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Q: Sleep Paralysis Hallucinations
asked by: Chelsipie84 on August 9th, 2007
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Hello!

I've had sleep paralysis for a long time and it's terrifying each time because it feels like I'm going to die.

First question. When you feel like you cannot breath during sleep paralysis, are you actually having trouble breathing, or is it just the sensation?

Also when I have sleep paralysis my ears ring really loud so that's all I can hear usually. Sometimes I hear people talking that I don't even live with or I will hear a large crowd of people talking even though nobody is home. So I guess that would be auditory hallucinations. Sometimes it sounds like radio static.

If my eyes are open I don't see much but it looks like when you have bad reception on your tv and you can sort of make out a channel but it's mostly fuz.

At that point I usually feel like I am dying. My chest will hurt. I feel like moving but can't. Or I will think I moved and got up but then realize I hadn't done anything. Sometimes I feel as if I am being tickled.

Over the years the symptoms have gotten scarier and scarier. Does anyone else get something similar...such as hearing things or seing things or feeling things that aren't there? It makes me feel like I'm dying. Last night I was pretty sure I wouldn't make it. But I always do.
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kmabethy2005
replied on September 26th, 2007
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yes, i know exactly what you're saying! the same thing has happened to me. i was just posting on another forum in here, that i have actually ended up in someones home before, and that person was eating chips on their bed. it was so strange Smile but part of sp is out of body experiences. and we can actually go all over the world in those. so if you hear lots of voices, or hear people in your house, you may actually be having them. it's just a guess though, but i have heard of it and experienced the same thing Smile
another thing is you said it was like a tv and the fuzzy channels, i know exactly what you mean but it's so hard to explain, the person would have to actually experience it to know what you're saying. but i have been there as well, it kind of seems like my head and body feel numb, but at the same time it's almost like i'm being struck by lightning or something haha i don't know how else to describe it
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ash_essex_86
replied on September 27th, 2007
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When you feel like you cant breathe etc you can actually breathe it just feels as though u cant
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Chelsipie84
replied on September 27th, 2007
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Actually I figured out what the fuzzy noise was!!! I have my fan on all night when I sleep because it helps me sleep. When I have sleep paralysis usually the background noise doesn't sound quite the same as when I'm awake. If I listen to music when I'm sleeping it sounds different when I have the paralysis! It's almost creepy sounding. The fan sound is really crazy! Anyways at least I'm not crazy LOL!
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kmabethy2005
replied on September 28th, 2007
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great to read!! lol it's amazing how things are so distorted as we sleep, and most people don't even know where we're coming from or talking about. i'm very glad to have found this site. Smile
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ojardi
replied on October 14th, 2007
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Cant Breath Sometimes When Asleep
Hi ,i have had this problem on and off for years,but just recently its back and i get scared ,i am asleep in the night and i suddenly get aware that i feel i cant move and cant take in a breathe and it feels like i am going to die,i then will myself to breathe and its as if the breathe i am breathing in is in sections a bit at a time until i finally get the full deep breath,
i have never seen a doctor about this as he is not very sypathetic with me,saying i am panicking in my sleep,

A few nights agao i really thought i was going to die i am a christian i even in my sleep said "am i coming to you now Jesus"

anyone else get this feeling which is really scary i hate to think its just me Smile
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kmabethy2005
replied on October 19th, 2007
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at times yes, i feel a deep fear in my dreams, and i wake up with extreme anxiety. why i don't know, it may be part of it. it's nice to know that i'm not alone in my fear. i've had the same dream for the past 2 nights now, and when i awake, it seemed so real that i'm relieved that i'm still actually at my home. i can control my dreams as long as i know i'm dreaming, which i usually do. i can fly in my dreams, bad guys chase me quite a bit in my dreams, and if i wish, i can jump to the top of a tree, then fly to the top of a house to get away. does that sound strange? as i'm afraid of heights, in waking life, i can feel the anxiety in my dreams so real that it takes my breathe away as i'm sleeping at times. i remember having sp when i was young as well. an action figure was chasing me, and i couldn't move in my dream, i tried to wake myself up, but i couldn't even move, it was so scary.
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Chelsipie84
replied on November 5th, 2007
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I've actually felt like I was going to die a few times in my sleep paralysis. I've actually said a prayer in my head too. It's sort of neat about what was discussed as far as out of body experiences go. I'm not too sure that I believe in it, but I'm still open to the possibility that it can happen. I've just never had anything like it.

