I have a question? sometimes wen I am in bed i feel like someting heavy gets in to my body and i can't move

Question

can somedody know the explanation of this, because is very rare I star to breath fast,the only thing I can do is make noise that way somedody shake me or if I am sleep to wakeme up that way
I can move again,some of my family say that hapen to them to.thank you for your answers

Answer 1

It's called sleep paralysis.

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. In that, some scientists and physicians believe it to be a "natural" effect of the sleep cycle. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain is awakened from a 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.

read more at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Answer 2

It's called "Sleep Paralysis".

Sleep Paralysis is when your mind is awake but your body is not. It is a fairly normal thing that happens every once in a while, and when it does happen, just don't worry.

If someone sleeps beside you, you can try to make some noise to wake the guy beside you, so that the guy beside you can wake you up.

If you sleep alone, just keep calm and relax. Think about other things and don't panic. You will wake up. In 3-10 minutes, you will wake up.

Remember: Do not panic! Panicking could increase your heart rate, make you breath faster, and generally makes your experience something unpleasant.

Sleep Paralysis is often caused by overworking yourself (work/studies) and lack of Vitamin B. Don't want another sleep paralysis experience? Take Vitamin B.

Answer 3

Normally when you sleep, you go into a stage called REM (rapid eye movement), which is a very deep stage when dreaming occurs. When you are in the REM stage, your body is temporarily paralyzed. This helps to prevent you from getting up and moving around during your dreams, or "acting them out" in a way. Normally, by the time you wake up, you are out of the REM stage of sleep and are thus able to move around normally. However, occasionally if you are awakened suddenly or come out of REM sleep too quickly, your body is still in the temporary paralysis of deep sleep while your conscious mind is awake. This can be very scary, and sometimes it takes great will or the outside movement of someone else to "break" the paralysis.

It is also interesting from a cultural perspective--many cultures have various stories to account for the feeling of heaviness or paralysis when awakening. Wikipedia has a good summary of sleep paralysis and the history of cultural explanations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Bottom line: You are okay, just temporarily "frozen" in place. It's actually your body's way of keeping you safe when you are in heavy sleep, so it's not a bad thing overall, just creepy as it happens when you wake up. It occurs to me several times a month, more often after taking a nap, and I've learned to just be patient! Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I have similar problem when sleeping on back only. i think it is temporary paralysis cause by spine being pinched or nerves in spine from the position. check and see wht position you are ine ach time. maybe it is the way your neck is. try a different bed.maybe the astronaut foam type.
if you get a kink in back that piches nerves you can experience wierd dreams that complicate the situation and you do not know what you are feeling or doing. Like if you hear a sound it will go to your dream or feel a wind it will affect dream. so the nerve pinch can give you an aexaggerated feeling that gets explained to your mind in a dream that is off-putting.

Answer 5

When I was younger I can remember feeling as though I was asleep, but conscious and not able to move. I can remember sometimes my eyes were open and I would look at my hand and try so hard to move it and like you said, just felt so heavy. Then, it was just over, like it never happened. I never told anyone that before. I did have a seizure when I was 10 and often wondered if those two things were related. I didn't think anyone else had experienced what I had.

Answer 6

It sounds like a condition called "sleep paralysis". A common explanation for it is that when you dream, your brain shuts down the connection to your muscles so that you don't "act out" your dream in real life. Sleep paralysis is what happens when you wake up, but the connection between your brain and your muscles is still shut down.

Answer 7

When you your brain emits a chemical that paralyzes your body so that you don't act out your dreams, this is how your brain protects you. What is most likely happening is that you are getting stuck between awake and asleep and the paralysis hasn't worn off yet.

Answer 8

When you have an out of body experience, you get this feeling
when your astral body re-enters your physical body. You start
to breath fast because you are frightened. If it happens again,
relax and just enjoy the experience. With practice, you can
control your comings and goings.

Answer 9

its called sleep paralysis and it is experienced sometimes when you have a lucid dream ( knowing that you are dreaming while being in a dream). It is normal not everybody has this kind of experiences but there are a lot who does. There are even exercises to help getting in those states easier.

Answer 10

I hate that!

Check out the response above on night terror. I believe that's what you are experiencing. I don't think there's any "cure" for this -- it's a natural and unpleasant part of being human.

Many people that believe they have been abducted by aliens and many people who claim to have seen ghosts are suspected instead of reporting the experience of night-terror.