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re: Had my first episode of Sleep Paralysis last night.

Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:44 pm to
Posted by liz18lsu
Member since Feb 2009
18137 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:44 pm to
Wait till you feel an evil presence in the midst of it. Terrifying.
Posted by Jiggy Moondust
South Carolina
Member since Oct 2013
1052 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:44 pm to
Have it happen a couple times a year. Terrifying feeling
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:46 pm to
Usually works for me, I have to focus like frank in bloodsport though

Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
22034 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:51 pm to
It happened to me while napping in a custom van back in the early 90s. I woke up from a nap and could not move a muscle. I didn’t know what was happening and thought I may be paralyzed. But, just few minutes later I was able to sit up and was back to normal. Weirdest thing ever.
Posted by jcolding41
Member since Sep 2015
5926 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 3:53 pm to
You should watch "The Haunting of hill house" if this freaks you out.
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25428 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:26 pm to
Had this happen a few years ago. I was going through a period of not getting enough sleep that I think triggered it. Had a hallucination of a tall shadowy figure standing at the foot of my bed. I tried to scream for help but nothing came out except heavy breathing. Then I snapped out of it pretty quickly when I realized what was going on. Pretty freaky shite.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18585 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:32 pm to
Hat Man says hello.
Posted by BeepNode
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2014
10005 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:34 pm to
You were just abducted but the paralysis hadn't worn off yet.
Posted by Jakesonaplane
Denver
Member since Nov 2010
7313 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:35 pm to
I’ve had this happen to me so many times that I have figured out I can huff and kinda grunt. My wife knows to wake me up if she hears it. It hasn’t happen lately but it used to happen 40-50 times a year
Posted by TigreB77
Member since Jun 2019
92 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 4:57 pm to
Just pray.
Posted by ColoradoTiger1987
Tampa
Member since Jan 2019
1649 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 5:18 pm to
quote:

A few years later, I saw a human silhouette standing in the corner of the room. Involuntarily, I sat up in bed and starting yelling at it at the top of my lungs for several seconds before I regained my bearings


Same here man, the worst was when you see them moving closer to you. But once you realize it’s happening, you just wait for it be over.
Posted by Donkeypunch
Georgia
Member since Jun 2007
1428 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 5:27 pm to
I go through this a few times a month. frick that bullshite.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33959 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 5:59 pm to
I have recurring nightmares that something is in my room, and I either can't move, or something bad happens when I try to turn on the lights.I 'll dream the same thing over, and over, until I actually wake up.

When I was home from college one weekend in the 80's, my mom came and woke me up in the middle of the night. She said I was moaning. I was dreaming that something grabbed me by the hand and was swinging me in the air.

I had one of the ones where I couldn't move a couple of months ago. I woke up from it needing to go urinate. I'm usually mad when I have to get up for that too often. That night, I was happy.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
23402 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:01 pm to
Got it several times when I went through a long period with little real sleep following a back injury. I was lucky to get a full hour of sleep without spasms waking me up.

Had frequent and different experiences. I don’t know how to explain it other than it was kind of like the dream stage was starting (or ending) with my eyes open and basic consciousness.

Been several years now since that shitty Summer and I haven’t experienced it again.

Sleep deprivation seems to be the common theme here.
Posted by Seeker
Member since Jul 2011
2260 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:02 pm to
Aw hell naw. I don’t do scary/creepy as shite movies. Why the hell would I want to watch something that is going to reduce my ability to sleep at night?
This post was edited on 6/21/20 at 9:11 pm
Posted by Hazelnut
Member since May 2011
16466 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:07 pm to
It's hell. It never happened to me until I learned about it in high school. Now it will happen once in a blue moon. Typically while I'm taking a nap on the couch as opposed to sleeping in my bed at night.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33959 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:11 pm to
quote:

a supernatural malevolent being which immobilizes the person
Frick you for posting this crap,

I just remembered the most recent time it happened, I dreamed a German Shepard was biting my foot through the sheet when I couldn't move. I have nerve and vascular damage to my left leg. I've dreamed rats were biting the foot, and a car fell on the leg before too.
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
16369 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:56 pm to
I have narcolepsy. It used to happen to me in the mornings, when I tried to wake up. Happened some times during the day if I took a nap, too. Hasn't been a problem since I got diagnosed and take the meds.
Posted by Seeker
Member since Jul 2011
2260 posts
Posted on 6/21/20 at 6:57 pm to
quote:

Frick you for posting this crap,

I just remembered the most recent time it happened, I dreamed a German Shepard was biting my foot through the sheet when I couldn't move. I have nerve and vascular damage to my left leg. I've dreamed rats were biting the foot, and a car fell on the leg before too.



At least you can rest easier now that you now know what is causing your paralysis
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