It does my head in, especially if I dream about being in a race or something, no matter how hard I try or how fast my legs go I just don't go anywhere. It's like "Scooby Doo and Shaggy running". Does this happen to anyone else and does it annoy you? Why does it happen? Surely you should be able to go faster than normal if you wanted to.
2006-08-24 01:22:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
When I run in dreams, I go on all fours. It's great fun and I can run up walls, as well.
2006-08-24 02:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happens to me all the time! I run and run and run and either it's like being suspended in the air trying real hard to hit the ground running or it's like being stuck in molasses. It is terribly frustrating! When I wake up I usually am more tired than when I first went to bed. I'm not sure why this happens, but sometimes it can be astral projection? It happens to me when I least expect it. Or, may-be you are trying to run away from something that you should be facing head on to resolve it!
2006-08-24 02:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by bakken girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is an certainly physiological resaon for dream "paralysis" and have self belief it or no longer, it particularly is definitely paralysis. Sleep paralysis happens for the period of REM sleep with a view to sidestep the physique from manifesting strikes made interior the subject's objectives. little or no is often happening proper to the physique shape of sleep paralysis. in spite of the shown fact that, some have reported that it particularly is related to placed up-synaptic inhibition of motor neurons interior the pons area of the ideas. especially, low stages of melatonin might end the depolarization modern-day interior the nerves, which prevents the stimulation of the muscle tissues, to sidestep the physique from enacting the dreamt pastime (e.g. combating a sleeper from flailing his legs whilst dreaming approximately working). So once you're attempting to punch, or run or the different actual circulation on your dream and you experience help back or impeded in some way (heavy legs etc), it somewhat is using fact your physique is making an attempt to do basically that once you're dozing, however the paralysis is preserving you from doing it and your ideas interprets it to in good condition the situation occurring on your dream
2016-09-29 22:30:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happens because your brain is preventing you from moving your body while you're asleep.
I saw a program on TV where they wanted to see if animals dream so they got a cat and put an electrode in it's brain which stopped that part of the brain from paralysing the body while it was asleep. The cat went to sleep and started dreaming and was leaping about it's cage and waving it's paw in the air as if it was trying to catch a bird.
Thus proving that animals do dream and that that part of the brain paralyses the body otherwise we'd all be trying to run and move our legs in real life whilst trying to run in our dreams..
2006-08-24 04:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The conscious mind doesn't want to wake up leaving your unconscious mind to send messages to the Cerebral Cortex and wait for the answer channeling through the subconscious parameter by the time the message is evaluated to reach the subconsciou mind you are active in the process and running slow, but once received, you can actually run fast and faster.
2006-08-27 15:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Haha, yes that happens to me ALL the time, and i have no idea why either. And yes it totally annoys me, it really like like when Scooby and Shaggy try to run from some monster. In my dreams im usually runnin from some monster myself so lol yeah, it sux. haha.
2006-08-24 01:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by Jaded 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm the same, and if i'm driving, the car goes really slow and also if i go to hit someone the punch makes very little impact!!! Why is that?? You're right, we should be able to be better at these things when we're dreaming!!! Glad I'm not the only one though, thought I was just weird!!
2006-08-24 01:30:38 · answer #7 · answered by cheryl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get this all the time, pavements are like treacle , stairs are a real struggle and my legs just don't want to work! It usually co-incides with sleep paralysis that i get at lat once a month. If you find a way to run in your dreams let me know!
2006-08-24 01:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by Monkeyphil 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happens to me all the time, in somes dreams i can't even walk normally. It is incredibly frustrating so maybe it is a symbol of being frustrated in where you're going in life or something?
The worst thing is I totally rock at flying in my sleep!
2006-08-24 01:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by driving_me_crazy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea it is horrible when this happens . I often feel like I am running in slow motion or thick mud in my dreams - especially scary if you are running away from something.
2006-08-24 01:35:13 · answer #10 · answered by sharon m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