Sleep paralysis.. one of the most terrifying things to go through in life, have you ever been through it and what did you do to over come it?

[LovingJo]

Sleep paralysis happens when you cannot move your body or make a sound, as you are waking up, or falling asleep.
This can last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes!!
This is because you are in sleep mode but your brain is active.
It is not clear why sleep paralysis can happen, but it has been linked with insomnia and stress.

What are your experiences and how have they affected you?

I know for myself, I nearly didn't come through it, with the last severe attack I had, it took months of different techniques to "snap" myself out of it!!! I pray that it doesn't happen too me again!! 💯

Would love to hear your stories, and if you need any help, then please do ask. ❤️

Yes, I've suffered sleep paralysis before..

No, I've never experienced it..

Other, please say below..

[NotTacocaT6969]

You have to become fully lucid for the scariness to stop.


During sleep paralysis, your body is fully asleep, but your brain is about 75% awake.


This makes your thought pattern simplistic, the way it is in your dreams. This is why sleep paralysis usually has nightmarish qualities.


The feeling of being pinned down is actually just the feeling of your body being dead-weight due to it being asleep.


But, sleep-brain panics and creates the nightmare atmosphere.


The only way to prevent this is to become lucid, or in other words, force your brain to be 100% awake despite the body still being asleep.


For me, it’s as easy as saying to myself “I’m still asleep” or “this is a dream”.


Once you’re lucid, the events that take place during the sleep paralysis will be fully under your control.

[Account]

I have. It happens to me often when I feel extremely stressed over something or whenever I feel despondent, it is one of the reasons why I can't easily fall sleep. Those seconds being trapped/paralyzed in your own body feel like eternity. Every night I dread of the possibility of having to go through that.

[Account]

I have never seen something else/extraordinary though. I just feel paralyzed/trapped and I can see everything in my room but I can't move my body.

[VIVANT]

I have had between sleep and waking where I’m half awake I can’t breathe properly or move my body but since I’m not fully awake, I didn’t think it was sleep paralysis also I have autonomic neuropathy, so I just thought it was that…. but I’ll spend a lot of time trying to pull myself out of sleep so I den breathe properly and move. It’s terrible!! One time my busy was completely buzzing I think I’d have suffocated completely if I didn’t get through it. What if you’re lying face down and vent move. 😑

[VIVANT]

Body not busy

[Andres77]

I lived on the 3d floor apartment and there were no trees or anything near the outside of my bedroom wall. There was a big storm that night. There was banging on my bedroom wall during the storm. I couldn’t check because the wind and rain was too much. I finally went to sleep. In the morning I felt like I was being smothered. I couldn’t breathe or move. I was dreaming that demons were trying to kill me. I started thinking about an old hymn. As I sang it silently in my mind I felt the pressure on my face decrease. Then I started trying to say the words out loud. Then I bolted upright and took a deep breath.

that was my only experience with it.

[NathanDavis]

first, I would have to fall asleep... lol

insomniac joke.. not sleeping much or at all, as of late

[LovingJo]

I hear you 😭 but that's what scares me.. 😪

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Yeah it happened to me one time but I was already aware of what sleep paralysis is good thing. So when that happened, i just thought to myself that this is just a sleep paralysis and it's just temporary until i saw the curtains moving. It may just be the wind but it does make you overthink things.

[dustybiker]

It’s waking up before your body has the chance to release the chemicals it naturally uses to keep us from physically acting out our dreams. Everyone has (or will) experienced it at some point. Yes, it’s scary until you realize the cause.

[Kori1236]

Thankfully I’ve never experienced it. I thought I had once the day my grandma died because I saw her and other family members surrounding me in bed. But I was able to move and wasn’t scared.

[ArtemisSilver]

I thought I had it, but it was actually a spiritual attack. The world is a scary fucked up place.

I had an old 1970s radio and turntable, and the dials were going nuts and playing all the stations on their own with the lights blinking during the attack. I suffered for years before being able to fully recover.

[Noodle_fan]

it happened to me couple times before , i learned some reason that cause it happened

- it was usually happened when i had bad sleep pattern lately , or sleep really late

-it was also tend to happen when i try to sleep when lay on stomach

[Fuentes]

I use to deal with it a lot. It started when I use to watch super demonic stuff like people exploring super haunted places that are actually haunted, like top 10 places known and I would just watch horror that had to do with demonic stuff like witches and Satanist.

When I cut that out actually and quit watching that all together it actually stopped I haven't had nightmares in years and I haven't had a paralysis episode at night in years as well.

[KostasKouvalis]

Many times. Once I saw a demon in my bed and it was so vivid that I didn't sleep in my bed for like 2 weeks. I'd rather not talk about the other stuff 'cuz it might happened again

[James899]

Yes. i m going through this phase now. it happens to me regularly. its because of stress and lack of sleep!

[Twalli]

Once. I was convinced that there was someone who was in my room robbing me and would kill me if he knew I was awake

[Agape93]

Nope, but my girl has that issue sometimes, and I have no idea how to help her

[Guardian45]

I have PTSD, and it's terrifying! I try to scream and NOTHING comes out!

[douride2]

Yes I have had it happen.