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Controlling Sleep Paralysis
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| kadomony |
Has anyone else been able to do this?
Happened again in a dream I had yesterday. After a series of about 3 long, detailed dreams I remember (going in search of a ton of Viagra for somebody, a weird old shoe factory run by some guy who had been reported dead and had chemicals that turned people into shoes, and small cakes that appeared in a seemingly random sequence that had numbers on them made of icing), I wound up in a room with a bed, 2 other people and a small white dog on the bed. It was a Bichon Frise.
Apparently, there was an evil entity of a young girl that possessed a 6 inch strip of the floor that ran the full length of the wall. Any time I stepped on that strip (it was invisible but I had a sense of where it was), I'd be sucked onto the wall, the room would take on a kind of pinkish hue, the dog would turn mean and start barking and growling at me, and I'd be struck with pure paralyzing terror. This lasted for about 5 seconds, and then I'd be standing in the room again, but away from the strip.
After this happened 2 times, I realized where the strip was and started to become conscious it was a dream. Oddly enough, even though I knew it was a dream, I decided to step on that strip again and it created the same effects, including the paralyzing fear (which I was able to attribute as a dream). However, during the paralysis, I started to wake up from the dream but still felt and saw everything from the dream. Thing is, I also knew I was in my room at the same time. Oddly, I had this mental image of what my room should look like based on what position I thought I was lying in bed. I thought I was lying on my back, and so I expected to see my dresser in front of me as I opened my eyes. This was not the case, as I was facing my wall. All of this mixed together in some weird sensory confusion as the dream vision started to mix with my mental image of what I expected to see, and what I really saw (my wall).
Eventually, my wall came into focus and I realized the way I was really facing and regained movement in my limbs.
Was really weird, although it's happened before, though not to the extent of the extreme sensory confusion as this time.
The last time this happened, the dream was that I was in my bedroom and everytime I thought "Michael J Fox," a strange light started to glow under my door and I was struck with the total fear. Eventually, I realized it was a dream but was still able to evoke the light and terror by thinking "Michael J Fox."
Anyone else had similar experiences? :gsmile:
c0r version: Ever been paralyzed with fear in a dream, recognize it was a dream, and still create the fear intentionally? |
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| Boomer187 |
| dude, if you want any kind of a serious response you better limit your post to 5 words or less. |
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| kadomony |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
dude, if you want any kind of a serious response you better limit your post to 5 words or less. |
c0r version added |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
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when i was a kid and had the flu i used to have these really bizarre and scary semi-awake (i guess) flu-induced nightmare kinda dreams
happened for a couple years (just when i got sick, not constantly :p ), then finally i got to the point where i realised it was just stupid and i kinda took control of it, and yeah, intentionally brought on the weird dream (it was the same every time, but i don't remember what it was, i kinda remember the feelings of sickness etc that accompanied em tho)...
it was my first realisation that fear is so subjective, and can even be fun, when you're in control of it :)
aint had any dreams like that since i was like 12 or somethin tho :( |
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| daphunky1 |
I've had very similar experiences, and probably worse and more of them. To be honest it seems to come and go for me. About 4 years ago I had a bunch of sleep paralysis in short amount of days, and one day I remember I got it twice in one morning.
The part you described about thinking you are in your room, I've had that too. It's called "false awakenings" which often accompanies sleep paralysis. There's a whole list of common effects that others have reported if you research it. You might find your experiences are more common than you think. |
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| kadomony |
| quote: | Originally posted by daphunky1
I've had very similar experiences, and probably worse and more of them. To be honest it seems to come and go for me. About 4 years ago I had a bunch of sleep paralysis in short amount of days, and one day I remember I got it twice in one morning.
The part you described about thinking you are in your room, I've had that too. It's called "false awakenings" which often accompanies sleep paralysis. There's a whole list of common effects that others have reported if you research it. You might find your experiences are more common than you think. |
Ah yeh, seems like I've started having false awakenings within the last year. Commonly, I'll believe I've woken up and try to move my arm. I'll feel my arm make the move normally but visually my arm is following the movement path in slow motion. The oddness of that usually wakes me up. |
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| hundred |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
c0r version: Ever been paralyzed with fear in a dream, recognize it was a dream, and still create the fear intentionally? |
yes. |
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| Xan_2v2 |
"I remember going in search of a ton of Viagra for somebody"
since this initiated the whole string of events id start here. |
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| denys envy |
a couple of times a year i wake up but can't move my limbs. it's reall weird, like my mind is awake, and my eyes are open, but i can't move any of my limbs. then slowly my body comes back under my control and everything is fine.
i used to be scared less when i was younger, kinda got used to it lately.
i think drugs are to blame. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| i used to get sleep paralysis more often as a kid than now, but it still scares the out of me regardless. i keep telling myself to wake up, or move around, but i can't.. strange feeling. |
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| iammesol |
| Crazy. I've never experienced this but have a roommate who has. |
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| enydo |
| Whenever I take naps during the day I get weird bouts of this. |
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