What is "banner shaking?

Last night I heard voices and was uncontrollably shaking?

• I slept for about an hour or less, woke up from a dream, and felt like someone was breathing in my ear. At first I thought it was my own breathing, but I realized it was coming from behind me, then I got freaked out and it sounded like a man said something. I freaked out even more, and tried to calm myself, and then I started shaking uncontrollably. It was mainly the lower half of my body shaking, and I tried calming myself down, and the shaking would subside, then I'd start shaking even more. I tried falling asleep, and the only way I could stop the shaking and what not was if I literally had a conversation with myself in my head. I'm just wondering if this is because I haven't been sleeping a lot or eating? Thanks for the help!

• Answer:

  Hi there I too experience these types of night time terrors. Although not since I was very little. Nowadays it's mainly mild things like seeing shadows on the wall that are not really there. Anyway, to answer your question, it sounds like you might have had an episode of sleep paralysis. If you were laying on your back and felt paralysed, then sleep paralysis is what you probably experienced. I'm sympathetic to how scary it was, because I've been in that position too. What dream did you have btw? And yes lack of sleep will cause disruptions like this in some people. Lack of food won't make a difference unless the food you eat contains chemicals that stimulate your brain like cheese does or caffeine