Edited by author 04-07-2009 00:09
Hi. I just found out about sleep paralysis today. I thought I was crazy! I am happy to find a natural explanation for my experiences. Is there any way to make it stop? I also was curious to know if olfactory hallucinations accompany the awareness of an 'evil presence'? Last night I clearly smelled sulfur after waking from a dream, or from sleep paralysis, whatever it was. I have it a couple times a month.

Also the next time it happens I want to try and go back into a lucid dream state, any suggestions? Hopefully I can avoid the fear of the event and realize that I can control my fears. I think the fear comes from the lack of control you feel. It's like your naturally thinking you should be able to get up but you just can't, your locked there. I remember thinking, "well if that swishing presence is going to take me now there is nothing I can do about it."

I started getting SP when I was around 19-20, I remember it terrified me the first time it happened. I too believe it can be brought on by periods of stress, depression, and lack of sleep.

Has anyone ever heard swishing sounds like clothes swishing or somebody walking frantically around the bed when SP is occurring? Or the worst is the footsteps, I could swear I hear ominous footsteps coming closer to me, and then I get the strange benevolent sensation that there is a presence standing over me.

At times I have learned to separate myself from this, because when I am in SP, the thought of embracing this kind of experience terrifies me, that is why I often try to work my way of of SP. Thoughts, Comments?

Rappletek,

you wanted to be reasurred that your are back too normal.. thats why I said 'you wrote a post on quick topic' so Im sure you are fine or back too normal.. sorry, maybe I didnt make sense.

as i said from my point of view its impossible, but as i said, it has happened and i have been able to see places and people that i know nothing about, then later describe them to people who happen to know of them or have been there, with in prior information.. so no not rubbish i'm sorry, but its more that i cant explain it

huh? >if u just wrote a post on Quick Topic.. your back buddy.< huh?

Edited by author 27-06-2009 21:07
Rappletek,

if u just wrote a post on Quick Topic.. your back buddy. and Rubbish ?? for somebody who has had SP since the age of 3.. you have never woken up looking down on yourself ?? SP is an altered state of consciousness its mind awake, body asleep.. I get SP every night and wouldnt trade it for Nothing ! Im 26 and like you have had SP since a very young age.. I could teach you how too project your thoughts through the state of SP in one try.. then maybe you wont choose the word.. Rubbish.

Hi all, I've had SP since i was 3 possibly younger (known because I told my parents what had happened and they had no idea what it was but they wrote it down in like a diary thing)

I've suffered from it since, I'm 21 now, and it shows no signs of going away. The SP itself occurs in ebbs and flows, minimum once a month, but often 5-7 nights a week when it picks up.

Originally as a child I found it terrifying, and the only explanation anyone could give me was the spiritual rubbish that would only really fit somewhere in the dark ages. That unfortunately has coloured many of the hallucinations that accompany the SP and does so still. The SP also causes the common feeling of pressure and pain, my description to people is usually that it feels much like being crushed under a big block of metal that has a pulsing electrical charge running through it. Bad SP attacks also leave me in a REM-less sleep for extended periods of time (13-15 hours of sleep) often waking with a terrible headache that can last till the next day
However now as I have grown up it has become a more accepted part of my life, and years ago I did my own research in to narcoleptic states and forms of paralysis along with epilepsy and some less known medical esk things. Which as I talked to people (not medical doctors, I've never wanted to go and see a doctor about it because I cant see how drugs will really help the situation) led me to altered state of concious meditation, and projection, which FYI as a scientific person stuck me and still does strike me as utter rubbish. HOWEVER in the lucid state I have visited many places, seen people I've never met and described them to people who have met them with infallible precession, along with rooms and locations.

MY issue however is this, last night I had 5 SP attacks in a row, each with their own stream of conciousness, hallucinations, and varying degrees of pain and fear. This morning I woke to find that my mind is running in slowdown like a dream like state, I keep forgetting things and have little feeling connecting me to my body (typing this has not been an easy task).
I don't know what I am asking for but I would like someone to reassure me that I will be back to my normal self, please? :/

thank you for your time sorry it was so long

I had a SP several times already, im 24. Last night I had two epizodes almost back to back. The first time it put me in a state of panic; I was scared because i could not move even a toe, and my eyes were closed,and it felt like there were presenses in the room. The saddest thing is that I could not even make a noise to awaken my fiance sleeping next to me. I felt scared and helpless. it lasted about2 minutes. The second time maybe half hour later, I was holding my fiance's hand, and when I got the SP again I still could not even squeeze his hand to feel better.

