sleep paralyzed while awake?!
Question: Sleep paralyzed while awake?
- one day i slept on the couch and found my self sleep paralyzed (Unable to move), I Saw the place around me turning Yellow and I Saw many helicopters shooting at me from the Windows.
- Their is another sleep paralyze I had, I Couldn't move and i didn't see any thing scary (I saw ever thing around me thought), but my brain seems to give me an idea about a Dream (For example, I seem to semi-hear 2 people talking, more like a Dream being formed inside my brain).
I Get more like those at rare times, it seems to happen when I have a strong feeling of sleeping while being exhausted. its no thing dangerous or scary (Except that its scary once i leave my self sleep paralyzed) , I can easily wake my self up since i got used to it,
Why is this happenning to too many people (including me) and why do people see things while sleep paralayzed? and why are the Dreams often scary (I don't even watch too much scary movies)?
Answers:
When you're in a state of sleep paralysis, the brain resorts to its raw subconscious. It reacts on instinct and on what's been "programmed" to do, usually taking things from past memories and using it in the same situation. I wouldn't doubt that because you're panicking in your past experiences with sleep paralysis, it's taking that and making you have the same feeling.
I was able to control my dreams. I practiced lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis is a natural thing to experience during this. Eventually, I was able to program my subconscious to act accordingly in those situations. Stay calm, and know that it'll pass in a few seconds. When you panic, it'll take things from your memory that have also caused panic and thus, people see scary illusions and things. But when you're calm . . . it's the same thing. The last time it happened to me, it was actually quite pleasant. XD Everything was all purple, there were butterflies fluttering across my room, spiders were weaving beautiful, intricate webs, and I just watched in utter fascination. It all subsided eventually.
Another thing to do in that situation is to just focus on one part of your body. Don't start thinking, "OMG MY WHOLE BODY CAN'T MOVE, AH OMG THIS DEMON IS HOLDING ME DOWN, I CAN'T BREATH HURGHHHHH--!!" just think, "Let's start with the fingers . . ." and you'll be just fine! 8D Sometimes you "break" out of position like you're breaking from chains. It's a pretty empowering feeling, lolo.
Anyway, in conclusion, people experience panic because they can't move, so they see images that are connected to the feeling of panic, causing them to panic even more. People see images in the first place because they're still half-asleep when it happens.
1. Don't be scared.
2. Explore it. Use it as a venture?
I think.
Sleep paralysis is closely related to REM atonia, the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs either when falling asleep, or when awakening. When it occurs upon falling asleep, the person remains aware while the body shuts down for REM sleep, and it is called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis. When it occurs upon awakening, the person becomes aware before the REM cycle is complete, and it is called hypnopompic or postdormital. The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes "by which the individual may experience panic symptoms.
As far as dreams go if i become even remotely aware that im dreaming then i seem to be able to control my dreams.
Wikipedia
During sleep paralysis, you experience hallucinations and sometimes, delusions. It's nothing to do with psychosis. It's caused by a stage of sleep which makes the person able to see (they can open their eyes and look round the room and KNOW where they are) but they are completely paralysed and unable to move. It doesn't mean the person is mentally ill or becoming so. It can happen to absolutely anybody at any time and the cause is unknown although it is understood that stress and anxiety are big triggers.
Despite being able to see, they are still asleep and cannot choose to wake up to snap out of the episode - nor can they choose to go into a deeper stage of sleep to overcome it that way.
I suffer from sleep paralysis and see flashing lights, hear voices and noises and experience sensations like spinning, rolling, falling, pressure on my body like somebody is touching me or moving round the bed. All these hallucinations look, feel and sound completely real and at the time, I am unable to tell that I am hallucinating.
Don't try to wake yourself up during an episode of sleep paralysis. You are more likely to get frustrated which may make it worse. Just try and relax into it and you are more likely to go into a deeper more peaceful stage of sleep. If you can, tell yourself soothing thoughts, like 'its just a stage of sleep - I'm safe in bed and this will pass. When I wake up everything will be ok.'
When you dream normally, at the time you might not know you're dreaming but when you wake up, you know that everything that's just happened in your dream wasn't real and during a dream, if you HAVE to wake up you can and will. During sleep paralysis, you can't.
The mind works in some amazing - and some very frightening ways, at times.