Speaking of weird awakenings

[censored] · #1 04-07-2005, 06:07 AM

Does anyone ever wake up unable to move your arms and/or legs? This happens to me more and more. I will wake up and one of more of my limbs will be completely cold and without feeling. This lasts for a minute or so during which time I use my torso or a moveable arm to shake the non working limbs back to life. Am I alone here?

Jman28 · #2 04-07-2005, 06:09 AM

Are you skinny?

[censored] · #3 04-07-2005, 06:10 AM

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Are you skinny?

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yes, 5'10 150-155

Jman28 · #4 04-07-2005, 06:13 AM

This happens to a friend of mine who is extremely skinny anytime he doesnt sleep with his arms and legs straight out.

When his arms or legs are bent, the veins get squeezed shut and no blood gets to the limbs. Then he wakes up and can't move them for hours.

MelK · #5 04-07-2005, 07:10 AM

Welcome to a wonderful future of gangreene and amputation.

Matty · #6 04-07-2005, 07:38 AM

If you ever get any kinds of tingling or numbess while awake you should be worried. Even if not I'd still mention it to your doctor.

GuyOnTilt · #7 04-07-2005, 07:44 AM

This is buried somewhere in my brain, so I might be wrong about some of this.

Your brain releases a drug or chemical or whatever during the REM stage of sleep that in essence paralyzes your body to keep you from "acting" out your dreams. Some people have a tendency to wake up during this stage of sleep while the chemical is still at work, and experience what feels like temporary paralysis. It is very often accompanied by an intense feeling of fear or of a presence of someone or something. Also, pressure on your chest like you're being held down. A lot of people also have auditory hallucinations, like an old lady cackling. I believe the brain restricts all sensory functions except sight, so you're still able to move your eyes.

I've never experienced any of this, so I have no clue about this stuff other than what I vaguely remember reading a long while back, so I might be wrong on some stuff and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of other things.

GoT

BusterStacks · #8 04-07-2005, 07:46 AM

The other night I had a dream about something that was not important, yet I had every single detail of the situation. It was VERY WIERD>

etizzle · #9 04-07-2005, 07:47 AM

this happens to me about once a month or so

it is quite hilarious

DukeSucks · #10 04-07-2005, 08:08 AM

This had never happened to me until a friend mentioned it one day. Now it happens to me quite a bit. Usually it's when I roll over and sleep on my arm, cutting off circulation. Once I use my other arm to pick it up and move it, I can feel the blood coming back and it works fine.
It is very weird, and scary the first time it happens.