I have been affected by sleep paralysis since I was in my early teenaged years. It is not a constant affliction and I am not troubled by it much, but occasionally it rears its ugly head.
I would like to know why it occurs.
For me (I don't know if it is like this with everyone) it happens when I am trying to wake up in the morning. Everything in this hsort space of time seems SO real, and yet I am unable to move a muscle. I have seen people in the room with me and talked to them. I have been absolutely positive that I am beating my sleeping husband with my fist to shake me so I can come out of it. I have fallen on the floor (this is all in my head, mind you; it's not ACTUALLY happening at all!) and jarred myself out of it. The worst feeling is that I am trying to move my arms and cannot do a thing.
Is there any explanation why this happens?
I would like to know why it occurs.
For me (I don't know if it is like this with everyone) it happens when I am trying to wake up in the morning. Everything in this hsort space of time seems SO real, and yet I am unable to move a muscle. I have seen people in the room with me and talked to them. I have been absolutely positive that I am beating my sleeping husband with my fist to shake me so I can come out of it. I have fallen on the floor (this is all in my head, mind you; it's not ACTUALLY happening at all!) and jarred myself out of it. The worst feeling is that I am trying to move my arms and cannot do a thing.
Is there any explanation why this happens?