Permanent Sleep Paralysis.

1917: a weird thing known as Encephalitis Lethargica sweeps over the world.
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[@NT-sx2bd]

No.

[@khao4577]

bogos binted

[@gavinsutter1799]

@@khao4577 what

[@Chanted2]

Burger

[@lyndonslab4958]

LOL IM IN MY ONLINE CLASSES

[@zqvpepk]

Dude’s like “by the way, you can turn into a statue stuck in time for an eternity just observing reality. Have a good night.”

[@fanrosefabrose9457]

Girlboss femcell Shinji

[@toxogandhi]

I have a disease that leaves me bedridden and moving the wrong way/remaining in the wrong position can cause excruciating pain for weeks, and I am chronically, 100%, all of the time, unable to sleep at all without extremely potent black market tranquilizers. I too am simply a watcher of history, with no agency in it, knowing I cannot participate in it, nor will I have any discernable impact on the future. In essence, in the "If a tree falls in the woods..." sense, I barely exist. I know it isn't 1 for 1 the same, but even just having my agency limited as it is, unable to work, dream, or function as a normal person... is horrible and fucking depressing. Especially since I had one of the worst spans of adolescence anyone living in the US today could have. I'm talking torture-r*pe bad, not even old enough to vote, nobody caring, no support system, surviving psychologically only on the fantasy of killing the one doing that to me, or of him killing me and ending that existence. ... It sucks. But this, Menengitis Lethargica, must be so much worse. Hearing about this actually makes me look at my situation and go "Yeah, I don't have it so bad".

[@angusetkind503]

@@toxogandhi wow props to you !♥️I can't even begin to imagine what being in your shoes would be like, don't put yourself down tho! , I think you could still have a great impact in society and history , I mean you had a impact on me and thats just me reading that little paragraph about your life .♥️ You could have a big impact on others if they heard your story !♥️

[@SonicPman]

@@toxogandhi I’ll be rooting for you in this life.

[@Legenducky]

Makes me wonder if long dream by junji ito would be a step scarier or not.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When they say "there are fates worse than death" this is exactly one of them

[@apinkrat7135]

Please stop.... i see you everywhere...

[@Masked_madness09]

Remember me

[@prakharmishra3000]

Seeing you in a comments section isba fate worse than dying too..

[@rolloxra670]

For real

[@punishedfortniter]

Waiting for you to get a mustache

[@javier10541]

ACHIVEMENT UNLOCKED: *"Let's hope that doesn't happen to you!"* (Discovered a new fear)

[@cretter54]

When I first saw this I thought it was a spam bot comment

[@shinyprisma6085]

honestly i think we already all had/knew this fear we just didn't think about it that much

[@cihloun]

@@shinyprisma6085 but now we will

[@shinyprisma6085]

@@cihloun you don't need to remind me

[@miab-p6874]

It's my bedtime and I can definitely relate.

[@M3KKYYY]

Ma man did a 16 minute video about how you can go to sleep and never wake up and ended the video by saying have a good night Not Cool Disrupt Not Cool hahaha

[@error.418]

Robin Williams did a 2 hour movie on it called _Awakenings_

[@you9344]

Sleep paralysis sucks, I can't even know what it would be like to be in it forever or for months

[@ichao354]

Troll

[@error.418]

@@ichao354 It's a joke, not a troll...

[@annarkhi]

I slept after this video. For a second, I felt like I actually had this tho.....

[@doc_sav]

My wife suffers from catatonic depression that has eerily similar symptoms to this. When she goes catatonic, she is completely aware, but unable to do anything at all. Her body locks up and goes rigid Right now, medication can bring her out of it, but we are both scared about a day when she doesn't come back out of it. I can only imagine how terrible it was to be sent to a facility and left alone for years and years back when this disease was occurring.

[@AngelCaz7]

i thought abt catatonia as well while watching this! i’ve been catatonic before as well, just once, n it was absolutely terrifying. i feel for ur wife, n i hope the possibility of her never coming out of it doesn’t ever come true

[@NithinJune]

sadge

[@Bubu567]

@@NithinJune 🎻

[@NithinJune]

@@Bubu567 what... am I stupid

[@Bubu567]

@@NithinJune Worlds smallest violin. Means the same thing.

[@kori932]

this is one of my biggest fears, not necessarily dying, but going to sleep and not waking up for years or being in a coma like state for a long time. It freaks me out knowing how much I'd miss.

[@SiameseDream97]

Do you mean, like dying?

[@marselo1316]

@@SiameseDream97 think he means dying, or at least a free trial of it

[@chrismoles861]

@@marselo1316 sounds like dying to me. The problem with those free trials is they always make them difficult to cancel.

[@Sharlenwar]

You shouldn't have a fear. Who would take care of your body? Unless you are buried and wake up in a box.

[@kori932]

@@SiameseDream97 I just mean that I have a fear of the kind of sleep paralysis hes talking about in the video lol

[@milk11111]

The weird thing about sleep paralysis is that it always feels like you are stuck there for a long time, but it only lasts for a couple of seconds. But that is enough. It's terrifying. Having it lasting for years is actually hell on earth.

[@rinrin4711]

Yeah, because it's a dream and dreams are fricking stretchy. I frequently wake up 10 minutes before alarm, then fall asleep again and manage to experience a 1.5-2 hour film before making up exactly with alarm.

