A few years back I had a strange experience. I was laying in bed on my side with my 3 year old daughter, i fell asleep for a few minutes. I knew I had woken up...but i could not move. My back was facing my daughter and it felt like I had arms around me, a horrifying force holding me down. I could see down my hallway so I know I was awake..it was the most frightening thing i have ever expierenced. i wanted to move..to get up but i couldn't and it has never happened again....I do dream alot..but since i do..i'm pretty confident as to when i'm awake and when i'm dreaming..any input would be appreciated as I have been dwelling on this recently and can't seem to let it go....
2006-12-12 01:48:03 · 11 answers · asked by beemer 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Look into REM Antonia, I believe it is called.
Your brain wakes up while still in the REM stage and the paralysis is still going on. The end result is that you can't move but are fully aware of what is going on and may also be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations. There are some interesting cultural interpretations for this. You can read about them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
2006-12-12 03:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by c1001838 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you dream every night whether you realize it or not. You probably have 5-7 dreams a night. I have experienced what you haved and yes its normal. When you enter (REM) sleep, your brain releases a chemical that paralyzes your whole body. This prevents your body from moving when you are dreaming. You can't get up no matter how hard you try. The only way to get up is if you here something like an alarm clock or someone physically wake you up to interrupted your dream cycle.
2006-12-13 01:43:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a lucid dreaming and sorry folks, the dream stops when you wake up...
I actually had an evil entity in my house and it would pin me down so it could go do harm to people I loved (impression I got) and I had to fight for every finger movement and lip movement until I could scream.
I did alittle excercise and got rid of it, but I sent it to a friends house and had to get rid of it again...You can email me personally about this if you want more info...I dealt with it 4 times in 3 months before I fought back.
2006-12-13 04:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by rynay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you had a lucid dream. it's an experience where the body stays asleep, and the mind awakens. when the body falls asleep, the hear rate slows, and the mind initiates a state of sleep paralysis, to keep your body from reacting to the actions in dreams, otherwise everyone would be a sleepwalker.
seems like you just woke up in a dream-state, and experienced sleep paralysis firsthand. it's happened to me too, and is a frightening experience, but completely natural, and harmless. don't worry =)
2006-12-12 10:56:52 · answer #4 · answered by Alex P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a real sleep disorder called sleep paralysis. It's not dangerous - but also doesn't normally occur only once. I know several people who have this and it sounds incredibly frightening, but after reading about it, you'll see that no harm can come to you when it occurs! Stop obsessing over it. Hopefully you'll find peace in the clinical information!
2006-12-12 11:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Pammy Jo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called lucid dreaming. The conscious perception of ones state while dreaming, resulting in a much clearer, (lucid), experience. As well as, sometimes enabling control over the content of the dream. It is simply dreaming while your dreaming. Nothing to be afraid of, in fact you can teach yourself to enjoy it if you learn a few techniques. So read up on the subject. Your one of the lucky ones!
2006-12-12 10:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Quinn J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have 'woke up but cannot move' experience several times before. I find out from newspaper that this is quite common. Don't worry too much. One thing that I think may be useful is that: when I 'woke up but cannot move', I will focus and move my finger first, then my hand, then my whole body. Then, I will wake up. It works for me. Hopefully it helps ...
2006-12-12 10:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by uncle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spooky, you experienced your daughter's love for you and she doesn't to ever let go. Support the feeling and share the beautiful moment.
2006-12-12 09:51:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a priest to bless your a@$ lady. You got some stigmata freaky sh&t going on.
Good luck with the demons.
But whatever you do dont scare your daughter with this sh&t.
2006-12-12 09:57:11 · answer #9 · answered by matthew (acidjesusin3d) 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sounds like lucid dreaming.
2006-12-12 09:49:44 · answer #10 · answered by autumnbrookblue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