Waking up with sleep paralysis: anyone else?
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Thomas Hernandez86 said:A good friend was telling me the other day about how this weird thing keeps happening to him. He’ll be fast asleep, and then suddenly, he snaps awake only to realize he’s completely paralyzed. He can't move a single muscle. It lasts for maybe thirty seconds or so, and then just as quickly, everything returns to normal.
He says there isn't any pain or cramping involved, which is lucky, I guess—it's just pure, unadulterated fear.
To me, this sounds 😲 , honestly. I've never heard of anything like it before. Does anyone actually know what's going on during those moments?
The exact same thing happened to me! It was during the day back in July 2003. It’s definitely not a great feeling—you feel terrified, but nothing hurts. It's just an incredibly bizarre sensation.
I've definitely experienced it myself... and once it happened, it never occurred again.