I HATE sleep paralysis, happens once and a while with me. No real cure to it as far as I know other than some Pre-conditioning work.
I also use to get really uneasy, bed spinning sensations too but I traced that to an older clock that was pouring out mass amount of EM, once I removed that I stopped having those sensations.
Just chill dude, I don't understand why you would want to move when you first wake up unless an alarm clock is annoying you. Lie there and wait for things to get in gear.
with SP you don't get that option...your brain is half awake, but the body DOES go into a paralysis to avoid injury while in certain stages of REM...so when you " wake" your brain is suppose to shut off the lock down mode at the same time, and it fails once and a while, and it subconsciously goes into fight or flight mode.
yes, it happened to me once, about 2 weeks ago i was sleeping i woke up in a normal way and when i got out of bed to unplug my phone from the recharger[which is on the ground] i fell on my knee in front of it and then on my stomach .. i stood there for 5 seconds and then i got up... i seriously shat bricks
I think that might have happened to me a couple of times. But when it happened to me, I couldn't breath. Fucking terrifying, being unable to move, breath, and positive you're about to die.
It sounds scary, but also potentially awesome. Mind you, I never had it so I can't give an unbiased opinion on it. Being awake but not being able to move is some flucked up shit, but being in a state of half wakefulness, experiencing hallucinations and stuff sounds pretty neat.
If I were you, then next time it would happen, I would try not to panic. In stead, I would relax, and try to enjoy it. If it is essentially a wakeful dream, than you can control it. Try imagining happy things, you know, red and white mushrooms and pink bunnies and stuff. Whatever works for you.
Matronadena said:
traceur_ said:
Just chill dude, I don't understand why you would want to move when you first wake up unless an alarm clock is annoying you. Lie there and wait for things to get in gear.
with SP you don't get that option...your brain is half awake, but the body DOES go into a paralysis to avoid injury while in certain stages of REM...so when you " wake" your brain is suppose to shut off the lock down mode at the same time, and it fails once and a while, and it subconsciously goes into fight or flight mode.
Well as I said I haven't experienced this myself, but why wouldn't you be able to relax? Are you not conscious? Isn't this sort off like lucid dreaming?
You are a Buddhist yourself, and you probably have a clear grasp on your own mind. Weren't you able to control your urges to panic?
Just be thankful that your nightmares weren't there in front of you while all that was going on. I used to suffer this all the time as a kid, but the nightmares I was having at the time still played out in front of me while I was awake...
It's called sleep paralysis, and it happens when you wake during REM sleep. Your body naturally paralyzes itself during REM sleep to keep you from thrashing around and hurting yourself while you're dreaming (which primarily occurs during the REM cycle). When you wake up, your body should normally unparalyze itself, but sleep paralysis occurs when your body (for whatever reason) doesn't do this when your mind wakes.
I think there might be medication available if it's really bad for you. Ask your physician about it?
There are also sleep analysis labs (which are usually only found in larger cities) which study you while you're sleeping to diagnose sleep disorders and give you tips on how to get a better night's sleep, but they're rather expensive and I'm not sure they'd be able to help you with this sort of thing.
I think it happened to me once, it happens to most people once in their life. But if it happens with any frequency you may be in danger. If you dream that a monster is trying to suffocate you when this happens you could suffer cardiac arrest.
As has been mentioned, sleep paralysis is what you are suffering from - and to those who say he just needs to chill, Its much harder than you think, because although aware of surroundings, the patient is still in a state of awareness below that of what you are when groggy after waking, so they cannot rationalise what they are feeling, and coupled with an inability to correctly interpret meaning in sensory stimuli, AND the body going into a state of physiological arousal from the surprise of these things, leading to what is essentially positive feedback in fear.
Once while I was waking up from a dream I realised I was actually physically talking into my pillow, the weird thing was I was speaking both sides of the conversation, once I became aware that I was actually talking I was like *Stop Talking You Idiot* but still kinda half in the dream. Was kinda funny.
You shit is scary though! People are saying 'just keep calm' but when your only half awake you ain't in full control of your brain either so I would be freaking out too!
I get this often, have done for 6+ years. I know I am awake and suddenly, I stop breathing. I can move my body milimetere by milimetre and I found the only way to fix the problem is to some how shock myself back into the waking world.
