SLEEP PARALYSIS: Anyone else experience this?

[Fleshcrawl]

never experienced that. insomnia-yes. 95% of the time sleep is perfect.

 

[Sociopathic Ubermensch]

my best sleep remedy is old fashined maturbation

 

[bullett]

I have a similar, but slightly different problem. Sometimes when I wake up, my cock is paralyzed. Its like all stiff and I can't move it, its just standing straight up, and , well, paralyzed....

But thank god, after a few minutes it goes away...whew...

 

[sigweed]

thats nuts i totally didnt think anyone had this too. I think it started a long time ago when i was like 10 or something, and i was lying on my parents' bed in the middle of the afternoon. I kinda remember trying to mentally cut off my body from my brain, so when i tried to move, i couldn;t, and it actually worked, scared the shit out of me. Its happened a ton of times since then, but this time completely involuntarily. Its fucking scary because if theres someone in the same room or close by, all you want is for them to come over and help, but you cant say anything. I fucking hate it. I always try really really hard to move my arms or anything, sometimes it eventually works, other times i dont know what to do.

 

[biteme]

thats nuts i totally didnt think anyone had this too. I think it started a long time ago when i was like 10 or something, and i was lying on my parents' bed in the middle of the afternoon. I kinda remember trying to mentally cut off my body from my brain, so when i tried to move, i couldn;t, and it actually worked, scared the shit out of me. Its happened a ton of times since then, but this time completely involuntarily. Its fucking scary because if theres someone in the same room or close by, all you want is for them to come over and help, but you cant say anything. I fucking hate it. I always try really really hard to move my arms or anything, sometimes it eventually works, other times i dont know what to do.

That's what so great about these boards. It's nice to find out that people are just as weird and screwed up as you are.

 

[aalox]

Yes, I have this affliction also. The worst part is not being able to open your eyes. After about thirty seconds of effort I am finally able to open my eyes and maybe raise my head and look around and see that I am not in danger.
There is a hormone that is responsible for sleep paralysis. It prevents you from physically acting out your dreams as they occur. Perhaps we have a little too much and sleepwalkers too little.

 

[StoneColdGold]

wow there are some really interesting similarities among those that suffer from this. so many of you are describing your experiences and i can feel myself getting anxious because its exactly how i feel when it happens. i agree about the worst part being when you know someone is right there... because in those cases i seem to try especially hard to get their attention. the times its happened when i know i'm alone, i just think "oh, this again..." and let myself go back to sleep. when on my stomach i also have that feeling of sinking really deep down into the bed. that was the feeling during my first experience that made me feel like i was dying. i literally thought i was sinking into death. i spent what seemed to be an eternity fighting it to stay up, thinking if i let myself slip down it would be the end of me.

the one thing i have not experienced with this is the feeling of a malevolent presence in the room or of someone/something holding me down. its either just me alone in my paralysis or another actual person in the room with me, which i'm always able to confirm upon waking.

bite me... yes, apnea can be horrifying as well. i've gotten used to it though. most of the time i somehow become aware that i'm about to stop breathing and can catch myself. sometimes, though, i can't. this has scared my poor girlfriend too. she says the sound of my rythmic breathing puts her to sleep and its something she likes, so she notices almost immediately when i stop breathing, even if she's also asleep. she'll actually catch it before i wake up suffocating. i'll wake up to her shaking me and telling me to breathe. god bless the girl.

 

[TheStromba]

This used to happen to me often. It has not for a few years.

aalox - you are right, the worst part is not being able to open your eyes.

I get a feeling like I am on a roller coster right before I gain control of myself again.

When it happened to me, it would happen 3 or 4 times that night untill I found that a damp cool towel on my neck will prevent it from occuring repetedly.

Now I don't wanna go to sleep

 

[BronzedGoddess]

I've also heard that it's an anti sleepwalking mechanism. Also when you fall asleep and your body jerks involuntary that also has to do with your sleepwalking mechanisms kicking in. Well that's what I've been told anyways.

 

[biteme]

I've also heard that it's an anti sleepwalking mechanism. Also when you fall asleep and your body jerks involuntary that also has to do with your sleepwalking mechanisms kicking in. Well that's what I've been told anyways.

That's interesting. My body jerks like an epileptic(sp) in my sleep. I nearly punched a hole in the wall one time.