I was dreaming and then I opened my eyes and saw the ceiling but I couldn't move my body?!
Question: I was dreaming and then I opened my eyes and saw the ceiling but I couldn't move my body.?
So I stared at the ceiling and tried to move, but I couldn't.
Has this ever happened to anyone before.? I'm in college, this is the first time it has happened. Will it happen again.? I won't actually become paralyzed, will I.?Health Question & Answer
Has this ever happened to anyone before.? I'm in college, this is the first time it has happened. Will it happen again.? I won't actually become paralyzed, will I.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
This is called Sleep Paralysis and is very common.
Don't worry you won't become paralyzed, have a look at it through Google, just type in sleep paralysis for an explanation.Health Question & Answer
Don't worry you won't become paralyzed, have a look at it through Google, just type in sleep paralysis for an explanation.Health Question & Answer
Ya - that's really neat. There's a "lock" on your muscles when you're asleep. It keeps you from sleep walking. Anyway when you're asleep, your muscles are locked down, and sometimes it takes a minute or so to bounce back from that.
I remember having dreams where somebody told a joke which I thought was terribly funny and I woke up laughing - except that I couldn't really laugh because the muscles just work entirely differently in sleep. I thought I was laughing, but when I actually woke up I was just breathing hard.
When you're a kid in college you have the most wonderful, deep, amazing sleep - giant, exciting, spectacular dreams!!!!!!! It's the sleep of the innocent perhaps. But as you get older these fun things won't happen as much and life takes on a "sameness". Too bad, but that's "maturity" - so don't be so darned quick to "mature".
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I remember having dreams where somebody told a joke which I thought was terribly funny and I woke up laughing - except that I couldn't really laugh because the muscles just work entirely differently in sleep. I thought I was laughing, but when I actually woke up I was just breathing hard.
When you're a kid in college you have the most wonderful, deep, amazing sleep - giant, exciting, spectacular dreams!!!!!!! It's the sleep of the innocent perhaps. But as you get older these fun things won't happen as much and life takes on a "sameness". Too bad, but that's "maturity" - so don't be so darned quick to "mature".
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Yeah. It happened to me 5 times while I was in college. Sleep paralysis (atonia) is freakish but after calming down and taking a few deep breaths, I always managed to come out of it. I've never heard of anybody actually experiencing a permanent condition based on sleep paralysis.Health Question & Answer
I get sleep paralysis and have for years! How scarry is it!! For some reason even though I completely know what's going when it happens to me I always freak out.. Its nothing to worry about though, just go back to sleep and you'll be fineHealth Question & Answer
OMG, Sleep Paralysis! Scary, but also very surreal. It happens to me when I get really stressed. Go back to sleep and wake up for real and you'll be fine. But it's definitely freaky the first time!!!Health Question & Answer
Sarah's right, it's just sleep paralysis.Health Question & Answer
It has happened to me...I don't think it's dangerous however!Health Question & Answer