Like dreaming, nightmares are also a physiological phenomenon. When a person suddenly wakes up from a dream, a part of the nerve center of the brain has woken up, but the nerve center that dominates the muscles has not fully woken up, so even if he feels uncomfortable, he can't move. At this time, if someone wakes him or pushes him, the nightmare will disappear immediately.
In fact, this phenomenon is very common. For example, when we just wake up, we can't completely swing our fists; Many people have to wait a few minutes after waking up, which is why the central nervous system works out of sync.
Lying on your back, being covered with a thick quilt or putting your hands on your chest, being too nervous during the day and overeating at dinner are all the reasons for nightmares. If the audience is careful, they will find that all the people who are haunted are lying on their backs. If they sleep on their side and avoid the above incentives, they won't have nightmares.
Definition meaning 2
The ghost presses the bed, that is, when you sleep, you suddenly feel unconscious but your body can't move.
Generally, people who are crushed by ghosts like to sleep backwards, that is, with their chests down and their heads covered.
Because the chest is facing down, the pressure on the heart is greater, so the blood circulation will be slower, and it is normal for the body to have no intuition. Covering your head is because inhaling too much carbon dioxide leads to lack of oxygen in your brain, so your body is unconscious, so it is very important to adjust your sleeping position. Sometimes, just after a dream, you will associate the lack of intuition with the dream. Maybe you are familiar with the term ghost bed. I think people have long been filled with various explanations about ghost beds. Growing up, the most authoritative, scientific, supportive and convincing explanation I have heard is "You just fell asleep, and you may have accidentally put your hand on your chest, which increased the burden of breathing, so it feels like a so-called ghost bed." Some people are accompanied by hallucinations caused by cold sweat, lack of oxygen and even rapid heartbeat. These are all caused by bad sleep habits. Of course, it does not rule out that some people have sleep problems due to organic diseases, and they will die suddenly ... "
The so-called "ghost bed" is definitely not a ghost bed, nor is it haunted. In fact, it is a disease of sleep disorder. The phenomenon of "ghost crushing the body" belongs to a kind of sleep paralysis (paralysis) in sleep neurology. At this time, the patient is half awake and half asleep, and the amplitude of brain waves is also awake. Some people will also have hallucinations, but the whole body muscle tension is minimized, which is similar to the "paralysis" state, and the whole body can't move, just like being put on a golden bell jar, that is, the average person.
The patients with "cataplexy narcolepsy" often have the situation that "ghosts crush their bodies". Such patients can fall asleep at any time, showing a state of being half awake and half asleep at any time, and often have "sleep hallucinations" and dream of strange people, things and things. When the patient is awake, whenever he is excited, laughing or angry, he will suddenly feel weak and fall down.
There is a middle-aged woman who is often possessed by ghosts and has poor sleep quality. She thinks that working hours are stressful and housework is too heavy after work. Later, she quit her job and reduced her housework. As a result, her sleep has not improved. After the author made a 24-hour multifunctional sleep physiological examination for her, the patient suddenly felt an inexplicable force approaching the whole body when she slept at midnight. The dream was weird and horrible, and she couldn't scream if she wanted to. I want to get up, or open my eyes, but I can't move; I have been shouting in my heart, but I can't say it, and I can't make a sound; The muscles of the whole body are tense and paralyzed, the ears are buzzing, and waves of strength are pressing on the chest. No matter how hard I try, I can't do it. After struggling for a few minutes, I can finally do it slowly until I wake up and find myself sweating all over. The author gave her five "multiple sleep tests". A few minutes before the end of sleep, she suffered from sleep paralysis twice. Suddenly, her whole body kept trembling slightly and she couldn't make any sound. She is haunted by ghosts again. At this time, someone touched her immediately, and she woke up and returned to normal. Before the woman goes to see a doctor, she often tells her at the bedside. When she finds that she has the above situation, she immediately calls her or pats her to wake her up.
Our sleep cycle is from sleep period, shallow sleep period, deep sleep period, and finally into "rapid eye movement period" (dreaming period). Sleep paralysis is mainly due to the early appearance of rapid eye movement, which leads to the inconsistency of rapid eye movement stage. In fact, in the rapid eye movement stage, the body is essentially at rest, and the connection signal with the brain is temporarily interrupted. This is a defensive measure, so that the human body will not realize the dreams in real life. For example, when dreaming of hitting people, it will not really act, and it will not punch and kick people at the bedside.
