Trapped in a Nightmare - Ochsner Doctor's Note: Sleep Paralysis

Liudmila Lysenko, MD discusses the symptoms, causes and treatment of sleep paralysis, a terrifying sleep disorder.
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[@Se7en0]

Anyone can relate to trying to call their mom or something but they can’t then they just close their eyes

[@YourGuyAJ]

Yep

[@eipi5173]

I never realize its a dream till afterwards...its real to me everytime it happens.

[@unclerico8979]

Lol it happened to me twice when I was in school asleep at my desk I could hear everyone talking I just couldn’t move I didn’t really have a sense of dread them but that’s been 20 years ago. It happened to me tonight and I felt like something was holding me down when I finally fully woke up and could move I was all worked up and now here I am 😂

[@jamiehinson5239]

Damn right it does. It happens to me a lot

[@yassine073t]

I suffer from sleep paralysis and it’s not a dream because I woke up from a dream and I can open my eyes I see my room but I can’t move.

[@VerbalVenom-wt3rn]

its like bein frozen in iceberg , still movin but in fake terms then false awakes .. the scary part is trying to breakthrough

[@terinbyrom2987]

for sure scariest part is definitely having multiple false awakens

[@mannyb332211]

You shouldn't be resisting it but just let it pass and embrace it

[@mannyb332211]

@@terinbyrom2987 You shouldn't be resisting it but just let it pass and embrace it

[@jacobtaylor3096]

I just had it happen and kept thinking i was up but ended up going back tk the worst psrt happened like 5 freaking times

[@TeamStevers]

Took me years to realize it was all in a dream. Rearranged my room and that night in the nightmare my room wasn’t changed to the new layout. Then I learned.

[@SupremeOracle]

Wym

[@Sal-zx2tc]

that's really clever

[@mannyb332211]

There's nothing to be scared about. It's a normal function of the brain

[@jimmyd4282]

As a child it would happen to me all the time. I grew tired of it & wanted to do something about it. So I eventually figured out that if I kept my eyes closed it would decrease the power of the paralysis to the point where I could break it by forcing myself to move. Usually my toes & hands. Also when you keep your eyes closed you won’t see anything, which is usually the most terrifying aspect

[@Portal100kgJJ]

Same! I always close my eyes to escape the allucinations

[@jonathanbautista9019]

i try to close my eyes then someone grabs me.

[@markchristian8122]

I just got my first sleep paralysis an hour ago. I could hear 2 kids crying and they get closer whenever I blink. Then a woman started screaming at my face. I tried to scream but I cant hear my own scream. She then walked away and closed the door even though I already closed it before I slept. Then I woke up and I cant feel my hands and feet for seconds.

[@pesverse290]

I also experienced *sleep paralysis* 2 times in my life. Basically when you're dreaming you think that the dream is reality but in *sleep paralysis* you become conscious that you're in a dream but you can't escape it & get trapped for *hours* even if you jerk off your whole body really hard. So I never felt any creepy *GHOST* / *DEMONIC* presence. I was even trapped in good n bad dreams both were laws of physics don't make sense you fly around like a super human.

[@YouAintDatBoi]

I’m so sleep deprived that I get this shit all the time. Mostly happens during my online classes and I’ll just close my eyes and think of something funny

[@taekook8629]

I haven't gotten a lot of sleep lately and just had sleep paralysis after not having it for years now and it just a terrible experience

[@kissbela7409]

Say the name of Jesus. You don't lose anything.

[@addyd65]

Same i paniced

[@terinbyrom2987]

@@kissbela7409 i used to do that

[@kissbela7409]

@@terinbyrom2987 How does this happen? Or how did it happen to you?

[@debbiepaul6391]

I got it first when I was around 11-12 then again in my early 30s but I faced the demon lady because I wasn't going to give her the power she had when I was young and even tho it was frightening I wasn't scared and then she disappeared..Your body doesn't have to move to physically take power.Your mind and thoughts holds much strength and power and the old lady knew and If she wants more then let her come im ready don't be scared guys you got this..

