Re: colorless green ideas

On Apr 9, 2004, at 10:55 AM, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> It's impossible to toss and turn and mumble (angrily
> or otherwise) while having a nightmare (or any other
> dream). You become paralysed. (As far as your brain
> knows, the dream is real life, so if you weren't
> paralysed, you'd be running away from the monsters in
> your dream etc. etc. etc.) On the other hand, night
> terrors would make you look like what people would
> think you look like when you're having nightmares,
> except that you aren't dreaming while having them.
> (It's possible to have sleep paralysis while awake,
> though, and based on some accounts, I seem to have
> experienced just that last week. It was terrifying: I
> thought there was someone in my room trying to
> suffocate me.)
> Tristan.
Did you feel a pressure on your chest, as if a Black Cat (tm) or Evil
Witch (tm) were sitting on it trying to suffocate you and steal your
breath?  I think it used to be called (maybe still is?) a "night hag"
experience for that reason.
Unless what you had was similar but not exactly the same.


-Stephen (Steg)
  'the creator thought that one language would be enough,
   but Raven thought differently, and made many.'
      ~ the bella coola, according to hyde
        (thanks hanuman! ;) )

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