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    Sleep paralysis?

    Anyone here experienced it before? This morning I didn't see any illusions or heard any sound with it but felt chill like hell. I was able to break out when my whole body started to feel numb and pressure. Mine lasted only about what... 5 seconds but it scared the hell out of me. I've heard many stories lke this before but never really experienced it till now.

    No it wasn't a dream. I was wide awake around 5:00am and was about to fall back to sleep. When I was about to fall asleep (the light, comfortable and very cozy feeling), suddenly chill rush overwhelmed like surfing through the blood vessel. Then the whole limb numbs and just solid rock froze. I was able to break out from it because many of my friends (when we shared horror stories when I was young) talked about "sleep paralysis" and I remember someone saying about how to break out from it (try to wiggle your toes and fingers, then with luck, make a movement).

    People told me lots about seeing some presence in the room but I wasn't able to see that. Thank God! I'm feeling chill on my back as I type this. I'm not superstitious but this "experience" was very... so real. I am still quite shocked actually.


    Ok ok all above may sound very stupid but I'm not mad!


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    Only happened to me twice, nothing wakes you up quite like the sudden realization of paralysis!

    S'not fun sometimes. Especially when you just chose that disgusting alarm tone, and you wanna turn it off.
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    A friend (?!) of mine made a bad estimate of how much weed brownie one should eat at a time, it being his first (and last) time consuming such a substance. He told me he ate four times the recommended dose (upper limit) and suffered `sleep paralysis' for about 3 hours... which felt many times longer due to the time-warping effects of said herb.

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    Yes, I've had that happen to me a couple of times. Not the chills that you describe but certainly the paralysis. An absolutely horrible feeling being unable to even raise my head and feeling like it weighed 100kgs.
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    I've had it once where I couldn't move two of my fingers when I woke up, took a few hours before I got feeling back in them, and over a day to get proper movement.
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    It's the fear that drove me crazy. Honestly I'm quite scared to go to sleep tonight actually... (Haven't felt like this since the age of 5)


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    Quote Originally Posted by EJK View Post
    It's the fear that drove me crazy. Honestly I'm quite scared to go to sleep tonight actually... (Haven't felt like this since the age of 5)
    Awww, you poor bubba! You'll be fine man, just go to bed earlier.



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    EJ, I suffer from sleep paralysis regularly. I have chronic insomnia/sleep deprivation & other stuff because of it. I haven't slept since Sunday early morning. So that sucks.
    One is a symptom of the other.
    Panic disorder - hallucinations are quite common. They can seem so real at the time, but they're not.
    it is really scarey. But you did the right thing by wiggling toes or fingers - do it as fast as you can. And keep calm, the episode will pass & you will be OK afterwards.
    Tell mum & dad if you haven't already. Go talk with your GP & have a check-up, can't hurt even if it just makes you feel better. (No friends of the family, this time)
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    Not me, but I some times have very real dreams. These are not the usual oh I woke up and was dreaming this or that. They are so real it is hard to tell the difference from a dream to reality for a minute or two. Nothing scary just so bloody real. Strange I tells ya. Mind you it's been along time since I flew..............now that was fun.



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    From teeth to sleep demons sitting on your chest! gosh EJ, gotta cut out that fun stuff eh?

    There is a ton of info around about the condition, just keep yourself informed and remember that fearing about it will just worsen it!

    Take the chill pill and go to bed as normal, losing sleep over this will just drive you into the ground.
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    I hope not to see any hallucination!

    Yes indeed recently I was missing my normal sleeping schedules, and it happened while I was facing up. Tonight will be alright I guess. I mean come on, it's not Freddie Cougar, right? Haha..

    Right.


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    Quote Originally Posted by EJK View Post
    I hope not to see any hallucination!

    Yes indeed recently I was missing my normal sleeping schedules, and it happened while I was facing up. Tonight will be alright I guess. I mean come on, it's not Freddie Cougar, right? Haha..

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    Quote Originally Posted by cc rider View Post
    EJ, I suffer from sleep paralysis regularly. I have chronic insomnia/sleep deprivation & other stuff because of it. I haven't slept since Sunday early morning. So that sucks.
    One is a symptom of the other.
    Panic disorder - hallucinations are quite common. They can seem so real at the time, but they're not.
    it is really scarey. But you did the right thing by wiggling toes or fingers - do it as fast as you can. And keep calm, the episode will pass & you will be OK afterwards.
    Tell mum & dad if you haven't already. Go talk with your GP & have a check-up, can't hurt even if it just makes you feel better. (No friends of the family, this time)
    PM me if you want or we can keep it open here.
    I hope I have been of some use.
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    What a great reply! Thanks for sharing that with everyone.

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    Yep, know what you mean EJ. Have had that a few times happen to me and it's scary at first, but I've found that it has become quite fascinating for me, and so when it has happened,. I've just concentrated on "experimenting" with it...

    What I mean is as soon as I realised it was there, I tried different things like concentrating on my breathing to see if it made a difference, tried moving my head, etc

    That way, I became more or less back in control of my thought process and not so emotional about it, if you know what I mean.

    That way it is not so scary if you treat it as something you are exploring. Relax, and you'll be fine!
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    Haha thanks. Will try, but I doubt I'll fall for it again anytime soon.

    Yea, a scary experience...


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