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Old 04-04-2011, 03:03 AM   #2 (permalink)
dlish
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i get a bout of this every few months.

when it first happened to me when i was a teenager it freaked me out.

now i know im asleep, but my mind is awake at the same time. the feeling i get is that even if im trying to get up something is trying to hold me down, pushing my head and chest down.

this experience that i have from time to time sort of fits in with the arabic version of what sleep paralysis is, which is called a "kaboos" or "Ja-thoom", where this episode is connected to a succubus ( which is what i am assuming where the words kaboos comes from) that sits on a persons chest. folklore or not, its interesting to know.
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