I feel awake but can't move

I believe many people have experienced the situation where they feel they have woken up from a dream, but their body is out of control and their brain cannot command their body, especially when they saw horrible things in a dream and were anxious to escape but could not get away. This is because their subjective consciousness is awake, but they slept too deeply and their nerves have not yet transmitted this consciousness to their limbs, so this situation occurs.

The human brain is divided into two parts: motor and meaning. That is to say, half of it controls movements, and the other half controls memories and thoughts. When people sleep, their brains usually rest. But the memory half is still in a semi-movement state. One of the manifestations is dreaming. Therefore, most of the dreams people have are what they have imagined or experienced themselves. The reason why dream elk occurs is that when a person wakes up, the moving half of the body has not yet woken up. Only the thinking part is awake. That is why when people dream about moose, they try desperately to move, but they just can’t. There are many reasons why dream moose appear.

The main thing is that after waking up, you can’t get up and still want to sleep. It appeared after sleeping too much. If you get up as soon as you wake up, it won't appear. In fact, the nervous system in the brain also has a division of labor. When you sleep, the movement-inhibiting nervous system takes effect, preventing the body from moving and thus protecting the body. If this inhibitory nervous system malfunctions, sleepwalking will occur. The consequences are quite dire, often resulting in injury or death of the sleepwalker.

Similarly, if another failure occurs in the coordination of the nervous system: when the nervous system that controls consciousness has not yet entered a dormant state, the nervous system that inhibits movement is prematurely activated. At this time, the person will be conscious but unable to move his body. This is what is called "sleep paralysis".

When you are under stress or highly nervous, the so-called "sleep paralysis" is likely to occur. At this time, people's consciousness is often in a half-asleep and half-awake state, and coupled with the fear, some terrible hallucinations may occur. Please remember, next time you are conscious but unable to move your body, don't be afraid, just wait for the operating system to fully start up.

1. Causes

1. The body is already extremely tired

2. The mind is still very excited. Because the body is extremely tired, you don’t want to move when you fall asleep, but the mind is not tired and is still extremely excited, so it is easy to dream and have wild thoughts. Everyone’s body will turn over unconsciously when they sleep at night. At this time, the problem arises. The mind requires the body to turn over, but the body cannot turn over because it is too tired. As a result, there is a divergence between the mind and the body, and hallucinations and so on all come into being.

2. Time of occurrence: Generally after falling asleep and before waking up.

3. Precautions to avoid "sleep paralysis":

1. Don't be too tired and take a rest;

2. Take a hot bath before going to bed. If a hot bath is not convenient, soak your feet in hot water.

3. Try not to put your hands on your chest and don’t let your legs press against each other when sleeping.

4. "Control" your hands and feet when sleeping. Try to develop a good habit before going to bed. Therefore, there is no need to be afraid of "sleep paralysis". Some people will experience the so-called "sleep paralysis" when they sleep, which means that when they wake up, they suddenly find that their whole body cannot move. They can hear the surrounding sounds and see the surrounding images, but they cannot make any sound, and sometimes they will have hallucinations. The correct medical name for this condition is sleep paralysis.

Sleep paralysis usually occurs when people are about to fall asleep or about to wake up. At this time, people are still conscious and even thinking, but the skeletal muscles of the whole body, except for the respiratory muscles and eye muscles, have entered or are still in the low tension state during the sleep cycle. This state of separation of muscle tension and consciousness will make a person feel that the muscles throughout the body are paralyzed, but the visual and auditory functions are not affected. Some people will experience hallucinations when they have sleep paralysis. It usually occurs more easily when one is under great stress, excessive fatigue, irregular work and rest schedule, insomnia, or anxiety. Try not to overwork yourself, don't stay up late, and maintain a normal schedule, which will usually reduce the chance of occurrence.