Electrongeek

[fez]

i just wanted to use this as an excuse to flaunt my intelligence. electrongeek, i fear that you suffer from a condition called sleep paralysis. they had a ting about it on discovery, thats how i know. as to why i was watching discovery, well we had a hell of a lot of snow days and i was really bored.

[Marz]

Umm... Huh...?

Where is there a flaunt of intelligence at?

[Guig0]

;)



but he´s right.

This is from the top of my head, what i can recall of my classes:


in the XV centuries they thought that this was caused by a wicth, which was siting on the chest of the 'victim' in a atempt to kill it, or ghosts, demons, voodoo, etc..

Later on they discovered that this happens due to a sudden brain hiper activity causing the person that was in a deep sleep (teta level i think) to instantly awake, thus jumping the beta and alfa sleep levels, and leaving the subject sound and countious but with little muscle control. the person experiences a sensing of invisible trap, from which he can´t free himself imediately.

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Sleep levels:

- alfa: the subject is half concious, first 5-15 min;
- beta: the subject is unconcious, 15-30 min;
- teta: R.E.M., dreams, deep sleep. it lasts about 30 min, then it goes back to beta, when the beta-teta loop begins.

[eyeinfinitude]

Originally posted by fez
i just wanted to use this as an excuse to flaunt my intelligence. electrongeek, i fear that you suffer from a condition called sleep paralysis. they had a ting about it on discovery, thats how i know. as to why i was watching discovery, well we had a hell of a lot of snow days and i was really bored.

Fez, I agree, on the weekends, I enjoy being an insomniac so your paralysis comment is a compliment. =)

[Marz]

Blah.. BAH BAH BAH

BAAAAHHHH

Anyways.. :)

Yeah I know about the sleep stages.. They teach that kind-a stuff to Seal members so that they can get optimum sleep.

They teach members how to stay in teta for hours instead of returning back to beta.. I for one can stay in teta for hours when I am having a really good dream.. But.. If it's in the morning.. I will experience a beta-teta looping cycle.

[fez]

yes. i enjoy diagnosing people...and the discovery channel

[Makaveli]

so many beta's

maybe thats what lost is trapped in .......that beta thing guig0 is talking about

alfa and beta or whatever the crap is

i would love to drive an alfa romeo.......dam

*drools*

[fez]

mmmm...you losst me with the beta sleep cycles stuff. discovery doesnt teach you all that...