Hallucinations in the morning, yet I am fully able to move?

Question

A bit funny really, I am having since the last 3 months 2 SP episodes a week, one week it was 7 SP episodes. Only thing is, alot of it isn't really actually Sleep Paralysis at all, I don't feel like something is sitting on my chest, infact sometimes if my brother turns the light on in my room when I'm asleep I immediately wake up, yet If the episode was pleasant I found myself naturally talking, laughing and moving my body into a sitting up position of sorts yet I know fully well I'm going to be hallucinating for another minute or so (this can get pretty amusing! I sometimes wave hello with my hand). I wonder if there is something else going on, I don't freeze up unless its 'frightening' but when It's not I find moving and everything easy, I can't find anywhere on the web this distinguishment.

Answer 1

Are you taking any medication or is someone putting something in your food or drink unknowingly?  If none of the latter is possible then you should go and seek medical attention.  You could be going through a psychosis, by way of, stress unknowingly.

Answer 2

Sleep paralysis occurs in deeper sleep - you are in a lighter sleep and are merely dreaming that you are experiencing SP, not actually experiencing it.  I suspect that it's because SP fascinates you.

You are not hallucinating, if that's any consolation.

Answer 3

Hmm, sleep related hallucinations.  I've had those for as long as I remember.  My mom calls them "dreams."

Answer 4

God gives me dreams usually at night so I can minister to people. Sometimes the dreams are hard to watch but I have to force myself. The last hard one  was this woman sitting down and I saw her hands and then the picture went up to her face.

Answer 5

Kenny is absolutly wrong. Sleep paralysis occurs when you are falling asleep, not in deeper sleep.

The experiences of someone sitting on your chest, or standing over you are simply the A-typical experiences.

You have a number of serperate mechanisms which can act independently to cause different things to happen. When you sleep, your motor skills shut off, your mind enters a relaxed state, and your dream centers turn on.

(dreams occur throughout the night, despite some outdated studies that suggest they only occur during REM, random eye movement)

If you are in a deep sleep and your motor skills kick back on, you have deep sleep walking which can be dangerous. Basically, you are acting out your dream. In a light sleep the movement can wake the person up, and you have some kicking and or arm movement etc.

With sleep paralysis, the dream center turns on and the motor skills are turned off, but the mind has not entered the relaxed sleep state.

There are chemicals which the brain produces to make these transition. When one or another chemical runs out, one of these mechinisms might not trigger on cue, causeing sleep paralysis, somnambulance (sleep walking), or other sleep problem.

You will probably want to go to a sleep therepist. You may be suffering from sleep apnea or narcilepsy. If not, you might have a chemical imbalance in your brain, or simply need help dealing with stress in your life lately.

Good luck. By the way, I suffered from chronic sleep disorders from about 7 right through college, but after that they kind of went away.

Answer 6

these sound like Hypnogogic hallucinations, experienced on waking. Hypnopompic hallucinations occur when falling asleep.

I went through a phase of experiencing these myself some years ogo, but they just stopped  just as mysteriously as they started! and I wasn't  sleep deprived or suffering from narcolepsy. what I did observe at the time was that the threshold between being asleep and awake becomes rather blurred, as bits of you are waking up out of sync and not necessarily in the right order... loosely put.

If you find it disturbing a Doctor should be able to reassure you or put you in touch with a sleep clinic.

Answer 7

You could volunteer for a sleep study at some college or if you have health coverage for it. I would have had to co-pay around $150.00 for it but canceled just before the appointment. I remember seeing what appeared as ghosts or visions upon awakening a few times myself. But, typically the sleep paralysis problem was just before I awoke and not while going to sleep. This sounds more similar to sleep walking to me. It may also be that if you are consciously aware and still partially asleep when this happens than you are just interacting with your dreams when you wake up as if saying goodbye.

It might also suggest other possible mental health issues like schizophrenia especially, if this happens quite often. Schizophrenia like bipolar can supposedly be passed on through your parents. If you have ever noticed white spots in your vision, you may be having a seizure. Supposedly, some seizures can just be from dehydration.

Answer 8

Your experiences described sound like the mechanisms in the brain that shut down motor/ movement are not fully deactivated when you are dreaming thus the enhanced dream experience with movements. Do some research on Sleep/REM...and try to get a good nights sleep.