Ever get sleep paralysis? Any other weird sleep tales?

[Lachrymose]

Or bad enough you for brain to say "screw it".

[Zellie Crescent]

I have no idea what to call this but there have been maybe 10 or so times in my life where it was like I blinked and that was my entire night of sleep, like it would be late and I close my eyes and when I open them it would be morning. As far as dreams go I've been talking to a friend about them and I've also been keeping a dream journal to write them all down.

[Bella_Vixen]

I had sleep apnea as a newborn. Serious. I outgrew it, though.

I've had conversations in my sleep, too.

[AccountingDrone]

4 of the 6 meds I take at 5 am have drowsiness as a side effect, and until I managed to get 2 changed out for different ones, 3 meds I took at 1 pm caused drowsiness.

When I was first working to find a cocktail that worked to keep my blood pressure out of the trees I would spend most of the day from 530 in the morning to about 5 in the afternoon doing the damnedest sine wave sort of activity down into sleep and up into awake. I had to stop watching tv marathons because it seemed I had about a 45 minute cycle. I would start watching something, close my eyes and be 10 minutes into a new episode, watch for about 15 minutes, close my eyes and open them to a new episode I would have absolutely no feel of time passing, the only reason I know what was going on was for about a week our roomie had to sleep on the couch because she loaned her space in the barn to a friend [i have a phobia about strangers in my house] and she watched this going on.

[I still nap crash for about an hour after my 5 am meds and my 1 pm meds, stupid pills. At least I don't sleep all day any more!]

[unholypet]

I had conversations with people in my younger years. Whenever I slept over at someone's house, they would always be woken up to me talking about cooking or cartoons o_0

I used to scream in my sleep as a teen, where I was having (one of many many) recurring nightmares and I would scream and scream until someone grabbed me and threw me back down onto the bed... then peaceful!

Once, I slept 19 hours in a row. I dreamed that I lived an entire life as this Korean girl in feudal times, who was prophesized to birth a great leader... then kill my only true loves. I lived, was raped by a guy I fell in love with (we were both assassins and I went about as a man), got pregnant... dude made Korea his plaything, I raised the kid, sent him out to kill his dad, dad finished raising kid, kid brainwashed by the dude, I kill dude I loved, then kill my boy, and free all of Korea from the only two people I ever loved. ...and apparently, I acted out this entire life in fast motion, from early childhood to a late death, laying on my back while my boyfriend watched. @_@


Now, all I'm told I really do is grind my teeth (have a mouth guard), beg my boyfriend to stay with me in the bed (which includes violently grabbing him and tucking myself under him), and crying for sugar.

[Greenday]

I have no idea what to call this but there have been maybe 10 or so times in my life where it was like I blinked and that was my entire night of sleep, like it would be late and I close my eyes and when I open them it would be morning. As far as dreams go I've been talking to a friend about them and I've also been keeping a dream journal to write them all down.

Yea, that's generally what happens to me when I don't see my dreams. I close my eyes and the next thing I know, the sun's up and it's time to go to work. It's like, "Wtf? When did I actually fall asleep?"

Never had sleep paralysis. I do have a lot of lucid dreams though. It's awesome.

I have one friend who now and then, from what I know, has night terrors. She had one really bad night and I had her come over my place so I could watch her. It was horrible. She was constantly freaking out in her dream state and I got nailed in the balls a few times. She says she heard me though in her dreams as I whispered to her, letting her know I was there and wouldn't let anyone hurt her. It's amazing how dreaming can be like that.