Hi
You might be a case of sleep paralysis. The symptoms consist of inability to perform voluntary movements like moving any body part or blinking or breathing. There may be associated hallucinations. It may occur either at sleep onset or upon awakening. It affects both sexes equally and occurs at all ages but is most common in teenagers.
I would advise you consult your physician or a sleep therapist for a complete evaluation. It is important to detect the underlying cause and rule out any medical or psychological cause. He might prescribe some medication or advise a sleep study (polysomnogram). Sometimes cognitive behavioral therapies are also helpful. You should practice good sleep hygiene such as going to bed at a regular time, keeping your bedroom dark and cool, avoiding any naps in between or watching TV in bedroom and getting out of bed if not getting sleep and then again trying after sometime.
All these would surely help restore your sleep cycle and make you feel better.
Take care!
Good morning, Rocklyn.
Kristy is correct. It sounds very much like sleep paralysis. This occurs when someone wakes up during REM sleep, Your body secrets a hormone to keep you paralyzed during REM sleep so that we don't physically act out our dreams. When someone wakes up during REM sleep, the body is still paralyzed until the hormone level goes down. This can be quite scary. If it occurs often, perhaps a visit to your MD can help.
Best of Dreams!
Cyrt
Sleep paralysis =D
Look it up.
I've been expiriencing the same thing.
It sorta *****.. but from what I've read it's nothing sirious.
Out of curiosity... how often to you expirience this?
...I've been expiriencing it almost nightly.. so I'm wondering if THAT is normal.