Kylilin Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Yesterday I went to my girlfriends house after class, she left to go to work, and I still had a couple of hours until I had to go to work, so I decided to take a nap. When I wake up, I realize I can't move my body, but I know I am awake, because I can hear ESPN on the television. TO make a long story short, I am lying there trying to move my legs as hard as I have ever tried in my life to move them when they finally move a little, then a little more, then all the way. At that point, I guess my physical body decided to wake itself up, so I got up. It really bugged me out, because it happens to me every once in a while, and I get bugged out every time. Has this happened to anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 All the time. It happens to me at least four times a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba The Hunt Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Never happened to me, but I can imagine how it would happen. Your concious brain has woken up before your body has (or the bit of your brain that controls your body), as we dont know where conciousness resides in the brain then this could be quite interesting, have you guys ever thought about asking some researchers or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 It's happened a few times... I try not to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadDoofer Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 That's happened to me once before. It freaked the hell out of me because I couldn't open my eyelids, even though I was awake. *shudders* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 what you're experiencing is actually a documented disorder...i wanna say that the ppl experiencing it are called catatonics, but don't quote me on it...drat, if only i had my psych notes here...i'm not sure what a doctor would do about it, if they could do anything at all. just be thankful you're not the opposite; some people have a disorder where their brains fall asleep and their bodies don't. needless to say, these ppl hurt themselves a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Aren't they called sleepwalkers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 no this is different, because they are awake when their brains fall asleep, it isn't like they're asleep and their bodies wake up..that is just a malfunctioning stage of sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Originally posted by Andromeda ...some people have a disorder where their brains fall asleep and their bodies don't. Sort of like Jabba, then. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 I wanted to say that. I hate you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 You'd hate me a lot more if I went with my original impulse and put your name in there. I just figured we've picked on you enough lately, and it's impossible to pick on Jabba too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 You're so kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Originally posted by Rogue Nine You're so kind. Without a doubt the biggest understatement you'll ever make.... Well besides saying that I never spammed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicidalXWing Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 First time I've heard of this ever happening, or the disorder for that matter. Obviously I probably don't have it as I have never experienced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 these people clearly have polio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikhnaton Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 what is this "waking up" that you people are talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted November 13, 2002 Author Share Posted November 13, 2002 You know Nute, I have been feeling a little polie lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 And what is this "nap" thing? Does it have something to do with that "sleeping" thing a keep hearing about? What is all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Originally posted by Jem And what is this "nap" thing? Does it have something to do with that "sleeping" thing a keep hearing about? What is all this? You see, nap is when a man and a women get friskey. Sleeping is what a man and a women do together for fun. *silence* Well that's what the pimp daddy clown said under that "XXX" sign... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Originally posted by Tyrion Sleeping is what a man and a women do together for fun. Plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead. As I already posted over on JK.net: I've heard of this!!! There was a thing about it on TV in September (on The Learning Channel's "Supernatural Week"). It's called sleep paralysis. Y'see, when you sleep, part of your brain shuts down motor control, so that you don't "act out" what you're dreaming (people who sleepwalk obviously have a problem with this "cutoff"). Thing is, sometimes you regain consciousness in such a way that your conscious mind wakes up before your brain has shut off the paralysis. That's what seemed to happen to you. It's usually associated with a sense of dislocation and movement (as if someone has picked you up and is carrying you). It often even includes visual and auditory hallucinations (there's someone else in the room). At some point during the experience, most people drift unknowingly back to sleep (their brain puts them out again so it can turn off the paralysis). It tends primarily to affect those who have a pronounced vulnerability to hypnosis (something to do with how the perception/consciousness centres are wired). Skeptics have pointed to this as the "real" cause of Alien Abduction and Demonic Visitation experiences (the paralysis, someone in the room with you, levitation, movement through walls, etc). Some of the stories the TV thing gave (from people who've had the experience) are just chilling. One guy remembered waking up in his apartment, paralyzed. Thing is, he could hear other people in the room, whispering in some language he couldn't make out (he lived alone, BTW). Out of the corners of his eyes, he could see shadows darting around him --non-human shadows. Then, the shadows at the foot of his bed resolve into this massive form, with two red lights where the eyes should be. Then he actually felt this large, clawed hand grab his ankle (it was sticking out from under the covers) and drag him out of his bed, out of his room, and down the stairs. : He could actually feel his head and shoulders bouncing down the stairs. Then he suddenly woke up, in his bed, alone, in the middle of the night. : Another woman reported waking up and seeing that one wall of her bedroom was just gone, replaced by an inferno, and that she saw someone dark and massive standing in the fire, staring at her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold leader Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 I always say: "Be moderate with cheese fondue" Then again, if I could choose my middle name, it would be "skeptic". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 or you could just say, "the things people do to get on TV" and use it as an example os us over-medicating society....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 Originally posted by Flying Beastie One guy remembered waking up in his apartment, paralyzed. Thing is, he could hear other people in the room, whispering in some language he couldn't make out (he lived alone, BTW). Out of the corners of his eyes, he could see shadows darting around him --non-human shadows. Then, the shadows at the foot of his bed resolve into this massive form, with two red lights where the eyes should be. Then he actually felt this large, clawed hand grab his ankle (it was sticking out from under the covers) and drag him out of his bed, out of his room, and down the stairs. : He could actually feel his head and shoulders bouncing down the stairs. Sounds like a homosexual version of Rosemary's Baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 doesn't guy + monster = beastiality ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 Why do you assume that the clawed, glowy-eyed demon was male? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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