When the sleep nerve is paralyzed, the brain recovers from sleep rest, and it is too late to reconnect with the body, leaving people in a state of half sleep and half waking, and dreams and realization are intertwined, resulting in disharmony between the body and the brain. At this time, the whole body muscle tension is the lowest, so it will cause you to remember, but you can't get up; I want to exert myself, but I have no strength at all. This is the most common situation of "ghost pressing the bed".
Generally speaking, under the circumstances of excessive pressure, anxiety, tension, extreme fatigue, insomnia, lack of sleep or jet lag, sleep will enter the rapid eye movement stage (dreaming stage) ahead of time, and there will be a situation of "ghost pressing the bed"-sleep paralysis. This happens to people of any age, mostly in adolescence, and few people happen continuously. Unless it happens frequently, you need to seek the help of a sleep doctor. As long as you know this symptom, you don't have to worry too much.
According to a research report in the United States, 40% to 50% people will experience sleep paralysis at least once in their lives, and the proportion is not low. Therefore, when you encounter "possessed by ghosts", you don't have to worry, go to the so-called "master" to solve your bad luck. Knowing the truth of sleep can make you feel at ease and sit back and relax.
The above is scientific analysis. Simply put, it is "mentally active and physically exhausted".
Ghost pressing bed (also known as nightmare) is a physiological phenomenon that has existed since ancient times and is well described in ancient Qigong literature. Because qigong is a science to study and practice some special phenomena of human body, it contains almost all the introductions and explanations of special phenomena of human body.
This is a very common state in qigong theory, which is what we often call "silence" In a quiet state, people's bodies will naturally relax, their muscles will relax, they will be conscious and quick-thinking, which is the same as the so-called nightmare. At the same time, because the thinking and feelings of people who enter silence are more sensitive than usual, it is easy for people to see (suppress or feel) things that they don't usually notice, such as spiritual bodies. Because ordinary people don't understand these situations, coupled with their own fear of ghosts and gods, they will mistakenly think that this state is caused by being "suppressed" by ghosts, which is the origin of the word "ghost presses the bed".
Due to people's misunderstanding of this phenomenon, many people think that this phenomenon is very harmful to the body, but it is actually harmless to the body. In fact, this is a state that is extremely beneficial to the body. In a quiet state, the human body will be fully relaxed and rested; Similarly, people's thinking will enter a very relaxed but very alert state because of the relaxation of the body. Western scientists' research shows that at this time, people's brains will produce a large number of "A waves", which are very beneficial to people's learning and thinking. In this state, the efficiency of human learning and thinking will increase exponentially, so this situation is called the best state of learning knowledge and thinking by western scholars.
Qigong relies on such a natural phenomenon of the human body, which has a positive effect on the body and regulates the body and mind, thus achieving the effect of self-cultivation.
Effective solution: first of all, you need to eliminate the misunderstanding of this phenomenon, so that you won't panic and be afraid when you encounter such a situation. Secondly, you should face up to what you see in this state. If you have enough confidence, you can try to communicate with them. Then you'd better make full use of the effect of this phenomenon to get some benefits, which can increase your confidence in facing it squarely. Finally, when you don't want to continue or have other things to do, you can calmly say to yourself, "I have other things to do and I want to quit this state", start slowly trying to regain control of your body, and then you can safely quit this state after getting familiar with the feedback from all parts of your body.
