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CTyankee

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4. I hallucinated when I was in the hospital recovering from surgery...

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 04:51 AM

Apr 2015

it was a long haul to getting better. It wasn't scary but I was definitely in a hallucinatory state where everything and everybody was different from reality...the nurses, everyone who was checking me. I thought it was the anesthesia but the doctor later said it was caused by sleep deprivation.

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Sleep Paralysis: You're Awake, But You Can't Move [View all] mfcorey1 Apr 2015 OP

It happens more often when one is sleep deprived. longship Apr 2015 #1

I hallucinated when I was in the hospital recovering from surgery... CTyankee Apr 2015 #4

When I am over tired, it makes me afraid to sleep jberryhill Apr 2015 #7

I've always known the phenomenon to be referred as "Night Nurse's Paralysis" because it is due to... Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2015 #8

Thank you for this. I honestly thought everyone was like that. merrily Apr 2015 #2

it happened to me once as a child penndragon69 Apr 2015 #3

Sounds like a bad Drug experience Cryptoad Apr 2015 #5

happens to me about once a year. unblock Apr 2015 #6

Yes! Usually it's frogmarch Apr 2015 #9

Video of cat who had sleep paralysis pathways severed. Lilyhoney Apr 2015 #10

Fuseli captured it very well in 1871 cyberswede Apr 2015 #11