Have you ever experienced Sleep Paralysis?

[ThePresence]

I used to get it once in a while. It's terrifying. You wake up and you can't move, can't catch your breath, ugh. I haven't had it in a few years though...

 

[Grey]

I thought it was apnea?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Grey
I thought it was apnea?

thats when you stop breathing i think...

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Grey
I thought it was apnea?

Apnea is when you hold your breath while you sleep. This is something entirely different. You wake up and you are paralyzed for a few minutes. Really scary.

 

[Mo0o]

hmm haven't heard of this one before

 

[crab]

I have a few times, and it is by far the most frightening thing I have ever experienced.

 

[Kalvin00]

Never heard of it until you just mentioned it.

 

[Baked]

Was some 300 lb black woman sitting on your chest?

 

[screw3d]

I think I had one of those before a long time ago.. when I was still superstitious.. I thought I was possessed or something

 

[Schadenfroh]

doesnt this have something to do with people thinking they are being abducted by aliens? Do you feel a presence?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Baked
Was some 300 lb black woman sitting on your chest?

I've read that people say they imagine things like that, but I've never felt that. All I got was the paralysis, you cant move a single limb, and you have trouble catching your breath. I t lasts for a few minutes and is really scary. You limbs don't listen to your brain's instructions.

 

[aircooled]

If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
doesnt this have something to do with people thinking they are being abducted by aliens? Do you feel a presence?

Nah, I never felt anything like that at all.

 

[Grey]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Grey
I thought it was apnea?

Apnea is when you hold your breath while you sleep. This is something entirely different. You wake up and you are paralyzed for a few minutes. Really scary.

That might have been me and my fellow species doing our annual experiment rounds

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

 

[crab]

I too never experienced the hallucinations, I just couldn't do a thing. I could hear the TV, hear people talking, but couldn't scream, or move a thing.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

what are out of body experiances that occur at night?

 

[eldorado99]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

With such horrid spelling, do I want answers?
Edited for spelling

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: crab
I too never experienced the hallucinations, I just couldn't do a thing. I could hear the TV, hear people talking, but couldn't scream, or move a thing.

Exactly. I used to get it about twice a month. It's been a few years since I last experienced it.

 

[element]

could you open your eyes? could you blink? I've never experienced this.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: element
could you open your eyes? could you blink? I've never experienced this.

Yes, my eyes were open. I could not get a sound out of mouth, had trouble catching my breath, could not move my arms or legs. Scary stuff.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: eldorado99

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

With such horrid spelling, do I want answers?
Edited for spelling

hey I only got a few hours of sleep,and I had too much sodium tonight, my hands are shaking!:beer:


sleep paralysis can be extremely frightening, ahundred years ago they often thought such people were crazy or demon posessed.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

I have one. Pretty much every night, just as I'm dozing off, I get startled awake. My entire body seems to jump (well, what still works, being a quadriplegic)...I wake up scared sh!tless for a split second, I feel just like I was nearly killed. It happens while I'm still barely awake, so no image is associated. It's very weird.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: aircooled
If it's in your limbs, it can be a vitamin B1 deficiency. I was having foot paralysis for a while before I knew about B1 and muscle paralysis...

true sleep paralysis is a sleeping disorder.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
<---polysomnographic technologist (AKA a sleep tech)

I'm working at the lab reight now...ask yo slepp questions!

what are out of body experiances that occur at night?

dreams:shocked:

 

[Baked]

I think I've woken up w/ cold sweat once for the past 10 years. Terrifying yes, but no paralysis.