suffer from sleep paralysis?

86MCSS · 03-28-2006, 01:34 PM

I was doing my normal rounds through message boards and came up on a topic about this on a corvette forum I visit. I guess its more people experience this than I thought.

I really had no idea what this was until It happened to me one day. I thought I was finally going insane but I read up on it and learned how to control it. It does not happen often but when it does it makes me very agry inside. I hate not being able to have control over myself.

Anyone else experience this?

Chilloutski · 03-28-2006, 01:36 PM

Elaborate on it a little more and we all wont be left scratching our heads..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

(Havent read yet.. just helping out the followers)

Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain is awakened from an REM state into essentially a normal fully awake state, but the bodily paralysis is still occurring. This causes the person to be fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, this state is usually accompanied by certain specific kinds of hallucinations. This state usually lasts no more than two minutes before a person is able to either return to full REM sleep or to become fully awake, though the sense of how much time has gone by is often distorted during sleep paralysis. People who are fortunate enough to be facing a clock while having an episode may often be surprised to see how little time has gone by during an episode that seems to last a very long time.

Nope. I've never had that..

jeffrm20 · 03-28-2006, 01:39 PM

jeffrm20 · 03-28-2006, 01:40 PM

It sounds fun though

Y2KMarauder · 03-28-2006, 01:40 PM

Never happened to me. But i think there was a show on TLC about this the other day. It was called "I woke up in the Morgue" or something like that.

Speedy2222 · 03-28-2006, 01:40 PM

i've had this happen to me a couple times.. on of my buddies tried to stay up for a week and he was on that no doze stuff and he layed in bed for hours.. he said he was fully awake but couldn't move.

jt82501 · 03-28-2006, 01:40 PM

sounds like it could be kinda fun

Ralphie · 03-28-2006, 01:42 PM

I've had it happen twice to me. Fukkin talk about freaking you out.

First time it happened to me I could've sworn there was someone getting ready to come up to me but I couldn't do anything until there was a sudden rush of wind sounding through my head- all of a sudden I could move again. The second time it happened I knew what was up and didn't freak out near as much but it's still kinda terrifying. I saw a deal on the Discovery Channel where they were talking about alien abductions and the fact that people might be having sleep paralysis occurences instead. It's very scary if you don't know what's going on- trust me.

GreatWhite00 · 03-28-2006, 01:45 PM

Never had that. Yet...

T Man 383 · 03-28-2006, 02:20 PM

I wake up with a certan part of me paralized every morning.....does that count?

got_u_sick · 03-28-2006, 02:23 PM

wow, that sounds like some crazy stuff. Ive never had that happen yet tho.

tech_s_dime · 03-28-2006, 02:24 PM

nope but it sounds scary as hell.

***Imperial*** · 03-28-2006, 02:31 PM

A couple of months ago I had a pretty bad episode - I snapped out of REM and froze up and all I can remember is that apparently I was in hell and some sort of demon was snarling something at me in a language I didn't understand, his voice echoed and reverbed so bad it hurt but I still couldn't move. It lasted for what seemed to be awhile but I'd say realistically upwards of a minute and a half. The whole ordeal I couldn't think anything other than "oh shit!"

100% true - Never knew what that actually was, I just remember waking up with it fresh in my head and really debating whether or not I just had a really vivid nightmare or if I'd actually been visited by something not of earth.

Wicked to say the least. I haven't had something scare the living shit out of me like that before.

Chilloutski · 03-28-2006, 02:36 PM

Anybody's limbs ever fall asleep while they are?

I'm the type of sleeper that people who want to make fun of me would call a "Pillow cuddler", in which I like to have pillow in front of my face/chin as well as under my head.
**** you.

My left arm always falls asleep on me, and I wake up with one dead arm (which are heavy man.. ) and one normal one.

What usually follows is me rolling onto my back, lifting my dead arm up with my good arm so its straight, then trying to hold it that way with the sleeping appendage.

What usually follows that is a big numb hand crashing down in my face and me yet again not learning from past experiences.

T Man 383 · 03-28-2006, 02:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Chilloutski

Anybody's limbs ever fall asleep while they are?

