I had an odd dream the other night

I was sound asleep and Carrie was tapping my big toe like every 4 seconds

saying "wake up Mach" over and over

that was it

Mach said:

me?

My 5yo gets them
it's horrible, he wets himself right there in front of us

CarrieMpls said:

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[Edited 12/22/06 7:45am]

Sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis).

More often than not, sleep paralysis is believed by the person affected by it to be no more than a dream. This is the reason why there are many dream recountings which describe the person lying frozen and unable to move. The hallucinatory element to sleep paralysis makes it even more likely that someone will interpret the experience as simply a dream, as one might see completely fanciful objects in a room alongside the normal vision one can see