Dreams.

Last night i was having a realy bad dream. I woke up in the middle of night and i was feeling realy strange, like cannot do anything, like i am trapped in my body and cant move or speak. My main symptom of anxiety, tension in the back of my neck, got worse, it was not tension anymore but emptyness, cold that spreads to my back and body, i thought that it is because i was sleeping on my back i maybe i created a pressure to arteries that leads blood to the brain. Now when i think about it, that was realy stupid, many people sleep on the back. I got scared that could stay like that, and that there is maybe some mental disorder. I went to bathroom, washed up my face with cold water and took a deep breath. It was just maybe a little better, i tried to stand awake but i was to tired. In the morning i realised that after that the feeling was there all night and i was aware of it even while i was sleeping. It was better when i went to grocery for breakfast. Now the sensation is still there in my neck, but i try not to think about it.

Recently i began to read Sigmund Freud "The problem of anxiety" and M. Scott Peck "The road less traveled", i like them both, they help me.

Sometime i begin to faint, i have that feeling and dizziness, but i diddnt realy faint to the end. It scares me, and once i was at hospital neurologyst told me that there is a real difference between if you faint and loose consciousness and if you begin to faint and that last only one second.

Again sorry for my bad english.

Hi R, sorry that you had a rough night. You may have experienced some mild sleep paralysis. I don't know enough about it to explain it well, but it is fairly common. A person can have an isolated episode (I have had one) or it can be an ongoing occurance. It can be triggered by stress or other sleep disorders.

Basically the mind is in some kind of in-between state of awareness/wakefullness and sleep. You may be fully aware of what is going on around you, but your body is 'paralyzed'.

Look into it and see if your experience sounds similar.

As far as sleeping wrong on parts of the body...I sleep on my side, and don't use my ergonomic pillow like I should (it's not cozy!!!) So I end up compressing the brachial nerves, which cause all sorts of numbness, tingling and weakness in my arms sometimes:( Try some stretching and strengthening exercises for the trapezius, pectorals and latissimus dorsi muscles, to keep the neck in allignment.

I hope you have a good day, and better rest tonight!
Scaredy Cat