Sleep paralysis

[madmmac]

I have never experienced this, but wow, sure sounds like it sucks.

"Fact is that all of my dreams are nightmares." now that really sucks.

Try to learn how to get into and control your dreams. You won't believe how fun dreams are once you are able.

The easiest technique is to think of your dominate hand while you are going to sleep. If you are right handed, keep thinking, "I am going to look at my right hand when I am dreaming". Keep doing this over and over till you fall asleep.

It may take some time (days/weeks) till you are finally able to "look at your right hand" in a dream, but when you do, you will kind of tingle all over and you will be in control.

I know this may sound like b.s. and a whack job, but if you can get to this level, you will never have a nightmare and you will look forward to sleeping.

Sweet dreams,

[Burnin' oil]

My wife experiences it every once in a while.

[Tervuren]

I wish I had less control of dreams, hearing sounds of Flat 6's and V12's scouring around the 'Ring in the '60s isn't condusive to sleep.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally posted by Burnin' oil
My wife experiences it every once in a while.

You sure thats not you having rolled over and unintentionally pinned her?

[VINMAN]

Originally posted by notfarnow
Yes, in reading up on it I've read a lot of references to "the hag" or "the old hag". Many feel that there is a weight on their chest, and because of the semi-sleep state, many dream/imagine/sense that there is an entity sitting on them ,or there in the room... "the hag".

I was describing this to a friend of mine, who exclaimed "Oh the hag visits you too!"

I get this feeling when the mother-in law comes over too....

[Jims5543]

Originally posted by pmajka
Happened once 12yrs ago to me...but i think it was CO2 poisoning ....chimney was clogged.

I hope everyone on here has a Carbon Monoxide alarm in their house. I just installed a brand new one.


I had this happen once a long time ago but its never happened since and I thought something really bad was happening to me sort of like what Mike said.

I get some sort of attack in the middle of the night where I wake up gasping for air and have to ge tou tof bed and walk around feeling like I am going to pass out and I cannot catch my breath. I do not have sleep apnia (sp?) that I know of and do not snore unless I have a head cold.

Its a freaky feeling and I am pretty sure its stress related.

[Wrecked944]

Originally posted by madmmac
"Fact is that all of my dreams are nightmares." now that really sucks.[/B]

I'm sad to report that your are correct. It sucks about as much as you would expect. Sleep has always been problematic for me.

Originally posted by madmmac
Try to learn how to get into and control your dreams. You won't believe how fun dreams are once you are able.

Well, I tried lucid dreaming a few years ago hoping to get a handle on the situation and try to get a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, it turns out the engine behind my nightmares is a lot stronger than my conscious will. So I ended up having no ability to influence the events in my dreams.

Can you say "Lucid Nightmares"?

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by notfarnow

Or waking up from a dream where you're taking a leak, only to find that you're watering yer wife!

Yep, happens to me too, the sleep deal, the closest to above was when I did 70 somethine .25 drafts went over to a chick I use to slam (she lived close to the bar) and in the middle of the night, got up and watered her dresser, she was very unhappy as I ruined all of her makeup

[motion]

Originally posted by Racerbvd
Yep, happens to me too, the sleep deal, the closest to above was when I did 70 somethine .25 drafts went over to a child I use to slam (she lived close to the bar) and in the middle of the night, got up and watered her dresser, she was very unhappy as I ruined all of her makeup

WTF???????

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by motion
WTF???????

Should have been been chick and she was a few years olderr than me, didn't mean to scare anyone

[Venetian]

I"ve had it happen a few times but always there is an "intruder" in the room hovering over me. I cannot do a thing and am petrified. Luckily happens very rarely.

[steveo123456]

I worked with a woman who had what she called "night terrors" on a regular basis. She would start screaming and wailing on her husband in the middle of the night. She said in her dreams he or others were trying to kill her. I don't know that I would stick around after one or two of those!

[notfarnow]

Originally posted by VINMAN
I get this feeling when the mother-in law comes over too....

Thankfully, my mother in law hasn't been allowed in the house for a good (great) year and a half. That generally keeps the anxiety levels down for everyone. She still makes surprise visits now and then, and I get to be the one who blocks her at the door or ushers her away. But that's another thread altogether.

Originally posted by Racerbvd
Should have been been chick and she was a few years olderr than me, didn't mean to scare anyone

LOL Byron, one of those cases where spell check doesn't help one bit, eh? Frig that made me laugh, glad you caught the mistake. Oh ya, funny story too... and that happened to my uncle after my dad's 60th bday party last year. Was so drunk he couldn't see past the tip of his nose, and woke up in the middle of the night and pissed on the curtains at his hotel. He admitted his mistake, very sheepishly, to my father in the morning.

Originally posted by Venetian
I"ve had it happen a few times but always there is an "intruder" in the room hovering over me. I cannot do a thing and am petrified. Luckily happens very rarely.

I used to get the "intruder" feeling when I was younger, but now that I know what's going on I don't get as freaked out. If you can think of it while you're laying there, try counting. It was explained to me that it helps "bridge" between sleep & full consciousness. I find I can "snap" out of it by the time I count to 40 or 50.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

I have sleep paralysis fairly frequently...usually when I'm overtired or sleep-deprived. Usually accompanied by a terrifying feeling that there's someone in the house (who shouldn't be there). Only thing I've found I'm able to control right away is my breathing...which means I usually end up panting. Occasionally that wakes up my wife, and then she gives me a shake and I can move again. Something about the external stimulus jerks me right out of it.

[notfarnow]

Hmm... Makes you wonder what it would be like to be eaten alive by a spider after it paralyzes you...

D'oh! Just what I need, nightmare material!