Nightmares are caused by transient cerebral ischemia during sleep. When transient cerebral ischemia occurs during the day, people will have terrible symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, black eyes, tinnitus and various neurological disorders. Therefore, people who are weak and prone to cerebral ischemia, people who have excessive fears, people who take quinidine and cause hypotension, and people who suffer from neck flexion and poor blood flow due to excessive pillows or improper sleeping posture during sleep will have a terrible nightmare called a nightmare in medicine when they sleep deeply at night. Shallow sleep can cause inexplicable panic, which is also commonly known as ghost pressure. Sometimes, people wake up from cerebral ischemia, and the visual and motor disorders that last for a few minutes are not over, which can also cause people to struggle to wake up, but they can't wake up. For example, there is a "haunted" bed in the countryside, which can make people have nightmares every night, which is caused by the high pillow. Because the nightmares or ghosts during sleep are mostly related to the neck flexion oppression caused by the high pillow or improper sleeping position during sleep. Therefore, there is scientific basis and it is really effective to try to move the neck to improve the ghost in the case of nightmares or ghost pressure. Patients who often have nightmares or have ghost body pressure may wish to give it a try. When people are highly nervous during the day, they will be scared by very small sounds. People sometimes have nightmares because they suddenly seem to hear some kind of loud noise during the process of constantly changing their sleeping positions because of mental stress. This loud noise is obviously caused by the friction between the ear and the pillow when people change their sleeping positions. This kind of "loud noise" that has been neglected for a long time during sleep sometimes becomes very terrible when you are nervous. Abnormal heartbeat or cardiac function during the day can cause cerebral ischemia, and abnormal heartbeat or cardiac function at night can also cause cerebral ischemia. The specific dream is a simple palpitation nightmare of being chased or falling in the air, and then a nightmare (namely cerebral ischemia) occurs. For another example, sleeping pills can treat the nightmares of neurasthenia patients, because the nightmares of such patients are caused by tachycardia. Sleeping pills can slow down the heartbeat, but the slow heartbeat sometimes causes cerebral ischemia in people with low blood pressure. So sometimes using sleeping pills to treat nightmares is not only ineffective, but will aggravate the patient's condition (unfortunately, almost all doctors in China are still using sleeping pills to treat nightmare patients, regardless of the specific cause). Because the blood vessels around heaven and man expand more in summer than in winter, the blood pressure of heaven and man in summer is lower, and it is more prone to cerebral ischemia (for example, people who stand for too long or squat and suddenly stand up are prone to cerebral ischemia). Therefore, people are more likely to have nightmares or ghosts when they sleep in summer. In addition, people will have cerebral ischemic syncope due to strong fear during the day. When people are sleeping, they will also have nightmares or ghosts because of dreams of strong fear caused by simple palpitations. When people have transient cerebral ischemia during the day, they will only have terrible symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, black eyes and various neurological disorders. In severe cases, there will be symptoms such as sweating, pallor, dilated pupils and even fainting due to loss of consciousness. When people have transient cerebral ischemia during sleep, the same mild symptoms will only produce terrible dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, black eyes and various neurological disorders. In severe cases, there will be symptoms such as sweating, pallor, dilated pupils and even loss of consciousness.
Cause and solution:
1. Because you sleep on your back, sleeping on your side at night is less likely to happen.
I usually relax because of my nervousness, but not at night.
3. Enough rest
Many people have felt this way. When they just fall asleep or wake up, they will feel that their consciousness is clear, but their bodies can't control themselves and can't remember. They feel that they are wrapped in something and can't say anything if they want to. They can't open their eyes and sometimes they may feel chest tightness. No matter how hard you struggle, it's no use trying to get your body moving. Some people even have hallucinations, including seeing black visions. People often call this feeling a ghost bed or a nightmare.
How did the "ghost press" come into being?
According to some people who have had this experience, this feeling is very terrible, just like struggling on the edge of life and death. At that time, I really hoped that people around me could wake up or someone could push them to wake up. So how did this feeling come from? What is the medical explanation for this?
According to western medicine experts, this symptom is called sleep paralysis in medicine, which often happens when people just fall asleep or don't wake up. At this time, people just entered the sleep cycle of sleep and dream. All parts of the body are in a state of extreme low tension, and people's consciousness may feel this way because of being too excited.
The cause of sleep paralysis is not clear at present, but at present, physical fatigue, serious lack of sleep, or genetic tendency are also the main causes of sleep paralysis.
Most people will panic when they encounter this situation, but fortunately, this situation will slowly disappear or suddenly resume physical movement within a few minutes. But the sense of panic during the attack will still make people feel scared after waking up, and they only feel oppressed by something unknown.
This kind of sleep disorder symptom is very common!
Don't be too nervous in this case, this kind of sleep disorder symptom is very common. 40%-50% normal people have this symptom once or twice, and only 3%-6% people will have this symptom repeatedly. This happens to people of any age, but it rarely happens continuously.
Whenever we meet a ghost, our minds are clear, we feel panic, and we will struggle desperately. But most people will struggle for a long time to wake up. When they woke up, they found that they were all tired and weak. In this process, we are helpless. In fact, there is a very effective way: try to relax yourself, don't think about the illusions in your head, and then take a few long deep breaths, and your whole body will relax and recover.
