Every night, and recently increasing in severity, I suffer from what could be described as part hypnic jerk, part hypnagogic hallucination and part sleep paralysis. As I seem to drift closer to sleep, my body and mind quickly fall asleep while my somehow still being awake. I’ve had sleep paralysis before in my past, and it doesn’t feel like that. Typically, my thoughts become more fragmented as I approach the ‘sweet zone’, then suddenly, everything shifts into absolute horror. I become engulfed by sheer panic, as if someone was hunting me for sport, but only for a few moments. I can still move my limbs as this happens I normally thrash a little bit, not involuntarily like a hypnic jerk/sleep start, but thrashing out of fear to try and jolt my mind back to functioning properly. Often in the moments I’m in this state, I experience hallucinations similar to sleep paralysis, except not as complex and more vivid. I will feel my heart stop/ thud in my chest with the most violent palpitation that I’m sure has just killed me(pretty sure this isn’t real), sometimes I’ll hear a scream, sometimes it will be my field of vision that is widened.
EVERY time this happens, once I regain control, I’m confused and scared as I don’t know where I am for the next 3-7 seconds. I panic further because I don’t recognize my surroundings, similar to waking up from nightmares.
The worst part about this by far is that it happens over and over and over and over and over. I finally fell asleep at 5:30am last night, (I mean this morning, my brain is fried) to wake up for work at 7:30am. I type this now at 3am at what feels like my wit’s end, the mental state that this ordeal is putting me in is devastating.
I used to get typical sleep paralysis years ago, would see ravens pecking at my eyes, girls from the shining out of the corner of my vision singing hopscotch songs, the typical paralysis- all of that. This is different, I can see and move but still hallucinate, not in a schizophrenic manner (I hope) because it only happens as I fall asleep
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? Is this type of sleep paralysis? Or something other?
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Yes, your sleep disorder is caused by your shift change. If you can't manage your day or can't take care of yourself on time, this can be a problem. If you want to get rid of this problem then you should consult a doctor. Or you need to change your daily lifestyle.
