I hate sleep paralysis. I don't get the worst part though, I'm never able to open my eyes and see all that spooky stuff. I usually get out of it by trying to breathe really fast and then moving my arm.  

Posted by Shmegg

I hate sleep paralysis. I don't get the worst part though, I'm never able to open my eyes and see all that spooky stuff. I usually get out of it by trying to breathe really fast and then moving my arm.

The best way to get out of sleep paralysis is by calming your self down, breathing fast/moving fast usually will make the experience much worse.

I'm going to start this off by saying my family is what you would call extremely religious so this was the most awkward situation possible, I am also a heavy lucid dreamer and have been since I was 14.

I'll skip the dream part because it was just me doing the usual(making stuff, messing around, pretending i'm God) it's what came next that freaked out my family, I woke up and of course I was in sleep paralysis there was nothing else in the room but something felt off, out of no where a shadowy demonic figure popped out of no where and now I am use to this sort of thing but holy crap was I terrified, and when I told my parents about it they thought I was Satanic, either way I still find sleep paralysis to be extremely cool  

Ugh, how did I miss this thread? Dreams are my favorite subject to write about. You're not alone, so don't worry.

I had an awful night terror a couple weeks ago. I don't lucid dream anymore, things were just too much to handle, and gotten out of my control (yes, I know how to lucid dream properly). I still know how to do it, but I don't anymore. I only use it to force myself awake in an uncomfortable circumstance. Anyhow, I should add that my unconscious world is like a mock version of this world. Not 'evil', but certainly different. They're the same locations in almost every dream with all the same details.

I woke up in my dream. I wasn't aware that I was still asleep, but everything was just as vivid as they are in reality. My day was regular, much like my real days. Just chilling at home chatting with people, etc. Then I noticed something odd. Something out of place. I couldn't really grasp the concept of it, but it made me realize I was dreaming. People who aren't experienced with lucid dreaming freak out at this point and accidentally wake themselves up. But since I've done it before, it's more like "Oh, I'm dreaming." Nothing special. Suddenly I felt a sharp, PAIN, reer throughout everywhere in my body as I collapsed to the floor. I could hear voices and whispering all over the place. I was going through sleep paralysis and I was aware of this in reality. My eyes were on fire and I could feel everything that was happening. I eventually blacked out and woke up in my bed.

Assuming it was just a dream, I went on with my day as usual. I even told my friends about my dream, as I would normally do. This dream felt more vivid, more clear. I think that's what gave it away. The same thing happened. Just the feeling of losing all control of your body with this awful feeling like someone stuck you in a fryer. Sleep paralysis again. I knew what was going on in the true reality as I was having the episode. I'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but it's like switching the television between two channels. Until eventually, the voices and the boogeymen finally subdued me back into submission.

I woke up again in another dream. I could recall the events of the last two nights. I even remember telling my friends about them. But this felt all too...familiar? Haven't I been here before? It wasn't long before I was aware and was back on the floor with the feeling of my eyes being burnt out again as demons would whisper scary things in your ear both in dream and reality.

I'm not sure how long this went on. Days perhaps. I lost more and more energy as time went on. My eyes were bloodshot. I woke up as if I haven't slept at all. I remember pleading with my parents to take me to see a doctor, a psychiatrist, anything really. I needed help badly. But it was at the hospital where I realized I was dreaming. I didn't even resist this time. I just let it happen. I was depressed.

Everyday was the same. Wake up feeling like ****. Realizing none of it is real. Getting your mind and body manhandled by bodily chemicals and boogeymen. Repeat. It was in that stage of sleep paralysis I eventually broke free. I spoke. I wasn't entirely sure what I was saying, but I found myself saying it in reality. Real life. It startled me that I was speaking, but it broke me out of that vicious cycle. I was awake for real this time. I'm not entirely sure what I was saying to those monsters or whatever as they were putting me under sleep paralysis. It sounded like 'improvement'.  

When you sleep you go through phases (or cycles) of sleep
these phases are called Rem and nrem
Rem sleep (rapid eye movement): this cycle is a light sleep
·dreams usually occur within this cycle
Nrem sleep (non rapid eye movement): this cycle is a deep sleep  

I never knew you can wake up and remember every single moments of your dream O_o

Anyway, I've never experience this. Only advice I can give you is get in bed around 10 pm. If you can't sleep, read a book or something. Don't use electronics before you start sleeping. That would probably help. But still, I have no knowledge of this sleep paralysis, these advice can still probably help you.  

Posted by Crono

Yep, except I wasn't asleep. Sleep paralysis varies but when it happens to me, my eyes will be open but I have no control over any bit of my body. This happens for many reasons but I find that if I don't eat before I sleep I'm good. Stress and all that good stuff are also factors.

To those who haven't experienced it, imagine your entire body being paralyzed including the movement of your eyes. Your eyes just open for a while and then you fall back asleep a bit later. Sometimes you'll also be dreaming, wake up, and still have the dream running but your eyes are open, while completely paralyzed. It's scary for those who are looking at the door while this happens, it's common to see figures moving towards you as you lay there helpess.

That sounds f***ing terrifying  

Oo I like this topic. I'm no dream expert but I feel like sharing dreams I had lol.

In one dream I was on a roller coaster and it derailed. But while we were falling I felt the sensation of my "stomach dropping" (butterflies, like.. when you jump off of something irl that feeling in your stomach.) I could feel it irl, but before I hit the ground I woke up in panic.

Another dream I was drowning and I woke up choking on my spit. (Gross.. but it happened.)