[@larsswig912]

@@rinrin4711 i once had a dream that felt like it lasted for years. but it was maybe a couple hours or so.

[@denisepleines1513]

I have a few sleep paralysis and GAWD is it scary. Trying to scream and move and yes seems like forever when its only a.few seconds? I come around and cry cuz its just so freaking weird creepy and other worldly

[@samsunguser3148]

Had my first sleep paralysis when I was in elementary. Can't move and breathe. Was horrible. I was trying to call my mom for help but can't speak and move my mouth! So I just focused on breathing and woke up. Tense situations takes forever.

[@benjaminavramovski4185]

@@samsunguser3148 how long did it last

[@joeybuddy96]

Dang, this thing is a whole SCP entry.

[@dishwasherjones6392]

exactly what i was thinking!!

[@foodeater1236]

The only problem is, unlike the SCP universe, there is no Foundation in this universe to stop anomalies

[@samsunguser3148]

not enough D-class and redacted

[@Rayz9989]

@@foodeater1236 unless there is and we don't know about it

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Wouldn't it be funny if the TikTok kids got sleepy sickness because of the vaxxing? (I guess that's dark....but really, think about them and their woke neck-tattooed life experience disappearing and to wake up and see the world has regained its senses? What a great movie that would make. I should pitch it.)

[@Name-ps1ix]

slept for 30 years without eating or drinking? he must have a good gaming chair.

[@biguprochester]

Pewdie pies $299 er

[@TheFos88]

Probably drip fed g fuel too.

[@villandoom]

@@trollsneedhugs your brain needs glucose I believe and it uses it for a process to turn oxygen into carbon monoxide

[@sanketm1663]

@@villandoom yes it does need glucose but you can make glucose from fats and protein and dont need to eat pure sugar

[@villandoom]

@@sanketm1663 Oh okay, thanks for the info

[@simplifiedsam]

Alternate Title: You are lucky to watch this video.

[@windowsbull]

Yes

[@ly2]

sounds like a clickbaity article tbh

[@rhettC5]

@@ly2 oompa

[@glossymistake3114]

@@rhettC5 loompa

[@aizen_.]

@@glossymistake3114 doopity

[@Bloodline2009]

If you work nightshifts and sleep in the day, when you feel like you can't move, breathe and just wanna wake up, just relax into it and picture yourself flying or dominating your fear. The rush is nice and you won't be scared of it anymore. Controlling your rem dream state is one thing, Locked in syndrome is something very different.

[@Bloodline2009]

@Miles Doyle Bro, I was merely talking about my personal experience right here and now. Not exactly sure what your comment is about.

[@stanloona5725]

@@Bloodline2009 it’s a bot that copy pastes this into every comment

[@Ascyt]

Just try to wiggle the tip of your finger, you'll wake up from it.

[@blipblop8391]

I experience a lot of sleep paralysis (usually theres no halucinations though) if anybody needs advice yes, definetly try from the tips of your fingers. Its not an always fix but work from your finger tips to your arm. Try your best to move something and control your breathing. Its hard to stay calm but I myself usually try to stay calm. Tho sometimes I have it while I'm in a position where I cant breathe that well, and thats a time where you should get up as soon as possible. Though if youre laying on your back, staying calm and doing your best to move is more ideal in my experience. Hope this helps :"D

[@JoshKillcrop]

Yeah, when I get sleep paralysis I found that to be the best way to deal with it. If you fight it, it just last longer, and you panic, but can't take deep panic breaths (since the paralysis has you stuck on the standard slow breathing of sleep). If you just sort of submit and will yourself to relax, your body snaps out of it. God damn the first time it happened I thought I was having a seizure or something.

[@DrawnWack]

"Until we know what caused it, we won't be able to prevent it" Me: Oh boy, how did they figure that out? Video: *Ends* Me: o h

[@Sorta8]

Welp ,we ain't getting much out of it until we'll be able to learn all about our brain , which is another mystery itself.

[@mustangnawt1]

Most def terrifying unfinished business

[@bigd2829]

Lol

[@melodykuromibebbies2138]

@@mustangnawt1 wdym by that lol

[@commoq3764]

@@Sorta8 That'll take us a few million years

[@discflame]

"I'm going to sleep" "Ok, good decade" "what?" "don't worry about it"

[@Kazdumb]

didnt know i came to church

[@Davi-kc2wq]

@Miles Doyle that's a lot of words

[@R_i_t_s_u]

@@Kazdumb not alone lmao

[@hot_usecondchannelxd2274]

@Miles Doyle god is not real. End of story.

[@juanpgomez1299]

@Miles Doyle Bro?

[@DrFluffyNips]

That’s definitely not the title I wanted to read right as I was about to fall asleep 😭

[@RagingAcid]

Simply stay up

[@alooyeg]

lol

[@occcomic]

Lol

[@sabririhab9383]

same, i had terrifying experiences with sleep paralysis before and now i feel like never sleeping again

[@lemonbread378]

hehehe its like 2:30 am... NO SLEEP FOR ME :D

[@KBird204]

My mother passed away from (most likely) encephalitis a few years ago.Once I realized the condition the video was talking about was encephalitis...I had to stop watching because it became too painful to relive the weeks of being next to her hospital bed: slowly watching her become more pallid and emaciated as her life slowly fizzled away. It was so sudden, that we went from being hopeful that it was just the flu and expecting her to make a recovery to watching her casket being swallowed by the earth in the span of a few short months. Provided they're not terrible people, please don't take your parents for granted- you may not realize how important they are until it is too late.

