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Sleep Paralysis

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  • 06-10-2017 9:42pm
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    Sephiroth_dude
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    What causes sleep paralysis?


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    Sam Kade
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    The wonders of google :)
    https://www.google.ie/search?q=what+causes+sleep+paralysis&oq=what+causes+slee&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0l10.247169.253933.0.257270.16.16.0.0.0.0.374.3593.0j3j7j4.14.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..2.14.3555...0i67k1j0i131k1.0.ancqkkXjs-U


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    How are do you feel before sleep Seph? How does your day go?


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    How are do you feel before sleep Seph? How does your day go?

    Sometimes anxious, up until recently my days were quite stressful because my brother who is an alcoholic was still living at home and I would worry about that and worry about my mam too as she found it hard too deal with him and ended up in hospital because of the stress he caused her but he's in the half house now at the moment and everything is peaceful again at home.

    I first got sleep paralysis in 08 and that's the only time I can remember it really but I know I've had it several times since then it just wasn't as bad as that first time. I woke up and my body was completely and I couldn't move and then I saw what I can only describe as an old hag walking up and down the side of the bed :eek: , it frightened the bejaysus out of me :eek:.

    I got it again last week after not getting it for a long time, I woke up and I couldn't move but that's all I remember really.


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    I'm a firm believer in our dream world reflecting our waking life and any issues buried in our unconscious. Dealing with your brother can't be easy Seph. You're worried about your mam and about him. What about you? Are you looking after yourself? I don't know the exact cause of the sleep paralysis but I'd put money on it being related to your home life.


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    Fathom
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    I woke up and my body was completely and I couldn't move and then I saw what I can only describe as an old hag walking up and down the side of the bed :eek: , it frightened the bejaysus out of me :eek:.
    Were you dreaming that you were dreaming Dude?


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    Fathom
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    Slow motion dream. Could move. But slowly.


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    Fathom
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    Sleep paralysis is not uncommon. "In a sample of 1798 university undergraduates (females, n = 976; males, n = 822) 21% reported one or more episodes of sleep paralysis, and there was no significant sex difference in this regard." Ref: Spanos, NP, McNulty, SA, DuBreuil, SC, Pires, M, and Burgess, MF, in The Frequency and Correlates of Sleep Paralysis in a University Sample, Journal of Research in Personality, Volume 29, Issue 3, September 1995, Pages 285-305.


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Were you dreaming that you were dreaming Dude?

    I don't think so , can't remember being honest :o


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    Fathom
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    I don't think so , can't remember being honest :o
    When between dream and awake, it's sometimes hard to tell.


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    Got this again last night, could feel myself trying too wake up and not being able too move and panicking a bit,had a fairly intense dream as well before this.


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    Fathom
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Got this again last night, could feel myself trying too wake up and not being able too move and panicking a bit,had a fairly intense dream as well before this.
    Intense dream before? Any relationship with sleep paralysis?


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    Black Swan
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    ...could feel myself trying too wake up and not being able too move...
    After pulling an all-nighter, I have experienced this too. Wonder if my exhausted body was trying to tell me something?


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    branie2
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    Lying on your back


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    Fathom
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Lying on your back
    Would sleeping position affect dreams? Uncertain.


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    Icdeadpeepul
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    I suffered from what I believe was sleep paralysis for years. I would often want to wake up as someone/thing was approaching my bed. I would trying shaking the bed to wake up my wife so she would wake me up. Once it actually happened! This occurred as long as I can remember, maybe 2-4 times a year or more. Not pleasant. As far as dreams, I've always had lots, mostly pleasant and detailed.

    Then I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea in my late 50s. I didn't associate the two circumstances, but ever since I started using a CPAP nightly, I haven't experienced the sleep paralysis once in over 8 years! A connection? Dunno.


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    Fathom
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    Interesting Icdeadpeepul. Not certain about cause-and-effect.


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    Black Swan
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Interesting Icdeadpeepul. Not certain about cause-and-effect.
    There might be empirical studies with this research topic, but I lack time to do a search at the moment.


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    Fathom
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    Jerome A. Dempsey, et al (2010) in Pathophysiology of Sleep Apnea, Physiological Reviews, Vol. 90 no. 1, 47-112, conclude: "Neurocognitive effects include daytime sleepiness and impaired memory and concentration." Sleep paralysis may or may not be associated with sleep apnea.


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