Sleep paralysis....does anyone else suffer from it?

I suffer from sleep paralysis...its where your mind wakes up but your body is asleep like your paralised,its scary @ first im kinda used 2it now, does any one know the cause of this? Or a treatment for it? Or does any1 else have the same condition bearing in mind i wasnt born with it

Ye its exactly what your saying im geting it about twice a month now but it comes n gos.....often i felt i woz being held down or choked...did you see any1 bout it??

I have experienced it. It's not a good feeling and I always thought I was the only one.

You can find more information on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paral...

or google it and do some research.
In everything I 've read though, it says its not harmful physically but if it really bothers you, there's medication for it. Stress, depression, anxiety could be causes too. And try not to sleep in the surpine position ( face up, on your back) if you can avoid it.
Good luck!

i have that, it is rare now, like a few times a year maybe, but a couple years ago i had an episode like once a week. it was horrible especially since i was 17 at the time. i thought i was dying or gonna die, sometimes i feel like somethings trying to suck the life out me, other times its like i am panicking and cant breath and just about to die. ive tried to open my eyes and eventually i get them open and come back to......
is this the same as you?

Everyone on my mom's side, my siblings and I experience the same thing. The first time I experienced it was when I was in high school. It was horrible. I noticed that it happens to us whenever we're really stressed out from work/school, and whenever we sleep immediately even though our bodies are still tired. Now I try resting for a few hours before I go to sleep whenever I'm really stressed out just to prevent this from happening. It has worked for me; I hope it does for you too.