[iAM_Vindicated]

well it's been happening on and off for 4 years. basically it's when your mind awakes before your body does.. so you are stuck and paralyzed. your body cant move.. it kind of feels like suffocation and it takes a while to loosen up and "awake" or become free to move. these days ive been getting it almost everyday and its creeping me out, but at the same time im use to is. korean people usually call this gahwee (scissorlock).. well different cultures have different names for it.. so iono. usually one would panic when getting this but then its become so routine that i just wait until it's over. i can control my thoughts too... like although im dreaming/or not dreaming... my thoughts are alert. a few days ago.. to make sure that this was ACTUALLY real.. and not make believe dream, i told myself to think of an object next time i get that sleep paralysis thing. to my suprise i was able to think of it when i got paralyzed so IT's REAL! ok i duno if that made sense, but im kind of freakin out here bc i want to kno the cure. nobody knows how to treat it... i mean besides sleeping early and not stressing out. i duno whether this is a psycological illness <- ok maybe not that extreme, but i need to seek help. i just dont know who though.. bc everyone else thinks im crazy. and trust me, im just a normal grl... i dont experience stress that much.. my life is content. i just dont kno whats happening to me everytime im sleeping and why this happens to me.
does anyone have the same experience or can give me any answers as to why this is happening? ive done my research... but nothing is helping me

[jbdoom]

I've had it before except there was dark shadowlike creature that walks over to me and sits on my chest.
Scary stuff. I guess the next time you experience it, just gradually try to move a body part until you're fully awake and aware.

[hairbalL]

I heard people say to put a knife under your matress and it will stop, no idea why, something about being more aware or something.

[supertammie]

i used to get this all the time
i heard that if you sleep on your side rather than your back, then it'll stop

[j i w o n.]

oh isn't that the scissor thing... umm in korean its called.. uhh gosh. I forgot. gah wee something.
where you're awake but you can't move.
scary :X
I never experienced it... I don't think I did. my friend was telling me how scary it was when she experienced it.

[HKS457]

i get it here and there, dont worry its just a ghost bugging you =p

[aymei]

That happened to me like a few days ago, and omfg it was hella scary. I was staring outside my window seeing shadows and I wanted to get up but I couldn't. And like about 5 minutes later I was able to get up. It was a freaky moment.

[Vanessa728]

I'm not sure, but something similiar like that happened to me. My family and I was visiting our cousins to see our sick Grandma. Unfortunately she died, and we had to head back home for the week. I was sleeping in the car and it seemed like I was awake but I couldn't move. I couldn't open my eyes. I tried to scream but nothing happened. It FREAKED me out!! It seemed like 5 minutes LONG, and it stopped. I opened my eyes and I let out a big *Gasp*. I wondered what it was, and I decided to close my eyes again. This time it only lasted for about 5 seconds.
Well that was a once experience. Definitely don't want it to happen again.

[SaturnCharm]

I don't know about some of yours where you say you see shadows.. Your eyes are open? Mines when this happens they are close.

Well, I don't have any advice to help you from not having it but I have heard some stuff about it from this one lady who seems to know more about it.. ^^ I can't say her name cuz you guys will think I'm crazy.

[Shakespeare]

It could be that you've a weak body. You should try eating regularly and exercise. That really does help. Oh yeah, sleeping on your side is also a way to avoid it, but even then, sleep paralysis can still occur. But it's actually unhealthy for your body to sleep on the sides.

[Mrs.Winchester]

ya happens too me all the time, funny thing is i'm still awake when it happens to me, i'm fully aware of my surounding but i cant move. also, i could feel it happening before it happens, my head gets heavy, my eardrums start making funnynoises, and then i start hearing people scream, laugh and whisper, itsl ike fastforwarding 6 movies all at once. and then i cant move. sometimes i can get outta of it right away. but i cant stop it from happening. ><, used to it tho, happens ALL the time,ever since i can remember, almost every 2days. but lately it stopped for 3 weeks, i dont know why.

[prettypeach]

i've read an article about it before, that sleep paralysis relates to out of body experience...i'm not sure if it applies to all though

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[JULiiA.]

Try sleeping in a different room, just for a night to see if it happens to you in a different place. My cousin and my aunt, everytime they sleep in the master bedroom, they get the gawee thing. That and they also get nightmares. So as long as they stay away from that room, they're fine. Its wierd because my uncle or my male cousin, when they sleep there, they're fine. ITs also fine for the oldest female cousin.

Hopefully you'll be able to sleep soundly soon enough, i hope everyone's suggestions help you out.

[sweet_dreamz]

aww thats freeky ! poor u.
i heard that alot of people had experienced that..i neva wanna experience that >.< ill be like pissin in my pantts >=O jks

[Bandido]

Its similar to mine. Sometimes I sleep but my ears are still fully awake, I can hear everybody talking and stuffs.

Also one time, while watching a movie at my room, I fell asleep but its like my ears and my eyes are awake[fyi: my eyes are closed at that time],because I can see & hear the movie that i was watching while asleep.

Its weird, but cool at the same time lols

[Seraphic_Gin]

yup. it used to happen to me..and is still is today...

i feel like i've been possessed or something..it's really weird...

[Joanna]

i used to get this all the time
i heard that if you sleep on your side rather than your back, then it'll stop

yeh recently i've been sleeping on my side and it works..

I've experienced sleep paralysis for 2 weeks during and after my school exams. it was so scary i sometimes too scared to go to sleep. there's this arm that appears and suffocates me putting their hand on my chest and everytime I attempt to get up, the arm appears again >< i have to try at least 5 times until I get actually "get up" sometimes i need to literally stand up to get up.

apparently stress is the cause for this and I think it was for me because I was really stressed about my exams for those few weeks.

[jayneefahxD]

yeh recently i've been sleeping on my side and it works..

I've experienced sleep paralysis for 2 weeks during and after my school exams. it was so scary i sometimes too scared to go to sleep. there's this arm that appears and suffocates me putting their hand on my chest and everytime I attempt to get up, the arm appears again >< i have to try at least 5 times until I get actually "get up" sometimes i need to literally stand up to get up.

apparently stress is the cause for this and I think it was for me because I was really stressed about my exams for those few weeks.

^woww that's pretty freaky>___<

[Lebanese_Blonde]

practice trying to lift your arms above your head like ur stretching when u stand except that ur laying down
try doing it before u sleep and try to remember it next time it happens because usually if u get pains or REM par. in your sleep its best to move your muscles. this prolly works a lot better with nighttime pain but REM par. can be painful sometimes so give it a try.

oh and its hard to take care of if you're exhausted because its almost like lag. yourre mentally ready to wake up but your body is still in dream state trying to pin you down so you dont hurt yourself in your sleep.

[KyOotKrnAng3l]

pray... i had that happen to me twice in a row same day almost same time... it was freaky... so now im afraid that it's goning to happen to me again. =/