Posted by willyee on February 8, 2006, at 8:14:11
In reply to Re: I had a TERROR night terror read please, posted by tizza on February 7, 2006, at 23:40:53
> 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 :)
Id say this is the best advice,it worked for me when it happened to me.Think of it the same when youre foot fallls asleep,learn somehow to realise its part of a dream,then stay quiet,and slowly try to move ur fingers or foot,instead of trying to yank ur body around,just sit still and SLOWLY move like pins and needles in ur toes,chances r you wake up much easier.
Think,when ur foot is asleep,and you try to get out of it by shaking it fast moving it fast walking on it etc that doesent work,what does?sitting calm and still and moving a toe or two slowly until life comes back,use that idea next time it happens.
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