u/DeepSeaArtist

My body does this weird thing and I've never really talked about it, but I've been curious to see if anyone else does anything similar. It doesn't happen often, usually every few months. I think it has something to do with consciousness and what stage of sleep I'm in.

It starts with a weird feeling down my back and then my body will tense, mainly my chest. It's like it's tightening in a way. That fuzzy feeling right before a limb falls asleep and it's like just my chest is shaking. It gets really strong and squeezes me after a few moments and, depending on how bad, I will be unable to move our even breathe. It never lasts more than 30 seconds to a minute, but it feels like forever.

It only happens when I'm thinking about and doing something in whatever I'm dreaming about at the time and gets strong only if I do certain things in the dream. Sometimes it even physically hurts my body. I always know when it's gonna happen right before, but it's like there's no escaping it and it's usually in bad dreams.

Would this be considered sleep paralysis? Or some other weird thing? Does anyone else experience it?

My body does this weird thing and I've never really talked about it, but I've been curious to see if anyone else does anything similar. It doesn't happen often, usually every few months. I think it has something to do with consciousness and what stage of sleep I'm in.

It starts with a weird feeling down my back and then my body will tense, mainly my chest. It's like it's tightening in a way. That fuzzy feeling right before a limb falls asleep and it's like just my chest is shaking. It gets really strong and squeezes me after a few moments and, depending on how bad, I will be unable to move our even breathe. It never lasts more than 30 seconds to a minute, but it feels like forever.

It only happens when I'm thinking about and doing something in whatever I'm dreaming about at the time and gets strong only if I do certain things in the dream. Sometimes it even physically hurts my body. I always know when it's gonna happen right before, but it's like there's no escaping it and it's usually in bad dreams.

Would this be considered sleep paralysis? Or some other weird thing? Does anyone else experience it?

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