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reminds me of a story in “the man who mistook his wife for a hat” by Oliver Sacks, an amazing collection of harrowing psychological tales, where one of his pati

reminds me of a story in “the man who mistook his wife for a hat” by Oliver Sacks, an amazing collection of harrowing psychological tales, where one of his patients–a computer programmer!–has a dream where she can no longer control her limbs, and when she wakes it has somehow come true. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat/part-1-chapter-3-the-disembodied-lady https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-f...

newman8r 7y ago
Did anyone figure out why this happened? I wonder if this would feel similar to when you sit awkwardly and your leg goes numb - it kind of feels like you're just walking on your bone. Trying to walk with a leg that's 'asleep' is quite a challenge.
- AnimalMuppet 7y ago
  I used to have that. It seems that it was the cat, laying on top of the covers. I would try to move in my sleep and be unable to, because I was moving with very little force, and it wasn't enough to overcome the cat. But I'd feel this as my limbs not responding to me. What a horrible feeling! It quit happening to me once the cat died.
  - calibas 7y ago
    Sounds like sleep paralysis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis Happened to me a couple times, but it's been like 15 years since.
    - newman8r 7y ago
      Happened to me a ton as a kid. Now maybe I only get it once every few years. A long time ago I learned I could 'exit' sleep paralysis, and after that I actually began to enjoy it and not try to immediately exit it - it's like lucid dreaming but you're totally aware of the world around you.
fatboy 7y ago
I haven't read that, but I'd assume it was the other way around: somehow she lost control of her limbs whilst sleeping and it penetrated her dream. I've dreamt I'd lost an arm before, only to wake up to find out I'd slept in a position that made the "missing" arm go totally numb.

newman8r 7y ago

Did anyone figure out why this happened? I wonder if this would feel similar to when you sit awkwardly and your leg goes numb - it kind of feels like you're just walking on your bone. Trying to walk with a leg that's 'asleep' is quite a challenge.

AnimalMuppet 7y ago
I used to have that. It seems that it was the cat, laying on top of the covers. I would try to move in my sleep and be unable to, because I was moving with very little force, and it wasn't enough to overcome the cat. But I'd feel this as my limbs not responding to me. What a horrible feeling! It quit happening to me once the cat died.
- calibas 7y ago
  Sounds like sleep paralysis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis Happened to me a couple times, but it's been like 15 years since.
  - newman8r 7y ago
    Happened to me a ton as a kid. Now maybe I only get it once every few years. A long time ago I learned I could 'exit' sleep paralysis, and after that I actually began to enjoy it and not try to immediately exit it - it's like lucid dreaming but you're totally aware of the world around you.

fatboy 7y ago

I haven't read that, but I'd assume it was the other way around: somehow she lost control of her limbs whilst sleeping and it penetrated her dream. I've dreamt I'd lost an arm before, only to wake up to find out I'd slept in a position that made the "missing" arm go totally numb.