Sleep paralysis?

[Nolte]

I'm just trying to figure out what the hell happened to me this morning. I was laying in bed trying to go back to sleep when I started to see some really disturbing hallucinations. I rolled over and saw my ex-girlfriend laying there talking to me and shit, not making any sense, of course. Her face was slowly transforming into something really demonic looking. I felt an evil prescence and started to trip right out, but I could not move at all. It felt like something was holding me down, totally paralyzed. I spent a few minutes freaking out trying to scream, but I couldn't do that either. I eventually snapped out of it and felt really confused, it wasn't in a dream that I saw these things. Full-blown hallucinations, like a waking nightmare? I get night terrors all the time, but never anything like this. It was very disturbing. Has anyone experienced something similar?

[Blunderstar]

Yes. My hallucinations have been really graphic and apocalyptic, to the point where I'm having a panic attack. They're just the result of you not being fully awake - like you woke up too early.

[Nolte]

What do you mean by apocalyptic?

Did you get the feeling that there was someone or something there with you?

[Blunderstar]

Yes, hard to describe but there's something dark in the area (want to say room/house, but I guess it applies to outside as well) ready to end the world. Scary stuff, and I usually try to make myself go back to sleep to avoid it.

[Arkham Knight]

I think it is reasonably easy to explain.

Probably your ex was trying to harm you in the past when you were a couple.

And now your subconscious is trying to show you that you were in great danger.

This is very rational explantion, because even if you haven't noticed her harming you, your subconscious did.

You probably need to go to a psychologist, where he can try to investogate waht exactly she did to you.

BTW - Do you take heavy drugs, do you have drinking problems?

[Nolte]

Originally Posted by Arkham Knight

I think it is reasonably easy to explain.

Probably your ex was trying to harm you in the past when you were a couple.

And now your subconscious is trying to show you that you were in great danger.

This is very rational explantion, because even if you haven't noticed her harming you, your subconscious did.

You probably need to go to a psychologist, where he can try to investogate waht exactly she did to you.

I totally agree with this explanation.

It's the way that it was manifested that really shocked me.

BTW - Do you take heavy drugs, do you have drinking problems?

I don't do any drugs, kinda on and off with the drinking. I did have some drinks before this happened, but nothing excessive.

[Arkham Knight]

Originally Posted by FtWR

I totally agree with this explanation.

It's the way that it was manifested that really shocked me.



I don't do any drugs, kinda on and off with the drinking. I did have some drinks before this happened, but nothing excessive.

Ths way it is the only explanation possible.

Your subconscious is trying to tell you soemething about her form the past.

If you were sleeping toghether, the most rational explanation is that she tried to hypnotize you in sleep.

This happens everyday, there are witches who look like normal people, and when they sleep toghether with someone they try to enslave him.

Probably you are lucky to be still alive, this kind of bitches are very dangerous.

[FoodStamps]

i've had sleep paralysis a lot of times, one time i woke up but i couldnt move, i looked in my mirror and there was an old man. The whole situation had a doomsday feel to it, like if there was something evil about the old man. During this whole time i was trying to move, but i could only slowly move my finger. After a while, like 3 to 5 minutes, i snapped out of it and changed positions and fell asleep. I actually didnt remember this happening until 2 days later when i saw something about it on the TV.

[Nolte]

Originally Posted by Arkham Knight

Ths way it is the only explanation possible.

Your subconscious is trying to tell you soemething about her form the past.

If you were sleeping toghether, the most rational explanation is that she tried to hypnotize you in sleep.

This happens everyday, there are witches who look like normal people, and when they sleep toghether with someone they try to enslave him.

Probably you are lucky to be still alive, this kind of bitches are very dangerous.

It's weird, I've been referring to her lately as "that little witch". lol. Maybe my subconscious knows something that I'm not consciously aware of?

Originally Posted by FoodStamps

i've had sleep paralysis a lot of times, one time i woke up but i couldnt move, i looked in my mirror and there was an old man. The whole situation had a doomsday feel to it, like if there was something evil about the old man. During this whole time i was trying to move, but i could only slowly move my finger. After a while, like 3 to 5 minutes, i snapped out of it and changed positions and fell asleep. I actually didnt remember this happening until 2 days later when i saw something about it on the TV.

