MidnightCalm
11-03-14, 19:26
Earlier I napped, after having only slept 2 hours last night.
Not only do I wake a lot (as seen in previous thread) gasping for air with a rapid heart but sometimes I wake and can't move.
It's happened in the past where I've opened my eyes, felt half dreaming still and been unable to move for a few seconds but today it was intense.
I woke up, but I couldn't keep my eyes open, they were like flickering. I was half dreaming and half seeing my room in reality, I couldn't keep my eyes open, I was fighting to wake up. It lasted about 20 seconds. I was so coherent that I remember thinking I need to wake up from this dream, try smacking yourself, I thought I was smacking myself but I obviously wasn't, are you breathing okay or have you stopped? Try shouting. I "shouted" but it turns out I hadn't as nobody heard me so I must have shouted in my dream.
I just remember my eyes flickering really hard, like I was straining to stay awake whilst my body was fighting to keep me asleep. I woke up after about 20 seconds and was terrified, heart racing.
It was the most horrible thing. I've read up on sleep paralysis and it seems the same but what I don't understand is why everybody else says their eyes are open, mine blinking rapidly. I wasn't shaking or anything, or "seizuring" as I would think it happens, and I know/think I was breathing perfectly fine. It was kind of like REM (rapid eye movement) but with my eyes open but i wasn't awake. I was looking at my room but I was asleep 50% I'd say.
Help??? I feel like this anxiety is manifesting itself in many more ways daily and now I can't even get away from it in sleep???
Not only do I wake a lot (as seen in previous thread) gasping for air with a rapid heart but sometimes I wake and can't move.
It's happened in the past where I've opened my eyes, felt half dreaming still and been unable to move for a few seconds but today it was intense.
I woke up, but I couldn't keep my eyes open, they were like flickering. I was half dreaming and half seeing my room in reality, I couldn't keep my eyes open, I was fighting to wake up. It lasted about 20 seconds. I was so coherent that I remember thinking I need to wake up from this dream, try smacking yourself, I thought I was smacking myself but I obviously wasn't, are you breathing okay or have you stopped? Try shouting. I "shouted" but it turns out I hadn't as nobody heard me so I must have shouted in my dream.
I just remember my eyes flickering really hard, like I was straining to stay awake whilst my body was fighting to keep me asleep. I woke up after about 20 seconds and was terrified, heart racing.
It was the most horrible thing. I've read up on sleep paralysis and it seems the same but what I don't understand is why everybody else says their eyes are open, mine blinking rapidly. I wasn't shaking or anything, or "seizuring" as I would think it happens, and I know/think I was breathing perfectly fine. It was kind of like REM (rapid eye movement) but with my eyes open but i wasn't awake. I was looking at my room but I was asleep 50% I'd say.
Help??? I feel like this anxiety is manifesting itself in many more ways daily and now I can't even get away from it in sleep???