Thread: I had a strange short dream today...

So I am guessing you either were over-tired or had had too much sleep? Either factor often contributes to sleep paralysis, when your mind is half awake and your body is asleep giving the classic feeling of being pinned down. Although your body can't move your eyes are able to open so you might flit between reality and a dream and they can merge into one. During this time you might experience visual and auditory hallucinations. People sometimes might hear a deafening noise or see a scary figure in their room. There is a lot of information to find on sleep paralysis, but bear in mind no matter how real people's experiences seem to be they are in the end just a dream. I say this in advance because some of the things you might read on the subject could make you not want to go to sleep anymore!

Wow so it was sleep paralysis....never knew dreaming was so interesting .v.

Looks like you weren't in control, or in some situation, not driving, unable to see outside or beyond this, and this could have paralysed you.
A dream of a richer life perhaps, but alone, no one can see you, silent, perhaps it costs you and you can't wake up this, so want to gain control.

This is probably the most legit meaning ;-;

Originally Posted by BtsInMyFaceu

Wow so it was sleep paralysis....never knew dreaming was so interesting .v.

Not sure if that was sarcastic? You wanted a dream interpretation instead of an explanation as to what was going on physically?

No I actually mean it. I always thought dreaming was just pictures in my head...but when I experienced this dream I was shocked...then you explained why which makes TONS of sense cause I haven't been sleeping well lately ^^0

Ah ok :-)

I get the static effect a lot. If a dream isn't stable, when it's in the process of breaking down around me but /I/ myself am totally stable, it feels like everything suddenly gets shocked with static and then dissolves. This is especially if the dream is otherwise rather crisp. It does often overlap with me physically opening my eyes and seeing both the dream/waking world at the same time, but sometimes it will just happen mid REM cycle too without me waking up.
While I wouldn't immediately describe yours as a 'sleep paralysis' episode, there is definitely a crossover of waking world/dreaming world phenomena. I only go so far as to call it sleep paralysis when there is a very prominent paralysis for an extended period of time; nearly everyone experiences sleep atonia during REM - for me, SP is when that goes... wrong.

Originally Posted by VivianVector

While I wouldn't immediately describe yours as a 'sleep paralysis' episode, there is definitely a crossover of waking world/dreaming world phenomena. I only go so far as to call it sleep paralysis when there is a very prominent paralysis for an extended period of time; nearly everyone experiences sleep atonia during REM - for me, SP is when that goes... wrong.

The reason I think this was sleep paralysis was due to the sensation of being pinned down - I believe this is the same feeling when you try and move your limbs and you can't no matter how hard you try.

Co-incidentky I had sleep paralysis yesterday - I was dreaming when all of a sudden my dream became lucid and I became aware of myself lying on my bed (which I shouldnt have been as it was during the day). I purposely didnt open my eyes because I am always scared of what I might see. Luckily by trying all the tricks I know I managed to wake myself and my body up before anything unpleasant happened. When I do manage to wake myself up its a case of making myself get up immediately otherwise I will fall asleep again and this just goes around in circles and sometimes I think I have got up when it turns out I am just dreaming I have got up and it turns into a nightmare.

Sorry I am just rambling, I just hate dream paralysis.

That makes more sense, it is rarely a pleasant experience - especially with false awakenings too