Sleep paralysis

[Marsellus Wallace]

Its a scary fucked up experience ...


who had it ? and what did you feel like ?



For the ones who don't know what it is :
"Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which people, either when falling asleep or wakening, temporarily experience an inability to move (being paralyzed). More formally, it is a transition state between wakefulness and rest characterized by complete muscle atonia (muscle weakness). It can occur at sleep onset or upon awakening, and it is often associated with terrifying visions (e.g. an intruder in the room), to which one is unable to react due to paralysis." -Wikipedia

[Mr. Moncrieff]

I had three bouts of this when I was 14 and it made me absurdly terrified. To the point I refused to entertain sleep in case it should happen again.

It is awful.

I've heard it described as old hag syndrome. Google that. Never sleep.

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Eyes wide open, laid flat on my back. I remember trying to get up and realising nothing was happening. It dawned on me at this point that something was quite wrong. The worst development being that I tried to shout my parents...and NOTHING came out of my mouth. I could feel my muscles were like lead and even trying to lift my arm was surreal.

It took 3 minutes or so before I could even begin to get out of the bed.

I have never had the visions aassociated with it, but can imagine that such an occurrence would simply scar you.

[Marsellus Wallace]

I had three bouts of this when I was 14 and it made me absurdly terrified. To the point I refused to entertain sleep in case it should happen again.

It is awful.

I've heard it described as old hag syndrome. Google that. Never sleep.

you got that right , it is awful . Its worse than the worst nightmare ever .
I had lots and loooots of them when I was younger .

I once had like 5 sleep paralysis in a row in the same night . I wake up terrified and then sleep hoping to not happen again and I woke up terrified again and I was like : "plz , god prevent this shit" (I was relegious back then )

[Jackalope]

It's happened to me once, complete with visual hallucinations - this was a couple of years ago. I was fortunate in that I was not alone at the time, and was (eventually) convinced that the experience was not "real".

The visual experience felt horrifyingly real, and it would have likely been much worse had I not been able to conclude that it wasn't real.

[NoraBrimstone]

I've had sleep paralysis a few times, but thankfully never with hallucinations.

My sister suffers from it quite often, along with night terrors. She sees people come into the room and they say horrible things and then they physically hurt her. She can actually feel the pain, too. Poor thing used to sleep in my room for a few nights (sometimes weeks) after a bad one because she'd be too scared to sleep alone when she lived with me.

[The Valkyrie]

When I first read this I read, "Sheep Paralysis" and was going to ask if this is a new dating technique in New Zealand?

D'oh!

Yes, I've had sleep paralysis once or twice and it is a damned scary experience.

[Mr. Moncrieff]

I've had sleep paralysis a few times, but thankfully never with hallucinations.

My sister suffers from it quite often, along with night terrors. She sees people come into the room and they say horrible things and then they physically hurt her. She can actually feel the pain, too. Poor thing used to sleep in my room for a few nights (sometimes weeks) after a bad one because she'd be too scared to sleep alone when she lived with me.

That's dreadful. It's bade enough without the hallucinations.

That is just appalling to consider.

Poor darling.

[Minimalist]

I had it once - I was about 30. I thought I was having a heart attack.

It is suspected in a lot of these alien "abduction" scenarios.

[SteelCurtain]

Never had it. Although just reading you guys' posts, my anxiety level went up. That sounds absolutely intolerable.

[Clueless Morgan]

Never had it. Although just reading you guys' posts, my anxiety level went up. That sounds absolutely intolerable.

This.

I've always thought it would be interesting to experience just once, but now I'm hoping I never ever ever experience it. Especially the hallucination part.