What is Sleep Paralysis and How to Control It
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Demonic possession? Alien abduction? Angelic visitation? Wrap you mind around the mechanisms behind the transient, often-nightmarish phenomena some scientists speculate is responsible for such disturbing nocturnal reports: Sleep Paralysis.
In this video we dive in to some of science behind Sleep Paralysis and share a method for turning this typically unwelcome experience in to something I think many of us desire: a powerful lucid dream!
I don't think this guy has ever been into sleep paralysis he's just going based off of what he knows. Sleep paralysis is god awful 1 being clearly obvious you're awake seeing your surroundings but can't move at all and even if you stay clam at this state it's really hard for you to want to stay at this state since you can't move 2 you start feeling some kind of pressure on your chest and it gets more complicated to breathe(if not being able to breathe doesn't start freaking you out you're crazy) 3 you start seeing things in the corner of your eye so you can't really tell what it is and because you can't move you can't turn around to see it which makes the experience even more terrifying and this can go on for minutes and those minutes seem like hours when you're in that state and the worst part of it is you think you finally woke up but you didn't and starts to reoccur which you go into a loop and that's the most terrifying thing in the world.
There might be two different types of sleep paralysis 1 you're dreaming you're some where else and can't move but mine is very vivid I open my eyes and I see my ceiling to my room I can look down and see my body my legs and my arms if my covers aren't on me then I start seeing the creatures or spirits whatever it might be in my room it's like you're actually awake but truly can't move it doesn't seem like a dream at all its truly something so terrifying I don't understand why people want to go into this state
Dave. Can i tell you something
I want to try lucid dreaming but I'm afraid of sleep parylasis
+Callum Ferguson Embrace the fear! This is an opportunity for you to get comfortable being uncomfortable in the name of pursuing something you find desirable, a key skill in any area in which you want to strive for real, meaningful success and progress!
+Mnemeonics thanks for the boost I'll be sure to try it
Can it Kill you?
Pil Daniel Laurente By lucid dreaming, you're opening yourself up to demonic influences. So I stopped lucid dreaming.
And since I'm a Christian, I had realized i had made a mistake... so yeah.
Satan likes to sugar coat poison. I licked some of the sugar but God showed me the poison underneath.
I advise you not to lucid dream, because Satan can, and will use it against you.
Instead, seek Jesus. He is everything and all that you and I need.
Also applies for me, because I'm spiritually lazy when it comes to God. Im struggling also.
Etuate Lafferte,
Its just a part of your brain which is really active what makes the figures. Nothing to do with god or the devil although if you think it is then you make your own reality. Simple as that and as for a answer to you Pil no it is proven to not be dangerous at all, its happens every night when you enter REM sleep rapid eye movement. Only thing different is that your conscious and awake while this happens.
In the end, do what you wish to do and believe what you want to believe as long as it makes you happy.
staying calm just makes it easier to move, and when it's easier to move, it's easier to fight, and when i wake up the scars remain.
What Scars?
Loved the explanation!! Just had one this morning.
A part of me wants to try it, but another part of me knows that i probably will panic because i don't know how it is xP
+Games Cooky My first experience involved me waking and panicking because I couldn't move. Then I felt like someone was trying to kill me and trying to run into my room and I visualized that they were. Then I heard them break into my room and run straight at me into my bed. All I really saw was a tall black figure. It wasn't that fun.
Subaruwrx Is it possible to get used to it. Say you do it so many times you don't find it scary anymore. Is that possible?
+Games Cooky maybe after a while. im not sure becausr you still arent sure wats going on but maybe you can identify the situation and tell yourself that it just sleep paralysis
Subaruwrx An interesting thing to think about. Cause the more you watch horror movies, the less scared you get of them. So maybe, the more sleep paralysis you have, the less scarier they get?
Just a theory
Maybe but remember when you sleep and wake sometimed you have no idea where you are and your mind isn't aware of what is going on. Same thing with sleep paralysis.
i suffer from it HUNDREDS of times a year, its become more aggravating & frustrating more than anything at this point.
I had one but I woke up very fast
You could set an alarm, it is possible that that could help if you suffer from sleep paralysis
As a frequent flyer myself I see no way setting an alarm as a feasible solution. You would first need a time machine to know exactly when each episode will happen. Am I making any sense?