That's crazy. What I gather from most reports is that there often seems to be some sort of evil entity present. I'm not trying to turn this into a paranormal discussion or anything, but it makes you wonder why so many people describe such an eerily similar occurence. I find it to be fascinating and frightening at the same time. After this and looking back, I think I may have experienced hypnagogic hallucinations before, just nothing this vivid. I've also read that both alcohol consumption and early morning bedtimes could possibly play a role. I'm not sure why that is, but it would definitely make sense. This is the strangest thing that's happened to me since I had my out-of-body experience two summers ago. I'm not crazy, I swear.

[FoodStamps]

The first time it ever happened to me i tried so hard to move my arm, when it finally did move, i swear to you, it felt like i was stuck for the whole day. That's when i tried to scream and i couldn't. When i finally got out of it and woke up, i was relieved to know it was 8 am and not 6 pm

[Arkham Knight]

Originally Posted by FtWR

It's weird, I've been referring to her lately as "that little witch". lol. Maybe my subconscious knows something that I'm not consciously aware of?

If she was trying to hypnotize you during sleep, your brain recorded it without you.

This way you consciously don't knwo what was going on. Your brain was disconnected.

And only when you are asleep, your brain is trying to show you what happened.

[Rolf]

Rolf gets them often, they tend to happen when one sleeps on the back of one and/or has a poor sleeping pattern, though they can happen to anyone, states Rolf.

Originally it worried Rolf when Rolf woke up at three in the morning with the angel of death standing at the end of the bed of Rolf, young Rolf tried to scream for hours, but could not as the mouth of said Rolf would not move, states Rolf.

Thankfully the second time it happened, Rolf was able to see both the clock and the reaper standing on the chest of Rolf and said Rolf realised that they lasted naught but five minutes, still, seeing the now ex-girlfriend of Rolf as a rotting, growling corpse was not the nicest of moments, adds Rolf.

[kroz]

yes i have, it's called "seeing the old hag" for me it is sometimes associated with klonopin and eating oxycodone before sleep. though what is interesting klonoping is used for treatment in sleep paralysis...

Woken up by the cold prespiration of the old hag
electronic noises and angelic voices rose me out of my hospital bed
a nurse steps in with eyes cut out, a series of staples close her cunt like lips
she threw up some pills and i had to consume because this seemed like inevitable doom

dreams of heroin needles and empty bags of cheetos
a slit wrist and a dead kid named krist
a paramedic exclaims "he would never be a son of mine"

[Sir Cornwell]

I could mention that the bodies of all creatures who sleep are paralyzed during dreaming, but I find that most people hate that explanation. They much prefer any/all sinister ways of explaining the situation.

So: I will leave you to your sinister and frightening thoughts, as no doubt it gives a special thrill.

[HampTheToker]

Nothing paranormal about sleep paralysis. It's a neurological malfunction at can be quite scary depending on your understanding of what's happening.

When I first experienced sleep paralysis I felt like there was a malevolent shadowy evil presence in my doorway watching me and the paralysis gave rise to a strong feeling of oppression. After the second time I did some research and this dispelled my fear that something paranormal or demonic was happening to me.

The last time that it happened I accidently fell asleep in my rocking chair as I was rocking my son to sleep on my chest. When I "woke up" I couldn't move and the only fear that I felt was that my son could roll off and fall on the floor and I would be powerless to stop it. I don't consider that to be so irrational a fear.

If you understand what's happening and put aside you fear of it I'd be willing to bet that the wild "hallucinations" cease to happen and you'll snap out of it much easier as your rational conscious mind takes control and the malfunction corrects itself.

[Naffy]

Im a narcoleptic and I get alot of sleep paralysis,
Usually lasts about an hour each time.

[Sir Cornwell]

Originally Posted by Naffy

Im a narcoleptic and I get alot of sleep paralysis,
Usually lasts about an hour each time.

Wow! Really? You lay awake paralyzed for that length of time? I don't think that it's ever been longer than five minutes for me. Of course I'm pretty good about not fighting it (as it's useless) and I either wake further up and regain voluntary control of my body or go deeper into dreaming where the paralysis becomes unnoticed.