[@vannesschan9929]

I’m not scared of sleep paralysis, I’m just scared there will be a jumpscare

[@supersaiyanbro]

Don’t give it ideas 😖

[@Portal100kgJJ]

I used to have it 3x a week, really scary

[@giteausuperstar]

Mine is way more real than this. I sense a person at the side of my bed, just outside my peripheral vision. I try desperately to get up, fight, turn my head to look at the intruder but I can't move a muscle. Eyes are open and my brain is switched on but the body is just frozen. I live alone down a quiet road and this started recently. The first few times were pretty horrendous.

[@ShilohKenny]

I have sleep paralysis like crazy and this video made understandable about it and still left me terrified

[@Lxz_lvke]

I haven’t had it yet. How many times have you got it? Have you got hurt from it? How long is it?

[@missmiddle4717]

I had sleep paralysis repetitively as a child, often multiple episodes per night. I was literally tormented by it! It occurs less and less as I grow older, but the vivid nightmares are still a significant problem.

[@mannyb332211]

Same here. Had them when i was a child and it was the scariest thing ever you'd not want to fall asleep. 15 years lf experiencing it makes you realize it's only a natural process of the brain and once you get over it and when it happens and ignore it you wake up feeling brand new and refreshed because you let your sleep cycle take its course

[@mannyb332211]

The creepy piano music does not help. This channel just wants views and instead of spreading fear they should be educating their viewers that it's ok to have sleep paralysis and it's a natural process of the mind.

[@Rich-km7pr]

Once you think about God or say a prayer, it disappears. You can simple just say God. Always works for me!

[@lavagrl9300]

That's not true bc Everytime it happens I call on Jesus during it In my mind and it gets Stronger...

[@03looner68]

For being stalked for 2 years I got gifted by nightmares & sleep paralysis & it's worst when you see it feel it & can't do anything besides lying there & cry 😣😩

[@antoinettedavis9286]

Exactly. I started getting it at 16. Im 31 now and still get it but only when im sleep deprived. I use to get it every night in the beginning and that made me not want to go to sleep because it was so terrifying. I can always tell right when its creeping up on me right before i start to doze off. Sometimes i wake up in time before im paralyzed but most times im too late. I feel like the older i get the harder it is to get out of the paralysis.

[@03looner68]

@@antoinettedavis9286 my mom is used to tell me if you're unable to do anything just breath breath out all those things & everything will be okay So I used to do that it's useful 😁 Hang in there you'll be okay soon 😊

[@kissbela7409]

Life is not what it seems. What I write is not fun and not a joke. Next time this happens to you: Say the name of Jesus. You want this. Call him for help! Don’t tell yourself it’s stupid. Don’t say to yourself that this is a crazy person who writes like this. Just do it, you want to do it! No one will know except you! You will not be ridiculous in front of anyone! Whoever doesn’t want you to do that is the one you see in this situation. Say the name of Jesus at that time! You want to do this!

[@antoinettedavis9286]

@kim oh my so young! Was it your first time experiencing it?

[@lavagrl9300]

@@antoinettedavis9286 same. I started getting them at 14 and I'm 31 now and get them literally Everytime I fall asleep. It's so bad that I don't sleep at night bc I know it will happen and when I do fall asleep it happens anyway. It happened to me when I taken a nap in the afternoon. It sucks so bad! I pray and say Jesus but it still happens :(. And yes it seems like it's harder to get out of it at times

[@richiejohnson]

Are your nightmares repetitive? Mine often involve traveling in a city I don't know, often trying to get to the airport

[@mamunurrashidb-7082]

Same happens with me

[@eipi5173]

@@mamunurrashidb-7082 I have about 3 that are constant. New ones on occasion, never to be seen again.

[@elena-ty2le]

Guys, help me out here, yesterday I had this dream, actually idk if it’s a dream, I’m trying to figure out what it is. Here you go, so I hear an end tune of one of billie eillish’s songs and it’s pretty beautiful, and this happens twice, when the tune ends, it felt like control was seeping out of my body, now I wasn’t too skeptical of it because I was enjoying the tune, I was asleep when this is happening, so then I wake up or so I think I do, I sit up in my bed, take the blankets off me, stand up then walk to the living room, lemme just say it was night and everything was pretty dark, then I walk to the kitchen and it’s pitch black, I see a figure and there are just bad vibes, and I’m kind of panicking, then it’s just black and I feel my body and I try to wake up, I try to will my body to get up, and then I wake up again, I sit up, take the covers off of me, stand up and walk to the living room, then to the kitchen and it’s just really dark, I reach for my watch which is a smart watch to try to get some light but it’s not there and I remember it’s charging, then I wake up again, and throughout the dark moments Im trying desperately to get up, and this just repeats over and over, and each time I wake up a voice just states, “I woke up and that was why I was tired.” and it always ends in darkness, then I eventually will my body to work and then I ACTUALLY wake up in cold sweat and I’m trying to figure out what it was, BECAUSE IT WAS SOO REAL, LIKE I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WOKE UP THE FIRST TIME AND ONLY REALIZE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN I FELT MY BODY LAYING THERE IN BED UNWILLING TO FOLLOW MY COMMANDS AND THE THING JUST REPEATING.

