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Posted by saw on November 1, 2004, at 5:05:47
I suffer from these and have considered therapy to get to the bottom of it.
Here is an interesting link that I found
http://www.nightterrors.org/index.html
Sabrina
Posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 1, 2004, at 8:25:27
In reply to Night Terrors, posted by saw on November 1, 2004, at 5:05:47
SAbrina,
WHat are Night Terrors? Are they the same as Nightmares?
Posted by saw on November 2, 2004, at 2:19:51
In reply to Re: Night Terrors, posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 1, 2004, at 8:25:27
Hi Miss HC
There's a fine line between the two really. I get both. My night terrors usually happen within a half to one hour of falling asleep. I experience a paralysed sensation and am unable to move my body. I "feel" as if I am awake but in a dreamy way, or I feel as though I CAN'T wake up but am aware of something. I feel terror, evil. I often shout out, whimper, cry, scream. My poor husband has been punched so many times when I act out whatever it is I am dreaming or terrified of. I often sense an overwhelming feeling of being smothered and when I am able to fight the feeling of paralysis, I can sometimes wake up. I feel so sedated that I go right back to sleep and the terror or dream just starts up where it left off. I don't always remember the terror or dream. But I always remember the feeling of fear. The link I posted explains a bit better.
I don't get them every single night, but wish I didn't get them at all.
Sabrina
Posted by B2Chica on November 2, 2004, at 12:25:50
In reply to Re: Night Terrors, posted by saw on November 2, 2004, at 2:19:51
just wanted to chime in real quick. from what i've read nightmares, people rarely remember and usually don't wake up and physically react.
Night terrors you can wake up screaming, kicking or still reacting to nightmares.
I suffer from something called hypnogogic episodes, this sounds little more like what you're talking about, the paralysis thing. it is a state between sleep and conciousness. there are two kinds, one happens right as you are going to sleep and one kind (differnet name) happens when you wake up.
Typically if i get on they happen in sets of 2-5, you are Terrified cuz you know it'll happen again. you ARE paralyzed and the pictures or sound IS so real and this INTENSE (and i can't express that enough) is so severe. nomally you are so paralyzed that you can't even call out, maybe breathless like or something.i haven't lukily had one for a while cuz of the sleep meds i've been on, but i thank God above because they are horrifying and you KNOW you expect another and another.
talk to your pdoc about them and sleep meds. maybe something is trying to come out in sessions that just hasn't yet. and sometimes it could be a sleep disorder/issues??
not much help but wnated to let you know you are not alone and these no matter what they are, are terrifying.
B2c.
> Hi Miss HC
>
> There's a fine line between the two really. I get both. My night terrors usually happen within a half to one hour of falling asleep. I experience a paralysed sensation and am unable to move my body. I "feel" as if I am awake but in a dreamy way, or I feel as though I CAN'T wake up but am aware of something. I feel terror, evil. I often shout out, whimper, cry, scream. My poor husband has been punched so many times when I act out whatever it is I am dreaming or terrified of. I often sense an overwhelming feeling of being smothered and when I am able to fight the feeling of paralysis, I can sometimes wake up. I feel so sedated that I go right back to sleep and the terror or dream just starts up where it left off. I don't always remember the terror or dream. But I always remember the feeling of fear. The link I posted explains a bit better.
>
> I don't get them every single night, but wish I didn't get them at all.
>
> Sabrina
Posted by B2Chica on November 2, 2004, at 12:29:42
In reply to Night Terrors, posted by saw on November 1, 2004, at 5:05:47
great link, my response below is mentioned in your site under sleep paralysis, csh and hs...something??? boy my memory s&%ks. anyway.
good site.
b2c.> I suffer from these and have considered therapy to get to the bottom of it.
>
> Here is an interesting link that I found
>
> http://www.nightterrors.org/index.html
>
> Sabrina
Posted by shortelise on November 2, 2004, at 21:05:26
In reply to Night Terrors, posted by saw on November 1, 2004, at 5:05:47
I don't have a great grasp of this, but as I understand it, we are sort of paralysed when we are sleeping to prevent us from walking around in our sleep. Often when people wake up and feel paralysed, it's that the brain hasn't released the body from that state for some reason. It is physiological more than psychological.
ShortE
Posted by JenStar on November 3, 2004, at 22:33:56
In reply to Night Terrors, posted by saw on November 1, 2004, at 5:05:47
oh Sabrina,
I'm sorry you have those! They sound truly awful!I sometimes get the night paralysis / half-waking thing -- not often, but when I get it, it's horrible.
I'll somehow suddenly awake and be half-awake, half-asleep, and not quite cognizant of that fact: All I'll know is that I can't move -- not a muscle, not a hair, not a toe, not a molecule. In fact, I'm so paralyzed I can't even talk or scream. I'll start to panic, and the panic will well up and get so intense that I can't stand it; I keep trying to move and can't do it. I'll be trying to scream and cry out but all that comes out is small whimper noises (like in a dream!) which finally wake my husband, who will gently shake me and say "Honey, you're having a bad dream."
And then I snap out of it so fast it was like it never happened (physically, anyway), and I shake my head and move my arms and my heart beats like mad, like it's going to pop.
And I KNOW it was just the night paralysis thing at that point, and that I awoke at the wrong time or fell asleep wrong or something, but the panic doesn't fade for a long time.
But as I said, that is RARE (thank God) - but so vivid that I remember the feeling for a long time afterwards.
But the night terror things sounds even worse. Can therapy fix it / help it? What might work, do you think?
JenStar
Posted by saw on November 4, 2004, at 0:17:13
In reply to Re: Night Terrors, posted by JenStar on November 3, 2004, at 22:33:56
Hi JenStar
Gosh, what happens to you happens to me too. I thought it was all part of the night terrors but is perhaps a separate aspect of them. I doubt one is worse than the other. They are both just so terrifying.
I am looking into starting therapy soon and this will be one of the first issues I tackle. I am also hoping that when my medication situation is sorted out that they might stop.
Thanks for sharing
Sabrina
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