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Hah, minggu ini badan gw mudah bgt lemas. Baru siang2 gw uda serasa mo tepar. Senin malam gw ngalamin paralisis sampe 5 kli, yang bikin gw panik n sambil manggil Tuhan Yesus. Mungkin gw bwt vitamin, mungkin gw butuh atur cara istirahat n kualitas tidur gw. Mungkin gw perlu kurangin stress gw walau bingung sebenarnya apa yg paling bebanin pikiran gw. Mungkin gw perlu lebih DEKAT,DEKAT lagi sama Tuhan karena gw uda lama cuek am DIA. Dan mungkin gw perlu  lebih menahan kedagingan gw yang bodoh  seperti keledai karena gw sangat sulit untuk memperbaikinya. Pokonya perbaiki kualitas diri n jaga diri kli ya?

Taken from http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
february 21, 2007
title Sleep paralysis

SLEEP PARALYSIS

What is sleep paralysis?

Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form).

Sleep paralysis may also be referred to as isolated sleep paralysis, familial sleep paralysis, hynogogic or hypnopompic paralysis, predormital or postdormital paralysis

What are the symptoms?

    * A complaint of inability to move the trunk or limbs at sleep onset or upon awakening
    * Presence of brief episodes of partial or complete skeletal muscle paralysis
    * Episodes can be associated with hypnagogic hallucinations or dream-like mentation (act or use of the brain)

Polysomnography (a sleep recording) shows at least one of the following:

    * suppression of skeletal muscle tone
    * a sleep onset REM period
    * dissociated REM sleep

Is it harmful?

Sleep paralysis is most often associated with narcolepsy, a neurological condition in which the person has uncontrollable naps. However, there are many people who experience sleep paralysis without having signs of narcolepsy. Sometimes it runs in families. There is no known explanation why some people experience this paralysis. It is not harmful, although most people report feeling very afraid because they do not know what is happening, and within minutes they gradually or abruptly are able to move again; the episode is often terminated by a sound or a touch on the body.

In some cases, when hypnogogic hallucinations are present, people feel that someone is in the room with them, some experience the feeling that someone or something is sitting on their chest and they feel impending death and suffocation. That has been called the “Hag Phenomena” and has been happening to people over the centuries. These things cause people much anxiety and terror, but there is no physical harm.

What else can you tell me about sleep paralysis?

    * Some people with disrupted sleep schedules or circadian rhythm disturbances experience sleep paralysis
    * A study found that 35% of subjects with isolated sleep paralysis also reported a history of wake panic attacks unrelated to the experience of paralysis
    * Sixteen percent of these persons with isolated sleep paralysis met the criteria for panic disorder

How can I stop the sleep paralysis?

In severe cases, where episodes take place at least once a week for 6 months, medication may be used.

You may be able to minimize the episodes by following good sleep hygiene:

    * getting enough sleep
    * reduce stress
    * exercise regularly (but not too close to bedtime)
    * keep a regular sleep schedule

Taken from Wikipedia

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).

Physiologically, it is closely related to the normal paralysis that occurs during REM (rapid

eye movement) sleep, also known as REM atonia. In that, some scientists and physicians

believe it to be a "natural" effect of the sleep cycle. Sleep paralysis occurs when the

brain is awakened from a REM state into essentially a normal fully awake state, but the

bodily paralysis is still occurring. This causes the person to be fully aware, but unable to

move. In addition, this state may be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations.

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.
Symptoms

The primary symptom of sleep paralysis is partial or complete skeletal muscle paralysis

during the hypnopompic or hypnagogic states. In other words, it is the sense of being aware

that one is unable to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up. Sleep paralysis may

also be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations.  These hallucinations can be auditory,

tactile, and/or visual. If a olysomnograph is taken, at least one of the following will be

shown: skeletal muscle tone suppression, REM sleep at sleep onset, or dissociated REM sleep.

The sleep paralysis persists anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes before the person

is able to either return to REM sleep or to become fully awake.

Possible causes

Sleep paralysis occurs during REM sleep in order to prevent the body from manifesting

movements made in the subject’s dreams. Little is known about the physiology of sleep

paralysis. However, some have suggested that it may be linked to post-synaptic inhibition of

motor neurons in the pons region of the brain. In particular, low levels of melatonin may

stop the depolarization current in the nerves, which prevents the stimulation of the

muscles, to prevent the body from enacting the dreamt activity (e.g. preventing a sleeper

from running when dreaming about running).

Many people who commonly enter sleep paralysis also suffer from narcolepsy. However, various

studies suggest that many or most people will experience sleep paralysis at least once or

twice in their lives.

