RE: "Seriously brain, what the hell?" A Thread For Weird Dreams and Nightmares
06-18-2012, 11:32 PM
I'm pretty sure any unconscious mind-happenings are fair-game for this thread.
Fun fact: Sleep paralysis is something that happens to everybody, every time you go to sleep. Your brain deliberately releases chemicals during certain stages of sleep that block the communication between your brain and your voluntary muscles. Most the time, you're unconscious and waist deep in dream doings when this happens (which is why your brain releases the chemicals in the first place: doesn't want you running away from that zombie fridge and falling and breaking your neck in real life). Sometimes though you get shocked awake or regain consciousness at the wrong time while the paralysis effect is still active. It's only temporary, but yeah, it can be pretty scary to not be able to move your own body and not know why.
Fun fact: Sleep paralysis is something that happens to everybody, every time you go to sleep. Your brain deliberately releases chemicals during certain stages of sleep that block the communication between your brain and your voluntary muscles. Most the time, you're unconscious and waist deep in dream doings when this happens (which is why your brain releases the chemicals in the first place: doesn't want you running away from that zombie fridge and falling and breaking your neck in real life). Sometimes though you get shocked awake or regain consciousness at the wrong time while the paralysis effect is still active. It's only temporary, but yeah, it can be pretty scary to not be able to move your own body and not know why.