[kj] OT~ sleep paralysis?

[Brendan]

Had it twice as a kid, both were vivid experiences, I was paralysed in
both. First time someone put their hand over my face from under the bed
headboard, and I woke in shock paralysed. The other one some evil fucker's
head popped up from the side of the bed, said something ridiculous and
disappeared.

After both I was left paralysed with fear for a while...I dunno if that's
what you're describing, to me they seem (in retrospect) like a dream where
I thought I had awoken but hadn't, hence the perception of evil interloper
as though it was real...but at some stage I must have woken up, I remember
trying to move or speak but couldn't for a while. Panic. I shared a room
with my older brother, I remember looking over his way but couldn't move a
muscle or speak.

Pretty sure there's an explanation for it though, will have a trawl...


> anyone here ever had sleep paralysis??

> this subject may have come up years ago, but there's a fresh new crop

> of gatherers here now...

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> it seemed to be more of a talking point/phenomenon 5 or so years ago,

> but with all the googling i done i still couldn't find a plausible

> explanation for it...

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> for those unaware of it, it was waking up, unable to move a muscle,

> with a creepng noise/sensation that started at the feet and worked its

> way up the body... the noise got louder the higher it got, with an

> accompanying rise in fear, with the feeling that if it crept as high

> as your head, it will surely mean death!

> there were various explanations i read, but none seemed to account for

> the noise/fear part of it...

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