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Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:50 am
by HeroLinik
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...
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:40 am
by glitch4
Never happened to me.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:18 am
by Magician
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:12 am
by RudeGuy
LitDude wrote:Never happened to me.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:32 am
by Warlock
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:14 am
by sezixor
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:15 am
by Shadow Yoshi
I would go to a doctor and get this checked out.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:51 am
by TLtimelord
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:21 pm
by Bomber57
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:02 pm
by Superiorstar
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:16 pm
by FallingSnow
It's nothing to be worried about. If it's reoccurring, try changing your sleep pattern or amount/kinds of food consumed before bed.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:18 pm
by Raster
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:21 pm
by Julia Pseudo
Sounds terrifying to me but I haven't experienced it.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:01 pm
by aero
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:55 pm
by Superiorstar
Only happened twice to me, one when I was young and one last halloween.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:03 pm
by montague
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.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:35 am
by lighthouse64
Happens when I'm only trying to go to sleep and somehow I can snap out of it.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:29 am
by Valentine
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
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:56 pm
by TheTurnipLord
It happened to me twice.
Re: Waking up feeling paralysed
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:10 pm
by Jellybones
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.