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Originally posted by Epona:
I suffer from night terrors which means part of my brain has too much activity at certain times when I am asleep. These cause me to wake up and hallucinate - fully awake but as if dreaming. I often yell or talk nonsense, usually I am scared rigid, sometimes with full body paralysis, other times I leap out of bed and run. This is usually brought on by stress, fatigue, alcohol etc. (think of it as similar to epilepsy but only a certain part of your brain dealing with sensory input is affected). These are different from nightmares, which of course I also have sometimes just like most people!
Also when sleeping normally I often have vivid dreams, and have both talked and walked in my sleep often. Usually when I talk in my sleep it is complete nonsense.
Ronn, what about sleeping in front of the TV? Sounds like a good way to keep your brain exercised!! [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]
Epona, that sounds alot like what I do
, with the exception that I'm never paralysed. I've often described it as physically waking up, without doing so mentally. Only as I become aware of my surroundings do I begin to snap out of it. I frequently think to myself, "you know this isn't real", but I can't make it stop. So weird to hear your description and find it so accurate.
The stress, fatigue and alcohol hit the mark exactly, too. Everytime I have a bit to drink, I at least talk in my sleep.