Waking up feeling paralysed

HeroLinik · Postby **HeroLinik** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:50 am

Do you have those times where you wake up and are, like, paralysed for 30 seconds or so, before being able to move again?

It happens to me a lot and I hate it...

Postby **glitch4** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:40 am

Never happened to me.

Magician · Postby **Magician** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:18 am

No, but I'm pretty sure that's sleep paralysis.

Actually I suspect I experienced it as a very young child. One time when I woke up in the night, I envisioned a creature with large white eyes that moved around the top right corner of my vision, which by my perspective would have seemed large when projected against the opposite wall. I also had a couple nightmares involving lying down and being unable to move.

RudeGuy · Postby **RudeGuy** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:12 am

LitDude wrote:Never happened to me.

Warlock · Postby **Warlock** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:32 am

I have suffered this many times.

It usually happens after a nightmare, or if you've just had a massive cheese sandwich and you're thinking about the taste.

It's not a nice feeling, but it disappears within 30 seconds.

sezixor · Postby **sezixor** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:14 am

It's happened to my about six times in my life. It's an incredibly wired feeling. The only thing I could move was my eyeballs barley.

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:15 am

I would go to a doctor and get this checked out.

TLtimelord · Postby **TLtimelord** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:51 am

Joey wrote:I would go to a doctor and get this checked out.

No, it's actually a lot more common than you think and it's just another sleeping & dreaming thing. I believe it involves the fact you think you're awake but you don't know your body is asleep. Chances are you'll get frightened by this and hallucinate disturbing things, like what Magician experienced.

Bomber57 · Postby **Bomber57** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:21 pm

TNTtimelord wrote:
Joey wrote:I would go to a doctor and get this checked out.
No, it's actually a lot more common than you think and it's just another sleeping & dreaming thing. I believe it involves the fact you think you're awake but you don't know your body is asleep. Chances are you'll get frightened by this and hallucinate disturbing things, like what Magician experienced.

So yeah, sleep paralysis.

Superiorstar · Postby **Superiorstar** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:02 pm

Magician wrote:No, but I'm pretty sure that's sleep paralysis.

Actually I suspect I experienced it as a very young child. One time when I woke up in the night, I envisioned a creature with large white eyes that moved around the top right corner of my vision, which by my perspective would have seemed large when projected against the opposite wall. I also had a couple nightmares involving lying down and being unable to move.

Same here. excepted they were tiny and looked liked mosquitos.

FallingSnow · Postby **FallingSnow** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:16 pm

It's nothing to be worried about. If it's reoccurring, try changing your sleep pattern or amount/kinds of food consumed before bed.

Postby **Raster** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:18 pm

I only get really dizzy, can't stand on my feet and my sight gets foggy. It happens when I'm in crowded places and sometimes when I wake up.

Postby **Julia Pseudo** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:21 pm

Sounds terrifying to me but I haven't experienced it.

aero · Postby **aero** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:01 pm

castlewars wrote:Do you have those times where you wake up and are, like, paralysed for 30 seconds or so, before being able to move again?

It happens to me a lot and I hate it...

How does it happen a lot? IIRC sleep paralysis is supposed to be pretty rare to ever experience.

Superiorstar · Postby **Superiorstar** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:55 pm

Only happened twice to me, one when I was young and one last halloween.

montague · Postby **montague** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:03 pm

Sleep paralysis is quite common I think, but we're not professionals in this.

If you want to find out more, possibly visit an online site or maybe go to your doctor.

lighthouse64 · Postby **lighthouse64** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:35 am

Happens when I'm only trying to go to sleep and somehow I can snap out of it.

Postby **Valentine** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:29 am

Sometimes when i was younger this happened from time to time. the most notable thing for me was my head because i usually slept with it to the side

TheTurnipLord · Postby **TheTurnipLord** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:56 pm

It happened to me twice.

Jellybones · Postby **Jellybones** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:10 pm

Twice. It was about as terrifying as expected.

Each time I felt a heavy pressure on my chest, and I had to concentrate deeply on keeping my breathing up because breathing through my nose isn't exactly perfect for me- it's dulled, sometimes I can't even smell things. In ancient times it was thought that this was due to a presence of a demon in the room, usually sitting on your chest. Sometimes it was credited to succubi or an incubus.