Anyone experience sleep paralysis? Had it a few times over the year. I suffer long COVID just now and last night I was so exhausted I was actually panicking going to sleep and woke up at 5am after what felt like multiple attempts to try wake up and felt something pushing me down and I couldn’t move or speak.
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Sleep paralysis
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i've never had sleep paralysis before but I know that it can be pretty frightening when it happens. i would suggest to you meditation or breathing exercises to calm you down before you sleep along with starting a regular sleep schedule. it would also help to get at least 6-8 hours of sleep every day but I know for a lot of us that can be a hard thing to do.
Thank you. I try meditation etc nothing really seems to help my anxiety just now it’s like I can’t get my brain to stop
It’s a common thing. Nothing to be worried about. I’ve experienced every type of parasomnia from sleep paralysis to sleep walking, REM behavioural disorder, hypnagogic hallucinations, all of it. I sleep walk quite regularly, will even act out or carry on conversations with others while asleep. What I know is that it’s genetic but it also effected by alcohol , eating late at night, and sleep deprivation. If you have reason to believe you might have sleep apnea, you should check that out, if that out as well
Question: Do you fight monsters or like horror people in your dream?
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I’ve acted out nightmares before. I’ve scared the hell out of girlfriends, friends. I can’t stay in a hotel room with others for this reason, etc
I’ve had it before! It’s so scary... but has anything been really stressing you out lately??