Medical explanation:
In fact, the medical name of this thing is sleep paralysis, which is also commonly known as' ghost press bed'.
Sleep paralysis usually occurs when people have just fallen asleep or are about to wake up. Patients feel that they have woken up, they can hear the surrounding sounds and see the surrounding images, but their bodies can't move, they can't make sounds, and sometimes they combine hallucinations. Most people will feel panic at this time, but fortunately, this situation will slowly or suddenly restore physical movement within a few minutes. Because of the panic during the attack, many people will feel scared after waking up, always thinking that it is caused by something unknown, so there is a saying that' ghosts press the bed'.
In fact, sleep paralysis occurs in the REM stage of the sleep cycle, which is the sleep cycle when we fall asleep and start dreaming. During the rapid eye movement (REM) period, our skeletal muscles are in a state of extremely low tension except the respiratory muscles and the eye muscles. This is a kind of protection, which can prevent us from acting with our dreams and hurting ourselves or the people around us. Sleep paralysis is due to the fact that during the rapid eye movement period, the consciousness has awakened, but the muscles of the limbs are still in a state of low tension, which leads to the situation of not listening to the command of consciousness.
In fact, sleep paralysis is not uncommon. Many people have experienced it, especially teenagers and young people in their twenties and thirties. Sleep paralysis can be regarded as a normal physiological phenomenon, which has nothing to do with ghosts and has no adverse effects on health. Usually, it is more likely to happen under the conditions of great pressure, excessive fatigue, abnormal work and rest, insomnia and anxiety. Try not to make yourself too tired, don't stay up late, and keeping a normal routine will usually reduce the chance of it happening. However, if the frequency is too high, affecting their quality of life, or combined with daytime sleepiness, they should seek medical help or find out whether there are other problems.
After reading the above, I scientifically expounded my scientific understanding of "ghost press bed" . .
However, all explanations are not given, and there is no immediate and effective solution.
After me, I was often "crushed", so I summarized a set of effective and immediate solutions:
1. Being crushed, you know very well, don't be in a hurry to resist (resistance is futile), and don't be afraid.
Relax, or have a rest, or go back to sleep. Press it and press it. Ignore him.
2. If you want to remove the "ghost bed" immediately,
1. All parts of the body can't move,
2. Can't keep your eyes open (sometimes you can open your eyes forcibly, but you can't see clearly)
3. Can't talk
But you can hear the sound
Everything is not absolutely motionless.
After the ghost pressed the bed, I found that the only thing that "moved" outside my body was "mouth" (I didn't ask you to talk, of course I couldn't say it at the time)
6. suck up and down with your mouth (just like kissing makes a sound, or feeding chickens with your mouth makes a sound) and let your ears hear it with your voice (point 4, your ears can hear it).
It worked. You can wake up immediately, that is, quickly solve the "ghost bed."
7. There is another one that can be used. I've tried it many times ~ In fact, you can control your breathing when you press the bed, so that you can take a deep breath quickly and force your body to move.
Just hit the nail on the head in one sentence: "I'm energetic and tired". Are the others people who have never eaten grapes?
Muscle is not fully awake, I agree, but how to explain the following phenomenon: the consequences of not taking measures!
Sleep stress is actually something that weighs on your body.
Anyone who has worked in chemical industry knows that it is necessary to wear protective clothing when handling poisonous gas and venom, but what will happen if our protective clothing leaks?
Similarly, what happens if the human body is used as a protective suit and occasionally fails?
But what is the poison gas outside? Think for yourself,
Another reason is that I am too nervous before going to bed, and I am also nervous about thieves. Twice, I met a thief who came in and stole something, and then watched him steal it.
So close the doors and windows before going to bed to ensure that your room is safe and not nervous, so as to avoid the appearance of ghost beds.
You can also take a laissez-faire attitude when you meet a ghost press, knowing in your heart that this is just a ghost press. You have to go back to sleep as you like and let it go. Especially for people in their twenties, they may often encounter it (I have had it about five times this year and found it seems to be addictive ~). Just get used to it!
Another way to avoid it is to watch less movies or TV that can arouse strange imagination and put an end to ghost movies.