It's called "sleep paralysis"

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It's called "sleep paralysis"

Lindy — 6/29/2005 3:43:12 AM (archived)

Frightening and unusual.....you feel "awake", even when you're not.
You are just in an altered state.

I had this happen to me once or twice in my lifetime and neither were pleasant experiences. I'm not sure, but maybe we stop breathing and the lack of oxygen sends us into that "twilight zone".

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A paralyzing experience - Daniel - 4/2/2005 7:28:11 AM
- re: A paralyzing experience - Lynn Gamble - 6/28/2005 2:57:24 PM
  - Me too. - RobVG - 7/2/2005 1:30:15 AM
  - wow, I never expected this thread to resurface - Daniel - 6/29/2005 9:01:09 AM
  - It's called "sleep paralysis" - Lindy - 6/29/2005 3:43:12 AM
    - If it happens regularly, it could be a sign that you need to see a doctor. - Scott Evil - 7/1/2005 3:16:13 PM
    - Something similar happened to me [kids don't be like me] - alcaray - 6/29/2005 9:08:44 PM
      - Did you have missing time? - Lindy - 6/30/2005 2:38:35 AM
        
        re: Did you have missing time? - alcaray - 6/30/2005 4:40:58 PM
    - On a somewhat related note - R.L. - 6/29/2005 6:37:20 AM
- BIS monitoring - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:08:02 PM
  - link - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:13:31 PM
- Question: Would you want to spend more than 15 years in that state? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/4/2005 3:53:06 PM
  - No - 15 years exactly sounds good, but no more .. - D. - 4/5/2005 4:37:48 AM
- Free will - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 6:23:29 PM
  - yet another perspective - Daniel - 4/4/2005 4:58:48 AM
    - re: and one more perspective - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:24:03 PM
      - many patients die through sheer medical incompetence - Daniel - 4/5/2005 4:32:55 AM
  - re: Free will - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 9:02:49 PM
    - You may have a point on the hostility - FrankC - 4/4/2005 1:49:50 AM
    - Do people get to play with other people's bodies? - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 9:22:07 PM
      - You think what her family was doing was "playing?" - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 10:00:44 PM
        
        Your single question - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 10:55:58 PM
        
        Autopsy and burial - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2005 6:35:52 AM
        
        So that it won't become a focal point and a shrine for protesters. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 1:14:02 AM
        
        You've got to be kidding. - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 5:34:24 AM
        
        Want to try again? Nope. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 9:28:05 PM
        
        re: Want to try again? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 11:01:14 PM
        
        Relativity again. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/4/2005 1:35:01 AM
        
        Your "relativity" already came with an absolute. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 1:16:16 AM
- thanks for all the comments (n/t) - Daniel - 4/3/2005 1:04:41 AM
- This was a lose-lose situation with no "right" answer - Gary - 4/2/2005 8:25:41 PM
- Yes - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 9:59:57 AM
  - No, you're a stark raving mad closeted Christian zealot whose hypocrisy is applying for nationhood status at the UN. - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 3:17:59 PM
    - Well, I messed that up. Should be a carefully considered response to Daniel's reply. (n/t) - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 3:19:10 PM
  - well .. - Daniel - 4/2/2005 10:38:21 AM
- re: A paralyzing experience - Bowser - 4/2/2005 9:09:26 AM
  - I actually said the same thing - Daniel - 4/2/2005 9:43:47 AM
    - You are 100% correct Daniel - FrankC - 4/2/2005 10:57:00 PM

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