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joeyjoey
09-30-2003, 02:21 AM
Has anyone ever experienced sleep paralysis? It happens to me once in a while and it's some scary shit. You're about to fall asleep and all of a sudden you can't move. You realize you're not asleep, but you can't move or speak no matter how hard you try. Sometimes it's accompanied by hallucinations as well, which might explain why people often feel like they have something watching them as it happens. I read that it happens to about 20% of the population so I was just curious if this has happened to anybody else.
KeLe.GirL
09-30-2003, 07:09 AM
Joey normally people that suffer from this have high anxiety. Do you have wake panic attacks?

I dont know if sleep paralysis has ever happened to me but i know that 4 times in in the past year my right arm has fallen alseep to the point that I wake up and its completely numb and unmovable. I usually pick up the numb right arm with my left hand and shake it out. Its really a bizzare feeling. You can kinda feel your right handing touching the numb one but not really.

you just need more sleep, to reduce your stress (is that really possible), and keep a reg sleep pattern.
joeyjoey
09-30-2003, 09:00 AM
I get dead arms all the time in my sleep, but I think it's from sleeping on them. That's a sick feeling too because you feel the weight of your dead arm hanging when you try to get the blood to flow back in lol.

I believe the sleep paralysis was caused from disrupted sleep patterns, considering that I never slept on weekends and never slept enough on weeknights. It's definitely not from anxiety; I'm too apathetic for that.
John Kennedy
09-30-2003, 02:35 PM
Come to think of it, this happened to me once or twice after a long night/day at sf. At night it would seem like I am almost asleep and be stuck for a few seconds.. thought I was gonna have a seizure or something. Very scary shit.
SFsexAngel
09-30-2003, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by Kel e grl
Joey normally people that suffer from this have high anxiety. Do you have wake panic attacks?

I dont know if sleep paralysis has ever happened to me but i know that 4 times in in the past year my right arm has fallen alseep to the point that I wake up and its completely numb and unmovable. I usually pick up the numb right arm with my left hand and shake it out. Its really a bizzare feeling. You can kinda feel your right handing touching the numb one but not really.

you just need more sleep, to reduce your stress (is that really possible), and keep a reg sleep pattern.
OMG I HATE when that happens....I think it's because I sleep on it sometimes....I can't even move the damn thing...it's actually kinda scary sometimes.....It actually feels like I have NO arm :eek:
NePtUnE
10-05-2003, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by joeyjoey
Has anyone ever experienced sleep paralysis? It happens to me once in a while and it's some scary shit. You're about to fall asleep and all of a sudden you can't move. You realize you're not asleep, but you can't move or speak no matter how hard you try. Sometimes it's accompanied by hallucinations as well, which might explain why people often feel like they have something watching them as it happens. I read that it happens to about 20% of the population so I was just curious if this has happened to anybody else.

YES!!!! THIS HAPPENS TO ME ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. ITS SCARY AS SHIT!!! :scared
joeyjoey
10-05-2003, 07:10 PM
Originally posted by NePtUnE
YES!!!! THIS HAPPENS TO ME ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. ITS SCARY AS SHIT!!! :scared

Actually, I saw you mention it in another post and I thought, "That must be what I get!" and I looked it up and it is :(
NePtUnE
10-05-2003, 07:55 PM
Originally posted by joeyjoey
Actually, I saw you mention it in another post and I thought, "That must be what I get!" and I looked it up and it is :(

yea.. sometimes i feel like IM the only one it happens to. its very scary and it causes me MORE anxiety to the point where im scared to go back to sleep!!
KeLe.GirL
10-05-2003, 08:48 PM
Originally posted by SFsexAngel
OMG I HATE when that happens....I think it's because I sleep on it sometimes....I can't even move the damn thing...it's actually kinda scary sometimes.....It actually feels like I have NO arm :eek:

yup definantly feels like its not even there.
SFsexAngel
10-05-2003, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by Kel e grl
yup definantly feels like its not even there.

LOL first time it happened....I thought I wasn't ever going to get feeling back...I was like OMG I lost ALL circulation...of course I was half asleep so....that didn't help ...duh :rolleyes:
jaimi
10-05-2003, 11:46 PM
Thats what I call pins and needels!!
FranKie
10-06-2003, 02:04 PM
Ahhhhh i thought somthing was wrong with me lol... That has happened to me on numerous occasions and it is really scarry shit!
John Kennedy
10-06-2003, 05:56 PM
Joey, a friend of mine brought this up as she's working on it as her topic for one of her grad school psychology papers (thought it was pretty weird that you posted this recently too, since before your post I never knew this was a health issue) and she sent me this site was lots of info on it: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P.html
joeyjoey
10-06-2003, 06:27 PM
Originally posted by Frankie
Ahhhhh i thought somthing was wrong with me lol... That has happened to me on numerous occasions and it is really scarry shit!

I was so happy when I found out this happens to others, too.

Thanks for the link, John ;)
SFsexAngel
10-06-2003, 08:54 PM
Originally posted by jaimi
Thats what I call pins and needels!!

It actually feels completely different from "pins and needles" though....You don't feel ANYTHING.....feels like your arm isn't there at all.......
joeyjoey
10-07-2003, 01:01 AM
Originally posted by SFsexAngel
It actually feels completely different from "pins and needles" though....You don't feel ANYTHING.....feels like your arm isn't there at all.......

Yea, it seriously feels like a 30-lb limb is hanging off of your body. You can't move it and it just swings like dead weight when you move around lol.
jaimi
10-07-2003, 01:27 AM
Originally posted by SFsexAngel
It actually feels completely different from "pins and needles" though....You don't feel ANYTHING.....feels like your arm isn't there at all.......

Thats just really weird then. wait well actually once WAITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT could it happen to your leg?

A few times I would try and get up and not be able to walk, like my leg wasnt there or something I would like cry to my mom, lol and when I tried to walk I would fall(all while being sober)
KeLe.GirL
10-07-2003, 07:17 AM
Originally posted by Frankie
Ahhhhh i thought somthing was wrong with me lol... That has happened to me on numerous occasions and it is really scarry shit!


there is something wrong with you and its not due to sleep paraylisis.

ha jk ;)