kehfeh's Journal, 22 January 2015

Kehfeh, i am so sorry you h ad this disturbing dream, and I "hear" your feelings about this. I too think it is most likely stress I am a retired advanced practice nurse and am aware of the psychological and physiological effects high stress can have...there are many ways to decrease stress and "mindful meditation" is one of the BEST (google it there are all kinds of books and articles and aids to geet you started) Start taking care of YOUR self, eat healthy, exercise and meditate. God bless and good luck. 

Huge HUG! Sorry to hear that...hoping you can get through this stress, and quickly, and be able to get some sound sleep.  

How did you get over your stress back then? I would agree, I have awful dreams when I'm stressed too...trying to run away from an attacker but it's like my feet are like lead... 

Sounds like you feel stuck and unheard. Hope the sensation passes soon and your stress levels go down. Take care! 

Aww - sorry about that one... 

what is the source of the stress? 

Sorry Kelly. Hope things turn around for you soon. 

I'v have sleep paralysis before. The first time I experience it I was freaking terrified. I know I was awake but I can't move at all! I tried opening my eyes, I can feel my eyelids but it was so heavy. I tried screaming through my teeth but nothing is just happening. I can literally feel my whole body, from head to the very tip of my toes, heavy and just lying there. I'm pretty sure it only lasted maybe a minute or less, but it felt like 10 min. I looked it up online to see what causes it and what you can do. So if you wake up in a sleep paralysis, just calm down, don't panic and breathe deeply through your nose. Slowly you'll regain movement. I did this the second time I had sleep paralysis and it totally worked. Dehydration is one of the major causes of it so I make sure I drink a lot of water before I sleep and a quick 5 minute conscious mediation lying down. Hope this helps, I know how scary that might have felt. 

Stress and probably because you feel like you aren't in 100% control of your own life right now. I'm sorry.