• Positive Experiences with Sleep Paralysis?
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It's not as bad as it's made out to be, even if you've never had it before, as long as you're aware of the phenomenon. I've had it once, and although there was initial fright and confusion, the realization that it was sleep paralysis set in pretty quickly. Knowing what it was, I then put in a lot of will and effort to get up, and I eventually did. If you were wondering, the experience initiated with the strobing/flashing visage of a witch/demon entity. Seems like sleep paralysis always involves something unpleasant or fucked up.
I've only had actual sleep paralysis once and I knew what it was so it wasn't too bad, it just was physically draining. Now what's worse is when you have a state similar to sleep paralysis, but can still move and talk. Had one of those when I was in 2nd grade and slept with my lights on for many years after.
[QUOTE=Furioso;48684178]It's not as bad as it's made out to be[/QUOTE] Yes it is. It's worse than it's made out to be. After sufficient practise one can learn to get into a lucid dream from it though.
My experiences with sleep paralysis have invariably involved being unable to move while a shadowy figure slowly approaches in the dark, except for one time when it was the door to my room slowly opening. It's pretty bad though it would've been much worse if I didn't know beforehand what was happening.
I wish I had dreams at all.
[QUOTE=Mabus;48679843]Got it while sleeping at an odd angle, thought I was going to suffocate. Yeah it's pretty hellish.[/QUOTE] I have on multiple occasions woken up in the middle of the night with my face buried in my pillow and unable to move or breath for a few seconds. It's scary.
If something were to happen while in sleep paralysis, for example your alarm going off, would you regain the ability to move as if you just woke up? I seriously have no fucking clue how this stuff works.
[QUOTE=gk99;48700276]If something were to happen while in sleep paralysis, for example your alarm going off, would you regain the ability to move as if you just woke up? I seriously have no fucking clue how this stuff works.[/QUOTE] No, like I said earlier in this thread, I had sleep paralysis in public once, despite being able to listen to my professor speaking right after I woke up, I was unable to move or speak. The only thing you can do effectively is breathe. Just focus on that for a moment and it will go away in a couple of seconds. Focusing on breathing is the advice that's usually given for SP anyway.
Never had a good experience with sleep paralysis, it's always terrifying.
OP has probably died from sleep deprivation at this point.
You know, if I understand correctly what we are talking about I almost suffocated when I was younger when I would sleep on the couch. I would just be unable to breath and would wake up in-time.
My girlfriend of 3 years passed away a while ago. The scariest experience is seeing her, or hearing her say my name then realizing she's not there at all.
As someone who involuntarily has SP on a weekly(occasionally a bit rarer) basis I can definitely not recommend it, and I haven't even been dream-raped.
[QUOTE=Spor;48680344]I even made this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E3wioRz0x0[/media][/QUOTE] Dude, what the hell. I saw the thumbnail, I've experienced sleep paralysis before, I knew what it was going to be, it's nowhere near bedtime and I'm in a well-lit environment... ...and it still freaked me the fuck out.
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