re: Is sleep paralysis flirting with crossing dimensions?

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Sleep paralysis is some scary shite, real or not.

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As someone who suffers from it a few times a year, I can tell you it is very real. Last time was actually a few nights ago.

I've discussed it on this board a number of times, but the short of it is that I tend to just feel immobilized. Some people have a strong sense that there is someone in the room or a strong sense foreboding - this is what leads to people thinking of things like alien abduction or other such nonsense.

I don't ever get that feeling. Sometimes the rest of my brain isn't fully awake and I don't really understand what is going on. Sometimes I'm fully aware and I can "fight" it to some degree. One night I dozed off on the couch and found myself struggling to get up, almost like someone had magically turned up the force of gravity several times. I had managed to move my legs off of the couch but my face was buried into the cushions. The GF walking in and thought I was having a stroke. She freaked out and started shaking me and screaming - that fully woke me up .

I've had a sleep study and I don't suffer from apnea or anything of the like. I just don't have a good time sleeping . I find the times when it occurs are fairly random (used to happen all the time when I was much younger). Some people can avoid it by avoiding sleeping in certain positions or foods or something else. None of those remedies have ever really worked for me.