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Panic attack while sleeping? Night terrors? Sleep paralysis?

UberScout

UberScout

Please Don't Be Mad At Me 02/09/1996
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Last night a very peculiar thing was happening while I was sleeping. I cannot for the life of me remember if I was dreaming this when it happened or if it was real, but for whatever reason I felt my heart beating REALLY FAST. And I don't mean like "bmfbmfbmfbmfbmfbmf" or how some people would describe it as a machine gun in their chest or something, it felt more like a jackhammer was trying to force its way out of my chest. Normally this would only happen during a BAD panic attack, as in one coming from actual danger where I'm literally staring Death in the face, which I have experienced before (I got held at gunpoint at a hotel once, the other time was when my friend Heather had to speed down the road back to her house because of someone chasing us), but *something* else caused it and I don't know what. I cannot decide if it really happened or not because it wasn't until AFTER I fell asleep that I felt it happening, and I don't remember whatever dream I had that would make this start happening (it should be worth noting that I can't remember nearly anything in certain dreams sometimes, but when I have lucid dreams they feel %100 real minus pain etc.)
What the blue hell happened to me?!
 
Dear God. A panic attack that was laying dormant.

My family's gotten so chaotic that panic attacks are now delaying themselves.

I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
 
Do you have any ideas for what that SOMETHING could be? Are there any goals you can see that would help calm the chaos? Besides descending into evil? (Because evil is chaotic, too.)

I learned that I have sensory meltdowns in my sleep. If I didn’t get it out during the day, then it finds its way out in my dreams, and I also wake up with my heart racing, sometimes screaming.
 
Not allowed for me. I can’t handle moderation so if I have to choose an extreme it’s sobriety. I miss it though, I understand the draw. Not good for me, though.
 
I'm not sure of this is slightly off topic, but it seems I've got something opposite to a sleep paralysis, where I am seeing a dream where I am for example under threat and while defending myself, I actually move in the bed. I've both hit myself and my partner, causing a nose bleed. Also when I'm about to fall asleep, I get those muscle twitches which are quite usual but in my case they can be strong (again myself and my partner under threat). I've become scared of accidentally hurting particularly my partner and tend to sleep facing the edge of the bed just in case. Thankfully it seems I never use full force even though it might feel like that in the dream. I wonder if this has to do with ASD?
 
@UberScout: I've had panic attacks in my sleep.
I'm suddenly awakened with a feeling of fear and feel like I've lost my breath.
It is indeed possible.
I haven't had it happen now in years and what I found prevents it is to put on some soothing, low music and stay awake for at least 15 minutes relaxing my muscles and do some deep belly breathing before I fall asleep.

Arrokoth said:
I'm not sure of this is slightly off topic, but it seems I've got something opposite to a sleep paralysis, where I am seeing a dream where I am for example under threat and while defending myself, I actually move in the bed. I've both hit myself and my partner, causing a nose bleed. Also when I'm about to fall asleep, I get those muscle twitches which are quite usual but in my case they can be strong (again myself and my partner under threat). I've become scared of accidentally hurting particularly my partner and tend to sleep facing the edge of the bed just in case. Thankfully it seems I never use full force even though it might feel like that in the dream. I wonder if this has to do with ASD?
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It's called acting out your dreams and can be a sign of an underlying problem.
This is very common with Parkinson's.
A sleep study would be a good test to begin with.
 
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