Well I'll leave you in the hands of Flash, my teacher.

I'm leaving for around 7 weeks. No doubt this board will pick up again, it always ebbs and flows.

Fiz

Edited by author 24-06-2009 06:54
Abbey, who ever else is reading..

You say you suffer from SP... in your opening sentence. I suggest you should Google: Techniques used for Astral Projection through the state of Sleep Paralysis. Or, Lucid Dreaming Techniques through the state of SP. SP is no more then a 'State Of Consciousness' (mind awake / body asleep) that can be used as a Gate Way into Lucid Dreaming and OOBE's. there is nothing too fear or suffer from. when a Monk meditates to achieve 'Enlightenment' the last state of consciousness that the Monk will try too achieve before Enlightenment or Astral Projection is 'Mind Awake / Body Asleep' ... some Monks meditate a life time and never achieve that state of consciousness but you do it every night without even trying... Ya'll should be Happy you gots SP !! :) Listen too Fiz, the techniques he shares with you all are no BS. I no it all sounds crazy but Astral Projection has been taught for thousands of years. and Plus AP and LD is way better then lying there stuck in SP thinking you are gonna die !! anyhow best of luck all :)

Edited by author 24-06-2009 06:55
Fiz, Dr. Fiz... lol

holy shit friend, you have your PHD on SP now...

if people that came too this website just went back a few months or a year on the board and just started reading they would learn all they need too no about SP and all there is too no about SP :)

Just go with the flow its way better.. a Lucid Dreaming GateWay.

Abbey,

No cure I am afraid. I think there may be some drugs - ask your doctor? I don't think they work very well though.

I could plan out some exercises for you if you would like. You will be able to practise them easily since you have SP every night.

I am leaving for 7 weeks a week today so we need to hurry, please reply as soon as you can to these questions.

Do you have any control over your SP?

Have you experienced any "flying" feelings while in SP (also known as OBE - Out Of Body Experience) ?

Can you control your dreams (lucid dreaming)?

Do you exercise?

What is your sleeping pattern (what time you get up, what time you go to bed etc.) ?

The more detail the better. I'll set out a plan for your next few nights if you would like? Quick though as I am leaving the country !

Fiz

I've suffered with sleep paralysis for years now and it just seems to get worse. I was referred to a neurologist about 6months ago, and then i didn't have it for three months, got signed off and now i have it again but even worse! I wake up pretty much everynight aroung 10 times a night with sleep paralysis. I hallucinate, hear things.
I once heard my mum screaming as if i was in trouble, she came in looked at me and walked out, when I had finally come round from my paralysis, I woke her up to find she hadn't been in my bedroom at all. But I swear I saw it happen and I was awake.
Does anyone know if there is a cure for sleep paralysis?

My doctor recommended getting a panic button, how I'm supposed to press it I dont know. Don't think he thought that one through!!!

Deschanel,

You have learnt the finger or toe trick, that's good. It was the first amount of control I ever had and funnily enough I think I was around 15/16 when it happened.

OBEs, lucid dreaming and SP are all linked to each other. Do not worry. It is normal for these things to happen. Don't see it as suffering, be glad you have it. Try and explore lucid dreams more because when controlled they make sleeping one of the best activities.

Do you have any questions on techniques to achieve control or general questions on SP?

Guys i experience something different - i can actually snap out of sleep paraylsis , im not one of those people who wake up and are paralysed i actually try to go to bed then it happens to me , but sometimes i get scared cause i dont know what will happen so i just move my fingers and toes to stop the paralysis and it works! however something else happened as i did my finger and toe trick i drank water went back to bed and my heart started to burn and then my whole body acted very very weird i felt every muscle in my body and my heart was just burning and i was not hallucinating because my eyes were open and i know i was fully aware then i get OBE and i know im hallucinating however its like my mind is stil aware and i know that im not dreaming so as i float i started to see images and hear noises and i think about something and then a see an image of the thing i was thinking about and i just flew into that image and everything went dark and i realised that im now dreaming about something i just thought of i too suffer from lucid dreams and i have just realised that i can control and decide my dreams....i just want to know if any one gets this oh and im 16