I once had a dream where I wasn't able to perform any voluntary muscular actions upon waking up from a dream I had. I felt like I was sinking into my friend's couch---the fact that I slept over my friend's house while he was having a house party might have had something to do with it I guess (choose the recreational substance of your choice...I was Bill Clinton though, if you know what I mean). I found myself unable to move upon beginning to arouse from my truncated slumber. The fact that I wanted to scream out loud but couldn't terrified me. For the first time in my life I wasn't in total control of my bodily actions, and it terrified me more than I imagined it ever could have. I don't even remember the dream, it was my paralysis that stayed with me since it happened about 3 years ago. I've posted an interesting link below if anyone is interested. It'd be interesting to know if anyone else has ever experienced this. Please let me know.
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Your dream reminds me of an anecdote in Hartmann's book where he describes a woman who dreams she was paralyzed, and later, because of her devastating form of Parkinson's disease, actually became paralyzed.
Posted by Lily Briscoe | September 29, 2006 5:58 AM
Posted on September 29, 2006 05:58