Dreams?

[Artificial]

My ex-girlfriend has the same exact thing. Sleep Paralysis. Hers is BAD though. She can't drive because it got to the point where she'll randomly fall asleep and/or hallucinate at random points during the day, but her body will still be functioning like it's awake (auto pilot).

I was in class with her last year and she was still taking notes when the teacher started the movie (I was curious why she was still writing. I didn't know she'd fallen asleep) and about 5 seconds later she started SCREAMING bloody murder and cried insanely for no reason what-so-ever. She told me what happened later and she fell asleep, but hallucinated at the same time and saw a wave of bird-eating spiders flood into the room and jump all over her body.

I used to sleep over at her house a lot and of course, as a lot of couples do, we slept together. Everytime I woke up I had to keep checking on her to make sure she's ok because she said she's been awake, but paralyzed, unable to move, breath, etc. and tried talking to me but I was just doing my usual thing like she was still sleeping (which is what I saw). She'd wake up screaming and gasping for breath.

It seems really scary.

She seems to have two different issues there. Sleep apnea is more or less the reverse of parasomnias (which your ex seemed to have some form of), in which the mind is active but the body is non-responsive. She should go see a sleep doctor about that if she hasn't, might be able to prescribe her some medication.

For me personally, when it occurs, it's pretty crazy, even more so because I'm delirious at the time. Most of the night sessions, I've trained myself not to fight it (even though in hindsight I know nothing will happen, when it occurs it really does feel as though I'm suffocating and about to die). The day time sessions still mess with me though, since I rarely sleep during the day, and when it occurs I can usually open my eyes, which is a huge mindfuck.

[Raivu]

She seems to have two different issues there. Sleep apnea is more or less the reverse of parasomnias (which your ex seemed to have some form of), in which the mind is active but the body is non-responsive. She should go see a sleep doctor about that if she hasn't, might be able to prescribe her some medication.

For me personally, when it occurs, it's pretty crazy, even more so because I'm delirious at the time. Most of the night sessions, I've trained myself not to fight it (even though in hindsight I know nothing will happen, when it occurs it really does feel as though I'm suffocating and about to die). The day time sessions still mess with me though, since I rarely sleep during the day, and when it occurs I can usually open my eyes, which is a huge mindfuck.

Yeah she's been going to sleep doctors since she was a kid, and the medication they give her works, but it has a bad effect on her. It makes her EXTREMELY depressed. It was worse in her early teens. Her old prescription made her depressed to the point of suicide.

I can't imagine having sleep apnea. It sounds pretty scary. o.<