Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreaming

insidious · 05-21-2016, 01:25 AM

(05-20-2016, 11:04 PM)Pirate Wrote: I don't recall ever having Sleep Paralysis or Lucid Dreaming

Lucky You

(05-20-2016, 10:56 PM)Oni Wrote: I had it once, although I might have been dreaming. I didn't see anything, I just remember being unable to move, and freaked out. I've heard it's common.

Yeah for some people that's pretty much it. After the fact it can be hard to remember too. Even in this case, I had just reminded myself 3/4 of the way through the day and was like "oh right that happened".

(05-20-2016, 05:53 PM)sleaze Wrote: Never lucid dreamed, but I've had sleep paralysis before and it's terrifying. Luckily I rarely got to see what was there.

I think I've Lucid dreamed once or twice, but nothing very significant. I was young and didn't really know what was going on other than that I was in a dream.

(05-20-2016, 03:40 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: I have never lucid dream, but as a kid I got sleep paralysis fairly often. Never any hallucinations; it was more like I was stuck in my room except it was totally empty. Being somewhat awake and not being able to move at all is not something you want to experience anytime soon.

When I get back home I will have to ask my parents about Sleep Paralysis. I might have gotten a few episodes when I was a kid, too, but just don't remember them. Now that I think about it, I do remember some labored breathing/painful noises coming from my brothers room at times (at around 3am, no he was alone and probably not having sex/masturbating). Sleep paralysis might be more common in my family than I think.

(05-20-2016, 02:37 PM)OversouL Wrote: I always encounter sleep paralysis, but no hallucinations. This always happens when I feel really tired, relaxed, sleeping on my back and not moving at all. At first I lose consciousness, but then I become half awake.

Damn. How used to it are you by now? Having Experienced it more than a few times, you probably have a technique down.

(05-20-2016, 11:43 AM)sad Wrote: I have been through this many times. My experience was a literal seen from Silent Hill it was insane. I had stayed up for a few days and just slept like that it was really weird. Also had another experience where i was just laying down in my bed, getting cut open with a razor and that was it.

Damn. That is crazy. I've been looking around, one person saw the girl from the "grudge" right next to his bed.

Shit like that makes me scared to go to sleep at night.

Pirate · 05-21-2016, 02:18 AM

(05-21-2016, 01:25 AM)insidious15 Wrote: Lucky You

Yeah for some people that's pretty much it. After the fact it can be hard to remember too. Even in this case, I had just reminded myself 3/4 of the way through the day and was like "oh right that happened".

I think I've Lucid dreamed once or twice, but nothing very significant. I was young and didn't really know what was going on other than that I was in a dream.

When I get back home I will have to ask my parents about Sleep Paralysis. I might have gotten a few episodes when I was a kid, too, but just don't remember them. Now that I think about it, I do remember some labored breathing/painful noises coming from my brothers room at times (at around 3am, no he was alone and probably not having sex/masturbating). Sleep paralysis might be more common in my family than I think.

Damn. How used to it are you by now? Having Experienced it more than a few times, you probably have a technique down.

Damn. That is crazy. I've been looking around, one person saw the girl from the "grudge" right next to his bed.

Shit like that makes me scared to go to sleep at night.

If I could Lucid Dream I would probably dream about me marrying a nice Juggalette girl

insidious · 05-21-2016, 04:14 AM

(05-21-2016, 02:18 AM)Pirate Wrote: If I could Lucid Dream I would probably dream about me marrying a nice Juggalette girl

Sounds like a plan

I'm sure you'd enjoy you're few hours of bliss

OversouL · 05-21-2016, 09:12 AM

(05-21-2016, 01:25 AM)insidious15 Wrote: Damn. How used to it are you by now? Having Experienced it more than a few times, you probably have a technique down.

If you feel really tired after a long active day. Take a bath before you sleep to feel cool. After that lay on your back be in the most comfortable way and try to sleep without moving your body, like scratching and stuff. Just lay down and relax. Also keep thinking passively to make your mind stay awake.

Dismas · 05-23-2016, 05:09 AM

Ever had hypnic jerks? I've had it happen a few times, but it is also similar: https://sleep.org/articles/hypnic-jerks/

Endgame · 05-25-2016, 04:37 PM

That's pretty insane. I don't think I'v ever had sleep paralysis, but I do sleep walk a ton. Like the night I ate half a plate of frozen pizza rolls, put a pizza in the microwave, 1 in oven and 2 on counter. (All still in the box lol)

But nothing like this.

DarkMuse · 05-25-2016, 05:38 PM

(05-23-2016, 05:09 AM)Oni Wrote: Ever had hypnic jerks? I've had it happen a few times, but it is also similar: https://sleep.org/articles/hypnic-jerks/

I used to have this all the time when I was little. Now I usually just get twitches sometimes they wake me up.

insidious · 05-25-2016, 07:35 PM

(05-23-2016, 05:09 AM)Oni Wrote: Ever had hypnic jerks? I've had it happen a few times, but it is also similar: https://sleep.org/articles/hypnic-jerks/

No way! I've always wondered why the fuck I do that. They happen pretty often, maybe once every three months or so. I don't really mind them, the feeling of falling is always kind of cool, but it never ceases to surprise me.

I've had these since I was a kid, never really thought much of it. Just thought it's something that happens to everyone once in a while.

BurritoBeans · 05-25-2016, 07:57 PM

Oh man, I hate sleep paralysis but it happens a good bit for me. I get it to happen if I stay up a bit too late, usually if I get up around the usual 5:00 AM and don't get to sleep until 2:00 AM or so the next day, and I always sleep on my back with no pillow or any of that. It's got to be the strangest feeling, I can't move anything and my mind goes crazy, but I've never really had an issues "seeing shadows" or any of that hallucination stuff - I just feel like I'm restrained to whatever position for like 30 minutes or more while my thoughts go crazy.

Lucid Dreaming was a one-time thing in the middle of a random dream a year or so ago, and I have no idea how I did it but it was a funky feeling, it seemed I could make conscious decisions but I knew it wasn't reality. I'm interested to even see what I could do with it, I thought it was pretty cool and it's one of the times I can remember a dream for more than 30 minutes or so after I wake up, but I have no clue how to pop into it so I usually stick the idea of trying it into the back of my head and focus on other stuff.