Sleep paralysis, Anyone else gotten it before? Options

[xoxo_proud]

This occurs after waking up or shortly before falling asleep. the person cannot move any body part, cannot speak, and only has minimal control over blinking and breathing. Images or speaking that appear during the paralysis. The person may think that someone is standing beside them or they may hear strange sounds. These may be dreamlike, possibly causing the person to think that they are still dreaming. Often it is reported as feeling a weight on one's chest, as if being underneath a person or heavy object.

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I had a really bad episode a couple of years ago. I heard this gunshot in my ear and I couldn't talk or move at all for almost a minute. It scared me to death. And then a while back I would wake up every night and I couldn't move any part of my body. Sometimes I'd wake up several times in one night and I'd be paralysed. I lost alot of sleep over that but I haven't gotten it in a while.

[Rachel]

This happened to my boyfriend last year and it was sooo f*cking scary for both of us. He was really sick that day and we didn't know what was wrong with him and he passed out in my bed. I was watching TV and he started talking in his sleep, so I went over to try and wake him up because it sounded like a bad dream and he wouldn't wake up. I was starting to freak out and then he woke up a few minutes later REALLY freaked out and said it was like he had died or something. IDK, enough was enough for me and we went to the hospital and he ended up having the shingles or something ridiculous.