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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ
What causes it? Are you semi concious but still asleep or something?
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it is akin to a minor seizure. Your corpus collusum, the organ that allows both hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other, misfires. It can be brought about by stress, sleep deprivation, an epileptic seizure or even stimulated artificially... but yes, you are "semi-conscious."
The feeling is that you are awake, but are suffering from an inability to move and a pervasive sense of dread. But the truth is that you aren't quite conscious, you are in a "twilight" state in which your eyes are open and your senses are responding to external stimuli, but your brainwaves resemble those of beta-wave sleep. It is like you are dreaming with your eyes open.