Sleep Paralysis

[Magneto2.0]

Jesus Christ this is the most frightening/annoying thing I've ever experienced. For those who've never endured this, it's basically you wake up but you can't move at all. Not one limb. You are awake, you are conscious of your surroundings and your thoughts, but you can't move at all. It's scary and I hate that crap. Only way out is to go back to sleep. One time I had it, my wife hit me (accidentally) and it broke me out of it. Other then that, it's been basically me trying to fight with my body to move.

Ergh.

[Leroy]

I've never heard of that, but it would freak me out.

How long does it last?

[sighyoung]

I would check that out, Magneto--that worries me, from the sound of it.

I hope you're just talking about those moments when you're barely awake, and you have to struggle to wake up just enough to be able to move and get up.

That's happened to me a couple of times, but years ago.

[ThatGuy]

Wow, that's not something I'd ever want to experience. Scary stuff.

I do remember, however, that one morning a long time ago my brother and I woke up and neither of us could walk. The problem obviously went away, but I don't remember how long we were afflicted and I don't remember the doctor's diagnosis. I'd be interested in finding out how that happened.

[Tambourine Man]

Jesus Christ this is the most frightening/annoying thing I've ever experienced. For those who've never endured this, it's basically you wake up but you can't move at all. Not one limb. You are awake, you are conscious of your surroundings and your thoughts, but you can't move at all. It's scary and I hate that crap. Only way out is to go back to sleep. One time I had it, my wife hit me (accidentally) and it broke me out of it. Other then that, it's been basically me trying to fight with my body to move.

Ergh.

Hey, this used to happen to me quite often. Magneto, how old are you? It freaked me out so badly that I went to see a neurologist. As it turns out, it's quite common (and harmless) for men in their 20's. I'd wake up, shoot up in bed and basically be rendered helpless. My girlfriend witnessed it one time and it scared her to no end. It's really not describable to people who haven't experienced it. Lemme guess...every muscle in your body is tense and you can't speak at all? It feels like being trapped. Yes, the only way out of it is to fall back asleep.

[Magneto2.0]

Jesus Christ this is the most frightening/annoying thing I've ever experienced. For those who've never endured this, it's basically you wake up but you can't move at all. Not one limb. You are awake, you are conscious of your surroundings and your thoughts, but you can't move at all. It's scary and I hate that crap. Only way out is to go back to sleep. One time I had it, my wife hit me (accidentally) and it broke me out of it. Other then that, it's been basically me trying to fight with my body to move.

Ergh.

Hey, this used to happen to me quite often. Magneto, how old are you? It freaked me out so badly that I went to see a neurologist. As it turns out, it's quite common (and harmless) for men in their 20's. I'd wake up, shoot up in bed and basically be rendered helpless. My girlfriend witnessed it one time and it scared her to no end. It's really not describable to people who haven't experienced it. Lemme guess...every muscle in your body is tense and you can't speak at all? It feels like being trapped. Yes, the only way out of it is to fall back asleep.

Yeah, it's happened to people I know, I talked to doctors and they told me the same thing. I'm 28, but it's happened to me since I was in the 9th grade. Not often, every 2 or 3 years, but still enough to worry me. And yes, the way you described it is exactly how it is. It's pretty much the most helpless feeling you could have.

[Magneto2.0]

I've never heard of that, but it would freak me out.

How long does it last?

I can't really tell, because I fall back asleep before I'm able to break out of it. But when I wake back up some hours after, it's usually gone by then.

[AdmiralKird]

I do remember, however, that one morning a long time ago my brother and I woke up and neither of us could walk. The problem obviously went away, but I don't remember how long we were afflicted and I don't remember the doctor's diagnosis. I'd be interested in finding out how that happened.

Heh Heh Heh, I could tell you why.




What did you watch before bed. Richard Simmons? Brokeback Mountain?

[cardinalkarp]

How do you fall back asleep when you're in a state like that?

[wart57]

It happens to me still and I am 37. I can usually break out of it without going back to sleep, I lie there and tell myself to wake up, because I know I am a sleep. It is really scary because sometimes it is very difficult to breath also. If you strain against it, you cannot break free, but if you relax yourself, you come out of it.