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I think I had a recurring bout of sleep paralysis a couple years ago, just figured out what it was, but it was real strange.  First, every night in a row for ten nights, it would happen, and I was stick straight in my bed when I would "wake up".  For the record, I'm NEVER stick straight in my bed.  The first night,  felt similar to, but much worse than, say, a foot that has fallen asleep and is just waking up.    But every night after that, the sensation became less and less painful and actually on the tenth night, it tickled so bad I was laughing my head off for minutes even after i came out of paralysis because I was remembering the sensation.  The paralysis and the pain was scary, at first, but it started to get "old" after a bit and I knew the routine.  Usually, I would come out of paralysis by finding the finger or toe that I was actually able to move.  Once I wiggled my ears, though that has no bones

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Bug girl,
I found this in Wikipedia. I hope it helps you some. 

 
 
The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli (1781) is thought to be one of the classic depictions of sleep paralysis perceived as a demonic visitation.Sleep paralysis is a common condition that may occur in normal subjects or be associated with narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occur during REM sleep.[1] When considered to be a disease, isolated sleep paralysis is classified as MeSH D020188.[2]

Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the body paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully conscious, but unable to move. In addition, the state may be accompanied by terrifying hallucinations (hypnopompic or hypnagogic) and an acute sense of danger.[3] Sleep paralysis is particularly frightening to the individual due to the vividness of such hallucinations.[4] The hallucinatory element to sleep paralysis makes it even more likely that someone will interpret the experience as a dream, since completely fanciful, or dream-like, objects may appear in the room alongside one's normal vision. Some scientists have proposed this condition as an explanation for alien abductions and ghostly encounters.[5] A study by Susan Blackmore and Marcus Cox of the University of the West of England supports the suggestion that alien abductions are related to sleep paralysis rather than to temporal lobe lability.[6]

The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes "after which the individual may experience panic symptoms and the realization that the distorted perceptions were false".[7] When there is an absence of narcolepsy, sleep paralysis is referred to as isolated sleep paralysis (ISP).[8] "ISP appears to be far more common and recurrent among African Americans than among White Americans or Nigerian Blacks",[9] and is often referred to within African American communities as "the witch riding your back"[10][11]

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1 Symptoms 
2 Possible causes 
3 Treatment 
4 Related phenomena 
5 Folklore 
6 Notes 
7 References 
8 External links

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weird. i have non stop nightmares, as soon as i fall asleep, it's either nightmares or nothingness

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