[@edwardtheturtle1082]

This reminds me of the concept to the movie “Johnny Got His Gun” (The movie from Metallica’s One music video) The man couldn’t see, hear, or speak, and had no limbs but was fully aware of his thoughts

[@frankenweenie2077]

And like the song said as I remember they wouldn’t let him die either. It’s truly horrifying

[@MissWanza]

Exactly! 'I can't remember anything, can't tell if this is true or dream, deep down inside I feel to scream this terrible silence stops me... Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell...'

[@tomcartwright7134]

Edward the Turtle, Johnny Got His Gun is one of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen .

[@kiazokenabandoned6184]

This man actually makes the best sponsor segments ever.

[@ly2]

fr!

[@steins1457]

I would've agreed if "The Internet Historian" didn't exist but it's amazing nonetheless.

[@TheResidence.mp4]

@@steins1457 For sure, IH easily has the best sponsor segments on the site Edit: Grammar error

[@Beeyo176]

Internet Comment Etiquette isn't so shabby either

[@joeharley1423]

I think Nostalgia Nerds’ is better, but great nonetheless.

[@D.S69]

Imagine being a kid and waking up as an adult 30 years later that'd be pretty scary

[@builderphill1361]

Or an adult and waking up as an old person, wake up straight to retirement with none of the benefits 😂

[@dzaster4050]

I saw an anime sorta like that

[@bushcatbandit2566]

You snuggle up in your bed as your mom kisses you goodnight. You fall asleep. What feels like only a few hours later, you wake up. Disoriented you look around. You’re in a completely unfamiliar room. You’re grown up now. You start crying in confusion and fear… ye i cannot imagine it to be pleasant.

[@redhairedgodlybeast3143]

@@dzaster4050 you talking about Tokyo revengers? Because it’s kind of similar to the main comment if you ask me.

[@dzaster4050]

@@redhairedgodlybeast3143 nah man erased

[@The-Author]

Thanks for including my song at 6:43 Big fan of your content

[@worleyzack]

what’s worse? not being able to ever wake up, or not ever being able to sleep? Because both exist and it’s terrifying.

[@LXWLESS]

I'd rather never be able to sleep I'd die quicker then

[@ok-jq1jh]

Never being able to wake up for sure would be more terrifying, IF you're even somewhat conscious. The human subconscious can easily become a hell and it feels like eternity when you're stuck in it. The moment you feel fear, or even think you might, the subconscious will manifest it. If you remember any nightmares: the monster shows up when you start feeling afraid. Or just assume it's going to. But the mind does adapt even in the subconscious. I got so sick of the shear terror that when the monster, whatever it may manifest as, shows up I get angry at the discomfort. Straight up had enough, that's the emotion that starts giving me control. Still our primal subconscious will try fear inevitably at some point, and no amount of lucid skills someone has will change those attempts.

[@frenzy4046]

This would literally be a living nightmare.

[@h.n.r_funi3324]

Literally and figuratively

[@illuminaticonfirmed1389]

@Miles Doyle bro calm the hell down

[@unitedlibertypaper3578]

@Miles Doyle bruh 😹

[@randomodude]

@Miles Doyle This is a youtube video......not a church......stop

[@gxbrielwatches4088]

@Miles Doyle PSA: DO NOT OPEN THIS UNLESS U WANNA SCROLL FOR NOTHING

[@duglife2230]

Imagine surviving years of constant artillery barrages, gas attacks, trench assaults, bombs, and battlefield diseases only to return home and get taken out by the Spanish Flu or this disease we learned about in the video. We may think our times are bad, but really I am glad to be living in the 2020s - even with COVID-19.

[@TheShadowWolf1]

@Miles Doyle balls

[@leannihi6807]

@Miles Doyle I hate ratios, but this is the one time I’m doing it

[@Lumanova]

@Miles Doyle Why did I press Read more?

[@damncat2793]

@Miles Doyle amogus

[@mylesSwisher]

@@damncat2793 jeSUS is amogus

[@coffeecat086]

Drl Oliver Sacks' work was amazing. he had no intention of creating "inspiration porn." He was trying to highlight the ways people adapted to situation. we need more doctors like him in this world.

[@possum8220]

What caught my attention about this is the fact that it came around during and after the Spanish flu, which is definitely not at all reminiscent of another certain pandemic…

[@comradewindowsill4253]

"Long Covid", eh?

[@thegreydragon954]

I hope this doesn’t happen.

[@NightTimeDay]

@@thegreydragon954 we would know already if it was this bad. It isn't.

[@bigboysdotcom745]

Not really remotely the same, clown comment

[@cake6420]

The feverish me sitting here watching this has me a bit shook.

[@swagbag7965]

Don’t worry about it bro

[@CreepyboomGamer]

Me too, I’m pretty scared now.

[@illuminate4622]

Is it covid?

[@prakharmishra3000]

Don't go to sleep tonight

[@cake6420]

@@illuminate4622 Sinus infection

[@Kentucky_Caveman]

Imagine being a kid in 1917 and then you wake up in the 50's or something, and realize that the entire world has left you behind, and you are old now.

