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by NightTripper on August 17th, 2008

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Has anyone here ever suffered from sleep paralysis? Can you describe what happened to you and how you felt?

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  • by Joanna Joy on October 1st, 2008

    Joanna Joy

    Thats SO FUNNY I was just about to post a Question on SLEEP PARALYSIS..
    but anywhoo..
    YES, I have experienced sleep paralysis MANY, MANY times!!!
    Personally I HATE it to death..
    To wake up during REM sleep PARALYZED, to feel like your going to die && not being able to help yourself..

    People say, "Well I would just convince myself to move."

    Well they need to understand that the brain let out a chemical during REM (Rapid Eye Movement)sleep that parlyzes the body so you won't act out your dreams.

    You have an incresed chance of having it when you sleep face up...

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  • by val gal on August 18th, 2008

    val gal

    Yes. I was about 7 or 8 years old. It was the middle of the night and I saw 3 men trying to break into our house. I could see what was going on through my bedroom window. I could not move even though I told my body to get up. I remember having the distinct feeling of not being able to move despite having the desire to do so. strange.

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  • by Irisibis on July 17th, 2009

    Irisibis

    It only happened to me once.

    I was about 12 years old and decided to take a nap on the sofa one afternoon.

    I woke up suddenly, like I had heard a noise. I could see around the room I think, but every other part of me was paralysed.

    I tried to shout my Mum, but was unable to.

    At first I couldn't move anything. Then I got the feeling back in my arms and started getting it back in my legs, but it felt like it took several minutes and worked its way down my body. I remember having to drag myself across the floor because my legs weren't working properly. Took a few minutes for all feeling to come back.

    This was in the days before the internet and I had no idea what had happened to me. It terrified me so much I was scared of going to sleep.

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  • by Bohemian is back on October 1st, 2008

    Bohemian is back

    Well, I don't know whether this is sleep paralysis but when I was 6 I woke up and my right leg was paralysed. I could not move it for hours and finally my mother called the doctor and he massaged it and moved it for some time until I was able to move it. I was also suffering from sever pains in my legs which they put down to having several childhood illnesses at once.

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  • by Deanroy on April 13th, 2010

    Deanroy

    Thank all the wonderful medical personnel over at Stanford Medical University for their hard work and study.

    http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html

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