I just had it happen to me for the 1 billionth time and am once again, terrified. Why does the body do this? I wonder if we are the only species this happens to?
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Used to have it all the time, scared the crap out of me.
From what I’ve read, it’s natural for your body to paralyze itself when it goes to sleep, to help protect you from hurting yourself.
When you have sleep paralysis, it seems like you’re almost between sleep and awake and so you have some symptoms of both.
The long term solution is to work through emotional traumas, and work through mental health issues, since that’s almost always the cause. I worked through some stuff, and I haven’t had it happen in like 4-5 years, used to happen every night.
A trick to get yourself to be able to move is to try to move your fingers/toes and lift just your neck. Keep doing that and eventually you’ll gain some movement and can wake up. Worked for me once I learned about that.
Realize that it can’t hurt you, as terrifying as it may be, so try not to freak out.
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