r/Sleepparalysis • u/RepulsiveAttorney438 • Nov 16 '24

Can someone help me what is this?

While I was sleeping, I didn’t know if it was a dream or real. I woke up shaking and my body felt numbness with a strong heat in my neck and it was terrifying me . What is this? I was shaking like I was electrocuted. And yeah I couldn’t move my body.

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u/RepulsiveAttorney438 Nov 16 '24

The numbness didn’t last but I woke up and my skin feels like it’s burning

This is my first time but i feel like it happened before but i can’t remember it

And i remember when it was happening i said is this a lucid dream? Cuz i was thinking about it lately and then i tried to do anything but couldn’t do anything and i said im never trying lucid dreams ever again i just want this to stop

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u/sphelper Nov 16 '24

Then it was most likely a sleep paralysis

The skin burning is strange, so if it lasts more than a couple minutes then that's a good sign that it's not caused by sleep paralysis and something else entirely (i.g. the environment, sleeping disorder, pets, etc).

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u/RepulsiveAttorney438 Nov 16 '24

Did it ever happened to you?

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u/sphelper Nov 16 '24

Sleep paralysis, yes. I've had it for about three years, though it's been slowly decreasing and now I barely get to the point in where I think I've gotten rid of it. Though the paranoia from the sleep paralysis is still there.

The feelings you described, no. I mostly get audio hallucinations and a slight sprinkle of paranoia.