u/fifithebritishdog

first of all, if this isn’t sleep paralysis, you guys can tell me. i’m not the most educated on the subject, that’s why i’m here. second of all, i just want to know if this happens to any one else. for context, im 17F and this has been happening for years now.

so i usually take a nap on saturdays/sundays, around midday, but the time when i start to fall asleep can vary from 1-4 PM. when i lay down and start to drift to sleep, my whole body gets a tingling sensation, and i cant move at all. if i think about moving hard enough, i can wake up, but other than that i can’t even open my eyelids. but i can hear everything going on around me (for reference, i sleep with my tv on.) i also can even grunt a little bit. (for context one time my dad was trying to wake me up while it was happening, i couldn’t my body up so that is all i could do.) i know i just described sleep paralysis, and i know the answer sounds obvious, but ive never heard of anyone having it ONLY when they are falling asleep only while taking naps. ive only heard of it when people wake up and cant move at night. im just here to see if anyone else knows what im talking about, or has a similar situation. i’m also here to become educated on this. can someone help me out figuring out what this is?

first of all, if this isn’t sleep paralysis, you guys can tell me. i’m not the most educated on the subject, that’s why i’m here. second of all, i just want to know if this happens to any one else. for context, im 17F and this has been happening for years now.

so i usually take a nap on saturdays/sundays, around midday, but the time when i start to fall asleep can vary from 1-4 PM. when i lay down and start to drift to sleep, my whole body gets a tingling sensation, and i cant move at all. if i think about moving hard enough, i can wake up, but other than that i can’t even open my eyelids. but i can hear everything going on around me (for reference, i sleep with my tv on.) i also can even grunt a little bit. (for context one time my dad was trying to wake me up while it was happening, i couldn’t my body up so that is all i could do.) i know i just described sleep paralysis, and i know the answer sounds obvious, but ive never heard of anyone having it ONLY when they are falling asleep only while taking naps. ive only heard of it when people wake up and cant move at night. im just here to see if anyone else knows what im talking about, or has a similar situation. i’m also here to become educated on this.