What is it called when you wake up and you can't breathe and move and you kn!
Question: Okay I've been waking up but I'm not really awake but I can move only my arms and head and I'm moving at like 2 centimeters a minute. I can see whats around me but I can barely move, barely breathe, can't talk and all of a sudden I wake up in bed and whatever I saw is actually there so what is it called. O ya this happened this morning too.
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Answers: Okay I've been waking up but I'm not really awake but I can move only my arms and head and I'm moving at like 2 centimeters a minute. I can see whats around me but I can barely move, barely breathe, can't talk and all of a sudden I wake up in bed and whatever I saw is actually there so what is it called. O ya this happened this morning too.
And thank you in advance for everyone that answers my question. BEST ANSWER GETS 10 POINTS : )
Definately not a panic attack... some people on here just make me laugh because they have not medical knowledge whatsoever and just google things and give you an answer.
Sleep paralysis, yes. VER SCARY! It happened to me once and I don't think I have ever been that scared since.
Here's what happens.... Our bodies secrete this inhibiting hormones at night that basically paralyze us. Without these hormones, we would act out our dreams (some people actually don't produce these hormones, and DO act out their dreams, usually very violentely) anyways... Usually by the time we are awake, the hormones have worn off for the most part... though not completely. That's why you feel more comfy in the moring than you did when you went to bed.... your body is much less sensitive to little wrinkles in the sheets, too much pressure etc. When a person experiences sleep paralysis, the hormones have only worn off a teeny weeny bit. That's why you can't move. Often, these episodes are accompanied by hallucinations. It is believed that this is where the sucubus and incubus stories originated because people who experience sleep paralysis oftnen esxpereince heavyness on the chest, and often report seeing someone sitting on top of their chest. Scary! Usually, sleep paralysis occurs sporadically. Since you say this happens frequently, I would reccommend going to see a sleep specialist. They might want to do some studies to make sure there's no underlying condition that's causing this.
I know you didn't ask how sleep paralysis works, but I think it's really fascinating, so I share it with as many people as I can!
I've heard of similar symptoms being attributed to what's called a "Panic Attack."
If there are any particular stressful or depressing elements to your life that seem overwhelming, this could be a physiological response to the stress that they cause.
Check out the symptoms at the source I've listed below and see if it matches.
sounds like sleep paralysis...happens to a lot of people..just means your head is awake before you body has had the chance to wake up. It is does feel strange and some people make a big deal of it..it DOES feel scary. You can google it up and read about it if you google in those words...there are lots of different things about it..but most medical people agree that it is simply the brain has awakened a little quicker than the body. But I can testify...it has happened to me for years...at first my body will not move at all, then little by little things start to move..its nothing..and it seems like longer than it actually is..
edit-as I have gotten older I experience this more often...but at least I understand what it is and can actually process what is going on..what I hate most is when I sort of halfway hallucinate "someone" is in the room and I am trying to talk or cry out for help and my mouth will not function and that is what usually finally gets my body working...my jaw trying to operate and my voice trying to work....trying to raise my hands to my mouth....(shudder!). I also read recently that people who experience this also often have a special type of jerking before falling asleep (and I have forgotten that name!) but my legs, feet and arms jerk badly as I am trying to drift off to sleep..so apparently the article I read was right on.
I would say a panic attack
Wow I cannot imagine being you...or going through this!
I would reach out to your doctor asap!
Good luck!
Panic attack