Help: my arms feel thin, the walls expand, voices shout?! - Sleep Disorders Message Board

bobert67 · 06-03-2003, 05:35 PM

ok this is no longer affecting me; it used to happen frequently when i was younger, maybe around 10 (im 16 now)but i recently thought of it and decided to see if anyone knew what it was.

i lie down on my bed, on my stomach with my head sideways and my arms under my pillow. after a few minutes my arms start to feel thin...i dont know how to explain it other than that, they simply feel skinny, its really weird. theyre not numb, just feel like theyre really thin. then it starts to feel like the walls are expanding and my room is getting bigger. i dont see anything, but it just feels like its getting big, which scares me. i also hear voices, which i know arent real, only in my head, but they are yelling and kinda scary. it doesnt go away and i get so scared that i get up and go to my parents, telling them that i cant sleep.

now im not exactly sure how often that happened, i know it wasnt every day, but it was very common, and it went on for probably a few months. it hasnt happened for years, i was just remembering it and im really curious to see if this has happened to anyone else.

allygirl · 06-04-2003, 01:59 AM

My brother used to have that. He said it was hard to describe, but he said he felt so skinny and everything else seemed so huge. My little sister felt something similiar,too, that everything felt delicate and in fast forward. Wow, that sounds nuts on screen.

[This message has been edited by allygirl (edited 06-08-2003).]

mary ann · 06-07-2003, 05:24 PM

oh gosh i had that when i was 12..it went on for a year. it scared the living **** out of me. but of course, i was too tough to tell anyone. gosh those screams. it happened right after i had chickenpox, so maybe that has something to do with it.