Do you get prescribed Modafinal?

[Naffy]

I was on modafinil for a while, and my dad took me off it because even though its marketed as "Safe" and "side effect free" I became addicted to it, and actually fiended for it like a junkie to his crackpipe. I currently take no medication, besides acid, marijuana, and alcohol.

[Bobweirsucks]

i've read reports of people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens that were just experiencing sleep paralysis. they had the whoel couldn't move, weird figures, and even bright lights.

[Naffy]

Bud, your mum wasnt having sleep paralysis..
That was my dick.
Sorry.

[Sir Cornwell]

I'm not sure, but my theory is that it's a natural defense mechanism to paint all beings seen during sleep paralysis with the brush of evil. Though it's natural for everyone to lose voluntary muscle control during dreaming, (can you think of any reasons why this would be for physical safety?) to be aware of it naturally makes one feel vulnerable.

Realizing you are actually quite safe and avoiding the useless fighting allows one to go either way: waking up or deeper into sleep. Fighting it only brings adrenalin into your blood and confuses the mind's natural sleep/dream management. Let your under-mind do what it knows very well how to do and cease your foolish interference.

[HampTheToker]

Originally Posted by Sir Cornwell

I'm not sure, but my theory is that it's a natural defense mechanism to paint all beings seen during sleep paralysis with the brush of evil. Though it's natural for everyone to lose voluntary muscle control during dreaming, (can you think of any reasons why this would be for physical safety?) to be aware of it naturally makes one feel vulnerable.

Realizing you are actually quite safe and avoiding the useless fighting allows one to go either way: waking up or deeper into sleep. Fighting it only brings adrenalin into your blood and confuses the mind's natural sleep/dream management. Let your under-mind do what it knows very well how to do and cease your foolish interference.

The fuck you talkin bout?

And the reason you lose muscle control during dreaming is so you don't get up and wander around. You would think that sleep walking is the opposite of sleep paralysis, but they are actually closely related neurological malfunctions in that they both involve a problem with the way the brain is regulating motor control during sleep.

Do some research. It's quite interesting.

[a334jv2df]

Originally Posted by Arkham Knight

Ths way it is the only explanation possible.

Yes, of course, the only explaination You are so fucking stupid. Always on some nonsensical mystery fanatical shit

I've had sleep paralysis several times. Never have I had hallucinations but always a terrifying feeling of compete paralysis and an inability to verbally (or physically) communicate. I honestly cannot tell you how long it lasts. Similar to a bad shroom trip it "seems" forever but could easily be only a few seconds.

When in REM sleep your body produces a chemical which completely debilitates you (temporarily) to prevent you from acting out your dreams. Sleep paralysis occurs when you awake directly from REM sleep, and your body is either 1) still producing this chemical or 2) the chemical has yet to "run it's course".

For me, I've found a strong correlation between opioids (and opioid withdrawal) and sleep paralysis.

Although easier said then done, your best option is to treat it like a shroom or acid trip. Don't fight it! Just let it take you where it wants to take you. Instead of trying to wake up, try to go back to sleep.

[Nolte]

YES.

A bad shroom trip is a very accurate description, for those who've ever experienced one.

[Ed Lister]

I like it. The first few times it was quite scary however I haven't experienced it for a while and I'm kind of hoping to get an episode soon. Call me fucked up but it's a hell of a feeling.

[Sir Cornwell]

Don't never fight it. Dig it. It can be quite cool.

It's never been scary (for me) when I just accept it.

[Iehovah]

Waking dreams. They suck alot, because you're just at the point where you feel like you are a awake, or should be, yet are not like in lucid dreams. The disconnect is probably what's responsible for the paralysis; you're mentally trying to cope with a state that makes no sense whatsoever, whereas when you're fully dreaming everything becomes dream logic.

[arleybob]

I had this last night for the first time.

I just kinda started waking up and my eyes were open, but I was definitely hallucinating. I saw a giant UFO in my front yard, which I could see out my bedroom window. It was sitting about 50 feet up and had a giant, thick beam of static going towards the ground.

I couldn't lift my head or open my eyes very wide, but I was looking out my window and I could see it. Eventually my eyes just started opening of their own accord and I fully awoke and forgot about that hallucination until this morning.

