Sleep paralysis

[Margot]

Anyone suffer from sleep paralysis?
Your Experience?

I get sleep paralysis every now and then and often. It's mostly due to my weird sleep schedules. The scariest experience I've had yet is hallucinating dark shadows and eerie voices calling my name or shouting at me.

 

[thatawkwardkid]

I've never had it before, I wouldn't want to though.

 

[LambdaDelta]

your experience sounds like the perfect setup for a horror film

 

[Hot]

I used to experience it about once a week. It hasn't been happening for around 2 months now.

 

[tamagotchi]

Yeah, I do. I'll probably edit this later for some experiences because I used to have them quite frequently but It's really early right now.

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okay hi i just treated myself to a chocolate bar cuz i need to treat myself right anyways

I remember when I was 10 or 11, the first time I had sleep paralysis, I woke up at around 3 a.m. when I heard my 'grandmother' calling me from downstairs, even though she lived in a different country, so I was like "hey" and woke up. Except I guess I saw these weirdo glowing yellow eyes from my doorway and I couldn't move. Eventually it started groaning and it kinda' just.. crawled on my bed I guess?? I couldn't really see anything except these huge yellow eyes. It doesn't sound that scary but I was like 10 and I couldn't say anything I'm p sure I was about to ****ing die

I try to remember all of the other times but this one just stays glued to my think pan, lol.

 

[tokkio]

I've experienced it twice.. it's really scary.. like, I can hear voices (mostly whispers very very near me) and feel movements in the room but I can't move my body.. I couldn't even open my eyes. It's really terrifying and I hope you guys don't experience it omg

 

[Alienfish]

I've had it a few times, it's so freaking creepy so I'm happy without lol

 

[oath2order]

Sounds scary, glad I don't have it.

 

[Tessie]

Anyone suffer from sleep paralysis?
Your Experience?

I get sleep paralysis every now and then and often. It's mostly due to my weird sleep schedules. The scariest experience I've had yet is hallucinating dark shadows and eerie voices calling my name or shouting at me.

I never experienced it, but my best friend has it every often, and she would tell me she would feel this pressure on her chest like someone would pressing on it, and she would see a dark shadow standing over her, and it would be very scary. I think she mentioned she would hear voices too.

It would give her anxiety going to sleep, but I think she's managing it well. Just know you're not alone! I hope you can get it under control, it seems like an awful thing...

 

[Glake]

I had it several times a week (up to 2-3 times per sleep) from 2013-late summer of this year. I never really had any terrifying hallucinations, mainly because I sleep with both my blankets, and a pillow over my head. I have heard things every time however; sounds usually become really distorted and ambient like, and more than often either I hear voices calling out to me, or voices having discussions with other voices, lol.

I read up a ton about sleep paralysis during the periods I was having it the most (earlier this summer) and pretty much concluded that most of it is really all in your head. I used to get this sharp pain on my ribcages whenever I had an episode, I didn't know why it always occurred, until I remembered that when i was little, my dad would often try and wake me up that way, by trying to tickle me I guess, I hated it, so I suppose it's a natural thing my body expects to feel when it's feeling vulnerable in sleep. As soon as I think to myself "yeah this is just all in my head." The pain stops and either I drift back off to sleep by relaxing, or I enter a state of vibrations/pre-OBE.


Sorry for the wall on text lol, I just love sleep paralysis a lot, it's like going on a journey that you don't even need to take a drug to experience. I have however noticed there are two things I have taken that trigger the episodes. One of which is melatonin, which I took a ton of in 2013. And the other of which is quite odd but, Strawberry puree lmao, the kind they serve at Wendy's. After taking either one, or both, I usually have an episode no matter how intense, or mild.

 

[tamagotchi]

Oh, also, I find It's easier to drain out the noises with music or a fan. I leave my stereo on at night so it never happens anymore. c:

 

[Jeremy]

It only happened to me once in memory, which was a few months ago.

 

[Elise]

I get it occasionally. It actually started when I got really into lucid dreaming a few years ago. I never used the method of lucid dreaming where you intentionally enter sleep paralysis but I started getting it a lot when I woke up and sometimes when I would wake up early in the morning and tried to go back to sleep I would slip into sleep paralysis instead. I stopped lucid dreaming eventually because the sleep paralysis was too much and it started to seriously interfere with my sleeping pattern.

Usually I will see weird things, not be able to move and occasionally hear noises. I have to try to move with all of my energy to get out of it. The weirdest thing I ever hallucinated during sleep paralysis was seeing everything from behind cracked glass.

 

[Margot]

All of your experiences are really interesting and sound terrifying. I have encountered different hallucinations in my experiences. The dark shadow seems to show up more than the others. I had an encounter with a cackling clown, a lizard man with a snake tongue, and a stranger. All of them seem to be taunting and want something from me. I find it helps to wiggle your toe, hand, or any part of your body and you should come out of it soon. What also can help is saying to yourself that this isn't real or even responding to the hallucination or encounter by yelling at them that they aren't real (if you can even move your mouth that is..)

 

[HeyPatience]

It only happens when I have high stress levels because thats the time I usually get a lot of nightmares. Which thankfully isnt all that often because I hate it when it happens >_<

 

[oranje]

I've had nightmares before (although they aren't very frequent, thank goodness), but I've only had sleep paralysis once. It was when I was around 11 or 12. In my dream, I was floating over a moat near a European-style castle. Off in the distance, I could see something grey floating towards me. But as it got closer, I had a feeling of dread and then I realized it was a ghost. The scariest part though was when I thought I woke up in my bedroom and the ghost was there, right in front of my face. I was terrified but I couldn't move. The ghost eventually faded away, kind of like when you see a bright light and you blink a few times and eventually the image goes away. It really spooked me out!

 

[Margot]

I've had nightmares before (although they aren't very frequent, thank goodness), but I've only had sleep paralysis once. It was when I was around 11 or 12. In my dream, I was floating over a moat near a European-style castle. Off in the distance, I could see something grey floating towards me. But as it got closer, I had a feeling of dread and then I realized it was a ghost. The scariest part though was when I thought I woke up in my bedroom and the ghost was there, right in front of my face. I was terrified but I couldn't move. The ghost eventually faded away, kind of like when you see a bright light and you blink a few times and eventually the image goes away. It really spooked me out!

That is extremely interesting. Are you a fan of the paranormal by any chance? I don't want to scare you, but what is the possibility that it could've been a real ghost? o:

 

[oranje]

That is extremely interesting. Are you a fan of the paranormal by any chance? I don't want to scare you, but what is the possibility that it could've been a real ghost? o:

Actually I used to be around the time that it happened. As a kid I used to read all sorts of books about real-life hauntings and cryptozoology. But I personally don't believe in ghosts anymore, mostly because I've never seen them and I found out some interesting scientific stuff on why someone might think that they experienced something paranormal:

Article 1
Article 2

As a kid, I used to think my room was haunted, so ghosts were probably in my subconscious and thus influenced my nightmare.

 

[Margot]

Actually I used to be around the time that it happened. As a kid I used to read all sorts of books about real-life hauntings and cryptozoology. But I personally don't believe in ghosts anymore, mostly because I've never seen them and I found out some interesting scientific stuff on why someone might think that they experienced something paranormal:

Article 1
Article 2

As a kid, I used to think my room was haunted, so ghosts were probably in my subconscious and thus influenced my nightmare.

That is most likely

 

[Cazqui]

I want to experience it so bad so I have more inspiration to write horror stories.