Good morning PNF.
Just wanted to share an odd occurrence from this week’s business travel. I mentioned last week that I was anxious going into this week’s business meeting and it ended up being even more stressful in real life than I had planned.
What I experienced on late Tuesday night or very, very early Wednesday morning might not be paranormal - it certainly was not typical.
I got to bed late on Tuesday - I did not check the clock but maybe close to 11PM. I sleep mostly on my stomach and on my side but rarely on my back. When I sleep alone, I usually wrap myself up in the sheets and blankets. Tuesday night was essentially the same - wrapped up like a burrito sleeping on my side.
I don’t think I’d been asleep for too long - but I didn’t check the clock again as sleeping on my side left me facing the wall. I was awaken by what felt like someone punching me once or twice in the side of my body which was exposed facing up. When I awake, I am almost always very cognizant so I froze for a second in order to better perceive what might be happening outside of me. But there was nothing else so I wiggled a little - not necessarily rolling over - and fell immediately back to sleep.
Don’t know how much longer it was but it didn’t seem to be a long time (hard to tell because of being asleep), when the same thing happened again. Won’t burden you all with lots of text but essentially repeat the same response from the prior paragraph. Well the same happened a third time, but this time when I awoke, I seemed slightly paralyzed. I’d like to describe it as sleep paralysis but I don’t think it was the classic symptoms...I was not unable to move...I was unable to get up because it felt like I had the weight of another person laying across my exposed side. It was as if I could move my limbs but I was being weighed down or held down.
This was not at all like the tingling and phantom limb sensations you feel when blood flow to a body part has been restricted. These restricted sensations were in my left arm and leg and the left side of my body but I had been sleeping on my right side. And, these sensations were not caused by the fact that my bedding was too tightly wrapped around me because I felt that I had sufficient room under the covers to move my limbs. This felt like 200 pounds of a person holding me down.
Strangely enough, the prior “punches” had some how desensitized me to believing there was any real threat so for the first time in my life I didn’t just pee in fear. I was composed enough to actually peel back the covers away from my face with my right hand to confirm there was no one lying on top of me. When I recognized that, I immediately fell back to sleep.
I never got out of bed even though I’d felt as if I was touched several times in a short period. This was certainly not a dream. With all of the odd things I’ve experienced in my life, this was a strange new series of sensations for certain.
Thoughts?
Just wanted to share an odd occurrence from this week’s business travel. I mentioned last week that I was anxious going into this week’s business meeting and it ended up being even more stressful in real life than I had planned.
What I experienced on late Tuesday night or very, very early Wednesday morning might not be paranormal - it certainly was not typical.
I got to bed late on Tuesday - I did not check the clock but maybe close to 11PM. I sleep mostly on my stomach and on my side but rarely on my back. When I sleep alone, I usually wrap myself up in the sheets and blankets. Tuesday night was essentially the same - wrapped up like a burrito sleeping on my side.
I don’t think I’d been asleep for too long - but I didn’t check the clock again as sleeping on my side left me facing the wall. I was awaken by what felt like someone punching me once or twice in the side of my body which was exposed facing up. When I awake, I am almost always very cognizant so I froze for a second in order to better perceive what might be happening outside of me. But there was nothing else so I wiggled a little - not necessarily rolling over - and fell immediately back to sleep.
Don’t know how much longer it was but it didn’t seem to be a long time (hard to tell because of being asleep), when the same thing happened again. Won’t burden you all with lots of text but essentially repeat the same response from the prior paragraph. Well the same happened a third time, but this time when I awoke, I seemed slightly paralyzed. I’d like to describe it as sleep paralysis but I don’t think it was the classic symptoms...I was not unable to move...I was unable to get up because it felt like I had the weight of another person laying across my exposed side. It was as if I could move my limbs but I was being weighed down or held down.
This was not at all like the tingling and phantom limb sensations you feel when blood flow to a body part has been restricted. These restricted sensations were in my left arm and leg and the left side of my body but I had been sleeping on my right side. And, these sensations were not caused by the fact that my bedding was too tightly wrapped around me because I felt that I had sufficient room under the covers to move my limbs. This felt like 200 pounds of a person holding me down.
Strangely enough, the prior “punches” had some how desensitized me to believing there was any real threat so for the first time in my life I didn’t just pee in fear. I was composed enough to actually peel back the covers away from my face with my right hand to confirm there was no one lying on top of me. When I recognized that, I immediately fell back to sleep.
I never got out of bed even though I’d felt as if I was touched several times in a short period. This was certainly not a dream. With all of the odd things I’ve experienced in my life, this was a strange new series of sensations for certain.
Thoughts?
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