[@sirarth2498]

@Miles Doyle god isnt real

[@swamp6825]

@Miles Doyle God isn’t going to praise you for spamming random things in a KZbin comment section quit wasting your time

[@suranumitu7734]

@Miles Doyle nobody cares

[@Zorro9129]

@@sirarth2498 He is, but walls of text are annoying.

[@MaskedRokho]

@@Zorro9129 doesnt god have no gender?

[@waltersobchak7275]

Sleep paralysis is my greatest fear. I have it often. Sometimes twice in one night. If I have it nowadays when I come out of it I grab the high powered amphetamines in my nightstand and that’s it for sleep that night. Whatever negative effects I could have from the speed is nothing compared to the PTSD I get from the sleep paralysis. It’s beyond terrifying

[@LXWLESS]

As someone who also sufferes from sleep paralysis on an almost nightly basis I don't blame you

[@4g6_miragecolorado00]

Please take care of yourself! Have you tried psilocybin?

[@blackroses5983]

i used to have it twice anight aswell. i feel what u mean with the amphetamines tho. sad they just make the nervoussystem weaker.

[@blackroses5983]

the PTSD. Dont fuck around. i feel u

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@4g6_miragecolorado00 oh yeah I’m a hippie. I like my ket and MXE most though😼😼

[@toukosiren9004]

When I get sleep paralysis I'm just like "oh, this again" and wake up without much of a fight. Though if I try to lucid dream shit goes off the rails quick. What works for me is staying calm and understanding what's going on, but I understand why that may be hard for others.

[@deathshead357]

When you wake up with sleep paralysis then try to lucid dream, do you just close your eyes again to become lucid?

[@deluca5979]

What's even scarier is if you wake up 30 years later you find yourself in a coffin.

[@andrewfortmusic]

@Untamed Corgi 5 to 20 hours of suffering AFTER the 30-year nightmare.

[@blakwidow737]

nah your organs would be harvested long before that

[@notanonymous3976]

how would u be alive by then?

[@Rebirth._]

oh screw that

[@zeffery101]

@@notanonymous3976 you wouldn't you would die suffocating on the first day. but being aware of your surroundings and seeing yourself getting buried the entire time while internally screaming for hours is hella scary.

[@SpectreCafe98]

Damn socko lives like this Edit: Don't go down there if you don't want ur screen filled with a sermon lol

[@comradeScallion]

that’s how the world works 🤷‍♀️

[@shlagmite3653]

@@comradeScallion Apathies a tragedy

[@notorious_trollfaust]

What do you mean?

[@-Pexy]

@@shlagmite3653 and boredom is a crime

[@-book]

lollll yes, poor socko

[@jason18edm66]

I can’t help but apply this to current events, as in what if there will be all sorts of symptoms of covid after you’ve had it that we don’t even know about yet.

[@dylanfortuin4518]

This channels' aesthetic is so pleasing, even the ads are interesting

[@dc4084]

If you liked this, I’d recommend Oliver Sacks’ book ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat’. It’s a really accessible look at neurological phenomena.

[@YourDad-dh6fj]

Most of Oliver Sacks books are wonderful, but His book "Awakened" (I believe?) Is on encephalitis Lethargica, and the treatment of it using L.Dopa... it's a sad read, as slowly the drug would work less and less as patients could feel themselves slow down and lose their lives again

[@YourDad-dh6fj]

*Awakening, Oliver Sacks (sorry)

[@worstgamer1162]

@@YourDad-dh6fj love you dad😁 thank you for coming in mom to make me born

[@worstgamer1162]

@@YourDad-dh6fj *no homo! Father and son love*

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

That actually sound very interesting, what's the basic story?? Is it actually a guy who got like brain damage or something and ended up trying to wear his wife as a hat?? Lol, that's sounds funny but it sounds definitely very sad.

[@mydogniko]

This reminds me of an episode of 'House' where Mos Def had 'locked in syndrome'. Cognizant of your surroundings, able to feel pain, but completely paralyzed. Utterly terrifying. I can't think of anything worse.

[@L.K.48]

"Mos Def" as in Mos Def the rapper?

[@Inertia888]

Probably the only thing I fear more than being locked in a cage, is being locked in my body. Terrifying.

[@mydogniko]

@@L.K.48 No. Mos Def the artist. He's too good to be labeled as a rapper. That being said, are there other Mos Defs running around out there that I'm not aware of? 😉

[@L.K.48]

@@mydogniko my bad, Mos Def the artist. Not that I'm aware of, no. I thought he maybe shortened "most definitely", not that it would make much sense. I guess I should watch that episode

[@L.K.48]

@@mydogniko btw his collabs with Kweli are very dear to me

[@kylesmith2604]

We ain’t gonna talk about how perfectly blended the first 20 second intro is and when it appears 6 minutes later? That shit was genius editing 10/10

[@Xander-pg5ly]

I was in a coma for 6 months, when I was just 13 years old I was nearly killed by a dog attack. I lost so much blood and my abdomen was ripped open so bad that I got sepsis any my wounds on my arms and legs were so bad that I had to be revived at the hospital and I was placed in a medical induced coma. When I woke up I had absolutely no clue that so much time had passed and I literally thought I had just got to the hospital, when I looked at my arms and legs they were noticeably more skinny and very pale and even still it took many people to finally convince me that I had actually been in a coma and 6 months had passed since my injury. Even after all that time in the coma I woke up and still had open wounds on my arms and body that were gruesome to have to see every day. To this day I still love dogs and I've never been afraid of them even after that traumatic experience but I do have some pretty bad PTSD that gets triggered every once in a while

[@joe2249]

That ad break was much needed comic relief. Genius.