[Hydroponichronic]

This thread is tl;dr. But I read OP, and it seems to me he would be helped by reading about lucid dreaming. In those teks, they talk about how to use sleep paralysis. This playlist is a bit long, but IIRC, one of the vids talks about how to escape unwanted sleep paralysis:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LucidDre...E88DE0B45599E3

[faggot]

sleep paralysis is scary!!!

atleast i think it was sleep paralysis!!!



i went through it again about 2 months ago!

it all happened so quick but here's the best i can describe it!

i was sleeping very, very good -- so deep -- but then out of no where, it was like i woke up but with my eyes closed -- and then in total desperation i kept trying to open my eyes but "something" wouldn't let me! i swear i felt someone/something literally kept holding my eye lids down!

and then i couldn't get up! like -- i wanted to and tried but someone/something was keeping me pinned!! after i realized i couldn't get up i then had a panic attack and kept trying to open my eye lids and get up at the same time and then when i couldn't again i screamed my loudest but my mouth would not open!!! i was able to hear it in my head though!!!

seriously -- for a second i thought i had died and was experiencing "the after life"... which basically was being conscious, blind and stuck in a bubble!!!

the shit is/was scary... i don't like it one bit...

[reggie_love]

That's sleep paralysis for sure. I had a similar attack but I imagined it was my dad trying to smother me by rolling on top of me in his sleep (I was in my bed, but in my "dream" state I thought I was in our darkened living room, I later realized it was so "dark" because my eyelids were paralyzed and stuck shut), I heard his voice louder than life and couldn't breathe.

Scary shit, but totally normal. It's a mechanism to keep us from moving around in our sleep as we dream; the waking paralysis happens when that fails to turn off as you're between sleep and waking.

[Blunderstar]

I'm afraid of seeing the old hag now. That'd scare me to death.

[faggot]

oh and then i finally "woke up" but i was confused as hell and pissed off at the same time.


the "sleep paralysis" experience i went through wuz really scary!!!

[Sir Cornwell]

There be a dude on Coast to Coast talking about sleep paralysis, astral projection and teleportation right now.

[Iehovah]

Originally Posted by Sir Cornwell

There be a dude on Coast to Coast talking about sleep paralysis, astral projection and teleportation right now.

George Noory? Entertaining show, though I liked it better hosted by Art Bell.

[kingOfCrash]

Once or twice I've had hallucinations after waking up, but no sleep paralysis.

[psychomanthis]

Originally Posted by kingOfCrash

Once or twice I've had hallucinations after waking up, but no sleep paralysis.

This also happens to my gf from time to time.

Personally i have never had sleep paralysis or the hallucinations associated with it. I consider myself lucky for that.

[AoxomoxoA]

The other night I was awoken by a fluttering moth. I ignored it being the reasonably peaceful and anti-death person I am and let it be. I went to bed again and ten mintutes later the fucking moth is on my face. I'm scared shitless and then I realize what it is and try to kill it. I decide it's not worth the effort and go to sleep. At about 4:00 am, four hours before my shitty job as a bus boy starts I wake up to the sound of the moth banging against my window. I get my zippo and after careful consideration I thought it'd be best to just squish it with my shoe. The pleasure I got from hearing the little fucker get crushed was immense and I tried to go back to sleep.

I'm greeted with a nightmare. I think I'm awake and my grandmother is screaming about my aunt being hurt. I wake up and feel terrified and in extreme grief. My brain must've got shot with a shitload of emotions. My next dream involves something resembling k or heavy dxm intoxication.

[Twin Gats]

Wow, that sounds fucking terrible. If it was a dream, i would of shanked my ex in the face and woke up instantly. That sounds different though, like you were stuck. I always wake up when i get "stuck" in a dream

It might have been a dream that you woke up immediately from. You might not have made the right choice (or realization) in the dream, hence why you didn't wake up.

Last dream i remember i was driving a mini tank around in the ghetto, i was stuck for hours before i finally realized i was driving a fucking remote control tank.

[I'mAfraidofJapan]

So how do you explain 3 people sleeping in the same house in different rooms who haven't experienced sleep paralysis since they were young all having the same exact experience at the same time in the morning? There was something wrong in the air that morning...