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i don't know what happens to me...
In bed, whilst i'm lying there in the dark i've experienced this really strange thing.
It's like this really loud buzzing/wind comes over me (well, it's kinda like that). It's so strong that it feels like it disables me. When it happens i can feel my mouth stuck in this fear like position and my body is completely still, stuck in that position.
It's happened 2 or 3 times before. Last night it happened in a dream, whereas the previous had happened when i was awake. Oddly enough, before it happened a bomb was dropped (in the dream) and then it happened, which made the whole thing feel really...real. I can just get myself out of it either. I have to wait until it passes. It probably lasts about 5 seconds - 15 seconds.
I know this sounds ridiculous and crazy but this actually happened(s).
Can anyone shed any light on it?
It's like this really loud buzzing/wind comes over me (well, it's kinda like that). It's so strong that it feels like it disables me. When it happens i can feel my mouth stuck in this fear like position and my body is completely still, stuck in that position.
It's happened 2 or 3 times before. Last night it happened in a dream, whereas the previous had happened when i was awake. Oddly enough, before it happened a bomb was dropped (in the dream) and then it happened, which made the whole thing feel really...real. I can just get myself out of it either. I have to wait until it passes. It probably lasts about 5 seconds - 15 seconds.
I know this sounds ridiculous and crazy but this actually happened(s).
Can anyone shed any light on it?
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Its a recognised condition. Me being useless I can't remember the name. Sleep Aponea? That may be something else... My flatmate had every sleep disorder under the sun and he got that as well. It can be pretty scary I can imagine, but it is just because the chemicals released to paralyse you when you sleep don't wear off quickly enough. Its like the opposite of sleep walking (which is when you don't get enough of the chemicals to paralyse you body)
If you can, try and relax until it wears off. If it is happening a lot there may be drugs you can take.
EDIT: Actually I think Sleep Aponea is when you stop breathing in your sleep. My flatmate had that as well.
If you can, try and relax until it wears off. If it is happening a lot there may be drugs you can take.
EDIT: Actually I think Sleep Aponea is when you stop breathing in your sleep. My flatmate had that as well.
Reply 3
the thing is.. it happens before i go to sleep. Or, in the case of last night, when i was asleep and dreaming.
Reply 5
SixMinuteMile
wow, that might just be it. Thanks.
I used to have sleep paralysis, during a really horrific nightmare I would wake up and i'd be convinced there was sometime there trying to kill me or something except that I couldn't move or scream. After a while I learnt to control it through controlling my breathing and relaxing and now I don't get it anymore, don't know why!
Reply 7
the wolf at door
wow, that might just be it. Thanks.
By the way, you should go to your doctor. A wiki page with symptoms is no substitute for a doctors knowledge and self-treatment is a bad idea.
I have had that once or twice, generally when I'm really, really stressed, it's horrible, I know. I never went to the doctor or anything though, so I don't know if there's any medical way of treating it. I'd lie there absolutely unable to move, terrified hat there was someone standing over me.
I think it's something which is referred to as 'The grey witch' in some European folklore.
I think it's something which is referred to as 'The grey witch' in some European folklore.
Reply 9
I used to hallucinate as I was drifting off to sleep -- I'd think I was hearing the phone ringing constantly for up to 10 minutes, or someone repeatedly ringing the doorbell when there was no one there.
I've never had any problems with sleep paralysis or night terrors, though. Strange.
I've never had any problems with sleep paralysis or night terrors, though. Strange.
Reply 11
omg i get sleep paralysis too
but im too scared to tell anyone
i always feel like i am being atacked or suffocated and being pinned dwn onto my bed the whole room bes spinning around me and i always try to scream to get attention but it cant be heard but i can feel it in my throat
it is really terrifying and i used to think i was being possessed or something untill i heard about sleep paralysis which really explians what was happening to me
but im too scared to tell anyone
i always feel like i am being atacked or suffocated and being pinned dwn onto my bed the whole room bes spinning around me and i always try to scream to get attention but it cant be heard but i can feel it in my throat
it is really terrifying and i used to think i was being possessed or something untill i heard about sleep paralysis which really explians what was happening to me
Sleep paralysis is well scary. Although I haven't experienced it in years, I found it usually occurs if I wake up unusually early, I think because part of my brain believes I'm still asleep. It takes a while to re-gain some feeling in your limbs, once I was actually able to pick up my left arm with my right hand with no assistance from the arm - it felt as though someone had chopped it off!
Reply 13
SAZZY12345
omg i get sleep paralysis too
but im too scared to tell anyone
i always feel like i am being atacked or suffocated and being pinned dwn onto my bed the whole room bes spinning around me and i always try to scream to get attention but it cant be heard but i can feel it in my throat
it is really terrifying and i used to think i was being possessed or something untill i heard about sleep paralysis which really explians what was happening to me
but im too scared to tell anyone
i always feel like i am being atacked or suffocated and being pinned dwn onto my bed the whole room bes spinning around me and i always try to scream to get attention but it cant be heard but i can feel it in my throat
it is really terrifying and i used to think i was being possessed or something untill i heard about sleep paralysis which really explians what was happening to me
that sounds almost exactly the problem i have.
From what i've read on the net, mine sounds like it's Hypnagogia.
Anonymous
It's like this really loud buzzing/wind comes over me (well, it's kinda like that).
It's like this really loud buzzing/wind comes over me (well, it's kinda like that).
Is it kind of like an electrical type of noise going through your head?
Sounds like it could be exploding head syndrome. I get that sometimes, I think it is fairly harmless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome
The other thing sounds like night terrors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror I get those sometimes as well.
Reply 16
I get this reacurring dream where I'm getting chased by I don't know what but I wake up because my heart feels like it's going to explode it's beating so hard. Or once during this I knew I was dreaming but I couldn't wake myself up! That was scary!
Reply 17
the wolf at door
that sounds almost exactly the problem i have.
From what i've read on the net, mine sounds like it's Hypnagogia.
From what i've read on the net, mine sounds like it's Hypnagogia.
jesus christ, i fail at anonymous posts. Yes, i am the anonymous op of this.
and that exploding head syndrome also sounds like what i experienced. I'm gonna have to go to the docs sometime...
Reply 18
Hypnagogia is the state in between being awake and being asleep, where there's potential for hallucinations / delusional experiences, so it could be that. I regularly have auditory hallucinations when I'm falling asleep, but I find them really interesting and sometimes wake myself up to write them down 
It might be a good idea to train yourself to have lucid dreams. These are dreams where you realise its a dream and can control it to some extent.
The trick to this is to conciously repeat to yourself your going to realise your dreaming every night before you go to bed.
It might not work the first couple of times but it does work, and can be quite interesting.
Heres an article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
The trick to this is to conciously repeat to yourself your going to realise your dreaming every night before you go to bed.
It might not work the first couple of times but it does work, and can be quite interesting.
Heres an article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
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