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Anonymous
Alright, /fit/, disclaimer: I've never actually been here, so if this doesn't belong, my newfag apologies.

This morning when I woke up, I was aware but I couldn't move for a minute, like my body was still asleep. It's happened before but not recently and it made me curious. I've asked other people I know and they say it's happened to them, too.

What causes this? Image vaguely related.
>> Anonymous
It's sleep paralysis, go see /x/ they love to talk about this, it's semi-regular no real problem.
>> Anonymous
I want to experience this.
>> Anonymous
This has happened to me on a few occasions, mostly at the end of a weird/bad dream. Basically, it happens when only certain parts of your brain wake up. Like, your frontal lobe might be entirely alert, but the rest of your brain still thinks you're sleeping. A lot of times, it seems to happen when my dreams take on that ultra realistic feeling and it's like my brain can't tell which world is actually reality...the dream or what I perceive to be reality every day when I wake up.

A few examples of dreams that have caused this for me:

I was being murdered and in the dream I was decapitated, yet could see my own head laying on a table. Someone was removing my brain and cutting it into quarters, and in the dream I felt a distinct throbbing in the back of my neck. I "woke up", but couldn't move and I could still feel the throbbing in my neck from my heart racing, so I was just stuck there staring into my pillow with an annoying throb in my neck, then all of a sudden my entire body sprang to life and I immediately got up on my knees and couldn't stop touching my upper body to make sure I was still in tact.

Another time, I got into a "wreck" by running a shopping cart into another cart at a super market, and there was a cop there saying I was going to jail for life because of it, and I couldn't exit the dream world efficiently, so I again experience the paralysis while still being halfway in the dream and halfway into the real world.

Weird shit.
>> Anonymous
>>198916
Now you're just making me jealous.
>> Anonymous
You can use sleep paralysis as a springboard into lucid dreams, so I consider it a good thing.
>> Anonymous
Muchos gracias, anon. I actually almost went to /x/ instead, figuring it would be the sort of thing they liked.

I don't get the ultrarealistic dreams with it, but I did get the sense of danger and panic the first few times it happened. Once I found it was common enough that some of my friends had experienced it, I kind of began to enjoy it just for being so out of the ordinary.
>> Anonymous
Holy shit, I thought I was the only one that experienced this. It seems like I'm half-awake, half-dreaming, and I try to wake myself up to escape the dream, but I can't!
>> Anonymous
>>198922

It's bad, imo. I'm claustrophobic and it scares the shit out of me when it does happen...kinda feels like I'm trapped in a tube or something.
>> Anonymous
>>198947
Well, gimme your sleep paralysis skills.
>> Anonymous
>>198948

I guess try suffering some kind of emotional trauma that you bury into your pysche and forget about, then experience fucked up dreams because of it. Try to avoid the one I had about GETTING MY FUCKING PENIS CHOPPED OFF BY A NUN.
>> Anonymous
>>198970
You made my day, thank you (:

I tend to block out any traumas in my life. ):
>> Anonymous
I also heard that its called Old Hag Syndrome. Some people say that in addition to being paralyzed, they feel a heavy weight crushing their chest and that they sense some kind of 'evil' in the room. So somebody like they ancient greeks or something thought a witch was sitting on your chest when that sleep paralysis happens. Idk why I posted this, maybe its cool maybe its not.
>> Anonymous
It happens to me only when I take long naps. My remedy for this is to close my eyes tight and count to three, on three I force myself up using all of my power. If I fall asleep again soon after that then it happens again.
>> Anonymous
this shit happens to me too from time to time.....the first it was the worst....i was in a crazy sense of panic,i saw a flashinging red and alarms going off, when i finally snapped out of it, i was too scarred to go to sleep.

second time it happened, my arm was outside of my bed and i thought something was trying to take me.....from then on it wasen't so bad....im pretty used to it by now but the panic feelings is still a bitch.
>> Anonymous
Waking up during REM sleep. That's what it is.
>> Anonymous
Sleep paralysis is awesome. I used to have it all the time since I was about 14, but I haven't since early this year. ):

Weirdest experience was a spider thing was eating my face. I could feel it about to crawl up my nose, that tickly feeling. I woke up, but couldn't move, it was terrifying.

Of course, when I woke up the tickly feeling was coming from my hair covering my face, but still. ):
>> Anonymous
I've had it once, I almost cried from fear. I remember this intensely bright light and a feeling of inner rocking as I tried to move. After 3/4 seconds I said I was dead (mentally, not vocally) and woke up another few seconds later. I didn't go to bed at all that night and I stayed up for 28 hours straight.

Trust me, you don't want to experience this.
>> sage
It's called sleep paralysis.


Brain immobilizes your body when you sleep, sometimes it takes a while to shut off.

This happens to me frequently, especially when falling asleep, not really waking up.

Should post in paranormal, it's linked to some of that stuff.
>> Anonymous
Yes, it's also scary... many people have the sensation of something sitting on them, when in reality, it's just the weight of their body they're not used to.

To get out of it, focus on moving your pinky finger and BAM you'll jump awake. This happens to me pretty often so I don't get *too* scared anymore.

But yes, there is that panic-y feeling. Don't be alarmed, just wait for your body to catch up OP.
>> Anonymous
I used to suffer from sleep paralysis as a kid a lot, when it first happened to me I shat bricks. Couldn't scream for help, couldn't move and breathing was hard as well. It's not so frequent for me now but usually occurs when I'm dreaming and I realise I am dreaming and try to force myself awake, except I don't fully wake up and I'm stuck in sleep paralysis.

Last time I had it I had some control over my body and did my best to roll out of bed, when I finally fell off I woke up and I was still in bed. So that made me wonder, did I actually have sleep paralysis, or was I DREAMING I was having sleep paralysis?
>> Anonymous
Never had that shit before closest thing is..
I was having a zombie post-apocalyptic dream and shit was fucked seeing my own son killed in front of me and then something clicked I went "wait this is too bad to be in real life it has to be a dream" and then everything went black instantly and I woke up.

Another one like that But I can't remember the dream all that happend was I was riding a motorbike down a street and I went "this sucks" and then my bike started to fly, epic shit.
>> Anonymous
Yo. I'm 25. I used to have this stuff quite often when I was like.. I dunno.. 13-16.

I'd wake up, but be unable to move for about a minute. Sometimes it was really fucking unnerving, and I'd panic. For me, I just grew out of it.