body had switched from actually controlling my muscles to kind of 'dreaming' it had, but I was conscious the whole time. It is one of the most aggravating things in the world, and it caused me to literally take hours to get out of bed sometimes, as it would keep doing it over and over. It's psychological torture, because not only do you think you're making progress each time, but you are using 100% of your willpower to try, just to have it taken away.
You could try closing your eyes tightly. I can't remember if I ever tried this for the paralysis, but that's what I do when I'm dreaming and want to wake up. It almost always wakes me up then, or switches me to another dream. I don't get the sleep paralysis anymore, so I'm wondering if it's related to medications or OTC sleeping drugs. Right now all I'm taking is anti-inflammatory medication (never anything for sleeping), and I don't get it.
Perfect description of what i get occasionally still. Perception is you're fully awake but no movement possible, and when you try to move your awareness outside you're field of vision, its like this void.
However, closing my eyes doesn't work for me. I just start a dream that I wake up and start moving, but every time I blink, I reset to the start. Blink a lot, and get this shutter frame view of reality.
I've gotten used to the dreams somewhat, but finally waking up is always an experience that seems slightly odd - I wind up being afraid to blink.
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On January 08 2007 08:48 pr0n wrote:
I used to get this where I would be awake, try to move or get up, and it would be really, really hard and slow to move, and then a bit later everything would suddenly snap back to where I was, and I hadn't moved at all. The time passed, but my body had switched from actually controlling my muscles to kind of 'dreaming' it had, but I was conscious the whole time. It is one of the most aggravating things in the world, and it caused me to literally take hours to get out of bed sometimes, as it would keep doing it over and over. It's psychological torture, because not only do you think you're making progress each time, but you are using 100% of your willpower to try, just to have it taken away.
You could try closing your eyes tightly. I can't remember if I ever tried this for the paralysis, but that's what I do when I'm dreaming and want to wake up. It almost always wakes me up then, or switches me to another dream. I don't get the sleep paralysis anymore, so I'm wondering if it's related to medications or OTC sleeping drugs. Right now all I'm taking is anti-inflammatory medication (never anything for sleeping), and I don't get it.
Yeah, great description. Happens to me all the time. At one point, it bothered me so much I set my alarm clock to ring every half hour after 4 because that's when it happened to me and the ringing snapped me out of it.
Here's what worked/works for me: Never sleep on anything but your bed. If you sleep on the couch, or in a car, or whatever it seems to happen more often. Just don't sleep in weird positions For me it always happens when I'm laying on my back, or when I'm inside the crack between my bed and the well.
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Honestly I think this sensation is why people claim they've been abducted.
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it has happened to me before its fucking scary as shit
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