I was 12 and woke up with my face buried in my pillow. I couldn't move or even breath (though, this could've been because I was face-deep into my pillow, as mentioned before) for an entire 10 seconds.
I used to get sleep paralysis 3-4 times a week a handful of years ago during high school. You feel like you're about to die and you can't do anything to stop it, no matter how much you struggle. You can't move and sometimes you can't even breathe. In my experiences (and most victims' in general) you can feel the presence of someone else near you, like in the corner of your room or next to your bed. The worst thing is finally breaking free from an episode only to fall into another one immediately afterwards..
I can both lucid dream and put myself under sleep paralysis by choice ([b]NOTE[/b]: lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis is [b]not[/b] the same thing). There was a time when I would intentionally put myself under sleep paralysis [i][b]not[/b] because I enjoy the feeling of paralyzing terror and imminent death[/i] but because I wanted to figure out a way to get out of it whenever it happened by chance, like I can with nightmares (after having nonstop nightmares for years as a kid). After failing to find a method after about a week and a half, I stopped. My nerves were completely shot and I felt like I was really going to die or have a heart attack if I kept trying.
[quote=helloalice]YES! personally i have never been in it but my friend explained to me how he was frightened that he couldn't move his body. He said it felt like he was just dead. Like his mind was awake but he just couldn't move his body and it felt like something was holding him down ):[/quote]
YES! personally i have never been in it but my friend explained to me how he was frightened that he couldn't move his body. He said it felt like he was just dead. Like his mind was awake but he just couldn't move his body and it felt like something was holding him down ):
I've had sleep paralysis twice before but I didn't find it scary as I knew what it was. I guess I was lucky as I didn't really see anything crazy, it was more like an eerie sensation and everything felt distorted for a short period of time.
@BreakerZ: have you ever read a book on lucid dreaming? Usually SP is barely even mentioned. The book I'm reading now I'm about halfway through, and it's talked about how they made people practice and eventually they could get into lucid dreaming often, but it hasn't mentioned anything at all about SP.
Every night that I remember the dream, it's lucid. I am aware that I'm dreaming, so I can control some of what happens in it. It's kinda really easy to remember if you had a dream if it was lucid. I haven't been dreaming much lately though. And yeah, you might go into REM and SP while you're in the lucid dream, but I'm saying that if you wake up and you're still in SP you're doing it wrong. That's never happened to me.
[quote=fradddd]Lucid dream every night, never had sleep paralysis. If you get SP trying to lucid dream, you're doing it wrong.[/quote]
I highly doubt you lucid dream every night considering you want to get into SP if you're trying to lucid dream. Since REM, the sleeping stage which most of your dreams occur, happens while your in SP. Being in SP allows you do instantly jump into a lucid dream as your body is asleep and your mind is awake during the dream, thus having a lucid dream.
on topic: Yes, SP can be extremely scary, a lot of people experience hallucinations that appear to be very real.
[quote=Tranquil]I've tried putting myself into sleep paralysis when I was all into starting lucid dreaming. It never happened though [/quote]
Why would you do that. It is the scariest thing in existence. I felt like something was watching me at the edge of my bed. I was fully awake but my muscles couldn't move so I had that creepy feeling that something was at the edge of my bed but couldn't look to get the fear out. It feels like someone pointing a gun at the back of your head. You fear moving but are dying to get out of there at the same time. There is nothing pleasurable with this experience.
Sleep paralysis is stupid dude. usually happens at a point where it's hard to breathe/i can hardly breathe so I'm suffocating trying to find a way to wake up.
It's one of the most scary experiences I've been through. No matter how hard I yelled, no one would help me while some creep kept staring at me and then he walked up to me. I don't know what it was but I couldn't move and no sound was coming out of my mouth. Honestly, don't try it.
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Once in my life.
I was 12 and woke up with my face buried in my pillow. I couldn't move or even breath (though, this could've been because I was face-deep into my pillow, as mentioned before) for an entire 10 seconds.
I used to get sleep paralysis 3-4 times a week a handful of years ago during high school. You feel like you're about to die and you can't do anything to stop it, no matter how much you struggle. You can't move and sometimes you can't even breathe. In my experiences (and most victims' in general) you can feel the presence of someone else near you, like in the corner of your room or next to your bed. The worst thing is finally breaking free from an episode only to fall into another one immediately afterwards..
