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I swear at first I thought a demon was in me.
Chaging my sleeping habits asap.
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Originally Posted by Smedroc
I get it so regular i don't even sweat no more
First time though......... no sleep was had for the remainder of that night!
Originally Posted by Grizzly Hebert
Been happening at least 5 times a year since I was about 14.
@ feeling like you're being raped by a ghost.
No certain cause or meaning. This is from Wiki:Originally Posted by ImStillMike
what does it mean tho
Some reports read that various factors increase the likelihood of both paralysis and hallucinations. These include:
- Sleeping in a face upwards or supine position
- Increased stress
- Sudden environmental or lifestyle changes
- A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode
- Excessive consumption of alcohol coupled with lack of adequate sleep
Originally Posted by JosephSKC
I feel left out. I want to feel
Originally Posted by Chao
I feel your pain. Happened to me for the first time like 3 months ago. It's freaky, man.
When I woke up I felt extremely nervous because I couldn't move my body, and I had the strong sense that some presence was in the room, right next to my bed. It was this black shadowy thing. Apparently those intense feelings that something is in the room with you is common because your brain is still halfway in dreamland, and when you panic your mind creates images like that.
Some things I looked up that you might consider:
- Changing your sleeping pattern a lot can contribute to having it happen...in my case I forced myself to go to bed way earlier than I had been for the past month or so because I had something to do the next morning. You're much more likely to halfway wake-up in the middle of the night when you do it.
- Sleeping on your back was found to be the overwhelmingly most common position for sufferers of sleep paralysis. I still sleep that way, but I'm mindful to go to bed on a certain schedule.
- Don't lie in bed all wound up in anxiety or worry about deadlines you need to meet, or whatever else is stressing you out. If you toss and turn for a long time while doing this and finally drift off to sleep, it can make it more likely to occur.
On an interesting sidenote, OP, ever have this happen to you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
That crap happens to me every other night when I first get ready to go to bed, lol.