Every since I was about 13 years old about once a year I would wake up and be unable to move any body part, except my eyes, I can not talk, scream or anything I seem to stay that way forever, once or twice I have even seen a male like figure (I am not crazy) I have done research on this, some say its your brain awake prior to your body. I don't know if thats true. Others say it is an OOBE(out of body experience) I have never experienced any type OOBE, however I do feel like I am being smothered. Is that an OOBE? Or just sleep Paralysis.
Hey like I said I'm not crazy, it happens to me once a year and scares the hell out of me.
2006-08-10 18:51:30 · 7 answers · asked by rockwithelmo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I have had this since childhood. As a result I have had some very interesting incounters with aliens, the dead, and unknown men. But, it is all a dream state. You can learn to direct the dream to a very enjoyable experience. The key is to know that it IS still a dream. Once you get that it can be fun, erotic and healing. I spoke with my grandfather and it was wonderful! If you cannot direct it then make a "safe place" I have a stretch of beach that I know well. It is a place to go whenever I am afraid....I just picture that place in my mind....like laying on a deserted warm beach......enjoy that sensation until I either fall asleep for real or wake up for real.
Good luck
PS, Sleep aids seem to block this...talk to you doctor.
2006-08-10 19:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people see figures or things when experiencing sleep paralysis, this occurs because you're body is still in dream mode but your eyes are open. The images usually go away by themselves, and your body can move after a little while because your body realizes you're not asleep. It also feels like you're being smothered because you're still breathing like you're asleep, which is shallower than normal.
When you fall asleep and dream, your body is paralyzed so it doesn't move around so you don't hurt yourself when you dream. (This is REM sleep, sleepwalking doesn't occur during REM sleep).
2006-08-11 02:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by AniMajor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens to me. I'm told the voluntary parts of your body are asleep and your mind is aware of that. I'm told that the room I see is not reality , but a dream of what it actually looks like.
If I can move one part of my body, or make a sound so that my wife will wake me, I'm OK.
If I wasn't a man, I'd be scared that I will never be able to move. :-)
2006-08-11 02:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not an out of body experience because you don't see further than your room, do you? I believe it's just sleep paralysis. According to MedicineNet.com:
"The symptoms of sleep paralysis include sensations of noises, smells, levitation, paralysis, terror, and images of frightening intruders. Once considered very rare, about half of all people are now believed to experience sleep paralysis sometime during their life."
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9806
Tha last paragraph of the article is very interesting. =)
2006-08-11 02:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you didnt mention if it happens about the same time every year..which might be relevent...i have experienced sleep paralysis a few times but it usually occurs after a really horrific nightmare ... you are not crazy...
2006-08-11 02:07:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can actually have a lucid dream while doing that
it happens when using the WILD method
you will go through it...
it will go away i have had it...
oh by lucid dream i meant OOBE
which all you do then is "climb out" of your body
2006-08-11 01:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had them but only after a nightmare. I cannot explain why or how to stop them from happening.
2006-08-11 02:00:45 · answer #7 · answered by billybetters2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