I believe that the word "ghost presses the bed" should be familiar in life. I don't know if you have ever encountered such a situation in your life: you wake up from sleep, you are still conscious, but the whole body can't move, you can't shout, some people even have the illusion of fragments & hellip; hellip; this is the folk saying of "ghost presses the bed". Many people don't know about "ghost press bed", so they think it's "haunted" from the superstitious point of view.
What the hell is "ghost press bed"? Will it really be crushed to death? In fact, there is a medical basis for the appearance of "ghost crushing bed", which tells you the truth.
What the hell is "ghost press the bed"?
Usually referred to as "ghost crushing bed", some places are called "sweeping star crushing bed", and professionally called "sleep paralysis" or "sleep paralysis". Of course, it's called paralysis or paralysis, just to describe the experience vividly, not really paralysis.
In fact, this may be because, in the normal REM sleep stage, the muscle tension of the skeletal muscle is reduced, so the action can not be completed, just like a "skeletal muscle strike" state, which is a protection mechanism.
When we sleep or wake up, the muscle tension of the skeletal muscle must be restored immediately, so that we can wake up when we think of the bed and turn over when we want to turn over. If the muscle tension continues to decrease or lack when waking up at this stage, it may lead to 'brain waking up and body not waking up'.
At this time, the dream experience is similar to hallucination. In addition to various complex factors such as the influence of external environment, all kinds of fantasy feelings are like real occurrence. Once you wake up, the body keeps up with the brain, so the feeling disappears.
Will 'ghost press' be' crushed to death '
Since it is a sleep phenomenon, even some normal people may occasionally appear. So it's easy to understand that the so-called "unable to move" can't really be unable to move. "Being pressed" is actually an assumption of its own. After a few minutes, it will relieve itself. Of course, there is no need to worry about being crushed to death.
Moreover, the more worried, the more fearful and the more depressed, such emotions actually make the REM sleep more and more likely to have the situation of "ghost crushing the bed". When symptoms appear, you don't have to be too nervous, don't scare yourself, instead, it is conducive to alleviate as soon as possible.
Under what circumstances is it most likely to cause "ghost crushing"?
The exact mechanism of "ghost pressing bed" has not been fully understood, because the current findings are mainly related to REM sleep. So, in theory, all REM sleep diseases or the conditions that interfere with REM sleep may appear 'ghost pressure bed'.
Narcolepsy
In addition to falling asleep or just waking up when the 'ghost presses the bed', some people fall asleep at any time in the daytime without separation, or when they walk, their knees suddenly become soft and kneel to the ground, etc., highly suspected of the existence of narcolepsy.
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Some people appear after experiencing major traumatic events for individuals, often accompanied by nightmares, or 'flashback' some trauma fragments, etc., highly suspected of PTSD.
Stay up late
Some people can't control their sleepiness when they stay up late, the normal sleep rhythm is disturbed, and REM sleep may appear 'advanced compensation' earlier or more. At this time, if the body is not fully prepared for deep sleep, or the environment is not particularly suitable for sleep, such as not very comfortable lying in bed to sleep, it is easy to appear 'ghost pressure bed'.
Mood swings
Some people have emotional problems, or watch too many stimulating images or play games before going to bed.
How to relieve the "ghost press the bed"?
Try to find out the possible causes and influencing factors, and try to make some changes for these factors. If the diagnosis is paroxysmal sleeping sickness or post-traumatic stress disorder, the symptoms will be relieved naturally after systematic and regular treatment. Regardless of the diagnosis, try the following:
Reduce staying up late
As a result of staying up late, you can reduce or stop staying up late. Because the work and rest time is irregular, work and rest as regularly as possible.
Less stimulating images before going to bed
Because before going to bed to see too many stimulating images to see less. Of course, some of them can't find out the reasons by themselves, and they don't have to struggle or indulge too much. Just leave the task to the specialist.
Keep calm.
There is no real danger of life. In fact, the symptoms can be relieved after a few minutes. There is no need to panic.
Get up right
In fact, getting up requires a lot of muscles to work at the same time, which is almost impossible during the skeletal muscle strike. Try to focus on small muscle groups, such as fingers or toes, or move the eyelids. During the general strike, some small skeletal muscles are easy to change the "strike" state. As long as one of them is loose, the whole strike will soon end.
If the "ghost press bed" experience is too painful, or frequent, there are other symptoms, it is necessary to see a specialist as soon as possible.