Why sometimes my conscious is still awake but my body is at rest and i cant move? I want to move but i cant..?

Question

What is this called? Its a feeling that im sleeping but my conscious is still awake and it makes the urge of wanting to move around but i cant and it feels like trying to wake up when sleep.

Answer 1

This may be astral projection or better known as an OBE (Out-of-body-experience). This is when your body is awake, but your body is sleeping. You are aware of your surroundings, but your body's eyes are closed. This when your astral body travels to places that you may not have visited before. Also, this can be controlled by you, unlike NDE's (Near-Death-Experiences), which are induced by life threatening situtations.

But...

This could also be a sign of lucid dreaming. This is when your body is asleep, but your conscious side of you is awake. In this state, you can control your own dreams.

I'm leaning towards astral projection. It sounds like you're doing more of that than anything else.

I personally don't feel that this is sleep paralysis. Because, when your body is awake, you can't move and you're paralyzed.

Look up astral projection on the internet....

A good site for this is:

www.crystalinks.com/astral.html

It's very helpful and informative.

Hope this helped,
Lavina

Answer 2

This sounds a lot like sleep paralysis. Here's some info from wikipedia: "Sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis).

Physiologically, it is closely related to the normal paralysis that occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, also known as REM atonia. 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 may be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations.

More often than not, sleep paralysis is believed by the person affected by it to be no more than a dream. This is the reason why there are many dream recountings which describe the person lying frozen and unable to move. The hallucinatory element to sleep paralysis makes it even more likely that someone will interpret the experience as simply a dream, as one might see completely fanciful objects in a room alongside the normal vision one can see.

The primary symptom of sleep paralysis is conscious partial or complete skeletal muscle paralysis during the hypnopompic or hypnagogic states. In other words, it is the sense of being aware that one is unable to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up."

POSSIBLE CAUSES:

* Sleeping in a supine position (facing upwards)
* Irregular sleeping schedules; naps, sleeping in, sleep deprivation
* Increased stress
* Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes
* A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode. Also conscious induction of sleep paralysis is a common technique to enter a state of lucid dreams.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:

"How can you prevent sleep paralysis? Probably in the same way one strives to prevent other sleep problems. Practice good sleep hygiene and avoid stressful situations. For some people this may not be possible however, so instead let's look at ways to escape from the grip of sleep paralysis.

The best remedy is to will yourself to move, even if it's only the wiggling of your little finger. This is often sufficient to break the spell. If you can manage, it, scream! Your roommate may not appreciate it, but it's better than suffering through a long and fear-filled episode. If all else fails, seek professional help. There are drugs that can help you."

It sounds like being touched by someone else can help too.

Answer 3

This happen to me once a while. I think it due to stress, like working to hard or studying. It make your body tried out but sometime the mind still awake.

Answer 4

This happened to me too!

I was so scared that I was awake but couldn't move any part of my body. I couldn't even yell, it was like a total paralysis.

Answer 5

sleep paralysis. it happens when you wake up while your body is still in a stage of sleep. that happened 3 times to me!

cases of sleep paralysis are often mistaken for alien abduction cases.

Answer 6

Thanks for asking this question. I'm not providing an answer, just happy to know that this condition has a scientific name.

You know when i told friends back in my day in school in Nigeria that it happened to me, they told me that I had been pressed by a witch.

As funny as it may seem, this is what is widely believed in Nigeria. So i am grateful to the_ghost_orchid for explaining this condition scientifically.

It's just such a relief to know that I had not unknowingly offended a witch!!!!!

Answer 7

Its called sleep paralysis, its common.

Answer 8

It could be lucid dreaming...or sleep paralysis.

Answer 9

thats the scariest thing in the world!!! it has a name but i dont know what it is...