Another dream I could actually ****ing hear myself laughing in real life and woke up still laughing.

Then theres this one dream that keeps coming back. I swear to ****ing god it creeps the **** out of me. Let me exmplain. (And answer the question of what this is called?)

In my dream I was walking in a (haunted house? old building? I'm not sure.) but it was just me. Then I found a passport on the ground and it had a picture of me when I was like six years old (16 years now.) Well, after I found that I somehow warped to the second floor of the building and there was a door in front of me. I opened it and saw a figure in the middle of this.. ballroom I guess but her back was towards me. I couldn't talk in the dream but I could move so I started walking to her and the floor creaked. Out of ****ing nowhere everything was in slow motion and she turned around so fast. She had ****ing black hair, pale skin, and a white dress on.And then it zoomed in on her face and I woke up feeling like I **** myself.

But thats not the bad part. She comes back every now and then. In one dream she was walking after me while she was on fire.

Another she was floating toward me.

Another she had ****ing 6 arms.

Anyone know what this is called? (repeated dreams? And the ones where you drown and wake up choking on spit, or the feeling of falling?)  

are you ****ing serious? i had my first lucid dream and sleep paralysis tonight. couldn't move and heard weird sounds, even had a dream inside my dream. worst part was when i tought i was back in reality but actually i was still dreaming. what a coincedence.  

A common method I'd use to wake up from a lucid dream was by stabbing myself, but after a few weeks straight of lucid dreaming I woke up one morning and couldn't tell the difference from a dream and reality, I didn't end up stabbing myself but I was pretty close.

The reason I started this method was because I was having a nightmare in which I was not aware it was fake at the time and I ended up realizing it was a dream because the figure chasing me was weird and I just picked up a knife and lunged it at my self, pretty useful method.  

How do you people wake up and remember your dream?? O.o  

When I had surgery on my ankle and was on a bunch of medication for pain I kept having those dreams. It was always the same one though paralyzed, eyes open looking around with my eyes seeing that I was in my room thinking it was real life but I couldn't move and as time went by I felt more and more pressure on my body then out of no where some black cat with red eyes would appear either next to me or on my chest staring at me. Everytime I realized I was dreaming but I would still freak out/panic and do whatever I could do to wake up. I stopped having these once I got off painkillers and since then I refuse to take any medication whatsoever before going to bed.  

So lucky that I'm usually facing the wall when I experience sleep paralysis. Pretty sure I'd see all kinds of stupid **** if I were facing the room.

Posted by Colin

A common method I'd use to wake up from a lucid dream was by stabbing myself, but after a few weeks straight of lucid dreaming I woke up one morning and couldn't tell the difference from a dream and reality, I didn't end up stabbing myself but I was pretty close.

The reason I started this method was because I was having a nightmare in which I was not aware it was fake at the time and I ended up realizing it was a dream because the figure chasing me was weird and I just picked up a knife and lunged it at my self, pretty useful method.

I think there are a lot of good articles on how to handle lucid dreaming. One suggested that you simply stare at a clock, if it makes sense then you're awake. If you're asleep the clock will be inconsistent or something to that extent.  

Posted by Crono

Yep, except I wasn't asleep. Sleep paralysis varies but when it happens to me, my eyes will be open but I have no control over any bit of my body. This happens for many reasons but I find that if I don't eat before I sleep I'm good. Stress and all that good stuff are also factors.

To those who haven't experienced it, imagine your entire body being paralyzed including the movement of your eyes. Your eyes just open for a while and then you fall back asleep a bit later. Sometimes you'll also be dreaming, wake up, and still have the dream running but your eyes are open, while completely paralyzed. It's scary for those who are looking at the door while this happens, it's common to see figures moving towards you as you lay there helpess.

Odd, I'm normally able to move my eyes. I find waking up while in sleep paralysis somewhat calming. Though it is annoying when you have to spend the next minute or so trying to force your body to wake up. Haven't had any terrors while awake and paralyzed either.

Posted by Crono

So lucky that I'm usually facing the wall when I experience sleep paralysis. Pretty sure I'd see all kinds of stupid **** if I were facing the room.



I think there are a lot of good articles on how to handle lucid dreaming. One suggested that you simply stare at a clock, if it makes sense then you're awake. If you're asleep the clock will be inconsistent or something to that extent.

I'm pretty sure that's if you keep looking away from the clock and then back to it, it'll always change. Only problem is that you wouldn't think twice of it really. That does remind me though, I've always had these freaky and creepy dreams that for some ****ing reason, a little kid; no face or anything as it's usually covered in darkness. This ****ing kid makes no noises but always seems to run around out of the corner of my eye when it's in dark places. I always catch a glimpse of him running from one hiding place to another and it freaks the ever loving hell out of me.
He also wear blue overalls with a red shirt and seems to be about 6. This has been going on since I've for about 12 years.

Also, I do remember one odd awaken instance. I was in the view of this weird beast with long-ass claws and its mouth gaping open with lots of sharp and blood stained teeth. I just watched as he walked closer and closer to me, yet I didn't feel freaked out or anything. It stopped once he got to my bed and then I woke up.

Posted by Wolfie

How do you people wake up and remember your dream?? O.o

I don't know, but some I just remember vividly. Oddly enough, I've had dreams about made up places or people I'd play with in my dreams when I was like 4 or 5 and completely forget about them, then a year ago I had dreams about them, but they were so desolate, worn down, rugged and just like they lost their will to live. Depressing.

Holy hell I love talking about dreams and ****.