[@aceviix9139]

youtube premium 🥲

[@PaulPinguin]

@Miles Doyle You don’t think someone would read that wall of text, do you?

[@Cardinalt]

@@PaulPinguin it’s a bot, but yeah. They really need to learn how paragraphs work.

[@shadw4701]

For anyone suffering with sleep paralysis I find coming to a better understanding of why it happens gets rid of the fear, in my case it did anyways. I still get sleep paralysis from time to time I just don't get scared anymore. I recommend researching rem sleep. Also I highly recommend trying to use it as a way to lucid dream

[@dylan777]

Just don't sleep tf

[@home7381]

lol yeah knowing about it makes it become less "holy shit what's happening am i going to die" and more "ugh not this shit again"

[@d00dfx]

oh yeah, lucid dreaming can be hard, so if you wanna try, you could WBTB or Wake Back to Bed, usually you sleep for about 3-5 hours then wake up, and go back to sleep.

[@jross1269]

I still wake up with some minor arm/leg paralysis. It can be spooky initially, but once you know whats happening its alot less scary and alot more annoying.

[@itsprod.472]

Mhm

[@dm7626]

It's so weird that I got recommended this video, I have just finished (re)reading Awakenings (Oliver Sacks' book about giving L-Dopa to Encephalitis Lethargica sufferers in the late 60s-early 70s). It is something I have always been interested in, as well as related Parkinsonian disorders, and was actually one of the things that made me want to go into the field of neurology. I'd recommend the book to anybody who saw this video and wanted to know more about the patients themselves who had suffered from the disorder, it's pretty easy for the average person to read and has a lot of footnotes to add additional context.

[@Ryan-fk3oi]

Now I'm curious about how this connects to Long COVID

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Just thinking the same

[@allofit5926]

Probably should not watch that before going to sleep. Damn thats scary.

[@scottseeversjr.7617]

Me watching it at midnight

[@amazonbox1115]

watching at 2 am

[@SyronFR]

Same

[@polpnorbit]

Same I’m not too happy that I came across this

[@zeffery101]

its a good thing I didn't watch it yesterday because I went to bed with a sore throat.

[@shlagmite3653]

Imagine getting traumatized by sleeping and never being able to sleep again.

[@randygaming5134]

have fun passing out of sheer exaustion

[@kirby.9601]

I've been there before. I used to have extremely lucid/intense nightmares where I would actually convince myself the pain I felt in my sleep was real. I would wake up crying and when it was time for me to lay down I would stay on my phone or watch tv until I couldn't physically manage to keep myself awake any more.

[@Roadent1241]

Nightmares causing panic attacks you wake up to is traumatising enough, or maybe I just have it easy. -_- Nightmares by themselves are bad enough.

[@MichelleHell]

I sleep with my door closed, sometimes locked. I get sleep paralysis when it's opened a crack because shadowy objects are always lurking there before they pounce on me. I've had sleep paralysis enough times that I am afraid to sleep under certain conditions where I'm potentially vulnerable. If I don't feel safe enough to fall asleep I just won't fall asleep that night. I've noticed that if I'm in a state where I'm dozing off but trying to keep myself awake it can cause sleep paralysis. This would be like in the evening after work and school. Can't even get a nap. Also I notice I get sleep paralysis if circulation is cut off to one of my limbs such that it goes numb. Maybe the psychology of being physically paralyzed seeps into the dream world, induces a panic and causes the dream to turn dark. A part of my unconscious is trying to turn myself over in my sleep, but can't do it and panics to snap me out of it. Usually they end with me realizing I'm dreaming and screaming in my dream to wake up, and then I wake up in a jolt feeling like I fell out of the sky onto my bed. The really convincing one's will have me wake up yelling at whoever is at my door. Sometimes I think I'm having a sleep paralysis but I'm actually still awake and will yell at the door, get up and turn the lights on. I blame my family for scaring me when I was a child in my sleep by sneaking into my room and pouncing on me. I was under ten and had associated unlocked room doors with the potential to be scared. They have to be locked because in my dreams they can open the doors, but if I know it's locked I know they can't get in and I sleep fine.

[@rubievale]

There's a disease called Fatal Familial Insomnia which results in those afflicted being unable to sleep, ever, and they die as a result of it some months later. It's a prion disease that comes on in late middle age, runs in families and is 100% fatal.

[@jodijodi7112]

imagine making a video about an illness that causes decades-long sleep paralysis then ending it with a "have a good night"

[@sushileafbeats]

Hahah, that Matrix bit for the VPN is so perfectly timed with the new Matrix movie coming. GG.

[@radfoo72]

I've never heard of this. Halfway through the video I thought maybe this was just a creative work of fiction.

[@radfoo72]

@@robbyg6265 lol I'm 33. I've been here for a lil while now😆

[@GodDamnitTwitch]

@@radfoo72 same man, congrats on making it past 30, I'm turning 32 myself been on KZbin way too long.

