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Sleep Paralysis
by: Sleepyhead on Wed, Aug 20 2008

On August 19, 2008 I was paralized in my sleep, I was in a half sleep type, because I was able to talk to myself. Now I’m paralized, my mouth is dry like cotton, and my breathing was slowly escaping me. I was terrified, it was like the more I struggled the more paralized I became, and my breathing became worst with each struggle. I was crying out for help, I would say(HELP ME)several time, and that became exhausting. This was one of the worst ones I had in awhile. My breathing would was get shorter and shorter with every struggle, so I started to tell myself to calm down or you’ll stop breathing, I kept saying “calm down”. Every time I struggled to free myself from being paralized the deeper it got. It took a long time before I broke free @ 4:05am and then I leeped up, if I didn’t it would grip my again(from experience)I turned on the T.V. and lights, then I went to the bathroom and I was twitching and shaking, and very scared. I fought so hard, and I gave my all to stay alive and I was exhausted. This condition is real, yet I don’t hear much about it. I hope for a good night sleep again. Thank you for reading about my condition. Yours truely Sleepyhead

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Tue, Sep 30 2008
Interestingly enuff I commented on another site to someone who has just recently experienced this and lo and behold it's recurring in my life again. I...Read

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Sleep Paralysis - by Sleepyhead - (Wed, Aug 20 2008)
On August 19, 2008 I was paralized in my sleep, I was in a half sleep type, because I was able to talk to myself. Now I’m paralized, my mouth is dry like cotton, and my breathing was slowly escaping me. [more..]
Do you believe in souls? - by Clark - (Mon, Aug 18 2008)
I stayed at home through out the whole day yesterday, and I spent the day just watching TV. At 11pm, I took a bath and upon, watched TV again. I slept at around 12:30 am. At approximately 2am, I was having a nightmare. It wasn’t just one, but multiple nightmares. I remember I was being run after by a furious dog, so I kept on running and running. Then suddenly, I was just on my bed lying. [more..]

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