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Has anyone ever had sleep paralysis?? (>﹏<)

I keep having sleep paralysis, not so much anymore. At first, it used to scare me but eventually I got used to it. ╥﹏╥ Now Its just annoying since I lose sleep over it. Does anyone know the cause for this?? (>﹏<)


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Reply by PowerMetal_Pal@din

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Sleep paralysis at its most basic is when you become conscious but your brain forgets to turn your body on.  When we sleep, our brain turns our motor functions off so we don't act out our dreams. Even though we feel like we're actually moving in our dreams, we aren't in real life.  It's an evolution mechanism to keep us from theoretically walking off a cliff, or tripping over something and hurting ourselves.

In some complex cases sleep paralysis can be a symptom of a medical problem, but if you're otherwise healthy I wouldn't worry about it. When I was younger there was a stretch where I was having sleep paralysis every night, then one day it stopped and never happened again.


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Reply by netscape

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might have something to do with sleep routines.. maybe try going to sleep at the same hour everyday and getting more consistent rest during the whole day if you're not already doing that- hope you'll be better!


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