Sleep paralysis thread. Suffering since 2008. Who else has

>>734165956
I suffered one a month ago. I was full of fear and started hearing familiar voices. The worst of all is when I started to see allucinations. I was staring at the roof, and later I recognize I was in a dream paralysis. This is when it got worst. Suddenly I saw a ghostly face moving fast towards me and felt it was moving me around, and later I could move again, but not sleeping again without fear of happening again.

Sleep paralysis is the first step to lucid dreaming. If you can get to the point where you realize you're dreaming, you can control it.

>>734167430
I can't control it that well I start getting negative thoughts. But I can snap out of it pretty easy now.

>>734167430
I read somewhere some long time ago that you can induce sleep paralysis by resisting the urges to roll over, scratch an itch and generally move while trying to sleep. Apparently these are tests sent out by your brain to check if you are asleep or something. True?

>>734167430

no it's not. Unrelated shit.

Sleep paralysis sucks fucking balls. It's usually as bad as the worst nightmares you've had.

OP confirm? It's happened to me about 20-40 times in my life.

Most times it was neutral experience. But probably 5-7 times it was terrifying.

My point is, it's definitely not very related to lucid dreaming.

>>734165956
i was strangled when i was 6 in my room it traumatized me so bad that i had to have a night light for 5 years and i had a bed filled with teddies

File: jinx.jpg (759KB, 3000x3000px) Image search: [Google]

759KB, 3000x3000px

>>734165956
if you want i could give you the full story if your interested

>>734165956
I get it some nights. Sounds like wind rushing and footsteps. Then the sensation of people touching me our sitting on my bed.

And there are entities that people encounter during sleep paralysis, "the shadow men."

These are pretty prototypical and people who have problems with sleep paralysis will tell you how these guys seem to emanate pure, primal fear into you. Purest terror can be felt in these encounters.

File: wqeeeeeeeeee.png (8KB, 646x1068px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 646x1068px

>>734167170
>Suddenly I saw a ghostly face moving fast towards me and felt it was moving me around

fucking this

no shit had the same sort of experience about a week ago shit was weird. felt like some figure was hugging me or some shit and im sure it had 2 slits for eyes. it was sitting on the side of my bed

kinda like pic related

>>734167923
>It's usually as bad as the worst nightmares you've had.
Fuck yeah it is. The few times it's happened to me were when I was super tired but something was on my mind keeping restless. When I'd finally lose consciousness is suddenly wake up with like empty lungs and unshakeable horror. Terrifying visceral horror. Trying to scream but nothing happening. Then almost as quickly as it started it stops.

If you read some cool stuff about shadow men. The book John Dies at the End is a pretty good read. They have the power to erase and reset time and memories.

File: whatisittobetouched.png (8KB, 725x50px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 725x50px

>>734168478
>felt like some figure was hugging me or some shit

>>734168478
also think i may have been snoring (sleep apnoea) so it may be a deprivation of oxygen to the brain causing weird shit to happen, but w/e the fuck it was i think i saw felt kinda sadistic and evil

Not quite sleep paralysis ,but I sleep walk or in other words :run and scream. I always fucking wake up feeling the worst thing had fucking happened ,and I never remember. Anyone with similar experience?

Had a couple run-ins with it. Very terryifimg but always neutral. Never saw shit, never heard anything, that is until my most recent time when I felt something give 4 hard tugs on my shoulder. It pulled on the collar of my shirt while in the trance. I tried to debunk it as someone trying to wake me up but I disengaged from if ar
4:30am and my bed is against the wall, and my back was turned to the wall.

>>734169959
If you need any background info, I suffered from severe sleep apnea as a kid. I stopped breathing in my sleep and had to wear a machine monitor until the age of 4. I grew out of the habit but it's the reason for my sleeping tendencies now.

>>734168822
I didnt come here to feel.

>>734165956
I just got hit by it when I was sleeping during a road trip earlier today. I was passed out in the back seat, when I woke up to pure horror. My eyes were closed, I couldn't move, and things were whispering and licking my face. I was fucking terrified for the nearly 20 minutes it lasted, judging by my bros and how they played Stairway to Heaven twice in that time.

I've never experienced sleep paralysis but I frequently have weird dreams and turn out to be really bad nightmares and I wake up with goosebumps. Then after waking up if I think about the dream and what was scary about it I get goosebumps again. After a while though the memories of the dream fade

Yeah I have sleep paralysis too. Also have schizophrenia symptoms and they all kinda blend. I've had maybe 20 or so incidences of sleep paralysis in the past 5 years.

Last one was really weird. Don't wanna talk about it.

It usually only happens when I wake up, or in the middle of sleep, i'll wake up.

>>734171017
>I've never experienced sleep paralysis

then get the fuck out, what the fuck did you think we would be interested in bad dreams?

>>734167875
Can confirm. I've done it twice. You gotta stay still for a very long while, though

Well, about twice, when I wake up from a nap or deep sleep suddenly sometimes, ill get like stuck, in the same thought or sentence or picture in my head like stuck on repeat, it's kinda freaky, but I can walk around

>>734168188
I saw one, once. It was of the 'hooded' type. Although I wasn't paralyzed at the moment. I simply woke up in the middle of the bed, sat up, looked at the door and there it was, just standing there looking at me. I couldn't see it's eyes, face or any other aspect, but I just KNEW it was staring right at me

I've experience this multiple times. Many times, I can hear someone come into the room and by the time i realize what's about to happen, it's too late. I'm paralyzed, can't move one bit and the shadow man suffocates me to where it's difficult to breathe. I can hear voices sometimes, other times, I hear laughter. The only way I can get it off is to pray to God. When I'm done with my prayer and day amen, the shadow man's pressure and presence is completely gone. It's a scary feeling and I've learn to fight against it. When people say that this is simply sleep deprivation or just sleep paralysis, they are wrong! When you hear, see and feel the shadow man, you know it's not just paralysis. Sleep well, my friends!

>>734171728
This happens to me and I get pissed because I can't wake up and start punching shit. It happens when I try to sleep with the laptop on next to me.

>>734165956
only recall it once, it was during a very stressful period of my life
>half asleep
>home alone
>felt presence in my room
>thought it was my dog, why the fuck is my dog in my room? weird.
>felt anger
>it wasn't my dog
>felt like it wanted to slit my throat
>panic
>keep eyes closed, it will go away
>the terror i feel increases proportionally as i feel its rage grow
>feel blackness on my head and throat
>open eyes
>nothing there
>rush out of the house
one of the most terrifying experience of my life

also had dreams of a demon in my house so i felt double freaked out