[QUOTE="helium_flash"][QUOTE="nickyb628"][QUOTE="gamah_killah"][QUOTE="suicidalpoptrt"][QUOTE="ironarab"]I do, and i occasionally have sleep paralysis which is pretty terrifying at times.nickyb628
What exactly is that?A scary experience. Feels near-death like
Sleep paralysis is a state where your mind is awake, but your body isn't, so you have no control over your body at the time, hence the paralysis. It basically means you can't breathe for upwards of a minute in my case.
Actually you are breathing, you just can't tell because you can't control your body. If we couldn't breath, then we would suffocate when we slept. :|If I tell my body to inhale due to the need of oxygen, and my body doesn't respond, I believe that can be classified as "not being able to breathe". So in my case, I can't breathe during this paralysis.
Sleep apnea causes a pause or stop in breathing, not sleep paralysis. Paralysis may cause you to lose control of your muscles. However you will of minimal control of your breathing, so you might interpret these feelings as either suffocation, choking, shortness of breath, not being able to breathe, etc.
Lucid dreams are win and flying is awesome. Last one I had though, I was being chased by Iron Man.
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