i can't move

[CuteMystery]

this has been happenning for 5 years now..normally it would happen every few months so i would think nothing of it..2 years ago it happened 2 times in a row and was happenning a lot more than usual...now for the passed 2 weeks it's been almost every day...i'm asleep for no more than 30 min and i wake up..but i'm frozen..something is holding me back..but i dn't see it..i kno i'm a wake..but i can't move...and i'm fighting..somthing..i don't know what...it's not letting me move...the worst part..a few days ago i was studying and i fell asleep...i woke up and somthing was having sex with me..i could feel it..but i couldn't see it...i was letting it happen but after a few seconds i started fighing to move but something was holding me back..eventually i "woke up"..the thing is i'm not dreaming..but i don't think i'm fully a wake..i'm not sure..every night now i'm so scared to go to sleep..i'm scared of whatever this thing is an if it wants something from me..or maybe i am just dreaming and it might b nothing...i don't know..it seems so real...so scary..but i don't see whatever it is...something strong is holding me down from waking up...its never violent..meaning..doesn't literally hurt me..never do i wake up with actual marks on me..just the memory..please help me..

[Varzandeh]

Hi,
It seems you work or study hard and tired all the time , so the dream symbols are mixed , and you can't wake up because you don't sleep enough.

[DARREM]

umm first off..
i have the same thing happen to me..
i started having it just two years now..that i can remember..
i wake up in the middle of the night for no reason..looking around but can't move a muscle but can see and move my eyes...
i lay their thinking what happening and get scared the first couple of minutes trying to move my toes or finger and even try to yell..

but the only way i can get out of this phase or dream(whatever this is??)

is by closing my eyes and fall back asleep..

but after i really wake up i'm afraid to sleep..when i start to fall asleep after a couple of mins i start feeling like i'm losing control again so i just get up and try to go on with the night watching tv and stay up until after school and work..

[Imogen]

Here is a link that you may find interesting and hopefully it will ease your fears about this. Sleep Paralysis Information Service

[Imogen]

and of COURSE Cute Mystery,

[janeanne]

sleep paraysis...you are in no harm, and when i look into other dreams on this sight i hav to tell you, you are not alone...right now there are so many other people going threw the same thing...I promise u r ok..look it up and see if it fits what u r going threw. i did have the same problem u did and learning about really helped and it has never happened again, and you can control it. good luck and have faith...

[FlyingMaster]

.i woke up and somthing was having sex with me..i could feel it..but i couldn't see it...i was letting it happen but after a few seconds i started fighing to move but something was holding me back..eventually i "woke up"..the thing is i'm not dreaming.

If you want, you should look at the thread below. Towards the bottom of the conversation it begins to discuss a very similar experience (sexual and all) with a potential explanation that may or may not fit in with the sleep paralysis discussion. It is interesting that so many people experience this, but have different "things" holding them back. However, in our cases, as you will read, this thing (real or hallucination) reacts very similarly.


http://www.sleeps.com/forums/lucid-d...ming/11539.htm

[neotank]

Yeah, i have those 'can't move' dreams pretty often. Usually I have to build up a ton of energy deep inside and then give my body a 'jolt' or 'shake' that nine times out of ten wakes me up.

The wierd thing is sometimes it happens real quick 'bam!' I lay my head down on the pillow and I can feel it coming. So I get a little nervous and shudder my body awake before it kicks in. It feels like my body is drugged. Usually I get up for a bit and then try again. Other times I just say 'to hell with it' and go to bed and hope for the best.

What's wierd to me is that sometimes I know that I am awake and just can't move. Other times I know I'm asleep and can't move, and yet other times I feel half asleep and can't move. So there's no real way to know exactly how/when they happen.

One thing I found that really helps big time is to sleep on your stomach. For whatever reason sleep paralysis type dreams happen more often on my back. It also might help with those sex type dreams. I would just assume that a woman wouldn't have as many while sleeping on her stomach, if one is comfortable enough to do so. Not a hundred percent sure about that though.

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by neotank

Yeah, i have those 'can't move' dreams pretty often. Usually I have to build up a ton of energy deep inside and then give my body a 'jolt' or 'shake' that nine times out of ten wakes me up.


One thing I found that really helps big time is to sleep on your stomach. For whatever reason sleep paralysis type dreams happen more often on my back. It also might help with those sex type dreams. I would just assume that a woman wouldn't have as many while sleeping on her stomach, if one is comfortable enough to do so. Not a hundred percent sure about that though.

Hi neotank,
With some experience I can tell you that sleeping on your stomach will also cause bad dreams!
First the sleep paralysis dreams happen when you sleep on your back and breathing becomes difficult because your internal organs spread out inside you and restrict the space. You may also have your arms over your chest, you might be a bit overweight. In the dreams it feels like someone is sitting on you, or you cant move a muscle. The dream is simply frightening you awake.
Sleeping on your stomach also becomes stressful especially if you have your arms under your body. In this position one or two creatures attack you in your dream and make you move, turn over or wake up.
Cheers Wolfjk

[Cheetah]

When you feel trapped, stuck or paralyzed, relax. Don't allow anxiety to overcome your rationality. Tell yourself you are dreaming and the dream will soon end. Let yourself go along with any images that appear or things that happen to your body. None of it will hurt you. Adopt an attitude of interest and curiosity about what happens.