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Patrick Bateman

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I've had intermittent episodes most of my life. A few nights ago, I had the worst experience ever. It was a hooded gargoyle perched on my nightstand, trying to cut my throat. I fought with everything that i had to yell for my kids to help me. They finally woke me up. Said I was in a state of panic. Scared the #### out of me. Anyone else have this happen to them?

 
When I was a kid, both my brother and I would experience this while napping on the family couch (only ever there)...some "thing" was almost always trying to get us, it was a shadowy figure, and we could always recount the conversations of our parents as they sat around the tv watching golf or football.   Would always wake up by finally being able to fling myself out of the dream and off the couch 

Weird #####

 
Walking Boot said:
All the time if I fall asleep on my back. So I don't sleep on my back. When it happens I'm paralyzed, awake, and unable to breathe, as I usually wake up mid-snore so my airway is closed. I have no ability to move my muscles to open up the airway. All I'd need to do is turn my head to get things open, but that's not possible. So I usually suffocate, conscious and paralyzed, for a good 30 seconds waiting for enough adrenaline to kick in to move my body enough to breathe.

Few nights ago spent all my energy trying to get out "help". Finally gave up and tried to rock my body over to the side. Eventually made it before I suffocated.

Fun times.
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Exactly! So weird, and terrifying! 

 
Walking Boot said:
For those that don't know the mechanics of it: When you fall asleep, your body releases a chemical that paralyzes you. It's what keeps you from running, punching, etc. while you dream. When you wake up, there's an antidote chemical your body is supposed to release to counteract the first one, once you're conscious.

What happens is sometimes you'll gain consciousness without the antidote in your system. So, you're awake but paralyzed. No ability to move at all, like you're being held down. Can't even move your tongue. I think all you can move is your eyes.

So you have to lie there and suffer. If you're not breathing at the time (mid-snore, and snoring can lead to waking up prematurely, so they go hand-in-hand), you'll just lie there unable to move your lungs.
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This sounds like the plot of a Vincent Price movie.

 
It inspired the song "Room 24" by Volbeat (feat. King Diamond.) Michael Poulsen of Volbeat had this happen to him and it scared him so deeply that not only did he write a song about the experience but he refuses to this day to sleep in any room with 24 in the number. 

Room 24 (feat. King Diamond)

Caught in the darkness
The room is getting colder my body is on hold
Lying in bed and unable to move

The darkness in 24
Former guests who live no more
So many hands to hold you down

My mind is awake
I open my eyes but it's so hard to breathe
Something is in here to silence my screams

The darkness in 24
Steal your breath away once more
Oh it's happening again yeah

See the old hag sitting over me
The smell of rotten breath and blasphemy
No way out only darkness here
Feel my eyes filling up with fear
Will someone hear me crying out for help in room 24
In room 24, in room 24

Caught in the darkness
The room is getting colder my body is on hold
Lying in bed and unable to move

Sadness is a falling tear
Turning into liquid fear
Who killed who we'll never know
Oh we'll never know
Never tell, never tell, never tell, never tell

See the old hag sitting over me
The smell of rotten breath and blasphemy
No way out only darkness here
Feel my eyes filling up with fear
Will someone hear me crying out for help in room 24
In room 24, in room 24

 
Patrick Bateman said:
I've had intermittent episodes most of my life. A few nights ago, I had the worst experience ever. It was a hooded gargoyle perched on my nightstand, trying to cut my throat. I fought with everything that i had to yell for my kids to help me. They finally woke me up. Said I was in a state of panic. Scared the #### out of me. Anyone else have this happen to them?
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I had a really good one about 15-20 years ago. Felt so real. Walked in the back door at my old house and a guy with a Charles Manson look was perched on the kitchen sink (which was right next to the door). He sunk a huge ####### knife right into my chest. I went down like a rock, laying on my back (the way I was sleeping) and he bent down looking into my eyes to see if I was dead. Woke right up and couldn't move. 

 
Definately has happened to me before. Always a bad dream that goes along with it. 

 
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Walking Boot said:
All the time if I fall asleep on my back. So I don't sleep on my back. When it happens I'm paralyzed, awake, and unable to breathe, as I usually wake up mid-snore so my airway is closed. I have no ability to move my muscles to open up the airway. All I'd need to do is turn my head to get things open, but that's not possible. So I usually suffocate, conscious and paralyzed, for a good 30 seconds waiting for enough adrenaline to kick in to move my body enough to breathe.

Few nights ago spent all my energy trying to get out "help". Finally gave up and tried to rock my body over to the side. Eventually made it before I suffocated.

Fun times.
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You might suffer from sleep apnea.  Have you ever had a sleep study done?

 
First time it happened to me was a few months ago. Terrifying stuff. Tried yelling but couldn't speak. Couldn't even move my mouth. Tried sitting up but couldn't. Was unable to turn my head to the side. Utterly frozen in place in some sort of bone chilling purgatory, pulling every ounce of energy and focus you can muster to try wiggling a toe to break the spell. Hope to never experience it again. Easily one of the most nerve racking experiences of my life. 

 
I'm no expert but from what I've read on it I don't think the OP would have been able to yell for help if were actually sleep paralysis. 

 
I have this happen to me once or twice a year since as far back as high school. It's a scary deal. I fight like hell to try and even open my eyes. I can't move at all and I try and yell out and can't. 

 
Evilgrin 72 said:
It inspired the song "Room 24" by Volbeat (feat. King Diamond.) Michael Poulsen of Volbeat had this happen to him and it scared him so deeply that not only did he write a song about the experience but he refuses to this day to sleep in any room with 24 in the number. 

Room 24 (feat. King Diamond)

Caught in the darkness
The room is getting colder my body is on hold
Lying in bed and unable to move

The darkness in 24
Former guests who live no more
So many hands to hold you down

My mind is awake
I open my eyes but it's so hard to breathe
Something is in here to silence my screams

The darkness in 24
Steal your breath away once more
Oh it's happening again yeah

See the old hag sitting over me
The smell of rotten breath and blasphemy
No way out only darkness here
Feel my eyes filling up with fear
Will someone hear me crying out for help in room 24
In room 24, in room 24

Caught in the darkness
The room is getting colder my body is on hold
Lying in bed and unable to move

Sadness is a falling tear
Turning into liquid fear
Who killed who we'll never know
Oh we'll never know
Never tell, never tell, never tell, never tell

See the old hag sitting over me
The smell of rotten breath and blasphemy
No way out only darkness here
Feel my eyes filling up with fear
Will someone hear me crying out for help in room 24
In room 24, in room 24
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Love Volbeat but not a fan of that song. It is my least favorite on that album. At least I do know what the song is about now though. 

 
I had a dream the other night that a hamburger was trying to eat ME.  Terrifying stuff. 

 
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Walking Boot said:
I do. Still will happen with the mask on if I sleep on my back. 
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Interesting.  I'm curious, have you noticed any correlation with ingesting sugars/carbs close to bedtime? 

 
Walking Boot said:
Fatal if you're hmong. For cultural reasons, sleep paralysis sufferers will sometimes scare themselves to death trying to wake up. Can cause their own heart attacks. It's a leading cause of death for male hmongs under 40.
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WTF, seriously? What cultural reasons?

 
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