What does it mean when you wake up and it feels like someone is on top of you and you can't move?

Question

I woke up and i felt someone on top of me. I felt like a real person and I couldn't move for like a minute. It was like I was half asleep and half awake, but then when I woke up there was nothing there. I don't know but it really scared me. What could it mean? I'm an atheist and i don't believe in the supernatural but this really creeped me out!

Answer 1

Sleep Paralysis, you can read about it at this link.
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sucker,
Whether your an atheist or not, don't matter much, when we are approached by the "other side" !!
Some one very close to you or dear to you, who has passed on to the other side, was sending you a clear message.
The reason for the weight on you, that you felt, was due to either their weight problem which they had suffered with for a long long time, and probably caused their un-timely demise, or they are worried about you, in some way....
Your conscience mind cannot control what our loved ones are coming to us, and trying to tell us..... don't be afraid of this weight on you.... but if it happens again ... keep a note book by your bed, and write down what happened, how it made you feel, and try to remember a time of day it occured,,,,and any other significant parts of it. Eventually, you'll know the meaning behind it..... remember your not the dead one, they are.... nothing will happen to you. Try to keep an open mind, be mindful of what's around you, or them when your dreaming. Before you enter 'REM" sleep, light some candles, look into that light, do a mini sort of yoga session..... blow out the candles, try to free up your mind of your daily stuff,,,,, remove all negitive energy and concentrate on just the positive energy of your life......and when this force re-enters.....and you feel that weight,,,,, try to not wake up,,,,,try to stay in the moment, try to not be scared, try to concentrate on what this person wants you to know !!!! This person is sending you a message..... try to stay focused..... Once your awake, write down anything you remember about your dream. That's very important. Even if its only a word or two..... Write it down.
Then when you meet up with another family member, you can ask questions like "Hey mom or dad,,,, Did Uncle Joe, die as a result of a weight problem"?? (That's just an example)... That may not be the case at all, I don't know..... But I do know that by writing it down, someone who knows you and knows this other force or intity ,,,, does know.
Then you'll get the answers your after.

Answer 4

That's a similar situation. Well um I never experienced it before but I know my parents & friends did. According to them, it's something like when you sleep your soul roams. So your body's sort of dead for a while but there are times, where your body wakes up from sleep without the soul.. so you couldn't exactly move. But say a little prayer and then, you'll find yourself awake.

I don't think it's some kind of a ghost who's on top of you. Well what I've just said might be kinda silly but I don't know it sort of makes sense to me.. cos I believe in this soul stuffs but me too, I don't believe in supernatural.

Answer 5

It's called hypnagogic paralysis. Basically, your brain is active but your body is still in a state of paralysis - your brain causes this so you don't flail in your sleep in reaction to dreams.

I get this sometimes, it's nowhere near as disturbing now I know what it is. Just try to wiggle your toes if you're having trouble, it usually helps with me.

Apparently you're susceptable to hallucination during this time so don't be too convinced that anything you see is real.

Answer 6

It could mean that you are losing controll in your life and feel like you are being trapped, this can lead to serious mental issues, if I am correct then it would be best to get your life in order; then again there is also the possibility that your nerves just wasn't working right away and that it was only a feeling.

Answer 7

According to Dreamcrowd:

To dream that you are stuck, represents helplessness and feeling of being unable to escape from life's problems/stress. You have lost confidence in yourself and in your ability to move ahead in your life. Your lack of clear goals and low self-esteem may be a common cause for such dreams.


Try posting your dream on Dreamcrowd for a free interpretation.

Answer 8

OK, you yourself said it. You were half asleep half wake. You feel like you want to get up but i seems like someone holding you down... it's nothing to be scared of well... it feel scary at first, but it has no meaning to it. It happen to the best of us. :)

Answer 9

there are two explanations, Scientific check with Sleeping paralysis which purely based on your lifestyle( food intake and sleeping cycle , your bed clothings) for this refer the other yahoo answer link

The other one little super natural and some times it happen to everybody but it is not creepy

It's like this God has arrange a angel for each human being to take care of them
The angel will not come in front of you to guide you but they will act as your conscience and the power of angel over you increases with your goodness

Some times a bad angel ( which we call evil spirit) try to take over your character
in plain english you are not maintaining a good life so in those times there will be a spiritual war between them and based on the victory somebody will take command over you

If you have done some gud thing in the day and that night the good angel wins and you will not feel nothing because they are soft

If you have done some bad things in the day a evil angel( the word spirit will scare lot of people thats why iam using this term) wins and they are trying to dominate you thats why you are feeling such heaviness on you

Just practice this technique before going to bed think about the good things you have done and try to correct the bad things you have done , then it will be ok for you

hope you get rid of it soon