25 years
I don't know how to describe my case but some people call it "abu rabous", others call it "al jathoum". It's the worst painful, scaring experience that can happen while sleeping. Any help?
Dec 7, 2013
Sleep Paralysis is when your brain wakes up from the Rapid Eye Movement (REM), but your whole body is in a paralyzed state. Your mind becomes fully conscious in bed but you are not able to move your body.
It feels like you are experiencing a nightmare but you are awake. You wake up feeling like you were actually living in a bad dream for a couple of seconds or even up to a couple of minutes.The worst part about sleep paralysis is that you feel stuck and have no idea why you're frozen in this state
Symptoms might include :
- Vivid images, feels like the dream of all dreams
- Hallucinations, people experience a large bug or insect trying to eat them
- A devil, demon or scary ghost is in your room
- Unable to breathe – Somebody sitting on your chest or being suffocated by the covers
- Falling to the ground
- Life like sensations, Impending doom
- Smells
- Intruder in the room
There is no exact cause on why some people get this horrible sensation called sleep paralysis.
Some common Causes Include:
- Not getting enough sleep
- Drinking an of excess alcohol
- Medical conditions, ex. narcolepsy
- Leg cramps
- Change in your sleep pattern
- Passed down from family
- Low levels of melatonin
- Change in your lifestyle, ex. eating habits etc
- If you sleep on your back
-Change your sleep patterns. Get 7 to 8 hours of a night's sleep
- Change the environment around you. Did you make a sudden change in your life that’s not working out?
- More likely to experience when you sleep on your back
- Snap out of your depression
- Work out at the gym or meditate
- Eat healthy, balanced food and drink plenty of water
- Avoid heavy night meals
-Once in the sleep paralysis state, don’t fight it. Let it ride out and say to yourself it will pass
- Reduce your stress levels or anxiety levels
- Go to bed early and get a good night sleep
- Remember it doesn’t kill you
- Turn it into a good experience. Some people report having a mystical experience during this state.
- Focus. Try your best to snap out of it. If you force yourself hard enough you will wake up
- It is a medical phenomenon! Don’t think you're going crazy, and try not to associate it with bad thoughts
- Relax. Don’t work yourself over an issue you're going to snap out of in seconds.
- Meditate before you go to bed.
Sometimes, there may be a medical condition affecting your sleep too, if you have any medical condition, treating it might reduce these.
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