its happend a couple times to me but its been very minor, i had just woke up from sleeping and was unable to open my eyes(litterally) but only for a few seconds.

I have heard of this before but I don't think I have actually experienced it. It's generally around five minutes after waking before I'll attempt to move anyway! {sleep}

Phoebe :D

[quote="seb88"]I've heard that if you sleep on your back in a straight position, It's more likely to occur than if you lay on your side. So sleeping on your side or stomach should prevent it from happening most of the time! {up}[/quote]

I heard that if you sleep with your face facing your pillow, you are more likely to dream of suffocating. This is because you won't be breathing properly and you will be dreaming of drowning in the water.

[quote="margotchanning"]Glad I'm not the only one. I get this quite a bit and it's the weirdest feeling in the world. It makes my ears go funny too, like when you're under water. Does anyone else feel like that? :([/quote]

Yeah, I get that too..but not sure if it's related..that just happens to me randomly..
But, now that I think about it it's usually right when I wake up..hmm

Glad I'm not the only one. I get this quite a bit and it's the weirdest feeling in the world. It makes my ears go funny too, like when you're under water. Does anyone else feel like that? :(

[color=#000000]Oh my gosh, there was a link on one of those links that said some people even die from it somehow, and then Filipino women think that wiggling your big toe is how to snap out of sleep paralysis, or prevent dieing from it. I'm so glad, because that's what I did when I couldn't move, I attemped to wiggle my toes, haha. I can't imagine people dieing from that though! It's ridiculous!

[quote="jasonw"]Oh what a bad time to read this post. I am just about to sleep now and I hope I don't get nightmares from reading this :lol:

Jason 8)[/quote]

Haha, hope you don't get sleep paralysis, Jason! :lol:

[quote="seb88"]I've heard that if you sleep on your back in a straight position, It's more likely to occur than if you lay on your side. So sleeping on your side or stomach should prevent it from happening most of the time! {up}[/quote]

Hmm, that's so weird! I never sleep on my back, I always sleep on my side or stomach. :?

-Kelsey :mrgreen: [/color]

I've heard that if you sleep on your back in a straight position, It's more likely to occur than if you lay on your side. So sleeping on your side or stomach should prevent it from happening most of the time! {up}

It's happened to me. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I'm totally awake, but no matter what I do I can't even open my eyes. It's pretty crazy how that happens. And what some of you are saying...so odd... :?
- Star

Oh what a bad time to read this post. I am just about to sleep now and I hope I don't get nightmares from reading this :lol:

Jason 8)

Oh my gosh yes this sounds like something that happened to me quite recently. I think I must have had a bad dream and then I became conscious but couldn't open my eyes or move. Then suddenly my eyes finally opened and I just let out the most piercing scream. It was the strangest thing.