I knew I was dreaming. But I felt like everything was unstable, I felt like the world was spinning. It forced me to wake up but I couldn't. I was paralized. How can I stay calm in that situation? When the world spins and everything is unstable
Mohd Zulkanien Hey, I notice sometimes when I wake up in the middle of night I notice that the world is spinning too. I also realized the next night I saw a dark shadow on top of me with a smile. Please help me.
Sleep paralysis is horrible , the first time that happend to me i felt i was going to die , i was being choke by a dark unkown formless entity and i couldn't do anything about it.
I experienced the exact same thing
Same here
Hey, buddy. I would like to lucid dream but as almost everyone here i dont dare because of this sleep paralysis. So i just wanted to ask some questions which would maybe help me. Okay here we go..
1. Can you open and close your eyes freely during the state?
2. I heard that you can only get sleep paralysis while sleeping on your back, is that true?
3. How big of a chance is it to get sleep paralysis after you have had a lucid dream?
4. How interactive are the hallucinations? For exempel could i imagine a giant cannon that would shoot at whatever thing is standing with me?
5. And can the hallucinations interact with the enviroment in any way? Like opening and closing a door even if there is something blockning it?
6. How detailed are the hallucinations? Like are so detailed that you could mistake them from a. real thing?
Okay i think that was everything, thank you so much for reading.
+Millhouse Manastorm 1 - 3, 6: Everyone is different. 4 - 5: Yes. Sleep paralysis is nothing more than a bad dream and is extremely over hyped. Every night when you go to sleep you have chance of encountering SP, knowing this would you consider never sleeping again? If lucid dreaming is something you are interested in it requires a certain strength of mind and will, as well as emotional resilience (like all great endeavours in life). If you are going to let an unwillingness to develop these character traits stop you in pursuit of this modest goal you might as well give up on pursuing all your dreams in life, not just lucid ones.
+Mnemeonics okay, thank you so much for the reply my friend!
Hello, I used to have sleep paralysis for months and the back thing is a lie
And you can't do anything
+Etuate Lafferte thanks for this! I tend to panic a lot so majority of my sleep paralysis is scary, but you're definitely right about remaining calm. I allowed it one time and I felt like my soul was shooting out from my body. I don't remember what happened after, but it was an indescribable feeling. Kind of excited to have another soon with a calm and relaxed mind set!
Thank you for the insight. I'll definitely try this the next time I have sleep paralysis, which is something that happens regularly to me. Sometimes it happens when I'm about to go to work and it's frustrating because I really need to get up, so I panic more due to the time than the paralysis itself. But most of the times it happens on weekends, when I sleep more than usual because of tough working days and it's plain awful because I just want to rest and I end up going through all the stress of not being able to move and all the stuff involved, which I'm used to, but not necessarily like. So... in a nutshell, thank you very much for your videos on this topic.
When ever I get it I don't have that much more control. It's not like I'm paralyzed but fully aware of what's going on. I kind of slowly wake up out of a dream but I bring the theme of the Dream to the real world. Anybody else experience this?
I had it after I had a lucid dream. But the lucid dream was bad and it was so scary that I woke up but I couldn't move!!! Luckily no hallucinations. :) But I was shaking and sweating and that lasted for about 10 minutes. It was scary but I know some people get it worse.
I used to Lucid Dream every day. One day, in the midst of a lucid dream, I woke up paralyzedvand had no idea what was going on. It got worse recently with weird noises and pressure all throughout my body.
I’ve had almost all the “tropes” when it comes to sleep paralysis besides the “shadow creature” projection people often see.
I’ve heard whispers in my ears, fortunately always positive.
I’ve had SP while my eyes were open and when I would close them for the briefest second I would quickly be in a dreamt up variation of being exactly in the same position and situation of when my eyes were open....though generally details are wrong in the dream (my phone wallpaper) for instance would be in its factory setting in my dream as oppose to the custom image I have. Or (since I sleep with YT in the background) some CZcamsr voices would seem more distant than they should be. So by this I could anchor myself back to “eyes open” position.
I’ve also had the sensation of being pulled out of bed by a friend of mine. It was indeed frightening since a deep sensation of vertigo and rapid heart rate followed.
^
Anyone else share similar experiences?
