Have you ever experienced Sleep Paralysis?

starch4ser

Happened to me twice. Scary stuff. Woke up, opened my eyes, tried to move my arms, my head, my legs but couldn't. Lasted about 20 seconds. Weirdest sensation ever. You kind of panic and when it's over you are so relieved and wondering WTF was that. I put it down to the use of recreational substances but supposedly it's just a case of your mind waking up just before your body and affects many people.

MrStuffins

In bed and not being able to move eh?

No, but a lot of my dates have!

4zn76tysfajdxp

Happened to me three times in one night last week. That was no fun, let me tell you. Hooo boy.

--LOS--

Happened to me a couple of times when I was younger, scary stuff. I get it still sometimes when I've just woken and for a few seconds I think I can't move.

smash

starch4ser wrote: »

I put it down to the use of recreational substances

Like roofies and chloroform?

blaze1

My mrs had it quite bad a couple of years ago...

Scary stuff from what she was telling me. :eek:

Sergeant

About once a month on average. You try to talk/shout as well but nothing comes out. Like that dude in the Metallica One video.

It's deeply unpleasant.

fryup

it happened to me quite a bit in my 20s

and its absolutley terrifying the first few times it happens, its honestly like someone is holding you down..you want to scream but you can't, you can hear yourself breathing heavily and then all of a sudden it stops and your fully concious.

Its to do with the brain being awake but your body being asleep or something like that.

Mr. Presentable

fryup wrote: »

it happened to me quite a bit in my 20s

and its absolutley terrifying the first few times it happens, its honestly like someone is holding you down..you want to scream but you can't, you can hear yourself breathing heavily and then all of a sudden it stops and your fully concious.

Its to do with the brain being awake but your body being asleep or something like that.

That was pretty much my precise experience. Never happens now.

gcgirl

It happened a lot through out my 20's as well, If I was stressed it happened. Scary as fook

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah, used to get them pretty regularly.. generally when i was really really tired going to bed it'd happen. not so much the last couple of years though, ii think a regular sleeping pattern helps with them.

Sykk

It's called Hypnagogic. Basically you're conscious but unable to move.

It's very scary the first few times it happens now.

Ahhh! Just read this on wikipedia..

The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes, with some rare cases being hours, "by which the individual may experience panic symptoms"[6] (described below). As the correlation with REM sleep suggests, the paralysis is not entirely complete; use of EOG traces shows that eye movement is still possible during such episodes.[7] When there is an absence of narcolepsy, sleep paralysis is referred to as isolated sleep paralysis (ISP)

In bold.. I think I'd absolutely crap myself!!

GavRedKing

Its happened to me before its not a nice feeling but kind of used to it if it happens now.

Mickeroo

I get it every so often. Sometimes it feels like there's loads of hands on my back pushing and shaking me but I can't turn around, or sometimes there's the weight on my chest holding me down.

It always feels like there's a "presence" in the room. Once of twice I've woken up screaming.

Anyone else who gets it, do you ever se stuff in your room for a while after it's over? For a few seconds after its finished I get pretty vivid hallucinations sometimes.

c_man

I used to get them fairly regularly. It's a horrible experience.

leggit

Only happens to me when I'm going to sleep? Never woke up with it. Suppose my body goes to sleep before I do? I know when it's going to happen though and thrash around before I become paralysed!

First time I **** myself, tried to shout and nothing came out, scary stuff!

EJLL

Happened only a few times over the past 10 years. The first couple of times were frightening. I felt someone was pressing down on my chest with force and I was pinned to the bed unable to speak/shout. It also felt like someone else was in the room as my mind was clearly panicked and convinced that there must be an external reason for it. Very weird and without knowing about 'Sleep Paralysis' it feels completely paranormal.

The last time it happened I was used to the sensation and my mind just waited for my body to wake up. It was oddly enjoyable.

had them a few times, including the "evil presence in the room that's coming to get me while i'm paralysed"

Chriscl1

oh i used to get this loads too. the first time it happened i thought someone was trying to kill me lol.

Thrill

Only two or three times. Not a pleasant experience. Downright scary in fact.

--Kaiser--

It's happened to me loads of times before. I find you just need to will yourself to move and eventually you can. And also realise than any weird things you think are happening are just a remnant of your dreaming

danniemcq

happened to me when i was around 15 or so. had weird fecking dreams that i was exploring an underground cave and that i had found a hidden entrance or something like that.

