Sleep Paralysis

2009-04-23 21:45:25

#1

sad fish: Member; +7|6118|California

Any of you ever experienced sleep paralysis? Happened to me for the first time a couple nights back. Fortunately for me, armed with the knowledge of what the hell was going on I didn't have any demonic hallucinations like I have read about. Needless to say it was a trippy experience, had to start at my right pointer finger before I could get full functionality back.

For those of you who don't know what SP is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

In short, your body paralysis itself during sleep so as to not act out its dreams and hurt itself, and sometimes you wake up still paralyzed and sometimes still dreaming. Most people have dark hallucinations only because they can't move and they start to panic and all this demonic and fear crap starts getting into their heads.

2009-04-23 21:48:12

#2

Hakei: Banned; +295|6422

I've had it very briefly before, it was kinda scary. I fell asleep in front of the TV and when I woke up, I couldn't move and I kept seeing shadows moving and voices giggling, I just assumed it was my brother and his friend playing so yeah, I totally forgot he wasn't even in the state =p

2009-04-23 21:51:41

#3

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6421|The pool

Sounds

My flickr

2009-04-23 21:52:34

#4

wah1188: You orrible caaaaaaan't; +321|6887|UK

Had quite a few of these. Had a really bad one last week I was freaked out for a bit. A couple the times you actually feel like you can't breathe!

2009-04-23 21:54:42

#5

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6580|what

This topic has been discussed previously:

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=104586

2009-04-23 21:56:51

#6

sad fish: Member; +7|6118|California

in all honestly i was kind of hoping i would see or hear something, anything just for the experience of being scared shitless by your own mind, but unfortunately all i heard was the faucet outside my window sputtering water

Wallpaper wrote:
Sounds

And it kind of is

2009-04-23 22:04:55

#7

CanadianLoser: Meow :3 :3; +1,148|6935

Lucid dreaming > sleep paralysis

2009-04-23 22:10:32

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6624|Winland

Yeah, quite a few times.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-04-24 00:45:59

#9

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6751|New Haven, CT

It fell cool unless you experience the difficult of breathing, in which case it becomes a bit terrifying.

2009-04-24 00:49:03

#10

The A W S M F O X: I Won't Deny It; +172|6111|SQUID

CanadianLoser wrote:
Lucid dreaming > sleep paralysis

astral projection > lucid dreaming

tbqf

2009-04-24 01:05:33

#11

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7092|NT, like Mick Dundee

The A W S M F O X wrote:
CanadianLoser wrote:
Lucid dreaming > sleep paralysis
astral projection > lucid dreaming

tbqf

Coming back from the dead 3 days later > that astral projection shit.

Focks m8 you should know this by now.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-04-24 01:08:10

#12

1927: The oldest chav in the world; +2,423|7100|Cardiff, Capital of Wales

Nuh but I want to see a ghost, preferably my Mum at the end of my bed. Similar thing happened to my bro in law when his Dad died and he was just a kid.

2009-04-24 02:39:39

#13

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7076

Wallpaper wrote:
Sounds

2009-04-24 05:30:50

#14

Ioan92: Member; +337|6149

It happened to me once.

I sorta thought I was awaken, but the classical music began playing and in few moments I saw shit like aliens and 2012 and negative colors and shit like that. I then "de-locked" and watched cnn for the rest of the night.

Fuck me.

2009-04-24 06:05:12

#15

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7048|London, England

It happened to me this morning haha

I'd say it probably happens a few times a month for me, maybe even a few times a week, I made a topic a long time ago about this.

And yes, it always feels like someone is holding you down, infact today I swear to god it felt like there was someone holding my hand/holding it down (giggity) - for some reason it isn't creepy whilst it's happening, as you either think it's real or you think it's a dream, it's only when you force yourself out of it that you realise it was all fake and then you're like "woah ...I swear that was real"

Meh, you get used to it afterwards. Fuck knows why it happens though, probably not getting enough good sleep

edit:

9 months, 3 weeks ago wrote:
I've woken up not to be able to do anything at all. It felt like someone/thing was ontop of me keeping me down, so much to the point where I was trying to push them off (but I couldn't) and then eventually being able to move, and swinging my arm/body around and saying "fuck off" even though nobody is actually there. I remember making a topic about it.

Apparently it's where your mind wakes up but your body hasn't, well that was the reason for mines

It used to happen quite frequently to me, hasn't happened in awhile now though

See, fucking shit has been happening to me all my life!

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=104586

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2009-04-24 06:07:01)

2009-04-24 06:14:25

#16

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6927|so randum

Is this one of them things that doesnt really happen too much, but everyone thinks they have it? or is it actually common?

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2009-04-24 06:24:11

#17

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6817

It happens very occasionally, and my body usually snaps into action after a second (very hard to lift head at first, then suddenly turning around like an eel on crack). I usually just assume my head's still making the nerve connections (I can't think very clearly just after waking up). And sometimes I just go back to sleep.

Actually, when falling asleep I get the weird feeling that there's some giant hand holding me up and rotating clockwise.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2009-04-24 06:26:13)

2009-04-24 06:34:49

#18

Ioan92: Member; +337|6149

some_random_panda wrote:
It happens very occasionally, and my body usually snaps into action after a second (very hard to lift head at first, then suddenly turning around like an eel on crack). I usually just assume my head's still making the nerve connections (I can't think very clearly just after waking up). And sometimes I just go back to sleep.

Actually, when falling asleep I get the weird feeling that there's some giant hand holding me up and rotating clockwise.

That soo reminds me of this:

https://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper689/stills/h6531qgw.jpg

2009-04-24 07:18:30

#19

Jebus: Looking for my Scooper; +218|6191|Belgium

I don't get this, but when I'm about to fall asleep I sometimes get some sort of spasm in my arm/foot/.., causing it to lift up a good bit. Anyone else get this?

2009-04-24 08:16:26

#20

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7005|Columbus, OH

It happens to my GF while she sleeps, then she wakes up with a used condom hanging out of her butt....what's up with that

2009-04-24 08:18:44

#21

Ioan92: Member; +337|6149

Jebus wrote:
I don't get this, but when I'm about to fall asleep I sometimes get some sort of spasm in my arm/foot/.., causing it to lift up a good bit. Anyone else get this?

Yup. mine is more like I think i'm going to walk off a chasm but I suddenly stop.

2009-04-24 09:55:44

#22

Jebus: Looking for my Scooper; +218|6191|Belgium

Ioan92 wrote:
Jebus wrote:
I don't get this, but when I'm about to fall asleep I sometimes get some sort of spasm in my arm/foot/.., causing it to lift up a good bit. Anyone else get this?
Yup. mine is more like I think i'm going to walk off a chasm but I suddenly stop.

Ooh, that's exactly how you could describe mine too lol

2009-04-24 10:26:51

#23

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6215|Catherine Black

Jebus wrote:
Ioan92 wrote:
Jebus wrote:
I don't get this, but when I'm about to fall asleep I sometimes get some sort of spasm in my arm/foot/.., causing it to lift up a good bit. Anyone else get this?
Yup. mine is more like I think i'm going to walk off a chasm but I suddenly stop.
Ooh, that's exactly how you could describe mine too lol

I've once tripped off a kerb in my sleep and jumped right off my bed, landing on my schoolbag which had a lunchbox in it.

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Wallpaper wrote:

CanadianLoser wrote:

The A W S M F O X wrote:

CanadianLoser wrote:

Wallpaper wrote:

9 months, 3 weeks ago wrote:

some_random_panda wrote:

Jebus wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

Jebus wrote:

Jebus wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

Jebus wrote:

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