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Old 10-30-2008, 11:36 PM   #136
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Originally Posted by 3seriesBeeM View Post
I quite often have this thing happen where im sleeping and than it will feel like im awake but than i try and move, yell, etc.. and nothing will work its scary as hell i hate it when it happens than all the sudden ill just wake up.
This is a condition known as "sleep paralysis". Normally, when you are in REM sleep, the body becomes cutoff from the brain - a paralysis. However, sleep paralysis occurs when your mind wake up from REM sleep, but your body is still under paralysis, hence, "sleep paralysis".
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