Some report that various factors increase the likelihood of both paralysis and

hallucinations. These include: 

    * Sleeping in a supine position (facing upwards)
    * Irregular sleeping schedules; naps, sleeping in, sleep deprivation
    * Increased stress
    * Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes
    * A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode. Also conscious induction of sleep

paralysis is a common technique to enter a state of lucid dreams, also known as WILD .
    * Artificial sleeping aids, ADD medications and/or antihistamines

Gw terkadang kena gejala aneh yang sering disebut paralisis tidur ini. Dah beberapa hari lalu gw kena paralisis ampe lima kli dalam satu hari waktu gw mau tidur. Padahal dulu gw biasanya kena cuma waktu bangun tidur. Jadi gw skr mo ngutip2 artikel tentang paralisis tidur ini ah, kli aja berguna bwt gw kalian2 yg mungkin baca blog gw.

Gw lg suka bgt denger lagunya john Mayer ini.

Coz I think lagu ini pas bgt buat orang biasa kaya gw yang seringnya bisa ngeluh, kecewa, n sedih ngeliat kejadian2 di dunia tapi merasa sulit untuk dapat mengubah hal tersebut. Walau secara theoretically gw ga setuju dengan isi lagu ini, tapi ya gitu gw seringnya berpikir buat  just waitin for the world to change till my generation time comes.

Hari minggu lalu pada sore hari gw denger dari ade gw bahwa ada sekelompok orang yang mengaku FPI lagi-lagi mendemo pembangunan renovasi gedung gereja gw. Untung ada polisi yang memang sudah ditugasi untuk menjaga disana so hal2 ga asik kaya kerusuhan bisa dihindari. Padahal jelas-jelas gereja gw uda mendapat ijin dari pemda, tapi masi aja diganggu. Mereka mengaku pembela something, but apa yang membuat mereka terancam or else dari kami sehingga mereka perlu bertindak untuk membela?Kami cuma ingin beribadah. I think and I hope cuma sedikit orang2 yang berpikiran seperti mereka di negara kita ini, pastinnya lebih byk orang2 yg mau hidup berdampingan dng damai. Klo ternyata engga? OMG, all the best I can do is praying for Your protection my Lord and waiting for Your works, waitin for the world to change.

How I wondering, sejak dulu banyak gereja yang sangat sulit mendapatkan ijin sekedar untuk mendirikan tempat ibadah, gimana nasib mereka. Gereja temen gw Andy dirusak massa dan akhirnya jemaatnya cuma bisa ibadah di rumah salah satu penatua. Hal itu juga harus dilakukan hati2 dan pelan2 karena takut mengganggu ketenangan warga sekitar. Dari gw masi SD dah sering bgt gw denger peristiwa pembakaran gereja dll, dan selama taun 2006 lalu gw mendengar beberapa peristiwa penutupan gereja secara paksa di daerah gw. O God, gw sedih dengar kejadian2 kaya gitu tapi yang paling bisa gw lakukan saat ini cuma doa sambil Waitin for the world to change.

Baru beberapa waktu lalu gw denger ada event yg diadain bwt kedamaian di Poso eh skr d tv malah gw liat keadaan panas lagi. Dan pemanasnya -seperti penyebab byk kerusuhan di dunia- ya konflik antar umat beragama. Apalagi klo dipanasi dengan isu seperti beberapa umat agama 1 dibunuh umat agama 2 karena konflik agama. Ya pantaslah ada umat 1 jadi panas denger hal ini, karena lagi2 ada atribut agama diselipkan. Siapa juga seh yg seenaknya bunuh tu orang?Padahal belum tentu benar isu tsb, pemerintah juga bilang hal itu tidak benar. Yang berbahaya tentunya orang2 yang memanaskan suasana disana, seakan2 setiap peristiwa disana selalu dikaitkan dengan agama. Masyarakat biasa pasti ingin hanya kedamaian. Apa yg pihak2 yg bermusuhan ini cari? Terkadang gw liat ada stiker di depan kamar2 kos orang yg isinya berintikan ajakan bersukarela perang k daerah konflik. What on earth are they all thinkin? Bukannya mencari solusi damai mereka malah mau bikin perang disana. Klo pihak2 itu mau perang? OMG, what I can do? Bisa apa gw cegah perang saudara. Gw harap seh ga terjadi.Coz lagi-lagi gw pikir cuma sedikit orang2 yang berpikiran seperti mereka di negara kita ini, pastinnya lebih byk orang2 yg mau hidup berdampingan dng damai. Klo ga mudah2an orang2 yg tak sepikiran dengan pihak2 ga bener itu bisa struggle mencegah kemungkinan terburuk. But, sedihnya all the best I can do is praying to U my Lord and waiting for Your works, waitin for the world to change.

Belum lagi ketakutan akan penyebaran penyakit2 berbahaya, kelaparan, perang2 di dunia, anak2 terlantar, etc. What can I do to change that, all the best I can do is praying to U my Lord and waiting for Your works, waitin for the world to change.

Walau byk kejadian di dunia ini, memang adalah seijinMu Tuhan, yang memang adalah tanda2 akhir dunia ini ya Tuhan, I will be still praying for Your protection my Lord and waiting for Your works, waitin for the world to change.