Bluestars
Smile and let the world wonder
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2007
For any of you that dream that you are awoken by spiders, bugs, insects, etc and you still "see" them when you are awake, those are called Night Terrors. I have had them since I was a little kid, and most people grow out of them, but I'm almost 40 and will still get one every once in awhile- usually when I am under stress.
I also have Sleep Paralysis which is a is a phenomenon in which people, either when falling asleep or wakening, temporarily experience an inability to move.
I sometimes hear voices call my name, but not very often. This is called Hypnogogia (when it occurs as you're falling asleep / half-roused) or Hypnopompia (when it occurs as you're waking up).
I am been to waaaay too many sleep studies to count!
I have experienced sleep paralysis once in awhile. I read that if you make your pinkie move, then you will wake up. It worked for me on multiple occasions. I guess that's easier than making your entire body move.
A few weeks after my dad died I heard somebody call my name one morning. It was almost like a whisper. They just kept repeating it. When I became fully awake, it turned into my husband's breathing. It was so weird.
Another time was a very real dream. So real that is spooks me to this day. I dreamt that the phone beside my bed rang in the middle of the night. When I answered it, my mother told me that one of my brother's had passed away due to a car wreck. She said that somebody else was with him, but they didn't know if that person survived.
The dream happened about 8 years ago and my brother is still alive. But it was so real. It was the most vivid dream I have ever had, and I have had a lot of lucid dreams.