Are Aliens In Your Bed?
Sleep Paralysis or are Aliens In Your Bed?
Here's a scary story...
Kelly woke up with a start very early one morning. She was scared because something heavy was sitting on her chest and was making it hard to breathe. She tried to sit up but was totally paralysed. Even her arms and legs were useless. Something was pinning them down.
Kelly began to feel very frightened. Her bedroom door was open just a crack and she tried to call out to her flatmate who slept in the bedroom across the hall. She screamed and screamed but her voice could only be heard inside her head.
The thing was still sitting on her chest. Kelly sensed another evil presence in the left hand corner of her room. She couldn't see it but she could sure hear it breathing. She tried to scream out again as she felt the evil being coming closer to her bed...all of a sudden she was ripped from her bed and flung into the corner.
Kelly felt herself hit the wall but strangely there was no pain. Somehow she ran back to her bed and the thing started to press on her chest again. Kelly forced her eyes open.
'Holy cow! Was this all a dream?' she thought. 'I was wide awake. It was so real!'
Kelly's story makes the hairs on your arms stand up!
But there is a perfectly logical explanation. It's called sleep paralysis and it happens to a lot of us.
When we go nigh-nighs, we relax and slowly enter into a deep sleep. After about 90 minutes we enter REM, or rapid eye movement stage, and this is where some action happens. Our eyes move about as if watching an internal TV screen. If we were to wake up during the REM stage, we'd clearly remember any dreams.
We alternate between REM and non-REM sleep during our slumber. The interesting thing is, when we enter REM stage our muscles are paralysed for obvious reasons. Imagine acting out that cliff dive or slapping your best friend in a dream!
In between REM and wake up time is a kind of sleep purgatory. You are still paralysed but could awaken at any time.
This is where the really scary experiences can happen if your brain is stuck in this zone because it can generate some serious hallucinations.
Our friend Kelly's scenario appears to be common. Many people report aliens, demons and other dark figures crouching near the bed, out-of-body experiences, even sexual encounters.
For some reason these dreams tend to happen when you sleep on your back. The way to escape the dream is to try and move a finger and toe. Once that happens you can snap out of it.
Sleep paralysis has been linked to lack of sleep which doesn't allow the brain enough REM time.
You can understand why people think they've had an alien encounter. Monsters, ghosts and demons could also be the result of many a bad dream!
Ancient myths and legends could have stemmed from dreams. Many tales tell of the Succubus, or witches and elves who visit in the dark of night to press themselves upon unsuspecting sleepers to extract their souls...
If you've had one of these dreams, you are certainly not mad. In fact, you are normal. But if they do become a problem, there are drugs to scare off the demons, but a lot doctors prefer not to prescribe these. Getting regular sleep or trying not to sleep on your back might help.
- Kerryn Marlow
Here's a scary story...
Kelly woke up with a start very early one morning. She was scared because something heavy was sitting on her chest and was making it hard to breathe. She tried to sit up but was totally paralysed. Even her arms and legs were useless. Something was pinning them down.
Kelly began to feel very frightened. Her bedroom door was open just a crack and she tried to call out to her flatmate who slept in the bedroom across the hall. She screamed and screamed but her voice could only be heard inside her head.
The thing was still sitting on her chest. Kelly sensed another evil presence in the left hand corner of her room. She couldn't see it but she could sure hear it breathing. She tried to scream out again as she felt the evil being coming closer to her bed...all of a sudden she was ripped from her bed and flung into the corner.
Kelly felt herself hit the wall but strangely there was no pain. Somehow she ran back to her bed and the thing started to press on her chest again. Kelly forced her eyes open.
'Holy cow! Was this all a dream?' she thought. 'I was wide awake. It was so real!'
Kelly's story makes the hairs on your arms stand up!
But there is a perfectly logical explanation. It's called sleep paralysis and it happens to a lot of us.
When we go nigh-nighs, we relax and slowly enter into a deep sleep. After about 90 minutes we enter REM, or rapid eye movement stage, and this is where some action happens. Our eyes move about as if watching an internal TV screen. If we were to wake up during the REM stage, we'd clearly remember any dreams.
We alternate between REM and non-REM sleep during our slumber. The interesting thing is, when we enter REM stage our muscles are paralysed for obvious reasons. Imagine acting out that cliff dive or slapping your best friend in a dream!
In between REM and wake up time is a kind of sleep purgatory. You are still paralysed but could awaken at any time.
This is where the really scary experiences can happen if your brain is stuck in this zone because it can generate some serious hallucinations.
Our friend Kelly's scenario appears to be common. Many people report aliens, demons and other dark figures crouching near the bed, out-of-body experiences, even sexual encounters.
For some reason these dreams tend to happen when you sleep on your back. The way to escape the dream is to try and move a finger and toe. Once that happens you can snap out of it.
Sleep paralysis has been linked to lack of sleep which doesn't allow the brain enough REM time.
You can understand why people think they've had an alien encounter. Monsters, ghosts and demons could also be the result of many a bad dream!
Ancient myths and legends could have stemmed from dreams. Many tales tell of the Succubus, or witches and elves who visit in the dark of night to press themselves upon unsuspecting sleepers to extract their souls...
If you've had one of these dreams, you are certainly not mad. In fact, you are normal. But if they do become a problem, there are drugs to scare off the demons, but a lot doctors prefer not to prescribe these. Getting regular sleep or trying not to sleep on your back might help.
- Kerryn Marlow
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