I do apologize if I should have used a different forum in advance. I am hoping that someone could help explain an experience I saw last night to me. My husband was lying in bed-I was in the livingroom and I could hear him sort of yelling out but as if he was in a drunk sounding way; almost moaning. I went to see what was wrong and he looked as though he was having a terrible dream. His body was twitching almost seizure like, but not too voilently and his eyes were blinking really fast, but they were opening atleast half way. They didn't look as though they alert, but later found out they were. The closer I listened to what he was actually saying and mubbling I realized he was talking to me directly, not dreaming. I grabbed his hand and tried to softly wake him at first, but I had to shake him a little bit to get him out of whatever type of state he was in.

What I didn't realize was that the entire time he was trying to yell out to me for help. He said he was yelling for me and he was "asking me to wake him up because he couldn't shake himself out. He explained that he couldn't move. His body was in some sort of parallalized state. I thought he was having a nightmare while watching and listening (or even night-tremmor) because the longer this went on, the more terrified he sounded to me. Then I thought night-tremmor, but not the case because he saw everything around him and he was aware of everything that was happening around him- what I was doing before I came to the bedroom, when/how long I took to come in the bedroom, how long/what side it took me to come to him on the bed, what was on TV. I am obviously not educated in the Psychology field and hoping someone can help explain this for me. I cannot understand why or what sort of state it was that I saw him in, why or how this happen, but do know that it was not done intentionally by him. He did say that this sort of thing happens to him about once a month and it is scary to him; also that it usually happens if he is to fall asleep on his back or with a shirt on.

Is there a name from this or something like this I could read up on or if anyone can give me any insight regarding why/how it happens; any explaination would be greatly appreciated. I am completely with out words to what I saw, cannot explain it and would really love to have some sort of comprehension.

Thanks so much,

Very curious and confussed,
Michele