I can both lucid dream and put myself under sleep paralysis by choice ([b]NOTE[/b]: lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis is [b]not[/b] the same thing). There was a time when I would intentionally put myself under sleep paralysis [i][b]not[/b] because I enjoy the feeling of paralyzing terror and imminent death[/i] but because I wanted to figure out a way to get out of it whenever it happened by chance, like I can with nightmares (after having nonstop nightmares for years as a kid). After failing to find a method after about a week and a half, I stopped. My nerves were completely shot and I felt like I was really going to die or have a heart attack if I kept trying.
[quote=helloalice]YES! personally i have never been in it but my friend explained to me how he was frightened that he couldn't move his body.
He said it felt like he was just dead. Like his mind was awake but he just couldn't move his body and it felt like something was holding him down ):[/quote]
Dude, it was really creepy
It was pretty terrifying the first few times but now it's just annoying as hell. Happens without fail anytime I sleep on my back.
YES! personally i have never been in it but my friend explained to me how he was frightened that he couldn't move his body.
He said it felt like he was just dead. Like his mind was awake but he just couldn't move his body and it felt like something was holding him down ):
[quote=Colour]he opens his mouth but the words won't come out[/quote]
mom's spaghetti mom's spaghetti
I've had sleep paralysis twice before but I didn't find it scary as I knew what it was. I guess I was lucky as I didn't really see anything crazy, it was more like an eerie sensation and everything felt distorted for a short period of time.
@BreakerZ: have you ever read a book on lucid dreaming? Usually SP is barely even mentioned. The book I'm reading now I'm about halfway through, and it's talked about how they made people practice and eventually they could get into lucid dreaming often, but it hasn't mentioned anything at all about SP.
Every night that I remember the dream, it's lucid. I am aware that I'm dreaming, so I can control some of what happens in it. It's kinda really easy to remember if you had a dream if it was lucid. I haven't been dreaming much lately though.
And yeah, you might go into REM and SP while you're in the lucid dream, but I'm saying that if you wake up and you're still in SP you're doing it wrong. That's never happened to me.
[quote=fradddd]Lucid dream every night, never had sleep paralysis.
If you get SP trying to lucid dream, you're doing it wrong.[/quote]
I highly doubt you lucid dream every night considering you want to get into SP if you're trying to lucid dream. Since REM, the sleeping stage which most of your dreams occur, happens while your in SP. Being in SP allows you do instantly jump into a lucid dream as your body is asleep and your mind is awake during the dream, thus having a lucid dream.
on topic: Yes, SP can be extremely scary, a lot of people experience hallucinations that appear to be very real.
@setget: i wanted to do it for the benefits of lucid dreaming. I was so into learning how to do it a year and a half ago but never did it
[quote=Tranquil]I've tried putting myself into sleep paralysis when I was all into starting lucid dreaming. It never happened though [/quote]
Why would you do that. It is the scariest thing in existence. I felt like something was watching me at the edge of my bed. I was fully awake but my muscles couldn't move so I had that creepy feeling that something was at the edge of my bed but couldn't look to get the fear out. It feels like someone pointing a gun at the back of your head. You fear moving but are dying to get out of there at the same time. There is nothing pleasurable with this experience.
I'm not even scared by it. Those are when my dreams are most vivid.
whatever you do dont open your eyes
Lucid dream every night, never had sleep paralysis.
If you get SP trying to lucid dream, you're doing it wrong.
I've tried putting myself into sleep paralysis when I was all into starting lucid dreaming. It never happened though
I think another term for it is Scissor Lock, which i hear is very very scary
imagine your dad walks into your room and puts his fingers in your mouth, feels like that
Sleep paralysis is stupid dude. usually happens at a point where it's hard to breathe/i can hardly breathe so I'm suffocating trying to find a way to wake up.
he opens his mouth but the words won't come out
It's one of the most scary experiences I've been through. No matter how hard I yelled, no one would help me while some creep kept staring at me and then he walked up to me. I don't know what it was but I couldn't move and no sound was coming out of my mouth. Honestly, don't try it.
@KrnKiddo REM sleep is a normal part of the sleep cycle.
Sleep paralysis is fairly common, usually the result of a interrupted REM sleep.
Sleep paralysis: no
REM sleep is experienced by everybody. It's where most of the restoration happens.