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Have Dreams About Feet Glued To The Ground, Struggling To Move, Not Sleep Paralysis
In my dreams I cant move and have to drag myself along with my arms holding onto a fence for example to move along. I often have them - they are all different but I cant physically move as if my feet are glued to the ground and I struggle to move about. It is not sleep paralysis because it is not just as I am waking. It is within a dream.
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Dear user,
thank you for your questions. Dreaming in general is very important for the brain, nightmares on the other hand specially persistent nightmares might lead to anxiety and sleep awake cycle disturbances. it might be related to post traumatic stress disorder, but good news is that symptom in specific from the disorder has great prognosis with behavioral therapy without the need of medication. please refer to the next article for more info. hope this helped
best regards,
Dr. Nazzal
thank you for your questions. Dreaming in general is very important for the brain, nightmares on the other hand specially persistent nightmares might lead to anxiety and sleep awake cycle disturbances. it might be related to post traumatic stress disorder, but good news is that symptom in specific from the disorder has great prognosis with behavioral therapy without the need of medication. please refer to the next article for more info. hope this helped
best regards,
Dr. Nazzal
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