I'm the type of sleeper that people who want to make fun of me would call a "Pillow cuddler", in which I like to have pillow in front of my face/chin as well as under my head.
**** you.

My left arm always falls asleep on me, and I wake up with one dead arm (which are heavy man.. ) and one normal one.

What usually follows is me rolling onto my back, lifting my dead arm up with my good arm so its straight, then trying to hold it that way with the sleeping appendage.

What usually follows that is a big numb hand crashing down in my face and me yet again not learning from past experiences.

I do that too all the damn time

DfntPntbll · 03-28-2006, 02:46 PM

sweet,.. a legal alternative to hallucinagens,...

86MCSS · 03-28-2006, 02:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Imperial

A couple of months ago I had a pretty bad episode - I snapped out of REM and froze up and all I can remember is that apparently I was in hell and some sort of demon was snarling something at me in a language I didn't understand, his voice echoed and reverbed so bad it hurt but I still couldn't move. It lasted for what seemed to be awhile but I'd say realistically upwards of a minute and a half. The whole ordeal I couldn't think anything other than "oh shit!"

100% true - Never knew what that actually was, I just remember waking up with it fresh in my head and really debating whether or not I just had a really vivid nightmare or if I'd actually been visited by something not of earth.

Wicked to say the least. I haven't had something scare the living shit out of me like that before.

Never anything that extreme. I have had the floating experience and the falling one though.

