Conference hydra::dejavu

    
    Denise,
    
    Your note isn't weird.  Perhaps there were times in your youth
    or even in your adult life where you were talking but others just
    weren't hearing what you had to say...or disregarding it.  You didn't
    pick up on it consciously, but you did subconsciously.  Or maybe
    you called for help once and nobody came to your rescue because
    they either didn't hear you or didn't believe you.
    
    Just some thoughts.
    
    Cindy

    Denise,
    
    I had a similar dream once.  Only in my dream, I was invisible.
    I could not be seen, could not talk to people, etc.  The only way
    I could communicate was to hand-write notes or send mail messages.
    [Been working here too long, huh?   :^)  ]
    
    Anyway, I realized that it was stemming from a feeling I was getting
    from work.  Everyone was so busy and engrossed in their own work,
    I felt like I was being ingored.  My suggestions didn't matter,
    I was doing everything wrong, lack of communication, etc.
    
    Getting negative feelings from co-workers or family?
    
    Just a thought .....
    
    Susan 
    

    RE:  .2 - Hmmmmmmmmm.  Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I'm 
    visible in my dreams either!!!  
    
    RE:  .1 - I wonder if you're right???  But I don't remember anything 
    that would make me feel that way!  Maybe I'll try to dig deeper........
    
    Thanks for both of your replies!

    Re:0
    
     YOUR IN A WORLD ALL BY YOURSELF, AND THERE'S NOBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS
    WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM!
    
    
    LORENZO
    

    During many years of night shifts in various hospitals, especially
    psychiatric hospitals, I experienced this often.  I would be dozing
    in a chair in a room with about 20 sleeping schizophrenics, and
    I would dream that one of them was wandering about, or standing
    over me with intent to do harm.  I could not connect to any of
    my muscles to move.  I strained to move my feet off the table
    so I would be shaken awake, I would try to call out to the other
    techs, minutes ticked by while the form in front of me built up
    courage to attack.  And I would finally awake, to see...nothing.
    
    I theorize that sight noises stimulated enough of my brain to
    start a dream sequence, which coupled with the slight anxiety
    we tried to maintain to stay alert yet rest a bit.  I do know
    that structures in the primitive brain referred to as the 
    Reticular Activating System act to protect the sleep state
    when one is fatigued by awakening enough cerebrum to process
    stimulus and determine if it is a threat.  The feeling was an
    overwhelming sense of paralysis.
    
    						MWR
    

    It sounds similar to chase dreams where you can barely get your
    legs to work or there is an enormous effort to move very slowly.
     Psychological interpretations could be that maybe in life you
    don't feel like you are being heard or listened to.
    
    Mary

    RE.6
    
    I have had dreams all of my life that I'm being chased, and most
    of the time my legs wont move. They feel so heavy sometimes I can
    barely move. I always start out running ok, but It only last for
    a few steps. Got any interpretations on this?
    
                                                        Gina
    

RE "not being able to move"

The physiological side of it is, that you are, in some way or another, short of
breath. I have experienced it several times that I dreamt of running, or trying
to run, and not being able to. I found out that most of the time, I had not
enough ventilation in the bedroom. Opening a(nother) window solved it for me.

Arie

    I used to have recurring nightmares such as described in .0 where I would
    scream and there was no sound coming from my mouth or try to move
    and not be able to twitch a muscle. And always there was this incredible
    fear that accompanied the dreams. Pure unadulterated overwhelming
    fear.  Then I read Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
    and studied his ideas regarding complete relaxation and how that
    affects emotions and the body and decided to apply his ideas the next
    time I had this kind of dream.  Sure enough  when I was in the midst
    of this dream terrified out of my mind and completly paralyzed and 
    struggling to fight the terror I remembered the relaxation technique
    and with great difficulty struggled to over ride the fear I was
    experiencing by reminding my self it was just a dream and concentrated
    on completly relaxing my body.  As soon as my body relaxed I was
    able to assume control and I snapped out of my paralysis and was able
    to move or talk.  I have not had this problem for about four years now 
    (Thank God/Goddess) but I have had the beginings and as it begins to
    take hold I concentrate on relaxing my body and reminding my self it
    is only a dream.  And it works every time for me.
    
    I found that for me these dreams happen when I am extremely fatigued 
    mentally and/or physically maybe that is why the relaxation response is so
    effective. Even more important is the reminder that it is just a
    dream which by the way is not that easy when your in the midst of
    a terrifying dream.   
    
    Try the technique the next time this happens it might help.
    
    
    Addie

    Not being able to move is a vital part of sleep. If you could move
    you'd probably break something important.
    
    The brain is disconnected from the body during sleep. This may be
    what you are sensing. You want to move but can't. The solution is
    to not be in a half sleep state and dream (which most people can't
    control anyway).
    
    Relaxiation is important. Also important is turning off the worry-wort
    mind before going to sleep.  
    
    All this indicates you are dealing with something in an unconscious
    way. Try facing the problem consciously and the monsters will depart.