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This has happened to me twice over the last 4 months.
I am sleeping then all of a sudden I can’t move, I even try to speak but no words can come out; its like I’ve been paralyzed from head down. Its a scary experience.

I’ve been set free after continuously repeating the name of Jesus and asking for his help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
 
danielle90 said:
This has happened to me twice over the last 4 months.
I am sleeping then all of a sudden I can’t move, I even try to speak but no words can come out; its like I’ve been paralyzed from head down. Its a scary experience.

I’ve been set free after continuously repeating the name of Jesus and asking for his help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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Its not unusual:

stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
 
Yeah I get sleep paralysis quite often, it’s very scary indeed. My psychiatrist told me, that in reality, were just dreaming, and that the scary part of this is, that it feels like were actually awake but were not. I’ve been getting them since I was a child. Now what I do is, when going through one, I say to myself over and over “this is just a dream, this is just a dream”. It helps, for me anyhow.

God bless and may you all have a good and safe Christmas.

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Sleep paralysis is nothing to get worried about. When you dream, you’re body paralyzes itself so that you don’t act out your dreams (it can actually be quite dangerous if your body doesn’t do this). Since you dream in your REM cycle, which happens close to when you wake up, there can be times where you wake up, but your body doesn’t realize it yet, so you’re still paralyzed. It can be scary, but it’ll ware off after a few minutes (though it might seem like longer). Just relax, maybe go back to sleep, or wait until you’re unparalyzed.
 
Just some sort of clarification.
Can it occur like between 5 to 10 minutes after falling asleep?
 
danielle90 said:
Just some sort of clarification.
Can it occur like between 5 to 10 minutes after falling asleep?
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Yes, it is common for sleep paralysis to occur either as you’re falling asleep or when you wake up.
 
danielle90 said:
This has happened to me twice over the last 4 months.
I am sleeping then all of a sudden I can’t move, I even try to speak but no words can come out; its like I’ve been paralyzed from head down. Its a scary experience.

I’ve been set free after continuously repeating the name of Jesus and asking for his help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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Yes, over the course of my whole life, quite a few times. Usually when it happens I try to find some part of my body that I can move and then I move that back and forth as much as possible in order to wake all the way up so that I can go back to sleep properly.

I also make as much noise for myself by breathing and attempting to cry out as possible, because that too helps me wake up all the way.

I refuse to go back to sleep from within the sleep paralysis, preferring instead to wake up all the way and then drift off normally.

Some people have nightmares in conjunction with their sleep paralysis, but that is not the case for me.

Although I find it unpleasant, it does not frighten me. I simply find it a tiresome nuisance which, fortunately for me, does not happen too often.
 
I never knew this was so common, fortunately for me I sleep like a rock. I think my sister has gotten these before though.
 
ive gotten them the past year, its scary, try calming yourself. try not to panic which well cause you to have hallucinations. like others have said focus on moving a body part.
 
Yeah this happens to me from time to time, about half the time it happens along with a nightmare. When I was a kid it was big time scary, but as I got older I somehow developed the ability to realize I’m dreaming it and now usually just do the “wake up, wake up, you gotta wake up now” trick. Always works pretty quickly. I’ve had it happen within minutes of falling asleep, usually its in the early morning, near dawn. Don’t worry about it its common.
 
Ive always believed this to be a demonic attack… In any case when I experience this I say the St. Michael prayer I wake up right away safe and sound.
 
WOW! I have had the exact same experience. For me it was accompanied by a very loud wind though. There is a scientific explanation, but for me the experience was more religious. It happened when I was very distant from God and the church. I prayed to St. Michael and it eventually stopped… It has happened several times since then and I am sometimes tempted to let it just happen to see where it will go…the feeling is always too intese though and incredibly frightening.
danielle90 said:
This has happened to me twice over the last 4 months.
I am sleeping then all of a sudden I can’t move, I even try to speak but no words can come out; its like I’ve been paralyzed from head down. Its a scary experience.

I’ve been set free after continuously repeating the name of Jesus and asking for his help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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Very scary indeed. It has happened to me more than anyone else I have heard of. I will go through periods of a couple months where it will happen 3-4 times per week! I have been to the doctor, but they couldn’t do much other than offer to do a sleep lab. But my insurance wouldn’t cover it so I chose not to.

For me, I am always aware of my surroundings when it happens. For example if the tv is on I can understand what is being said. I can open my eyes and see my surroundings. The times that I have hallucinated, both auditory and visual hallucinations, it has been absolutely HORRIFYING! I have hallucinated demonic presences, and I could see and FEEL them physically attacking me and hear them screaming at me. I always begin praying whenever this happens, and I eventually regain the ability to move.

Although I still believe it is a medical issue, there have been times I haven’t been so sure. Either way, the less you panic and the more you pray, you can learn to cope with it.
 
danielle90 said:
This has happened to me twice over the last 4 months.
I am sleeping then all of a sudden I can’t move, I even try to speak but no words can come out; its like I’ve been paralyzed from head down. Its a scary experience.

I’ve been set free after continuously repeating the name of Jesus and asking for his help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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Do you struggle from Obsessive thoughts when you are awake?
 
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