[@arzoomalik4589]

OH MY GAWSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS SOOOO TERRIFYING

[@elena-ty2le]

@@arzoomalik4589 IT WAS SUPER TERRIFYING, luckily it hasn’t happened since but yeah it was an EXPERIENCE

[@BlahBlah44kgfj]

I'll have the same thing happened to me sometimes during sleep paralysis. I'll dream that I'm waking up several times. Usually in the place I'm sleeping so it feels real. But there's a strong sense of fear, or sometimes the dream will conjure up things like Monsters or demons. I'll be in between the dream where I think I'm awake, and having that feeling like something's taking control of my body. It will sometimes happened several times before I wake up.

[@smd3514]

I remember my sleep paralysis like it was yesterday, i woke up in the dark I couldn't move at all , it felt like something was sitting on my chest , I tried yelling for help but I couldn't it was like if I was put on mute, until a few minutes after I just felt a release of energy out of my body then it all ended.

[@Pill-Cosby]

Yeah I get it about once a week. I always feel evil a presence of demons and try my hardest calling out to God but I cant move my mouth. It sucks.

[@haseem7506]

@@Pill-Cosby it just happened to me yesterday, and now I cannot sleep, I'm terrified of if the same thing will happen.

[@Pill-Cosby]

@@haseem7506 I know what you mean. I'm a very spiritual person as well. It almost feels like your in a different realm and are in the spirits presence.

[@ufcspidersilva88]

It's demons not wanting you to sleep. They want you up to do whatever sin you are currently doing.

[@ariann9714]

so how to cure this?

[@ufcspidersilva88]

@@ariann9714 By not sinning or not caring about them watching

[@chronicawareness9986]

yeah it sucks.. it really sucks... its happening to me more and more now

[@littlebag8696]

Pretty much I am a loner all the time , and Ive been getting this sleep paralysis a lot and I actually got used to it. I can see stuff there, always the demon or the old lady that keeps me some company actually I consider them my friends. Atleast I am not alone in this sad world .

[@nekonobu6607]

😳 seriously you see that old lady every day bro dont nake her friend shes gonna possess you later

[@julias2855]

I had night terrors, sleep paralysis & plagued by demonic entities. Had for like 30 years. In “groups” Daily for a week & then nothing for couple months then again for few nights. I would b paralyzed & scared I could not talk. I was choked & held down. Jesus came to my dream once. I had prayed before bed. I was desperate. I could not see Jesus. I knew He was beside me but I could not see Him. I was suddenly released. I told the darkness I was a Child of God. I felt Peace like I was on a beach relaxing. I was in hell & I felt Peaceful. Still have them. I appreciate them now. Because God comes to me & His love is overwhelming

[@diepenn2878]

I know know what type of sleep paralysis I have because it can happends right after another and i get this kind of warning when i am getting one i hear this kind of really hi pitch sound then it starts felling like if something or someone is holding my body in place

[@supersaiyanbro]

I have sleep paralysis once a week. Terrifying stuff 😖

[@kalanhitchens8782]

Work on your stress. I was that way for years, three or four times a week sometimes more. Now with that I'm a lot more relaxed and older I look back and realize that I must have been really bad off

[@julias2855]

I had night terrors, sleep paralysis & plagued by demonic entities. Had for like 30 years. In “groups” Daily for a week & then nothing for couple months then again for few nights. I would b paralyzed & scared I could not talk. I was choked & held down. Jesus came to my dream once. I had prayed before bed. I was desperate. I could not see Jesus. I knew He was beside me but I could not see Him. I was suddenly released. I told the darkness I was a Child of God. I felt Peace like I was on a beach relaxing. I was in hell & I felt Peaceful. Still have them. I appreciate them now. Because God comes to me & His love is overwhelming

[@julias2855]

I have more control over it now. Jesus gives me strength. But they started changing to more life threatening situations. I’m frozen in fear at first. Then I’m covered in Peace & navigate thru the situation. Theif w gun at me, I wrestle it away & kill him. I get shot, do first aid & subdue criminal. Bomber tries to blast me, I’m able to save others & then kill him. Gun to my head. I thank God for my life. Ask He protect my family. And tell Him I’m excited to meet Him. Then I wake up.

