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Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis

4/13/2008 8:10:42 PM Intrill01
83 Posts

On top of having dreams about black cats, I am now going through what I am told is sleep paralysis. It's like I am trying to wake up but I can't move anything on my body and it feels like I am not breathing either. Some people have said it has something to do with spirits holding you down, but I don't know that I buy that. Has anyone experienced this ?

RE: Sleep Paralysis

4/17/2008 6:00:24 AM Stormstar878
73 Posts

Not to worry, from what I have heard, sleep paralysis is not in any way harmful. Yes, it can be scary but it will not hurt you in any way. There is a great article on Wikipedia about it. My brother used to suffer from this lots. It was frightening for a while, until he did some research.

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