I want to experience lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis. Any help?

[AkumaKira]

So I hear everywhere about sleep paralysis. People say they are scared as fuck on this but the more I hear the merrier I want to experience this. Is there any way to do so?
The second thing I want to do is lucid dreaming. I've read plenty of guides on this and they provided some exercises. Any ideas on that? I could control myself a bit on some dreams but I wouldn't call it full lucid dreaming.
Also share your lucid dreams I like hearing about them :)

[NotJustAnotherGuy]

Sleep paralysis is triggered from sleeping flat on your back on poor bedding. Your torso sinks into the bed, and this creates extra pressure on the chest which induces difficulty breathing and creates the mindset of a struggle.

I use to get SP regularly on my old bed... I haven't had it since I got my new bed, but I also never sleep on my back since my bed is smaller now. So just try to fall asleep on your back.. but I assure you, you're not going to like it your first time. You will be unable to move, you will sense "the intruder", you'll try to move, try to scream and become even more frightened. You'll feel as though your paralysis is induced entirely by fear. As much as you think you're going to be, you're not in control the first time.

As it reoccurs your mindset may or may not change. Some are forever terrorized by SP, no matter how many times they experience it. For me, it eventually became a game of breaking the paralysis and catching/identifying the intruder.

I really don't recommend it. There are plenty of people plagued by SP to suggest it is a bad idea to induce-- especially since most experience it as a repeating event they can't stop and not just a one time thing.

But you're a grown ass adult, if you think you'll be amused by it like me.. I'm not here to say you won't, but to warn that many don't.

The key is sleeping flat on your back with your arms at your side and not rolling over to your side or stomach like most people do. That's really the only known cause. Beyond that people over complicate it with the "roll over signal" and sleep commands. But if you want to cover every possible entry try--

https://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/

[nojokecarmichael]

Sleep paralysis happens when you wake before an REM sleep cycle is completed

[maroonbro]

It's a thin line between waking up n sleeping. If you can maintain at least a bit of consciousness just before you go to actual sleep, you will lucid dream

[Anonymous]

drive.google.com/.../Dream_Yoga.pdf

there's something called dream yoga in Buddhism (if you're not religious dw it doesn't preach about how you should believe in god or whatever) but it is a very interesting read and helped me to achieve consciousness in dreams more than once.

there's also a cool thing advanced practitioners of this can do, they can build their own dream literally like in Inception!

[Anonymous]

I have had sleep paralysis but I don't know how it happens. It has happened when I've taken sleeping pills though so maybe there is a connection. The first time it was was scary but it's happened enough now that I know what it is. I still don't like it though. I feel like there is something sitting on me and I can't do anything about it. I don't know about lucid dreaming though.

[Error_204]

Certain OTC drugs can cause lucid dreams.

Sleep paralysis is not safe to mimic.

[notverycreativeguy]

I used to dream lucid once a month randomly, these guides online haven't ever helped me really.
In my lucid dreams I usually search for my old memories and answers to questions myself and such.

[abundantlyrich]

Hmm not for the faint hearted.