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i have it quite often. also related to my mother's epilepsy. it always happens when i'm half asleep since my body thinks its sleeping but my mind is wide awake. i usually just freak out and try helplessly to snap out of it, which the longer it takes the more freaked out i get. breathing also becomes difficult.
it usually happens when i'm overtired or when i'm tired and sleep in any sort of light. freaky as **** but they say it's not lethal. Last edited by kommisar[os]; 10-18-2009 at 02:59 PM.. |
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Most often, during sleep paralysis, the brain will try to come up with a logical explanation for what is going on. This is the same reason why you can start to see things that aren't there if you go a really long time without sleep.
You're awake, you can't move, you're probably going to get scared very quickly, and your brain says "Hmm, can't move, frightened, sounds like something scary is stopping you from moving" This is likely where the various myths of the assorted bogeymen that come to you when you're asleep and steal your breath/soul/lifeforce etc. Also: I get hypnogogia somewhat often, and it's pretty much universally frightening at the time. |
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i have sleep paralysis so much that i've become used to it. i've woken up with a demon looking version of myself staring me in the face and all kinds of crazy ****
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That's some weird stuff...strangest I ever had was probably some dream when you're half awake in the morning that I could somewhat control, as in, steer the general direction it takes. Ended up snowboarding down an endless mountain while lying on my stomach and doing handstands and **** iirc
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If it's as horrible as the ones I've experienced, you'll be afraid to sleep after. Quite the thrill.
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I experience sleep paralysis so frequently that I'm used to and even look forward to it happening. I will admit that for quite some time I would panic and during that time it was very uncomfortable, but after some research I found that it can lead to lucid dreaming so I taught myself to just go with it, and try to let my mind fall asleep, while retaining my consciousness. If I do manage to start dreaming it's the absolute BEST substitute for acid or shrooms, as I can go places and do things that wouldn't be conventional or even possible outside of dreaming. The interesting part about it is that your body really feels like you're doing the actions in your dream. I'm not sure if it's common or not, but when it happens to me, ie I wake up frozen, I feel this tingling, or sense that my whole body is vibrating intensly. If you can get used to it you will develop great control over your mind while asleep.
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Personally I have incredibly lucid dreams. In my dreams most commonly I'll have the inability to move.
For example, in a dream I'll try to run or punch something and in the dream I can't do what I regularly would because my body is actually trying to move itself not just trying to move itself in the dream. It's very strange, but it happens on a daily basis. I'm rather used to it Last edited by bender5; 10-18-2009 at 11:37 PM.. |
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