[@PumpyGT]

@Graveyard Spliff im 14 and life will probably get worse and worse until I decide to take my own life

[@oriondurdaller3349]

@@PumpyGT what? No don't say that

[@buyadog6166]

@@PumpyGT i feel that

[@Assassin_Droid]

"have a good night" Nice work disrupt this will remove the effect of the 16 minutes of horror you gave us

[@Nimbus3690]

6:13 this scenario described here, omg, I kid you not, I legitimately had this EXACT dream about 8 years ago in my college dorm. I didn't even know about this sickness at the time!! In the dream, after minor sore throat and fever, I woke up some 12 years later and didn't recognize anyone or anything. I didn't even know how to cross the street. It was my most traumatizing dream/nightmare ever. I remember it to this day, very vividly. How the hell did I dream about this exact condition without knowing about it!?!

[@rrameir]

I’ve had this vid in my recommended for 4 days now, so here we are

[@penguin--]

I got sleep paralysis a few nights ago and it was probably one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me. I can't imagine what these people must have gone through.

[@blackroses5983]

i bet u got a good climpse.

[@shadbakht]

One of Robin Williams and Robert Deniro’s best acting in this movie: The Awakening

[@JoeDower101]

I knew this reminded me of a movie I'd seen, thank you.

[@thisisavivistanaccount7866]

I watched that film in high school. It was captivating and it made me cry.

[@charlottewilliams8783]

*Awakenings. one of my favorite movies :)

[@radek3531]

@Miles Doyle I dont see why some Christians feel the need to do this on content not linked to religion.

[@LocalHolehead]

@Miles Doyle Ever heard of a paragraph before?

[@mirlindsaliji5037]

I like it how this got recommended right when i have fever, sore throat and stiff muscles. Now im scared to sleep

[@OtterBee123]

Soon as you started describing the symptoms I recognized it, because of the film Awakenings, with Robin Williams. He plays a doctor trying to figure the disease out in a hospital/ nursing home kind of setting, if I remember correct. I think Robert De Niro plays one of the patients. EDIT: so happy to hear you mention it! :)

[@lordperezident]

The sleepy sickness Is what happened to Arnold's parents in the jungle from 'hey Arnold' does anyone else remember this from the special when Arnold and his classmates go to the jungle where the green eyed people lived for a school trip??? If you remember this shout out to you!

[@cake6420]

I used to watch football head all the time

[@jessl1934]

@@cake6420 I could never understand why he got called that anyway. His head wasn't round and it's not like calling someone "round head" is some big insult.

[@volkor5142]

@@jessl1934 American football not soccer ball

[@lachrymarum_]

@@jessl1934 lol

[@FatCatCooper]

@Miles Doyle wow this made me abort my child

[@FrostRare]

It makes sense the l-dopa proved to be a solution. Often, an early warning sign of Parkinson’s or dementia is shaking during sleep. It seems that if there is something disrupting sleep quality or ones ability to induce self-paralysis during sleep, then this has directly to do with dopamine. Dopamine is the primary neurotransmitter thats effected by Parkinson’s. It’s also the primary chemical impacted by l-dopa.

[@FrostRare]

Miles Doyle Jesus Christ.

[@BurningApple]

@Miles Doyle cut it out dude. People aren't receptive to walls of preaching. 🙂

[@crispouk3070]

@Miles Doyle fun fact: Nobody read this

[@cmillerpa33]

Imagine a doctor actually caring what your symptoms are. That is more fantastical than the disease.

[@puffer_frog]

'Oh damn... I was asleep for that long? Well, at least the war is over...' 'Wait what? You're telling me... The Germans are at it again?' 'God dammit...'

[@mursu690]

This is literally me every single night. I go to bed i get sleep paralysis i cant breathe, i cant move and i cant see. I start to shake and try to make noises so my family or girlfriend could comfort me while im suffering. I always end up waking up to no air left in me. It always feels like near death experience. It scares me that i could end up like them or just casually pass away

[@captain531]

Have you gone to a specialist about it?

[@starlightkynthos]

Somehow I don't think that's normal for it to happen every night. Also, look into "sleep apnea", not breathing is a symptom for that, too.

[@martinasdfg2629]

That happens to me too but with me it’s even worse because on top of the not breathing I get a really loud ringing in my ears that hurts alot

[@ji-di7zr]

It happens to me fairly often, try Learning about it more. Once you understand the illusions can't hurt you and why it happens. Try focusing on your heart beat

[@a.........]

hi Pou

[@brycekraft6953]

disrupts videos have so much time and effort in them, he deserves es more subs

[@hoshi9488]

@Miles Doyle so true

[@koda_pop]

Rare that I see a sponsor block that I actually enjoy watching, gj

[@geeblanco]

I'm going through a horrific period of almost nightly episodes of paralysis at the moment and my brain is becoming expert at delivering me the most dread inducing terror semi dreamlike entities and warped scenarios that has me only sleeping now when I am absolutely shattered, which seems to partly minimise the worst experiences to a point. I genuinely wish you all sweet dreams.

[@softeuph3974]

You are dealing with spirits. I went through the same thing. You need to pray and read the Bible. It works. I haven’t been through paralysis since 3 years. :)

[@apemayor3046]

On second thought, maybe I'll watch this in the morning.

[@impolitedirector3595]

Every video of yours feels like it's better than the others. Amazing production, amazing writing, amazing ad placement. These videos are just flawless.

