Sleep Apnea Causes

I am currently seeing a doctor for possible PVST (Paroxysmal Supraventricle Tachycarida) and it’s wearing out my energy. When I take naps in the afternoon I experience sleep paralysis, and occasionally at night.

They are two different conditions. the PVST involves a rapid beating of the heart due to an affectation of the AV node, which is treatable. Actually, this could provoque the whole opposite effect, such as an anxiety state.
The sleep paralysis is something I know first hand, and I know how it feels, they are two different conditions. That could be a secondary effect of the fatigue your other condition gives you. I get it (the paralysis) when i am really tired too.

you will be OK, just do what the doc says. Wish you the best!

I had two episodes last night, both were pretty terrifying. Even as a 18 year old, I was tempted to go crawl in bed with my mom after the second one. The first one I hallucinated an out of body experience, but during the second one I was completely lucid and aware of what was going on.

I was just wondering, is there any relationship between sleep paralysis and depression? My depression seems to be worsening and I’m wondering if these episodes are symptomatic of anything.

Studies conducted have suggested a link between Sleep Paralysis and Social Anxiety (usually comorbid with Depression).

Documentary exploring sleep paralysis and ghostly visions…

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This is a reenactment I made in GMod of what my first ever experience with this interesting little psychological phenomena called sleep paralysis. It happened a couple of years ago when I feel asleep with the TV on in the other room. I have been having them ever since. Usually a few times a month or so, depending on my sleep pattern.

Its a common condition where your brain is literally half asleep and half conscious. Sometimes but not always accompanied by hallucinations, some more terrifying then others.

I have it happen to me regularly and I feel obligated to have such an experience. I know there are many others out there that experience it and are terrified of it, it haunts them and makes it difficult to sleep.

I just want to say stop fearing it, and learn about it. We don’t know a whole lot about our brain and I think this is a huge insight of its power and what it can do. It certainly opens up to lucid dreaming and if you learn to control your fear of it you can have yourself floating around the room or run down your street and take off flying.

Anyways, post comments or video responses of your experiences. I love to hear about them. =]

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My old band Kastle Grey Skull at Zen Sushi 08-16-07 playing Sleep Paralysis one of my old gems.

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I have experienced a nightmare in which I wake up and I am paralyzed and pressed upon by an evil entity. I am between awake and asleep but cannot move or speak. I pray in my sleep and the entity goes away. I researched the ‘dream’ I was having and it sounds like sleep paralysis. Is there anything I can do to lessen the intensity? I would prefer to go through life not thinking demons are attacking me in my sleep, if at all possible.

Actually, sleep paralysis may be secondary to another sleep disorder such as narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. It might be best if you visit your GP and get a referral to do some tests while you’re asleep.

Best of luck.

Documentary exploring sleep paralysis and ghostly visions…

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This is a video about sleep paralysis, and how to stop it.
The first half is a collection of testimonies from youtube from various people sharing their experiences with sleep paralysis. .
The second half is a collection of testimonies of people that have ended sleep paralysis taken from an unlikely source: “Alien Abduction Crisis Centers of America” ( http://aaccoa.org )

While the two types of experiences are different in some cases, in others the similarities are undeniable. The interesting part is that they are both stopped the same way.

These experiences are very different apparently we can stop sleep paralysis, or alien abduction the same way, listen to the accounts of people from all kinds of different backgrounds tell you their stories.

There is Hope

Thanks to Joe Jordan and aaccoa for all their love and work.

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Damien is a 21 year old narcoleptic who lives in York with his parents, who run an old fashioned guest house. His unusual condition has had a devastating impact on all of their lives. He often finds many of the things that we take for granted a real struggle: paying attention, learning, getting and keeping a job, communicating, sleeping (ironically).

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I have experienced sleep paralysis for the first time ine my life on wednesday morning and last night it happened twice. I was wondering if t here are any dangerous in this. I went to the doctor’s thursday on a unrelated note and told him about my experience and he explained that it was sleep paralysis. I have somethign wrong with my heart (need further tests to know what it is), could a heart defect cause sleep paralysis? Or something like sleep paralysis?

Sleep paralysis i a frequent phenomenon in youg and anxious people.
We call it "parasomnias" (to impress people), and there are several of them
One, the most frequent, is the sleep paralysis ( not a real paralysis but really scares away the wits out of you), and seeing "insects" crawling on the wall when you are half asleep or half awake…another parasomnia, is falling to the floor for some few seconds, after a burst of laughters..
Sleep paralysis is experioenved by 83,6% of all people, in one moment of life or another, however its extremely common in anxious, young people.
The feeling is being awake for some few seconds 10-20, and being unable to move any part of your body, even when you are aware that you are awake, and have the purpose of moving the limbs…and cant do so…until you can move a toe for instance, and the ability to move spreads to the rest of the body in 2-3 seconds….
Its a very frightening experience, to say the least. however it is caused by anxiety, and will dissapear alone or if annoying too much, then mild amounts of antidepressants (amytriptiline 25 mg ate bed tome or imipramine 10 mg) usually resolves the problem.
Is an all too common question of young people in reproductive age, and aven more scared (unnecesarily so) are boys and girls between 8 to 14 years of age..
Nobody has been harmed or diseased by sleep paralysis,….its more annoying than dangerous (it bears no danger in itself, however it expresses daytime anxiety)
Tou will be OK no matter what…