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 Sleep paralysis
#6274024 - 11/11/06 11:40 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Used a search button & got results, but conveniently they don't want me responding unless it's "truly relevant."
Just wanted to talk about it. So yeah, it's me again, talking about sleep, again.
I had sleep paralysis about a month ago. Just remembering it now, actually. I woke up & I was horrified; some kind of terror just overwhelmed me. To my amazement, I couldn't move at all. I took note of this for only about, maybe, 30 seconds to a minute, and then do what any other normal person would do -- go back to sleep.
Heh, but I was just thinking about it. It's pretty nifty, really.
Any of you have experiences with this phenomenon?
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The_Hobbit
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Sometimes that happens to me when I am with girls who I like. I get paralyzed and wonder what's going on.
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Quote:
hobbitcg said:
Sometimes that happens to me when I am with girls who I like. I get paralyzed and wonder what's going on.
AHAHA
You are the best
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Ice House Shaman
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I've had it several times. It scares me to death. I understand it is also directly related to sleep apnea.
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 goobler
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happens to me all the time...
the major reason is that your body falls asleep before your brain and you kind of realize this and try to move/speak/yell etc...but your body is asleep...
you can get vertigo, hear odd sounds, panic etc because just your brian is awake.
I have delt with it for over 30 years...I can even tell when its going to happen...the key is to relax and ride it out, you will either drift back to sleep or wake up...
fighting it causes the panic and flight or fight responce but alas you can do neither since your body is asleep...
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Penguarky Tunguin
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Look around the room for shadow people too when this happens...
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Revelation
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: goobler]
#6286577 - 11/15/06 03:06 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
goobler said:
...the key is to relax and ride it out, you will either drift back to sleep or wake up...
This is exactly right.
A visualisation I do to aid this is to imagine myself on a beach, feel the sand underneath me, and feel the sun beating down on my face. It's simple but it works.
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I used to get this all the time after I had been caning MDMA. I got it one time so bad after a week in IBIZA I literally daren't go to sleep.
I used to imagine other people in the room with me or something breathing at the bottom of the bed and I couldnt move any part of my body very very scary and very weird.
I sympathise with anyone who suffers regularly.
Lay of the gear for a while and things return to normal....honest
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Gomp
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End sleep paralysis too early, and you could sleep walk...
End sleep paralysis too soon, and you could feel "stuck" ...
Sleep paralysis 'is' what keeps your physical body paralyzed, so that you do not "act out" the movements of your astral body... (Bodies.)
/rant..
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LuSiD9
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: Gomp]
#6296756 - 11/18/06 11:00 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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SP is the perfect state to launch an OBE, astral project, or start a lucid dream, I actualy purposely induce it sometimes, can literaly be scary as hell though, and a pain in the ass when you just want to sleep.
I've been having SP episodes ever since I can remember, the day I found out it's actualy a somewhat common occurence in some people, was very releiving, I thought I was being attacked by demons and shit... scary stuff for a young boy.
something like 90% of alien abduction storys can be attributed to SP.
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: LuSiD9]
#6384844 - 12/18/06 09:29 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sleep Paralysis is thoroughly explained on this website ---> www.dreamviews.com
EVERYONE goes through SP everynight when they go to bed.
What I do when I wake up when I'm still in it, is just gently try and move my finger until I can. Trying to fight it gives me a gross clastophobic feeling.
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Ythan
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Happens to me, although fairly rarely, and oddly enough only when I'm sleeping on the couch at my parents' house. Fortunately I'd read about it before I ever experienced it, so it wasn't scary so much as interesting. Usually I just got back to sleep, or since my lungs aren't paralyzed I can try to make a sound and "wake myself up".  The human brain is a crazy thing.
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CureCat
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 Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: Ythan]
#6385466 - 12/19/06 05:52 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Be glad you don't have Cataplexy.
It is just like Sleep Paralysis, except, it ocurrs suddenly while you are awake! You are fully aware, yet paralyzed. It is a common symptom of Narcolepsy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataplexy
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zorbman
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Everyone experiences it every night. It is completely normal. Don't worry about it- worry if you don't have it as you would be acting out your dreams, playing in the street, etc.
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: zorbman]
#6392793 - 12/21/06 12:10 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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do you smoke weed?
no joke, my friend had this shit for years and smoking made it stop
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zorbman
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: brakson]
#6393904 - 12/21/06 11:39 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Very unlikely. If he "made it stop" then he would be sleepwalking and acting out his dreams every night. Sleep paralysis is an automatic protection mechanism of the body. And just because someone doesn't remember the process doesn't mean it isn't happening. It occurs during sleep after all.
Your friend's smoking probably alters his consciousness so that he either doesn't remember the episodes or doesn't care. Given what he's smoking my bet would be the latter. 
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Lion
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: brakson]
#6394182 - 12/21/06 01:08 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
brakson said:
do you smoke weed?
no joke, my friend had this shit for years and smoking made it stop
In my experience cannabis suppresses all aspects of the dream experience, at least from conscious memory. I have a ton of experience with sleep paralysis and have never had an incident after smoking cannabis. However, after discontinuing my cannabis use for a few days I notice that my dreams take on an intensity and depth that they never used to have, and in the days after taking a break I am extremely likely to suffer from sleep paralysis. It hasn't happened to me in a month or so, but every night I am wary of the possibility.
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Re: Sleep paralysis [Re: Lion]
#6409733 - 12/30/06 12:49 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Happens to me now and then, and like a couple other people said it's perfect for inducing OBEs/Lucid Dreams and whatnot.
The chance of it happening is much higher for me if I'm taking a nap, it seems. Something to do with my level of tiredness and how much your surrounding will allow you to fall asleep (for example, during the day my room may be bright and there may be sounds of other people in my house).
It doesn't have to be scary if you know what is going on and get used to the feeling. Ride it out and experience it as something interesting!
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