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Does this happen to anyone else?
2010-03-14, 10:24 AM #1
Occasionally, after deep sleep I'll wake up but feel paralyzed for sometimes a minute or two. I wont be able to open my eyes, or move my body, but I can think. Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?
2010-03-14, 10:37 AM #2
I haven't experienced it, but it's not too uncommon and while (I hear) it can be a very scary experience, it's also harmless (though I'm unsure whether it may be indicative of some underlying sleep disturbances). It's called sleep paralysis.
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2010-03-14, 10:40 AM #3
Yes, I've had that happen a few times. Quite scary, where it's like your brain has awakened, but your body hasn't.
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2010-03-14, 10:41 AM #4
BTW, this condition is sometimes associated with hallucinations due to what I imagine is from a part of the brain still being, well, asleep.
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2010-03-14, 10:42 AM #5
I've had it two times now. Strange that you can't open your eyes, I was always able to do so when I've experienced sleep paralysis. Most of the time you'll be hallucinating too, both visually and auditive. It's a scary experience most of the time. Experiencing sleep paralysis indicates a very bad sleep/wake cycle, or lack of sleep.
2010-03-14, 10:44 AM #6
Its called sleep paralysis.

Really big nancies act like its the scariest thing since Hillary Clinton ran for president, but it really isn't a big deal. Just annoying.

I'm a light sleeper and I sleep during the day, so this happens to me about 25465462626 times a week.
2010-03-14, 10:47 AM #7
can be scary until you find out what it is,

Its just your brain being crap,
You get it less as u get older
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2010-03-14, 11:06 AM #8
There should have been an episode of the X-Files about this.
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2010-03-14, 11:24 AM #9
At one point after my full-back fusion, this is the only way I could sleep. Much of my insomnia associated to medical procedures has been accompanied by sleep paralysis, and sleeping with my eyes open. I haven't experienced anything besides difficulty sleeping for a few years though.
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2010-03-14, 11:41 AM #10
It's just the alien systems lagging a bit before they give you back control over your body.

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2010-03-14, 11:49 AM #11
Originally posted by Rob:
Its called sleep paralysis.

Really big nancies act like its the scariest thing since Hillary Clinton ran for president, but it really isn't a big deal. Just annoying.

I'm a light sleeper and I sleep during the day, so this happens to me about 25465462626 times a week.


Guess I'm a nancy.

This has happened to me a few times in my life, usually with the hallucinations. The most recent was a few months ago and I hallucinated that I was burning alive, probably one of the worst things I've ever experienced.

[edit]Always been able to open my eyes, though.
2010-03-14, 11:55 AM #12
I've had it occasionally. What I have more often is a little different: sometimes, when napping on a couch or in a chair, especially if I'm laying on my back, I become unable to move. I can't breath. I always manage to roll over and get a huge gasp of air before it becomes serious, though.
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2010-03-14, 12:25 PM #13
I probably couldn't open my eyes because I was face down, and I didn't experience any hallucinations. I actually find it fascinating.
2010-03-14, 12:46 PM #14
Is this what they call hypnogagic sleep? Im not sure
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2010-03-14, 1:51 PM #15
For me it was always total terror, like I was pinned to the bed and unable to move or scream.
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2010-03-14, 2:02 PM #16
yea, I read your body does this so you don't act out your dreams.

I always get it with terrorizing hallucinations. Not like "omfg huge monster" stuff, but like voices and people talking about stuff that really pisses me off and that I wouldn't want to deal with. So it's more like frustrating and annoying, but sometimes the people scare me.
2010-03-14, 2:03 PM #17
uh oh! you have a witch sitting on your chest!!!
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2010-03-14, 2:03 PM #18
Yes this has happened to me twice in the last year. It only happens when I go to sleep during the daytime.

The first time this happened to me I thought I was dead. Real scary.

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