tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post2029161706683720768..comments2024-03-27T23:56:25.286-07:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: Those Who Come While We SleepHeather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-58008282308610665442012-02-10T16:03:49.304-08:002012-02-10T16:03:49.304-08:00I really enjoyed your musings on dreams from the p...I really enjoyed your musings on dreams from the personal to the mechanistic nature of dreaming and sleep. I studied neuroscience and have done some reading in the realm of sleep research and it turns out that some individuals who exhibit extreme sleep walking do not experience the full body paralysis. There have been reports that some people who have taken Ambien have reported sleep driving!<br />For a very humorous first-person acct of sleepwalking, this is a great story.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU2KRBh1MOA<br />I remember a number of times having the feeling of being in a dream but unable to move freely, as if I had been given a drug that numbs the rest of my body. It can be quite terrifying. I also really enjoyed the mythology of dreaming and thoughts about Rip Van Winkle. The Russian psychologist Pavlov wrote about a real life Rip Van Winkle who allegedly spent 20 years of his life sleeping.<br />http://onlyinukraine.blogspot.com/2006/06/sleeping-beauty-ukrainian.html<br /><br />Traveling from the personal to the scientific to the mythological has certainly left me in a state of wonder. <br /><br />I explore similar themes in my blog at brainonholiday.com, anyone interested should check it out.<br /><br />SteveStevehttp://brainonholiday.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-86285050397063521392012-02-10T12:24:41.404-08:002012-02-10T12:24:41.404-08:00Being subject to sleep paralysis, cataplexy, and l...Being subject to sleep paralysis, cataplexy, and lucid dreaming (all due to narcolepsy), I can definitely say they all can be both terrifying and fascinating. I've read quite a bit about the connections between sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, and mystical trance states, but never really made the connection with the succubi and incubi. It definitely puts a new spin on some of my dreams.Robert Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345468894311108269noreply@blogger.com