Actually I think one of you mentioned in this discussion that you just finished posting on another sleep paralysis discussion. I believe that was also mine. This one wasn't getting any replies so I decided to repost and make the title more catchy. It's funny because there's 3 of discussing the same topic but just on a different post Smile

I hope I didn't confuse you much! Smile

Also, one of you said that you woke up somewhere else? Did you find out how you got into that person's home? How did these people react? I find it quite interesting actually. Maybe you sleep walk as well?

That's it for me tonight!
Sweet dreams to you all Smile
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kmabethy2005
replied on November 7th, 2007
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i think it was probably me lol, i ended up in someone elses house, and they were eating chips very loudly and watching tv, i was so annoyed but couldn't bring myself to say anything, and the whole time i thought it was my ex, but we didn't have tv in my room, so that was ruled out. the person in the room didn't even seem to know that i was there, and i know it was some kind of an out of body experience, because i remember the bed being a higher off the ground bed, it was so strange. but this person was annoying me horribly with the eating chips right by my ear LOL it was very strange. another time i had one was very recently actually, i ws standing in their kitchen i believe, and they were talking with me standing right there, i remember saying something, and they just looked at me like, "who are you?" lol it was very strange, but they just ignored me and carried on with their conversation like they tuned me out. i heard every word they said, only thing is, they spoke with a very thick accent, and some in a different language, i'm thinking maybe scotland, but i'm not exactly sure, i know it wasn't in this country as strange as it sounds. it creeps me out a little bit to be honest. any suggestions as to how i can stay at home while i'm sleeping? lol
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whit3girl
replied on December 13th, 2007
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Same Problem
i had an attack last night i thought i was going to die. i heard the loud ringing noise plus my heart beat. The pressure feeling actually feels like a vibrating/ electric sensation on my whole body and pressure on my chest. I dont know whats wrong with my but everyone keeps saying the same thing im feeling and im glad to know i am in fact not going crazy.
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mehvykhan
replied on April 2nd, 2009
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Catchy title for sleep disorder
can someone please help me?
i need a catchy title for sleep disorder
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sagrl82
replied on April 21st, 2009
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well im very glad that im not the only one that has these episodes with me my entire body goes numb it startes out feeling like when your arm or foot fall asleep but its my entire body. i cant move anthing i can hear people talking or moving but im unable to speak. when the episode is over i just start gasping for air. what is this call is there a cure for it. being in the military as i am its hard cause i never know when its gonna happen
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himan
replied on July 4th, 2009
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hello,
I hope nothing will happen to you guys.Anyway I had the same experience like you. what you feel when paralysed while sleeping is mainly caused by demon. Yes believe it or not it,s a kind of demon that comes and sleeps over the chest.You want to move, talk or cry but you can,t.Sometimes maybe you can,t even notify other persons next to you. If you would be able to open your eyes you would see some kind of shadows or smoke in you room. This kind of demon doesn,t come without a reason : mainly if you sleep drunk, or without taking shower after having sex...or if there,s ubbish at your home especially things that have blood...believe me I,m well educated and i never believed in those things but finally I found it,s true.By the way I,ve been suffering from a panic atack, I visited many doctors in vain and finally I discovered it was because of demon that penetrates the body.No doctor will tell you this but if you concentrate a little bi you would feel it moving inside you while having the attack.You know all what we know in this world is very little so you should know there,s other creaures with us in this world. Mainly, every religion have it,s way to chase them out.
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ayre10
replied on August 15th, 2009
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I had another attack last night, they get worse each time. I have been sleeping with my bedside fan on for a few weeks because of the heat and its been no problem (though it has in the past). As i was about to drop off the fan started to make weird noises and i stopped myself going to sleep because i knew what was happening, I thought i was in control - i was wrong. When i let myself go the sound was sinister and then something jumped on my bed from the fan side and was banging my arm to the point of being painful. I could hear my son on his computer and tried to call to him but with no luck. EVENTUALLY came out of it by fighting to get words out - found this the best way for me after over 20 years of this crap. I had to turn the fan off and roast for the rest of the night. something very odd going on and i dont like it, its very nasty and dark.
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alicat123
replied on November 5th, 2009
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hi ive had the same experience except i felt claws running up adn down my arm while i was paralysed, i actually got somebody in to bless the house and it calmed down. I have recently had another episode of sleep paralysis but i did not feel any pain just frustration and fear of what is happening. you are not on your own i just wish it could be explained.
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