03-28-2006, 01:34 PM	#1
86MCSS Dangerous Age: 27 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,658 Location: California User is: OffLine	suffer from sleep paralysis? I was doing my normal rounds through message boards and came up on a topic about this on a corvette forum I visit. I guess its more people experience this than I thought. I really had no idea what this was until It happened to me one day. I thought I was finally going insane but I read up on it and learned how to control it. It does not happen often but when it does it makes me very agry inside. I hate not being able to have control over myself. Anyone else experience this? Last edited by 86MCSS : 03-28-2006 at 01:47 PM.
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03-28-2006, 01:36 PM	#2
Chilloutski Expletive Deleted Age: 26 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,970 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Elaborate on it a little more and we all wont be left scratching our heads.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis (Havent read yet.. just helping out the followers) Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain is awakened from an REM state into essentially a normal fully awake state, but the bodily paralysis is still occurring. This causes the person to be fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, this state is usually accompanied by certain specific kinds of hallucinations. This state usually lasts no more than two minutes before a person is able to either return to full REM sleep or to become fully awake, though the sense of how much time has gone by is often distorted during sleep paralysis. People who are fortunate enough to be facing a clock while having an episode may often be surprised to see how little time has gone by during an episode that seems to last a very long time. Nope. I've never had that.. Last edited by Chilloutski : 03-28-2006 at 01:37 PM.
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03-28-2006, 01:39 PM	#3
jeffrm20 The Laser Guy Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,282 Location: Modesto, CA User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Nope
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03-28-2006, 01:40 PM	#4
jeffrm20 The Laser Guy Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,282 Location: Modesto, CA User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? It sounds fun though
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03-28-2006, 01:40 PM	#5
Y2KMarauder no more Z85 Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 399 Location: western Kentucky User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Never happened to me. But i think there was a show on TLC about this the other day. It was called "I woke up in the Morgue" or something like that.
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03-28-2006, 01:40 PM	#6
Speedy2222 My mirror hates my sub Age: 21 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7,964 Location: Vincennes, IN User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? i've had this happen to me a couple times.. on of my buddies tried to stay up for a week and he was on that no doze stuff and he layed in bed for hours.. he said he was fully awake but couldn't move.
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jt82501 No Longer Xtreme Owner Age: 25 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,131 Location: Garrett Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? sounds like it could be kinda fun
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03-28-2006, 01:42 PM	#8
Ralphie LS2OMFG Age: 25 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11,491 Location: Pittsburg KS User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? I've had it happen twice to me. Fukkin talk about freaking you out. First time it happened to me I could've sworn there was someone getting ready to come up to me but I couldn't do anything until there was a sudden rush of wind sounding through my head- all of a sudden I could move again. The second time it happened I knew what was up and didn't freak out near as much but it's still kinda terrifying. I saw a deal on the Discovery Channel where they were talking about alien abductions and the fact that people might be having sleep paralysis occurences instead. It's very scary if you don't know what's going on- trust me.
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03-28-2006, 01:45 PM	#9
GreatWhite00 I just cummed. Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 17,766 Location: Mantua,OH User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Never had that. Yet...
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03-28-2006, 02:20 PM	#10
T Man 383 Ridin Dirrty Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 794 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? I wake up with a certan part of me paralized every morning.....does that count?
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03-28-2006, 02:23 PM	#11
got_u_sick PUNISHING GROUNDS Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,348 Location: Kentucky User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? wow, that sounds like some crazy stuff. Ive never had that happen yet tho.
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03-28-2006, 02:24 PM	#12
tech_s_dime University of N. Alabama Age: 24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 653 Location: Flo-Town, Alabama User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? nope but it sounds scary as hell.
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03-28-2006, 02:31 PM	#13
*Imperial* Captain Obvious Age: 28 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19,233 Location: Sacramento, CA User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? A couple of months ago I had a pretty bad episode - I snapped out of REM and froze up and all I can remember is that apparently I was in hell and some sort of demon was snarling something at me in a language I didn't understand, his voice echoed and reverbed so bad it hurt but I still couldn't move. It lasted for what seemed to be awhile but I'd say realistically upwards of a minute and a half. The whole ordeal I couldn't think anything other than "oh shit!" 100% true - Never knew what that actually was, I just remember waking up with it fresh in my head and really debating whether or not I just had a really vivid nightmare or if I'd actually been visited by something not of earth. Wicked to say the least. I haven't had something scare the living shit out of me like that before. Last edited by Imperial : 03-28-2006 at 02:35 PM.
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03-28-2006, 02:36 PM	#14
Chilloutski Expletive Deleted Age: 26 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,970 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Anybody's limbs ever fall asleep while they are? I'm the type of sleeper that people who want to make fun of me would call a "Pillow cuddler", in which I like to have pillow in front of my face/chin as well as under my head. **** you. My left arm always falls asleep on me, and I wake up with one dead arm (which are heavy man.. ) and one normal one. What usually follows is me rolling onto my back, lifting my dead arm up with my good arm so its straight, then trying to hold it that way with the sleeping appendage. What usually follows that is a big numb hand crashing down in my face and me yet again not learning from past experiences.
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03-28-2006, 02:42 PM	#15
T Man 383 Ridin Dirrty Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 794 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Quote: Originally Posted by Chilloutski Anybody's limbs ever fall asleep while they are? I'm the type of sleeper that people who want to make fun of me would call a "Pillow cuddler", in which I like to have pillow in front of my face/chin as well as under my head. **** you. My left arm always falls asleep on me, and I wake up with one dead arm (which are heavy man.. ) and one normal one. What usually follows is me rolling onto my back, lifting my dead arm up with my good arm so its straight, then trying to hold it that way with the sleeping appendage. What usually follows that is a big numb hand crashing down in my face and me yet again not learning from past experiences. I do that too all the damn time
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03-28-2006, 02:58 PM	#17
86MCSS Dangerous Age: 27 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,658 Location: California User is: OffLine	Re: suffer from sleep paralysis? Quote: Originally Posted by Imperial A couple of months ago I had a pretty bad episode - I snapped out of REM and froze up and all I can remember is that apparently I was in hell and some sort of demon was snarling something at me in a language I didn't understand, his voice echoed and reverbed so bad it hurt but I still couldn't move. It lasted for what seemed to be awhile but I'd say realistically upwards of a minute and a half. The whole ordeal I couldn't think anything other than "oh shit!" 100% true - Never knew what that actually was, I just remember waking up with it fresh in my head and really debating whether or not I just had a really vivid nightmare or if I'd actually been visited by something not of earth. Wicked to say the least. I haven't had something scare the living shit out of me like that before. Never anything that extreme. I have had the floating experience and the falling one though.
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