Swiss Mercenary on 31/5/2006 at 17:22
I've often had experiences of sleep paralysis, but not in the 'evil presence' way. I was conscious in my body, I couldn't move my limbs, but I was well aware that it was just sleep paralysis. It tended to happen around the time I usually wake up. I didn't try to break it most of the time, but sometimes, after a few minutes of effort, I could start to move my limbs.
Strangeblue on 31/5/2006 at 17:58
That's some creepy stuff, Morrgan, but some of that is pretty common as an occasional intrusion on normal sleep, so don't get too freaked out, yet. Try keeping a diary of your sleep patterns and dreams/hallucinations for a while, including what you do before bed and when you get up. Get Vigil to help you if he's noticed you do anything before or during sleep--like snoring or apnea or sleepwalking/talking. If you can't find a simple solution, the diary may help your doctor spot the problem or change the pattern (assuming you eventually go to one if this doesn't clear up.)
Or maybe you just have a deeply-repressed need to smack your boss with a trout. :sly:
Shevers on 31/5/2006 at 18:11
You know, looking at the description he gave, it could just be particularly bad nightmares. It doesn't have to be anything hypnagogic or hallucinatory, it could just be reacting to very traumatising nightmares, the way he described it.
Morrgan on 31/5/2006 at 18:47
Oh, I'm not too freaked out. Now that it's been some time since I woke up, I'm more curious than anything. It was just getting three creepy dreams like this within a short period of time that made me bring it up. Oh well, even if it is just nightmares, this has been interesting stuff to learn about.
Speaking of snoring, sleeptalking and so on, my friends were highly amused when they once heard me singing in my sleep. :erm:
Thanks for the tips Blue, I'll keep them in mind if this goes on. *goes looking for a suitable trout, just in case*
Oh and Shevers, it's "she". ;)
Shevers on 31/5/2006 at 18:49
Bah, having a username like Morrgan and living with someone with a name like Vigil? It's only natural to assume. ;)
dlw6 on 1/6/2006 at 01:36
This happens to me every few years -- an awareness of being awake, not being able to move, able to see but not able to recognize what I am looking at, and a sense of "something" being there. :weird: I never knew what it was, but it didn't seem harmful. Now that I know what it is, I can use it the next time it happens to do some creative dreaming. :laff:
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Printer's Devil on 1/6/2006 at 08:16
That Wikipedia entry reads like a history of my sleeping life. My most frequent "demon" is usually a very large (3' diameter) spider hanging from the ceiling. It's dreadful enough, until it starts moving one leg, slowly. Then I violently struggle against the sleep paralysis to escape. Thankfully, these episodes are much milder than the highly disturbing night terrors and the regular sleepwalking that I suffered from during childhood. Hopefully, Morrgan can include some of that scary goodness into the third installment of The Greyfeather Gems.
BEAR on 1/6/2006 at 14:54
Quote Posted by Morrgan
Sounds like this is more common than I thought, which I suppose is a relief.
I was surprised to find these listed in the article, as I've experienced them with irregular regularity as long as I can remember. I just thought it was normal. Shows what I know about normal.
Now and then I also have very blurry vision (almost blind) in dreams, accompanied by not being able to move properly when I feel I must get away - very unpleasant. Maybe that is a variation of these hallucinations.
*returns to reading articles*I used to have that ALL THE TIME when I was young. I would be caught or somthing in the dark, and I felt really tired or somthing, so tired I couldnt move really, I wouldnt be able to see and I couldnt yell either. Shitty fucking dreams.
Ockhams Razor on 1/6/2006 at 18:48
Quote Posted by Printer's Devil
That Wikipedia entry reads like a history of my sleeping life. My most frequent "demon" is usually a very large (3' diameter) spider hanging from the ceiling. It's dreadful enough, until it starts moving one leg,
slowly. Then I violently struggle against the sleep paralysis to escape. Thankfully, these episodes are much milder than the highly disturbing
night terrors and the
regular sleepwalking that I suffered from during childhood. Hopefully, Morrgan can include some of that scary goodness into the third installment of
The Greyfeather Gems.That sounds alot like the DT's.
I've had infrequent, recurring episodes of sleep paralysis since I was a kid.
Triggers in my case seem to be nicotine withdrawal, smoking after abstaining for a while, Benzo's, or just a general increase in stress.
It only occurs while sleeping on my back, usually without a blanket.
Thing is, I actually enjoy them. I find myself thinking once it's over and I'm fully conscious, dayuumn, that was awesome. Let's do it again!
WAREAGLE on 1/6/2006 at 19:32
once i had a dream that i ate waffles.
then i woke up, and my mom had made me waffles!
:eek:
