[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by ni'k

that's called sleep paralysis. almost everyone gets it, but most of the time you don't remember it. i went thru a period were it happened almost nightly with auditory hallucinations and things in the room.

some people have ones were there is a person or light or something in the room with them or sitting on their chest. in the middle ages it was at times attributed to succubi, and more recently has been suggested as the real cause of some people's claims about alien abductions.

back when i was getting extreme bouts of it it could happen maybe 5-6 times in one night, but eventually i'd be able to break free of it by slowly forcing myself to move a finger, and then another until i got back up and broke out of it, but as soon as i would lay down again it would happen.

what i find fascinating is that such freaky shit like this happens to so many of us but we don't even talk about it to each other.

excellent case-study. high marks for detailed account.

sleep paralysis is an extreme form of more common hypnagogic hallucinations. it has only recently been linked to a condition where certain reuptake systems fail, causing the normal body-paralysis that is experienced during REM to continue, despite waking.

were you taking opiates or prescribed SSRIs at the time?

please enjoy faux-rep. my first attempt failed.