Are you having sleep paralysis?

[Veddge]

For the past couple months, I've had increasing difficulty sleeping. I don't realize it, but I'm staying up far later than I should and when I do sleep, it's restless and unfulfilling. It all started around the time I tried to finish a tribute map to someone I lost recently in my life.

[Solmyr]

As of now I'm not having any of that, however i had sleep paralysis episodes from time to time, they usually happen after days of sleeping 4 hours or less coupled with persistent feelings of anxiety. I always experienced the paralysis part, never had any hallucinations even after opening my eyes to look around, hell most of the time i can barely see my surroundings as everything looks so fuzzy and blurry.

 

When it happens i feel mostly awake but still can't think properly, i try to force my body to move only to get no response or a weak wiggle from my toes and fingertips, i can barely swallow, and when i try to scream, only a weak barely audible zombielike wail comes out. There were times in which i could move one of my arms somewhat, and try to pry open my eyes, only to barely see what's in front of my field of vision and everything is in a haze. The general feel of the experience is that I'm trapped within my body in what it feels like an eternity. Horrible stuff on it's own right and thank god i don't get the nightmarish hallucinations that comes with it.

[taufan99]

I've fortunately never had one so far, but just yesterday I dreamt about experiencing it. Nothing too unnerving, as I could wake up from it inside my dream, even if it did feel intense in the first few seconds.

[ChaseC7527]

On 2/5/2023 at 10:14 PM, RDETalus said:

Here's a phenomenon related to sleep paralysis:
Exploding head syndrome

 

I typically hear a loud voice repeating an unintelligible syllable over and over at the onset of sleep paralysis

ive had this kinda, where sometimes right when i fall asleep all the noises in my room get suddenly really loud, I have aspergers so maybe that has something to do with it. itll jack up whatever noise is coming out of my tv x10 and it will jolt me awake. i cant tell if its something really from my tv cuz it only lasts the time it takes for you to get that falling feeling so not very long.

[Yousuf Anik]

Happened rarely to me. As if something, like a shadow is holding me tightly and I can barely move or do anything like opening my eyes.