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a harmless side effect of Sleep paralysis.

Hm, interesting. I got something along those lines at least twice last night. At least I have an explanation of sorts now.

[kuro_suna]

Also in the wiki article it says almost 1/4 of people display some symptoms of sleep paralysis though how sever they are vary from person to person and are difficult to compare.

[eerr]

Supposedly that sleep-paralysis can make you feel like you're floating.
Thus the source of alien-abduction hallucinations in the early-morning sleeping habits of crazy people.

[Heron TSG]

I also nickname it "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome"

That might not be the best name, as there's already a syndrome with that name.

[Nadaka]

Sometimes I have dreams where I can't breath, and I mean I can't breath.  Hasn't happened in awhile thankfully.  Not like I fall asleep with my face against the pillow or anything, heh.

If your having actual breathing problems its a serious medical issue but usually this is a harmless side effect of Sleep paralysis.

Basically when you start dreaming your brain release a chemical that blocks the nerve signals to most of your body effectively paralysing you.  If this chemical switch fail to flip you will start sleep walking and if it takes to long to reset you have sleep paralysis. When your brain stops dreaming but your brain hasn't completely returned control of you body to the conscious mind it can feel like your suffocating even though subconscious parts of the brain will manage breathing in its absence.

Sleep apnea runs in my family, not exactly the same, but it has similar symptoms, its very scary and can be deadly. Essentially, a person will sometimes just stop breathing during sleep, could last seconds or minutes. It is rarely detected until the person is married and has someone next to them while it happens. My mother and sister have it, fairly sure I don't though. I do check my fiance to make sure she is still alive frequently.

[eerr]

Sometimes I stop breathing when I listen closely to something.

[Hippoman]

The mind is a powerful thing. You imagine you are in trouble and you most likely are. You imagine you are hurt and you most likely are.

When people get all scared about a new flu going around, they start believing they have it when someone coughs near them. They actually end up making themselves believe it so much it comes true.

Same could go for your dream pain.