Sleep paralysis, share your story

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Dr Charles Tart is worth looking into too but I bet he is too cynical to understand or recognise even after seeing proof

Are you refering to the experiment that Tart admitted himself he fell asleep during and had no one else monitoring the subject nor video recording the subject? That's solid science right there in action alright [/quote]

One nights sleep doesn't erase the mans life work. You know what happens if you dont sleep long term? As I said before think what you will but do a little research and your views may change. All these posters are not lying. And remember this is one little corner of the world. OBE's are recognized in almost every culture in every country

If you think its rubbish why do you feel the need to even post anyway im curious?

Doesn't really happen to me, but the sound of wind blaring in my ears. FFS. That's not soothing!

It is so horrible, the worst feeling of not being able to move your head or lift your arm no matter how hard you try.


I imagine it's what being a vegetable is like.

Used to get it fairly regularly, if it was particularly draining I would listen to some music or BBC world service to help me get to sleep more peacefully. Always seemed to help.

I seemed to suffer whenever I was stressed or anxious or my sleep patterns were out of synch.

There is nothing supernatural about it, it's a cause of many perceived paranormal episodes. Notably the out of body dreamers have never been able to prove their remote viewing ability in a scientifically controlled environment.

That's all the evidence you need.

The first few times it happened I seriously thought I was going insane or something. I felt much better after Googling and realizing it was a 'thing'. I mostly seem to get it when I end up sleeping on my back. Usually I just can't move, but I've had a few times where there was a figure standing over my bed and another time a figure on my chest. It's a horrible experience!

I don't know if this counts as sleep paralysis but it was freaky as f*ck.

I was just finished all but one of my final year exams in college. The last one was an online exam that our lecturer refused to give us a date for until the last minute, but which time I had decided to throw caution to the wind and book a holiday with my boyfriend at the time to his family's holiday home in Spain.

The exam turned out to be the morning after we arrived, so I was a teeny bit stressed, and also had a few glasses of wine before bed (ok, maybe I wasn't that stressed!)

At one point during the night, I woke up and saw a man standing at my boyfriend's side of the bed. He was a bit overweight, English or Irish-looking, wearing a white wife-beater vest and a weird orange beaded kind of hat- it looked like in the old comics when the dad at the beach would have a handkerchief knotted at the four corners to shade his head from the sun.

I actually thought to myself that I was hallucinating, but when I sat bolt upright in the bed he was still there. I screamed my head off (not once, but twice) and of course himself woke up not knowing what was happening- at which point the man disappeared and I dissolved into tears trying to explain to him what had happened.

It's never happened to me since but I was really, truly terrified.

tradhead wrote: »

I don't know if this counts as sleep paralysis but it was freaky as f*ck.

I was just finished all but one of my final year exams in college. The last one was an online exam that our lecturer refused to give us a date for until the last minute, but which time I had decided to throw caution to the wind and book a holiday with my boyfriend at the time to his family's holiday home in Spain.

The exam turned out to be the morning after we arrived, so I was a teeny bit stressed, and also had a few glasses of wine before bed (ok, maybe I wasn't that stressed!)

At one point during the night, I woke up and saw a man standing at my boyfriend's side of the bed. He was a bit overweight, English or Irish-looking, wearing a white wife-beater vest and a weird orange beaded kind of hat- it looked like in the old comics when the dad at the beach would have a handkerchief knotted at the four corners to shade his head from the sun.

I actually thought to myself that I was hallucinating, but when I sat bolt upright in the bed he was still there. I screamed my head off (not once, but twice) and of course himself woke up not knowing what was happening- at which point the man disappeared and I dissolved into tears trying to explain to him what had happened.

It's never happened to me since but I was really, truly terrified.

Feckin English, even invading our dreams....

I've never had sleep paralysis but it sounds terrifying and fascinating.

Apparently it's highly genetic, and alcohol aggravates it. I used to play my guitar next to my flatmate's room and it often gave him sleep paralysis when he'd been drinking.

Not sure if my playing contributed to that, too.

Got this for the first time last week, so funny that this thread happened to crop up.

I was asleep in the bed, then woke up to the knowledge that people had broken into the flat and were in the hallway outside our room. Tried with all my might to get up or shout but was completely devoid of the power necessary to move my body or make a sound. The gf said I was making slight jerky movements in my sleep and making the odd whimpering sound.

Found it very distressing. Would not recommend.

conorh91 wrote: »

I've never had sleep paralysis but it sounds terrifying and fascinating.

Apparently it's highly genetic, and alcohol aggravates it. I used to play my guitar next to my flatmate's room and it often gave him sleep paralysis when he'd been drinking.

Not sure if my playing contributed to that, too.

That's exactly what it is, terrifying and fascinating. Once I found out it was natural I could still feel the terror during the event itself but laugh once I was awake.

This has happened a few times to me but not in ages. Always a feeling of unbelievable terror and trying to scream for someone to help me but not being able to make a sound or move. Just awful.
Lived with a guy who had it for the first time and he was so shook. Was relieved when I told him what it was. He pretty much thought he was going through the start of some sort of nightmare on elm street horror movie.

LucidLife wrote: »

If your laughing at the event your not sharing the same experience as most here

I'm laughing after the event, when I'm fully awake and consciously aware of what just happened. As I said, I got used to them.. I have no doubt others have had worse experiences than I but when I knew what was happening the terror quickly subsided. Going from "I'm literally getting killed" to "This again, fúck off and let me sleep" is what made me chuckle. I've actually felt an adrenaline boost after waking up from these events which does prove that mine were tamer than others..

I haven't had any since I gave up drink and drugs so that kinda proves to me to me that these weren't your average natural ones, just chemically induced.

Been experiencing this for a while now. Only today did I find out that it has a name and that others get it!! :O