Sleep Paralysis

[Taven]

Has anyone ever heard of only getting SP in one part of your body? For example, I awoke this morning and my right arm was numb as anything, i couldn't move it or feel it when I touched it, this only lasted a minute until feeling came back into it.

[luwatchernb]

That's not sleep paralysis, that's when you lose the circulation in your arm, and it FEELS numb. Sleep paralysis is the body's mechanism of preventing your sleeping self from moving during sleep (if you walked around in real life as you were dreaming, then you would probably hurt yourself). During a WILD, a lot of people feel sleep paralysis and describe it as a tingling sensation, or numbing of your external senses, or numbness spreading through their body. Your arm is not the case.

[Wavefunction]

I've had that too. It's just because there's no blood flowing to it, not because of SP It's a really weird feeling though, like your arm is made of rubber. And it's really heavy!!

[JenMarie]

Wow I hate that , happens to me all the time. And my skin is freezing feeling. Just try not to fall asleep on your arm or anything, and it shouldn't happen .

[kerry47]

Hello Friends........ Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form). Sleep paralysis may also be referred to as isolated sleep paralysis, familial sleep paralysis, hynogogic or hypnopompic paralysis, predormital or postdormital paralysis Thanks