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Phone Ringing or Not ?
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Has anyone had this happen to them. You are in a deep sleep, suddenly you hear the phone ring which wakes you up but its not ringing, its in your head. Or you hear someone you know (like your partner) calling you (not someone dead !) and you wake up, but no-one is there. Is there an explanation for this ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is called sleep paralysis. There is nothing wrong and it is normal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
It 'can' be pretty frightening/disconcerting when it happens. I find that when it does happen it happens for a few weeks then vanishes again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
It 'can' be pretty frightening/disconcerting when it happens. I find that when it does happen it happens for a few weeks then vanishes again.
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O I waken with a loud bang as well Prudie and am convinced someone is hammering on the door or the window.
Wolf -ive had sleep paralysis but this is different as i actually waken up and go and investigate.
umm -ive had the phone ringing thing as well its mad then when I realise its the phone its been known for me to attempt to answer the remote control lol
Wolf -ive had sleep paralysis but this is different as i actually waken up and go and investigate.
umm -ive had the phone ringing thing as well its mad then when I realise its the phone its been known for me to attempt to answer the remote control lol
I have even answered the door bell whilst reading a book, to find nobody there. Got back to the back and read, 'The doorbell rang', or similar.
I often wake up because I've heard somebody call me, or the phone ring, or the bell ring. It's just part of a vivid dream, like waking up screaming and sweating from a nightmare.
I often wake up because I've heard somebody call me, or the phone ring, or the bell ring. It's just part of a vivid dream, like waking up screaming and sweating from a nightmare.
agree sleep paralysis. 2 different types really 1st being you wake up and your whole body can be paralysed or other being where your body has woken up but your brain hasnt so you can be moving but still seeing or hearing things that arent there. I have had fights with octopus and had ladybirds the size of saucepans in my bed. Quite scary at time but pretty funny after
I am so glad to read about sleep paralysis, altho' this is slightly different. I've been having pains in my knees over the last couple of weeks (ok now tho'), but I still keep dreaming that I can't walk. I try & try, but just can't lift my legs at all. They are very disconcerting dreams, which dampen my mood on waking!
I have some very vivid dreams which can sometimes take a while for me to distinguish between them and reality.
I had a period of dreaming or imagining I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be and physically trying to find my way out even though I was never where I was dreaming, or, that I hadn't done something.
My dad found me downstairs in the kitchen once after one episode when I had been convinced I hadn't shut the hamster's cage door even though it wasn't the case.
Was all very wierd and random.
I had a period of dreaming or imagining I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be and physically trying to find my way out even though I was never where I was dreaming, or, that I hadn't done something.
My dad found me downstairs in the kitchen once after one episode when I had been convinced I hadn't shut the hamster's cage door even though it wasn't the case.
Was all very wierd and random.