I had whispers in my ear, they were negative talking about some weird corporation or something very weird, the dream was normal but everyone including in the room passed out or something in the school gym, then I started hearing these whispers and i wasn't in the sleep paralysis very long but I woke up afraid
i want to lucid dream but i cant even remember my dreams so im fucked right ? i tried to say to myself i will remember my dreams in the morning and it worked only 1 time
Jettrax Below is a link to a slightly more in depth guide to remembering your dreams, a video tutorial on this topic will be on the channel shortly as well. Hope this helps! mnemeonics.com/uncategorized/how-to-remember-vivid-dreams-every-night/
Mnemeonics ok thx
i want to try to have a lucid dream but im afraid ill get myself into a damn nightmare or something like that
Actually going through a nightmare after telling setting yourself to lucid dream will only increase the chance for you to get lucid dream
At least this is it work for me
If I stay Calm in Sleep Paralysis how long will it last and will the demons or whatever go away. And will i then enter my lucid dreAm?
AkFTW It should not last much longer than a couple of minutes if even that, of course there can always be exceptions though. Just staying calm during SP does not automatically guarantee you will enter a lucid dream, though it does create an environment that favours it. To have the best chances of becoming lucid after SP follow the steps described in this video.
Hey I know this may sound crazy but is it possible to ask the 'demon' to help you into a lucid dream? Seen comments about it around but not sure
Cartmen The Moon Bear Yes, but I would argue it would be a more subjective demon, though of course you cannot know. People have been using things like spirit guides, angels, demons, etc. since the dawn of civilazation and probably much longer. Personally, I think these are simply symbols you can use to communicate better with your unconscious mind, though my opinion on these matters is constantly evolving. If you are interested stuff of this nature and using demons in particular I would suggest reading up on Chaos Magick (and maybe Enochian Magick if you find demonic symbology most powerful). I think Chaos Magick gives a healthy perspective on occultism and religion in general. So in short, yes I think that calling out for aid from a seemingly external source can be a very powerful technique for many things, but tread lightly and make sure you keep your perspective and reality in check before you do so.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic
I've been trying to practice with the WILD technique, but some things happen that I wonder if it's normal. One of the things that happens is my chest feels heavy and I have feel like I'm having trouble breathing. Is that the cause of sleep paralysis and what should I do? Another thing that happens is that when I'm relaxing my eyes open by themselves. Should I wear a sleep mask to stop that?
The trouble breathing thing is normal.
When SP comes it feels like a heavy blanket starting at your feet then travels upwards to your head. Thats EVERY your muscles in shut down mode to stop you from acting out your dreams in your physical body.
There's sleep paralysis for ya! You should only see a doctor if you in SP and cant breath at all. Thats a medical condition.
watch "luicology 101" It explains EVERYTHING literally... about SP and LD's
so what if you were having a nightmare and then awake subconsciously and experience "sleep" paralysis, is your mind playing a trick on you by making your nightmare "real"?
Haleigh Stevenson Yes, I suppose it is, probably in a similar manner to the way our minds make us experience our dreams as ""real" for the most part by default. I hope I understood correctly and that that makes sense :P
Yea it made sense! But that certainly sucks 😜
Haleigh Stevenson Indeed, fortunately you do have a say in the matter!
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When my hand sleeps I can move it but it feels soft
Everyone feels it's normal not normal to feel evil presents not normal for someone or something to make you not breath or sexually touch you nothing about this is ok not only does your body get paralyzed a lot more
What is a good way to remember to do a reality check in your dream
One way to go about this is by setting something on your phone in waking life like a certain ring tone/vibration pattern and using as your reminder during the day to reality check and then setting to also go off during the night to trigger a reality check. Another interesting way of doing this, should you have the resources at your disposal, is to get a friend/significant other to whisper "your dreaming right now" or "do a reality check" in your ear as you sleep. This is actually done by certain groups of monks in the east to attain lucidity.
Question would you feel like a static Electricity in legs at arms, all over the Body by chance, if so had that experience more then once.
I know my reply is late. But I always feel that sensation over my body and sometimes when it happends as Im dozing I think its connected. I always get an episode of sleep parallysis after I go to sleep. It feels like a wave of mild electricity or tingling through my bidy.And if I fell asleep with my laptop next to me. I can feel that wave feeling reacting to the sound or whatever and it will intesify. Maybe its the sound? I dont know but I dont like any of it. I hope you are doing well.
I used to have sleep paralysis
+mnemonics