How natural is sleep paralysis? I seem to get it at least once

>>18689646
Doctor.

>>18689646
It's pretty normal, well not normal but in the sense of a lot of people get it. Go to a doctor, he'll help you

Try the doctor or adjusting the way you sleep. I would always get sleep paralysis when I tell asleep in class in highschool. The way I would wake up is by attempting to scream and opening my mouth back and forth. I guess sleeping on the school desks with my back slouched is why I got it. If you sleep normally see a doctor, otherwise, still go see a doctor anyways

>>18689646
bro.
I have same ting.
sleeping on my side reduces this.

>>18689646
I've heard that not getting enough sleep can bring it on. I've had medication cause it.

>>18689646
i got it once, thought i had woken up but couldn't move and some grey demon looking things without faces began dragging me by the feet off the end of my bed. woke up in a sweat breathing hard once they had dragged me to the edge of the bed
it was spooky as fuck but it was a cool experience, almost wish i could do it again

Ever since I did metta meditation this stopped happening. I used to get them once a week, now I rarely get them

Also try to sleep on an empty stomach, at least 3 hours after your last meal

>>18689646
I find I get it if I take certain supplements or eat certain foods.
I used to take some Vitamin B supplements to help induce lucid dreaming and a side effect was terrifying sleep paralysis. What's your diet like OP?

I get it quite often. If it gets annoying I just roll over and lie on my stomach, which is effective in preventing sleep paralysis, or just get out of bed.

I also find it quite exhausting to break out. It used to happen so often that I wasn't afraid when it happened just annoyed. One time it happened five or six times over a single morning so when I slipped into sleep paralysis for the last time that morning, I just felt so annoyed that I didn't even bother fighting it and voluntarily sunk deeper and deeper. I must have allowed myself to fully fall into REM sleep as when I raised both my hands they were blue and transparent (it looked like a star wars hologram). This caused me to wake up upon realizing what was going on.

>>18689646
Try to keep a consistent sleep schedule and don't sleep on your back.

About two years ago I was working back to back shifts 5 to 6 days a week, and my sleep schedule all over the place. I was getting it almost every night. Now that I go to bed at the same time every night, I don't get it no where near as often.

Woah and here I thought I was weird thinking that not being able to move my body from bed for a solid 5 minutes and feeling like I was drowning was a solo thing.

It's mostly from fatigue