[@julias2855]

I don’t have stress or anxiety. But looking at this list, I eat terrible. I workout to b fit-ish. But I eat terrible!

[@AMadrigal72]

No comments??? I go through the same thing and looking for answers why. The only difference is that I know I'm having a nightmare of being chocked in bed by some type of demon(s). I'm always trying to wake up but never can. and I'm always having the nightmare match my exact location. I yell and scream but no one can hear me. Glad to know I'm not the only one

[@borjaruiz8894]

I lived this for years, sometimes they were bad, other times they are big and very dark and impressive. My reaction many time was of attacking them, and many times I ound myself going after them in the house. I had many and different experiences, one day I was awake, not even sleeping, it was not late in my bed, and not paralised, but somehow a big and dark energy stand in one side of the bed, the light was one.... I could do nothing, but pray, so I did. After sometime I met a sufi woman who gave me a talisman made from names of Allah, wrapped in leather, since then, this thing sttoped and I'm free

[@measuredsul8586]

I got you a tip make a face like if you smell something gross do three times your out this helps me out

[@sachinchintuvevo5980]

I just experienced now and searched in yt

[@master-ui8cs]

Scream jesus or gods name

[@lavagrl9300]

@@master-ui8cs cant bc I can't talk out loud. I screamed it & said it in my mind, but it only gets stronger

[@josephwald1991]

Doctors can't explain why so many people see (1) the shadow man/demon, or (2) the old lady/old hag. Does anyone know what they are?

[@gilbertguzman531]

Has anybody ever had this dream but actually beat the feeling of being held down and since a year ago I have had these dreams maybe about 8 times and its like if something is challenging me but I have been winning every time my strenght overcomes the feeling....now the only scary part is when i feel it coming on and before it hits its like my mind is telling me in my dream get ready. I have had certain dreams where im holding whatever it is in my grasp and it gets scared and leaves the fight and I swear it feels so real then i wake up from a dream in my dream then i actually wake up but i fear this no more.

[@babsllamas3579]

this just happened to me like 10 minutes ago and i’m trying to undersatdn if it was sleep paralysis or a nightmare

[@Pixility]

I have so many dreams that people stab me

[@chrisymcceltic6581]

I had it before. thought my dog was gonna bite my face lol

[@ianparks2653]

I have sleep paralysis all the time, sans demons. I just wake up I can see, and think just can’t move

[@Benjimikel1]

I just get paralyzed and In my head I’m controlling my hands to open my eyes and then I wake up

[@DrineThePoet]

This is exactly how I felt last night. So scary

[@jpgleiden]

You can pass IT from one to another person

[@albdeno]

i experience this very often. but i know for a fact that is because of my bad sleep schedules cause of my work so can't do nothing. but still is fucking unpleasant experience every single time. i usually don't see anything i just feel a presence, except one time when a scary old lady staring me at the end of my bed. i don't think i will ever forget that. i just don't understand why? why is this crap useful to our survival or what is the purpose to it.

[@blake4038]

Idk man but the demons are the reason I no longer take naps in the afternoon

[@kissbela7409]

Say the name of Jesus and watch what happens. You don't lose anything.

[@albdeno]

@@kissbela7409 lol yea like Jesus is totally a real thing. why not tooth fairy or santa claus. grow up.

[@kissbela7409]

@@albdeno Okay. Then what you say, what you see is not real, is it? Are you laughing and making fun of you? Meanwhile, he sees things that scare him. There are more in the world than you think. I said: It doesn't cost anything. No one will know. You will see what is Truth. Do it and you will see the reality. Don't argue with me. Not my word will prove it here. But the name of Jesus will be then. You will see. And then you come back and we'll talk.

