You were on brink of coming out of the dream, but something kept you there. It happens every once in a while, I've had dreams last a minute or two after I woke up, nothing to worry about. |
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For as long as I can recall I have had very vivid and bizarre dreams that wake me up, yet the dream continues for a short time after I am awake. While my eyes are open and I am aware that I am awake, I still see vividly what I was(am) dreaming. I still feel asleep and often for these types of dreams, I cannot move. I saw a program on TV sometime ago that was very similar if not identical to what I experience. I am curious and fascinated with this and would like to know more about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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You were on brink of coming out of the dream, but something kept you there. It happens every once in a while, I've had dreams last a minute or two after I woke up, nothing to worry about. |
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This is called Sleep paralysis (abbreviated as SP on DreamViews) |
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Yeah I get the same thing every once in a while. The dream is always a bed-related experience. I guess because since I know I'm awake, or almost awake, I don';t really go anywhere, I'm just in bed. Not totally paralysed, but yeah.. usually I'm making out with a guy hehe. And while I know I'm in my bed, and I know I'm conscious, almost awake, just past lucidity, it feel fucking REAL. I just usually know it's NOT real because it's like some hot celebrity or something lol. |
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http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=6124 |
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AWAKE?
I had this happen a few days ago. In my dream, my arm had been cut off somehow and reattached (for the most part). It was creepy. But I wasn't creeped out at the time, and it was pretty cool otherwise. |
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"Often I will spin a tale, never will I charge a fee. I'll amuse you an entire eve, but, alas, you won't remember me. What am I?" - Sloth Demon, Dragon Age: Origins mage origin
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Thanks to everyone for their replies, didn't think there would be any this quick. My experiences with SP is bizarre and sometimes frightening to a degree but never so much I feel threatened. Contrary to some articles I have since read on SP, I would estimate my episodes of SP have increased rather than decrease over the years. I have come to actually look forward to them, however, as it is a nice break from the ordinary and mundane, which fits my personality. Just recently I became fixated with them and it drove me crazy not knowing what it was. |
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This isn't sleep paralysis, this sounds like mere hypnopompia. |
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Since it seems Shift left us without a decent explanation, I will explain hypnopompia the best I can. During sleep, your body goes into a stage known as Sleep paralysis, which we touched on. During this stage, you get what are called Hypnopompic images and Hypnopompic audio (usually abbreviated simply to HI). Anyways, you will see and hear things that aren't there. This is something often attributed to Sleep Paralysis, because you will get it most of the time, but there are cases when you can have it shortly after waking up. |
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I assumed you would just google, but it seems I was wrong. I was also wrong saying it wasn't SP, because I didn't see the bit where the OP said he couldn't move. However, your answer is fairly incorrect. |
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Shift...vary how? |
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