Sleep paralysis?

**Mom** · 2nd June 2009, 17:54

Never experienced that little gem, but quite often wake up with a hell of a thud, almost as if I have been dropped onto the bed from a great height. Wakes you up fairly quickly I can tell you. There are a few schools of thought about why this happens.

EJ, I think you just explained why your sleep is being disturbed

"Yes indeed recently I was missing my normal sleeping schedules"

Go with 007XX on this one, dont go all weird about it, play with it and see what happens, above all relax! These things happen from time to time.

**007XX** · 2nd June 2009, 17:59

Originally Posted by Mom

Never experienced that little gem, but quite often wake up with a hell of a thud, almost as if I have been dropped onto the bed from a great height.

Tell Maha to stop it with the body slams then eh...

**MotoGirl** · 2nd June 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by Skyryder

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.

I have some pretty odd dreams myself, but mine involve the same two women being in my house. I don't know if I can even call it a "dream" considering I'm awake enough to hear them, can remember everything they say, and often talk back to them. Time for the loopy bin me thinks!

**2_SL0** · 2nd June 2009, 18:13

Originally Posted by R6_kid

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.

Dude, thats called W@#kers cramp, completely different thing,dont worry your secret is safe with me

**Owl** · 2nd June 2009, 18:21

I think we have an apprentice that suffers from this between 8am and 5pm.

**gijoe1313** · 2nd June 2009, 19:13

Mind you, could be repressed memories from dropping the soap in the shower coming back to haunt you?

**discotex** · 2nd June 2009, 19:32

I suffered from sleep paralysis fairly regularly for several years. I can totally relate with the sheer terror that accompanies it.

I used to wake up unable to move and worst of all I WASN'T ABLE TO BREATHE

I'd do the finger/toe wiggle thing for what seemed like many minutes and finally gasp for breath as I'd regain control of my body.

Apparently it's caused by the natural feature of your brain that paralyses you when you're asleep so you don't act out your dreams. It's the opposite of kicking in your sleep.

In my experience it's usually triggered when you've been screwing with your sleep patterns and are under a lot of stress.

**EJK** · 2nd June 2009, 23:19

So it's not the demon or any ghost shit?

(Korean superstition).
Well that's problem sorted then. Good night everyone

P.S. I heard some people, really rarely, die cause of Sleep Paralysis. Guess it's got to do with the breathing thing.

**sinfull** · 2nd June 2009, 23:24

Just dont go to sleep on your stomach bro, cause if the presence is a guy ghost, your fucked !

**Metalor** · 2nd June 2009, 23:38

Originally Posted by cc rider

I haven't slept since Sunday early morning.
CC

Hope you're not planning on riding any time soon!

On a serious note, I had a dream a couple of months ago, and it seemed EXTREMELY real at the time, that I woke up in my bed and someone was lying on top of me long ways so they were just resting perfectly inline with my body.

I remember being shit scared cos I knew the person was 'evil' and meant harm to me, but I couldn't move my body properly and couldn't shout so I had to slowly edge my arm out without the person noticing, then right when I was about to do something I woke up in my bed in the same position. I was pleased I was able to move this time though :P

I saw something on TV a while back on sleep paralysis and, like someone else mentioned earlier, it has something to do with the natural 'paralysing' function of the brain when you dream. It was about people who's paralysing thing didn't work properly so everything they did in their dream they acted out in bed.

**sinfull** · 2nd June 2009, 23:49

Originally Posted by Metalor

I remember being shit scared cos I knew the person was 'evil' and meant harm to me, but I couldn't move my body properly and couldn't shout so I had to slowly edge my arm out without the person noticing, then right when I was about to do something I woke up .

Same thing !!!!!
But was about to start chewing my arm off when she woke up and said "but you are home"

**Virago** · 3rd June 2009, 11:24

Originally Posted by EJK

...P.S. I heard some people, really rarely, die cause of Sleep Paralysis. Guess it's got to do with the breathing thing.

I think you'll find that's simply an Old Wife's Tale.

Sleep Paralysis is reasonably uncommon, but not physically harmful. Here's my understanding of what happens:

When you enter R.E.M. sleep ("dream sleep"), your muscular system is usually "paralysed" by your brain, to prevent you from physically acting out your dreams. Sometimes that fails, and you end up shouting, or beating up your poor partner. For most, that's usually when you wake up, making the event fairly short term.

In a few cases, the opposite happens. While it is normal for the paralysis to switch off when you wake, it may not do so.

The important thing is to stay calm, either allow yourself to drift back to sleep if possible, or slowly work to regain movement as mentioned above. REM sleep happens in short bursts, and the paralysis will switch off naturally anyway.

Disrupted sleep patterns can do some weird things, but it's usually short term.

The event might be scary, but don't fear the sandman. Being scared of going to sleep may make the problem worse.

**EJK** · 3rd June 2009, 13:05

Ah yes ever since the cradle, in Korean culture, we've been talking about ghosts and stuff. Well guess it's all now in theory so I guess theres nothing to be afraid of. Man thats sad, I was whining for nothing?

P.S. Good morning. I just woke up.

**cc rider** · 3rd June 2009, 17:13

Originally Posted by EJK

Ah yes ever since the cradle, in Korean culture, we've been talking about ghosts and stuff. Well guess it's all now in theory so I guess theres nothing to be afraid of. Man thats sad, I was whining for nothing?

P.S. Good morning. I just woke up.

Sounds like you had a good sleep. I'm glad.