I feel like my whole body is asleep, but I can still think. I try to move, but I can’t. I eventually just keep trying to force my body to move until I “wake up”.
It’s super weird and creepy and I feel like I’m dying.
What’s going on?
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leshurub answered:
Sounds kinda like sleep paralysis. Might wanna get that checked out..
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lumenyare answered:
As everyOne said, it’s sleep paralysis. I’ve read it happens more when you sleep on your back, and sometimes you may hallucinate.
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georgefeeny answered:
it could be sleep paralysis! that happens to me too sometimes. it sucks.
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lady-in-the-mists said:
When you sleep, your body cycle’s through certain hormones in a certain order. One of them mildly paralyzes you (or slows down your movements/reaction time) so that you don’t end up hurting yourself in your sleep….
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waspuncensored answered:
You know the stages of sleep? Well you keep waking up in the wrong one…douchebag brain huh?
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jazmyns answered:
this happened to me once! i wasn’t thinkini didn’t think my “body is asleep and my mind is awake—but that was it. i thought i was dead.
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wewerewarned answered:
You are paralyzed during REM sleep (it’s how you get physically rested), so you are probably waking up during it.
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myevilfrenchtwin answered:
sleep paralysis? Don’t know much about it, but read a post somewhere and the writer described something like that…
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tellwiddit answered:
Sleep paralysis. You’re waking during REM sleep. Don’t try to force it, let yourself go back to sleep until you’re ready to awaken properly.
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dragoncharming answered:
the chemical in your brain that keeps you from moving in your sleep kicked in too early… or you’re dying
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rjisrj answered:
sleep paralysis. It’s not that uncommon. At a certain point during sleep, the body just doesn’t moved (paralysis = Not best word?)
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eliyanii answered:
Oh i had that happen to me a lot two years ago.It’s something called “sleep paralysis”.Its awful and scary but not particularly harmful
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gulpereel answered:
sleep paralysis!
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ohrinners answered:
When that happened to me for the first time, I was horrified.
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always-tete answered:
Happens to me all the time but terrifying as hell.
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caramelkite answered:
It might be sleep paralysis (happens to me every now and then as well). Take a look at this and see if it fits: stanford.edu/~dem
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itwasagraveyardsmash answered:
Sleep paralysis, maybe?
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sinusoidalsoup said:
Sounds like sleep paralysis. It feels scary, but it’s harmless. When you sleep, your muscles are “frozen” so you don’t act out your dreams. In this case, your mind is waking up before your body does.
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broccolipeace answered:
that’s just lucid dreaming. eating to much before bed, not getting enough sleep, not excising etc. can cause it. It’s not dangerous though.
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saturniinae said:
it’s called sleep paralysis, and it used to happen to me all the time. are you on any antidepressants or antipsychotics? those can contribute to it.
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fatbodypolitics said:
Weird! It has been happening to me as well, especially when I am super tired.
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ohgoodness said:
haha, it happens when you wake up during the REM stage of sleep :) Some people train themselves to do it so they can have lucid dreams. You can do it on purpose by keeping your mind awake and your body still after you feel that falling sensation
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mumblingsage answered:
Your body ‘locks’ when you’re sleeping, so you don’tmove around while unconcious. Sometimes the stillness lasts as you wake up.
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ereyes312 answered:
Sounds like sleep paralysis to me.
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