Posted by tizza on February 7, 2006, at 23:40:53
In reply to Re: I had a TERROR night terror read please, posted by forgetful mary on February 7, 2006, at 19:06:51
Sleep Paralysis, Night Terrors, just a couple of names that it's called. I'm 35 and have been suffering from it since as long as I can remember, maybe from 3 or 4 years of age. The best advice I can give you, which is rather tricky to master, is realise what is happening, try to relax, which is quite hard at first but you'll get the hang of it, and once you do you either wake up or fall back to sleep. I let this problem plague me for years, my parent's thought I had a brain tumor or something. I thought I was mad. When I was young I thought it was ghosts, then as I got older I thought it was aliens. Whatever it is mate, the more fear you feed it the worse the situation becomes, just relax as much as you can and don't fight it or it will feel like it's dragging on for hours and the next few days you will be totally exhausted. I still get annoyed with people that blow it off as a bad dream when you can actually see and hear things in your bedroom and it's not like you just wake up and it's gone. It doesn't go away till you can move again. I saw someone mention breathing in an eariler post, this is an excellent thing to do, just don't hyperventilate. Good luck, Paul :)
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