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[ali smack]

I keep been asleep and awake at once and it's creeping me out. I become paralysed as well

[Coffey]

Do you have a lot of stress?

[Sweetpumper]

You're being abducted.

[Sean93]

Sleep Paralysis. Nothing to see here people, move along to your nearest exit.

[Beany]

ali smack, on 08 February 2013 - 05:44 PM, said:

I keep been asleep and awake at once and it's creeping me out. I become paralysed as well

That happens to me at work all the time, or so my co-workers tell me.

[DingoLingo]

Have been like that once or twice.. generally its from stress or exhaustion.. drugs can also do it (yeah I have had it from my druggy days.. also from stress and exhaustion)..

its a bloody horrible feeling.. my advice.. go see a doctor..

[notforgotten]

The spirit is awake and the body is asleep.

[scowl]

ali smack, on 08 February 2013 - 05:44 PM, said:

I keep been asleep and awake at once and it's creeping me out. I become paralysed as well

Welcome to the club. You can see a sleep disorder specialist if it starts affecting your life.

It usually becomes worse if you're under stress.

[ctz3]

This has happened to me often when I was younger. It was terrifying. I couldn't move a muscle but my mind was wide awake. I couldn't open my eyes, open my mouth, or make a sound.  I kept praying to God please please let me move, I would try to move my toe, my finger, arm anything I couldn't even move my head and I would want to scream the feeling was so horrifying. I was completely awake but my body would not move. Most of the time it only lasted 3-4 min or so (which is a terrifying long time ) but one time it wouldn't stop and I just kept praying to God and trying to calm down and fall asleep so it would end. To end it, I would focus on one arm, or leg, or finger and just will the **** out of it to move move move just a little. This focus seemed for me to end it faster because once I could move one part of my body the 'hold' was instantly released.  I hope this advice helps you. This hasn't happened to me in a long time, but when I was a teenager I can still vividly remember it happening at least 4 times. Once more, terrifying.

[mace13]

ctz3, on 10 February 2013 - 11:47 PM, said:

This has happened to me often when I was younger. It was terrifying. I couldn't move a muscle but my mind was wide awake. I couldn't open my eyes, open my mouth, or make a sound.  I kept praying to God please please let me move, I would try to move my toe, my finger, arm anything I couldn't even move my head and I would want to scream the feeling was so horrifying. I was completely awake but my body would not move. Most of the time it only lasted 3-4 min or so (which is a terrifying long time ) but one time it wouldn't stop and I just kept praying to God and trying to calm down and fall asleep so it would end. To end it, I would focus on one arm, or leg, or finger and just will the **** out of it to move move move just a little. This focus seemed for me to end it faster because once I could move one part of my body the 'hold' was instantly released.  I hope this advice helps you. This hasn't happened to me in a long time, but when I was a teenager I can still vividly remember it happening at least 4 times. Once more, terrifying.

Yeah, Sleep Paralysis. I've had the exact same thing happen to me a few times. I felt that if I could just get one part of my body to move or if someone would touch me I could break out of it. Usually I just wound up falling back to sleep after a few minutes. I don't believe i've had this occur for awhile now though. It sounds like the original poster is experiencing the same thing.

Edited by mace13, 15 February 2013 - 12:29 PM.

[HDesiato]

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[Frank Merton]

I wonder if there exist people in this state permanently.

[scowl]

Frank Merton, on 15 February 2013 - 04:09 PM, said:

I wonder if there exist people in this state permanently.

That was one theory of how schizophrenia might work although I think it's been mostly disproved.

[chopmo]

I zone out and tunnel vision day dream. But not so often any more I remember it being pretty intense when I was younger the sounds that came with it. I don't hear the sound of it any more but then again I got into the habbit of when I noticed it closing my eyes and "refreshing" if you will, so now that I realise it could be important try follow it but I think it's one of the concious aware things, because you know of it, it keeps happening more than normal or none at all.

[Frank Merton]

When I'm awake I'm awake; when I'm asleep, I'm asleep. Then there is an in-between state I call "dozing" that is quite nice and not at all frightening and is when I come up with my best algorithms, although when this happens I suddenly become wide awake with excitement.

There is also directed dreaming.  I've played around with it but found it of limited if any use.  About the only thing I do with it is when the dream is getting nightmarish I tell it to stop this or I'll wake up.  The dream tends to obey.