Then i heard a voice saying i can go no further, i asked why and the voice said BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HELL

then the door opened and i felt myself tip backwards and like that falling feeling i woke up and couldn't move at all. i was just lying on my back for what seemed hours but must have only been a few seconds freaking the **** out.

fun times

Guill

Happened to me twice when i was about 13 First time I woke in the middle of the night, room was pitch black and i thought i was being held down, i tried to scream and nothing came out. Next morning i convinced myself it was a dream.

More or less the same the next time only i remembered it was real then. Told anyone who would listen, but no one believed m. We got the internet a while later iand i looked it up and found out that i was not dreaming it all.

Oink

Try sleep paralysis lying on your stomach, with the pillow wrapped around your face so you can't breathe.

And then, REPEAT a few months later. Because it was so much fun the first time.

/end thread

Killer Pigeon

Yes, it was gas!

opinion guy

bluewolf wrote: »

had them a few times, including the "evil presence in the room that's coming to get me while i'm paralysed"

Oh I've had that twice. Very strange. Not pleasant. Although my 'fear' of the presence was overwhelmed by my 'f***k off I'm sleeping' feeling:D

Had a lucid dream once and went for a good fly. Great stuff

Oink

opinion guy wrote: »

Had a lucid dream once and went for a good fly. Great stuff

happened to me just once. It was really, really cool. I'd love to have one of those again, just this time without being chased by a freakin vampire .

paddyandy

A Warning Sign i'd take it as.I stopped drinking a few years ago because i was getting messages too.There's more where that came from.

Conall Cernach

bluewolf wrote: »

had them a few times, including the "evil presence in the room that's coming to get me while i'm paralysed"

I get that fairly regularly. I normally try to shout to waken myself as I know I'm only sleeping but the "presence" is still real to me. I can usually make some sort of noise though like "blaghughnugger!" The missus knows just to nudge me awake now but the first time it happened that she was there for I apparently said in a very spooky voice "who...are....you?" Think she was more scared then me.

Good to know I'm not the only crazy out there. I must show her this thread as proof.

Jev/N

Used to get it a lot due to odd sleeping patterns and staying up for fairly long periods over the usual.

Haven't had any in a while though, pretty scary the first few times alright - luckily only had the physical symptoms, no "presence" with me

Mickeroo

paddyandy wrote: »

A Warning Sign i'd take it as.I stopped drinking a few years ago because i was getting messages too.There's more where that came from.

I hardly ever drink and I don't do drugs so that can't be the only cause. I suppose diet and stress might have something to do with it to?

Professey Chin

Happened to me last year when I was sick.
Woke up, couldnt move and then it felt like something grabbed my wrist and started pulling me to sit up in the bed O_0

Handy11

Would it not be pretty cool to properly observe what your body is like when it's asleep? I'm a twitcher. Sleep Paralysis is like sci-fi to me.

Handy11

Mega Chin wrote: »

Happened to me last year when I was sick.
Woke up, couldnt move and then it felt like something grabbed my wrist and started pulling me to sit up in the bed O_0

That's demonic possession. Completely different thing.

Professey Chin

Handy11 wrote: »

That's demonic possession. Completely different thing.

Strangely I feel better about that.

Handy11

Mega Chin wrote: »

Strangely I feel better about that.

Did ya find e'er a bite mark on your torso? Them divils would take a bite outta ya.

--Kaiser--

paddyandy wrote: »

A Warning Sign i'd take it as.I stopped drinking a few years ago because i was getting messages too.There's more where that came from.

Are you the resident loon for this forum or have you just been having a funny week? (one of your other posts)

TobyZiegler

Had it twice - both times I facing away from the door of the room and heard someone coming in and felt them standing there but couldnt turn around and see who it was. Asolutely terrifying.

Professey Chin

Handy11 wrote: »

Did ya find e'er a bite mark on your torso? Them divils would take a bite outta ya.

No but I found a probe up my arse and have some blank spots from the night before

chopser

It's a pretty scary thing to experience, only happened to me once while on holidays.

I woke up and there was a girl sitting on my bed looking at the floor but I couldn't move, I was pretty terrified and was trying to speak to ask her who she was and what she wanted .