[@kaadnknight836]

I’m honestly surprised how high quality these videos are, or is it all in my head?

[@colepalmatier4632]

This channel is so great that I even watch the ad breaks. The production is phenomenal.

[@aviz8590]

I believe this is called death?

[@Chanted2]

Well... yea

[@goodguycarl]

Woo

[@vividant]

death but it isn't

[@quive5705]

Death, but worse.

[@groundsalt2199]

You can only be pronounced dead if you have no heartbeat, no breathing and no brain activity. If your brains get blown out but your heart keep beating you’re technically not dead

[@taryllhanchard3978]

Had sleep paralysis once but I could still move. I heard my family awake watching tv in the morning. I look are the window and it’s daylight so I walk out to have breakfast. I sit on the couch and as I look over to say hi to my nan, all of a sudden it was dark, tv off and no one awake. Looked at the time on my phone and it was around 2:30am Was really freaked out after that

[@polpnorbit]

If that happened to me, I’d shit my pants I’m not even fucking with you cause that’s scary as hell

[@taryllhanchard3978]

@@polpnorbit yeah if it wasn’t for the fact I have crazy and sometimes terrifying dreams everyday day, I would’ve reacted even worse.

[@taryllhanchard3978]

@@polpnorbit I was really confused, but if had fully understood what I went through I would’ve had a mental breakdown or something. I just thought it was a dream, or some part of me figured out it was real but I just couldn’t care. I only looked back recently and though yeah that’s creepy. Also I had lots of ghost paranoia (ghost in my room kinda stuff) at that house but I doubt that it has anything to do with it.

[@boofproductions9047]

That is scary as F#€&

[@biggiecheez6879]

"sleep paralysis but I could still move" uh chief something ain't right

[@doigent5125]

8:09 This stock footage is from Burgas, Bulgaria. It feels good to randomly see footage taken in your country in a video like this.

[@HungerGamesFan88]

this immediately catapults beyond a simple spooky/mysterious topic and riiiight into 'i Will cry"

[@yahgent]

It’s a good night, thanks disrupt team

[@pompshuffle562]

Love the podcast can't wait for the next episode.

[@pompshuffle562]

@Miles Doyle Dude, I'm a believer too but that's not the way to preach the gospel. It's better to just be a light for other people.

[@cg0825]

So this is what the patients in the movie "Awakenings" had. The doctor (played by the late Robin Williams) researched the past of these patients and found that they had contracted a form of encephalitis at some point in their lives.

[@kyanoang3l0_old]

This vid pops up on my KZbin home page just after watching that BBC video about a Brit with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a somewhat similar disease that causes paralysis while keeping you aware of your surroundings. Being paralyzed and aware is now officially one of my biggest fears.

[@milkman4297]

this is basically what i have , i am so scared of sleeping nowadays its just torture everyday its a blessing to stay up so late you pass out entirely; sure you wake up exhausted but its like sleeping in Minecraft without monsters nearby.(minus the actual illness, I just get sleep paralysis everyday for the past 3 years)

[@Gatorade69]

If you are scared of going to sleep I would recommend you look into a substance called Crystal Methamphetamine. You will never have to sleep again.

[@billnyethespy3641]

yeah man ocd sucks

[@shadw4701]

I recommend reading about why it happens, this helped me get rid of the fear. You can also escape by wiggling your fingers and toes. If you end up getting use to it you can also turn it into a lucid dream

[@MegaRad666]

i recommend taking 5-htp if you haven't tried it already

[@Actuallyfilthy]

have had the same since for about 5 years. shit sucks

[@urpalfion]

Such an interesting video topic! I agree it does sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie

[@riverdeep399]

Like Myoencephalitits. I would sleep for 17 hours, wake up to pee. Eat, napping where ever I was, feel horrendous, aches, restless legs, confusion and back to a non restful sleep for another 17 hours that felt like a void. Horrid.

[@culturebreath369]

I used to get sleep paralysis a lot. Sometimes its just annoying. Other times its absolutely terrifying. You feel like you're choking to death. You just pass back out sometimes. Sometimes you see things. I used to see a gkant spider crawl up my body towards my face and id pass out. You cant move. Youre just locked in place. I cant imagine dying this way.

[@klc3rd]

Oliver Sack's Awakenings is an amazing book, the movie was one of Robin William's more serious roles and is also very good, definitely recommend to anyone interested

[@klc3rd]

@Miles Doyle lmao bruh

[@thundervoid420]

@Miles Doyle Didn't ask

[@lucianoarebalo41]

When the video repeated at 6:30 I thought I was going insane

[@excaliburner9413]

Same

[@__________g5894]

I guess he wanted to open the video with a “hook”, then add context and go back to it.

[@ladnavar]

thank you for all the nightmares this video will cause :) (hopefully none of those will lead to anything...)

[@Kodeb8]

I was relieved when he said there were no new cases... But then he said there was one in the 90s, and apparently, there were more that initially weren't categorized as the sickness... Great.

[@wobblysauce]

Interesting. I know someone that is turning into a statue but it isn't the same as Encephalitis Lethargica, Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue such as tendons and ligaments are gradually replaced by bone (ossified), forming bone outside the skeleton (extra-skeletal or heterotopic bone) that constrains movement.