[@briannacalvillo1551]

@@kissbela7409 its happend to me so many times in my life where will use to panic bad, but now all I say is jesus in my head and I sleep like a baby..waking up later knowing I had sleep paralyses

[@nessesitoburrito8873]

Sleep paralysis is no joke used to happen in my mid to late teen 😳.

[@997turbo2]

I have it frequently and regularly, what to do?

[@hawks7775]

Only have experienced it a handful of times but just did a few days ago..I believe it was induced by a creepy episode of ancient aliens cuz when I finally escaped the paralysis and came too I noticed the show was playing on my phone..id do it again..it was an adrenaline rush...lol like a great scary movie or roller coaster

[@mannyb332211]

Lol that's good you liked the experience. Unfortunately most ppl think this is a negative experience. They do because unfortunately they don't understand how the mind and body works. I've experienced sleep paralysis for over 15 years and now i just want it to happen. After it does you wake up feeling refreshed. I have actually managed to self induce sleep paralysis this year. It was pretty cool

[@ashokroy6015]

Am feel it daily😭😭😨😨 why...??

[@chronicawareness9986]

its not demonic or horrible for me all the time.. when im paralyzed i cant move at all but im awake..... i try so hard to talk to scream to say help help help.... sometimes i wake up able to move but i see dragons, huge spiders, pr thousands of snakes

[@billys5365]

I thought I was having sleep paralysis, but after watching a few videos like this one, I realized that either I’m not having sleep paralysis, or these people aren’t.

[@imaxdigital7052]

What is your experience? Not everyone hallucinates.

[@joannvarist4271]

That's the devil.

[@kennycornelis9868]

I also hear a soft demonic (female voice). I always lissen to relax music To get asleep. And even that peacefull music Gets an evil tune. I cant realy explain.

[@dbe5304]

I just had episode and I was seeing my remote bouncing on its own on the couch

[@danielcasson7979]

whatt!? thats creepy, have u hsd many more recently

[@Striker-tq4vf]

I feel like caption america, being trapped and can't move but you know your there Help me

[@faheem_plays]

Quran defines it 1440 years ago

[@chowstar1]

Ok can u explain what it defines?

[@thatssomeserioustea9217]

@@aayankhan3257 story books? pardon

[@thatssomeserioustea9217]

@@aayankhan3257 dont disrespect someones religion

[@aayankhan3257]

@@thatssomeserioustea9217 Everyone has their own opinion u can't tell me what I should be doing . But yeah , u have a valid point so thanks for that .

[@marjoncandaza6019]

Quran is lie. Stupid

[@sidusaini4658]

There is no need to make horror video 😂

[@realnightowl908]

I not scared of sleep paralysis. I just fear when it pinches or presses any body part 🥲 it hurts

[@JasiahStayGeeked]

Was it scary

[@T2jefe]

Very very scary my mom has this and I feel helpless watching her go through horror as she’s can’t sleep at night sometimes

[@yuukineko7726]

the first experience was what make it terrifying. but then you'll get used to it if you experienced it all thru your life even now i do.. just had it last night too. all my episodes are way dark, demonic figures /experiences( no rainbows and unicorns ). but everyone has that one episode that they won't forget ever, that one episode that will be stuck on your memory coz i do have one. unlike the rest of my episode/sleep paralysis experience which i made like a normal occurrence in my life.

[@T2jefe]

@@yuukineko7726 is rather go through it instead of my mom she is already stressed enough it has to do with rem sleep or dreaming from what I heard I did research I read that you should sleep on a schedule so your body knows when your sleeping so as to not paralyze you and it says also to get 6-8 hours of sleep each night at least and try ways to reduce your stress like having fun my mom is also a very religious person me including so we pray and read the Bible every night even if some people don’t believe in God things like this will comfort you i pray that god will give you rest stranger thanks for your input

[@T2jefe]

@@yuukineko7726 my mom also just started getting these once she felt as if she was being pulled by something my dad went over to her room they were in quarantine from coming overseas it’s a scary thing because it’s tailored to the persons own image you know it’s crazy I don’t know how people don’t believe in supernatural things we just can’t see it but I advise you visit a sleep doctor and try some ways if you haven’t😎

[@stephenlansdowne3239]

My grandmother told me its caused by lacking potassium. The nights i have multiple attacks i get up eat a banana and it stops