I was in complete paralysis and didn't know what was happening all I could do was look at this person and hear the fan in the room spinning.
After a few minutes the Girl moved towards me and dissappeared and my body unfroze and I could move again.

I didn't know what had happened for years until I read about sleep paralysis. Still a scary experience that I wouldn't like to be happening frequently.

Handy11

TobyZiegler wrote: »

Had it twice - both times I facing away from the door of the room and heard someone coming in and felt them standing there but couldnt turn around and see who it was. Asolutely terrifying.

I transfer Mega Chin's diagnosis to you. Did the demons take e'er a nibble out of you? They're hoores for that.

Mega Chin wrote: »

No but I found a probe up my arse and have some blank spots from the night before

Sorry dude, that's a rohypnol job.

sparkle_23

bluewolf wrote: »

had them a few times, including the "evil presence in the room that's coming to get me while i'm paralysed"

It's horrible... and you try scream and nothing comes out!

watna

It's happened to me once and I didn't realise what it was until I read this thread. I woke up and it felt like something was holding me down with their hands around my neck, like an intruder had come in and was strangling me. I woke up with a start and couldn't move for about 15 seconds, it took me about that long to realise that there was nobody in the room as well.

It was really scary but it only happened that one time. Couldn't imagine if it was a regular thing.

Another time I woke up lying face down in my bed and thought the upper half of my body had become paralysed and freaked out a bit. I realised our very large fat cat was asleep on my back!

J. Marston

Happened to me once, when I was 16. The worst part is not being able to scream or shout while it's happening, that's the really unnerving part.
It's like being trapped inside your body with no way to communicate.

Realityhits

Happened me twice in the middle of the night. Was well scared and ended up having to sleep the rest of the night with the lights on.
When it happened me I thought I was moving and that it was just really hard like took loads of effort to move and switches weren't working. Only realised that I wasn't moving at all when I came out of the paralysis and my arms and legs were in the bed not in the positions I thought they had been in during paralysis.
Also saw a black figure by the bedroom door that I thought was going to get me and when it went to move towards me I would come out of the paralysis. :eek:

Tar.Aldarion

first time i didnt know what was going on so that was scary, the other time are fine now. i just concentrate and move in a little bit

DEFTLEFTHAND

It happens to me 2 or 3 times a month on average, seems to happen more when I'm stressed over something. When I experience it I can't even open my eyes as it feels like they're glued shut, also my heart rate goes through the roof. Not a pleasant experience at all.

Jaafa

Apparently if you lie perfectly still for about 20 mins and I mean perfectly still it'll happen to ya.

Sgt Hartman

I still sometimes get it, it's horrible. It's supposedly attributed to a demon called Lilith who was supposedly the first wife of Adam. She was the original "Succubus". She was expelled from Eden for refusing to submit to Adam during sex. She done this by refusing to shag Adam in the missionary position, preferring instead to be in the dominant "top" position. After expulsion from Eden she supposedly mated with demons and became a "Mother of Demons".

Anyway, to get back to the point, during sleep paralysis Lilith is meant to rape the victim by sitting on top of them during the bout of paralysis, thus emphasising her "dominant" position. Many people here may find that sleep paralysis happens more often when you are sleeping on your back. This supposedly lets Lilith sit on top of you thus causing the paralysis. During an episode of sleep paralysis a friend of mine told me afterwards that he had jizzed in his boxers immediately after the episode so there may very well be an element of truth in the myth. Sleep paralysis is also referred to as "Old Hag Syndrome", the Old Hag in question being either Lilith or a similar Succubus.

http://www.astro.com/im/in/in_lilith2_e.jpg

FouxDaFaFa

Hasn't happened in a while now but the first time I had it I seriously thought I might die because there was such pressure on my chest I couldn't breathe. I woke up thinking someone was trying to suffocate me. It didn't last that long but was long enough for me to assume that I'd twisted somehow in my sleep and paralysed myself for life and to wonder how I would get help if I coudn't make any sound. Also felt like there was someone else in the room who was walking around and who sat on the bed just out of sight. The relief when I was able to move and breathe again was something else.

claddy

If you experience sleep paralysis you should try and wiggle your baby fingers and hold your breath for 15 seconds. Holding your breath causes your body to wake up as your brain thinks "oh sh1t I better wake up and start breathing again".