[@Iluveyuu]

do they die,

[@G0on1e]

thats terrifying

[@lynnkayee1015]

That is one hell of a disease. I think I would just kill myself before I got fully stuck. The pain must be horrific.

[@Huuuuh152]

Bruh I’m literally sick and saw this before going to bed

[@spiderboi9425]

Admit it: After watching this you might be more scared to be revived than to die

[@emajila4560]

The disease that beats dementia in how terrifying of an experience it could be... *YOU CAN'T MOVE.*

[@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999]

damn, this sleep paralysis is like the true solitary confinement SCP being real. totally concious but unable to do anything for years.

[@NoobOfShame]

I would say possibly worse. At least people in solitary confinement can move, walk around (to a very limited extent) and talk to, well, anything or anyone atleast. Both of these sound awful , I’d not want to be put into any of these situations but if I had a gun to my head to choose I think I’d take being locked up in solitary confinement. But I haven’t read that SCP so I’m going based more off what I know of solitary confinement in prisons . It’s brutal and some people can get out in there for weeks to months in some cases.

[@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999]

@@NoobOfShame you should really read it before you make a comment about it. Else you are just being totally misinformed as you are now.

[@darraarljod8911]

@@NoobOfShame complete sensory deprivation for possibly centuries

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

@@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999 Which one? I searched for it but multiple different results appeared

[@NoobOfShame]

@@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999 why does it matter ? If I had interest in reading I would have. That comes off as if I’m doing something wrong by not knowing, I literally said I didn’t read it so I’m just going based off what I speculate. I’ll comment on whatever I want, thank you. Don’t act like I’m spreading misinformation or something

[@canopygroup6796]

damn bro imagine waking up to a second war

[@theodoreevans4760]

This sponsored segment scared the crap out of me. I also realised from where I remember the creepy synthesised voice you use in your videos -- the episode names from Serial Experiments Lain. Which is also a show that gives me the same feeling as your videos. Great work. Stay cyberspooky.

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

"You're watching chill fuel on Disrupt" Ah yes, I am very calm and not anxious right now.

[@mitchellsnaw7263]

Just about a week or two ago, I had strep throat. You're telling me that there's a mutation that can basically make me a body pillow for decades, or even permanently? I DON'T LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

[@L.K.48]

I guess you meant it as a joke but in case you're worrying, there's no need to worry. It's about as likely as getting hit by a meteor.

[@CreepyboomGamer]

Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with videos on rare modical occurrences, on the one hand, it’s fun to watch, but in the other hand if you feel sick at all you really start worrying.

[@last7993]

@@L.K.48 i dont think 5 million people got hit by a meteor ever

[@MrJoshie333_]

So you guys upload this video right before I'm about to go to sleep... Thanks

[@madiphm]

I've only had sleep paralysis happen to me twice, lasting about 10 seconds each. The first was due to me thinking it was my sister's hand slowly creeping up my arm, which she wasn't. (It was a dark shadowy figure instead, most likely my sleep paralysis demon) However, the thought of her doing so made me want to snatch my arm away, which instead only made my finger twitch slightly, breaking the sleep paralysis. (I was quite shaken after the experience). The second exprience was me becoming self aware at the fact that it was sleep paralysis and I closed my eyes trying my hardest to move any part of my body, which my toes twitched and broke the sleep paralysis. I was not going to have a sleep paralysis demon get me again lmao. But I can definitely say my experiences are extremely lucky compared to others, thankfully they only last 10 seconds for me.

[@blackroses5983]

ive seen the same dark shadowy figure aswell. they come with messages if u get to know them well enough. they will teach u if u go through the paralysis enough and suceed to survive it. it hate the whole experience forced me into a political and a mafia experience. that was never my intent, but they did show me how they moved.

[@mr.christopher79]

tall and skinny?

[@maxpower001]

In 2007 i came home from work on a friday and woke up sunday night.. I SLEPT FOR OVER 48HRS, and it scared the shit outta me..

[@wattthefaqameye1146]

This is especially unnerving in the time of covid which has its own neurological side effects that we are just beginning to discover

[@masondavis4554]

The comment I was looking for.

[@bigboysdotcom745]

Find me 5m people who were stricken with paralysis due to covid lmao. Covid isn't remotely as bad

[@wattthefaqameye1146]

@@bigboysdotcom745 covid is such a recently discovered illness and we don't know what long term effects it may have. I don't know that it will be as bad but if it can make you lose smell and taste, then it affects the nervous system. Not to mention the symptoms of "long covid".

[@lord_khufu]

i've had covid but even during time of being sick i can still taste stuff fine, though the headache during that time was probably my worst one yet, it's hurt so bad that i can't even sit looking at the screen for 5 minutes without having to lay down again, could be because i have some sleep deprivation at the time, lucky i got the vaccines prior otherwise who knows how much worse it can get !

[@proub1404]

Every upload from Disrupt brings a smile to my face

[@CloverCutieASMR]

Other conditions caused by strep is actually pretty common. PANDAS for example. Strep is probably a lot more damaging than we even realize to be honest, and research is ongoing

[@LydianMelody]

That PIA promo was just **chef’s kiss**

[@TON-618_]

Even your adds are amazing! Keep up the great work!

[@ggrrss]

These videos are so good.

[@itzpixster2031]

6:50 I though chill fuel was another channel but this way of content is like chill fuel which I love!