Try and will a limb to fall out of bed, or sleep on your side. I always found i'm more at risk sleeping on my back. Best of luck to you .
It sounds scary, but also potentially awesome. Mind you, I never had it so I can't give an unbiased opinion on it. Being awake but not being able to move is some flucked up shit, but being in a state of half wakefulness, experiencing hallucinations and stuff sounds pretty neat.
If I were you, then next time it would happen, I would try not to panic. In stead, I would relax, and try to enjoy it. If it is essentially a wakeful dream, than you can control it. Try imagining happy things, you know, red and white mushrooms and pink bunnies and stuff. Whatever works for you.
Matronadena said:
traceur_ said:
Just chill dude, I don't understand why you would want to move when you first wake up unless an alarm clock is annoying you. Lie there and wait for things to get in gear.
with SP you don't get that option...your brain is half awake, but the body DOES go into a paralysis to avoid injury while in certain stages of REM...so when you " wake" your brain is suppose to shut off the lock down mode at the same time, and it fails once and a while, and it subconsciously goes into fight or flight mode.
Well as I said I haven't experienced this myself, but why wouldn't you be able to relax? Are you not conscious? Isn't this sort off like lucid dreaming?
You are a Buddhist yourself, and you probably have a clear grasp on your own mind. Weren't you able to control your urges to panic?
main reason you can't relax is because the reaction is subconscious on a primal level...so yeah you can say it's more a lucid state... not really awake, more in a waking state...you know that faint very very brief moment before you actually " wake up".... though the effect itself only lasts a few seconds, the mind takes it as sometimes hours of feeling... with it can come hallucinations, phantom " sensations" ...and is responsible for many " ufo abduction, ghost assult, succubus, vampire" claims. Thats why the panic is bad sometimes, as the brain KNOWS something is wrong on a level, on another level it's still in a dream state, on yet another level it's still in boot up mode, and when those combine thats when the fun starts.
it's sorta like the PC freezing at the windows logo
it annoys me as I learned to control my dream state too, and know dream from waking while in the dream.. but something about the chemical rush in the brain at that moment throws it all to hell for a second or so.
It sounds scary, but also potentially awesome. Mind you, I never had it so I can't give an unbiased opinion on it. Being awake but not being able to move is some flucked up shit, but being in a state of half wakefulness, experiencing hallucinations and stuff sounds pretty neat.
If I were you, then next time it would happen, I would try not to panic. In stead, I would relax, and try to enjoy it. If it is essentially a wakeful dream, than you can control it. Try imagining happy things, you know, red and white mushrooms and pink bunnies and stuff. Whatever works for you.
Matronadena said:
traceur_ said:
Just chill dude, I don't understand why you would want to move when you first wake up unless an alarm clock is annoying you. Lie there and wait for things to get in gear.
with SP you don't get that option...your brain is half awake, but the body DOES go into a paralysis to avoid injury while in certain stages of REM...so when you " wake" your brain is suppose to shut off the lock down mode at the same time, and it fails once and a while, and it subconsciously goes into fight or flight mode.
Well as I said I haven't experienced this myself, but why wouldn't you be able to relax? Are you not conscious? Isn't this sort off like lucid dreaming?
You are a Buddhist yourself, and you probably have a clear grasp on your own mind. Weren't you able to control your urges to panic?
main reason you can't relax is because the reaction is subconscious on a primal level...so yeah you can say it's more a lucid state... not really awake, more in a waking state...you know that faint very very brief moment before you actually " wake up".... though the effect itself only lasts a few seconds, the mind takes it as sometimes hours of feeling... with it can come hallucinations, phantom " sensations" ...and is responsible for many " ufo abduction, ghost assult, succubus, vampire" claims.
it's sorta like the PC freezing at the windows logo
I can't really relate to that feeling, and I suppose I am quite fortunate for that. Perhaps my mind is too forgetful to remember that short moment before sleeping. I do however relate to your analogy about windows not starting up. Thanks for the elaboration.
I just wake up disoriented... Like, my dream is still there, and I have to deal with whatever obligations it comes with...
I still feel this nagging feeling about a dog, and a terqouise innertube from last night.
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