is sleep paralysis real life? [gif]

[Staberella]

What if I told you they are actually demons.

They're not. It's a fukked up chemical imbalance and the reason for any hallucinations is your body when in a state of paralysis fears the worst and panic induces the hallucinations.

[Mwizzle]

What if I told you they are actually demons.

go on...

[Celsus]

I get it like once a month and im about to teach u brahs how to escape it 100% srs.

First... tell yourself you are just going to just lay there in your head and 10 seconds later, use every single amount of strength and make a sudden burst movement. Works all the time.

This might work for some, but not for me.

I have tried this several times, and I am simply not strong enough. I seriously try to pull my hands up as hard as I can, but they barely move, there's some kind of a force stopping them

[lethalandcruel]

I think its just something the Misc made up. Kinda like a meme.

lol wut,google it

I wanna experience this

Creful what you wish for...

[Celsus]

go on...

Nah, bro, supernatural stuff does not go well on MISC. Let's just pretend what Starbella said is true.

[rbdbikes]

yes it does, just dont open your eyes and laugh at everything

[Staberella]

This might work for some, but not for me.

I have tried this several times, and I am simply not strong enough. I seriously try to pull my hands up as hard as I can, but they barely move, there's some kind of a force stopping them

What I do these days is just let it ride, it's not easy since it does feel so very bad but I have learned to just induce myself back into sleep mode. Basically you learn to ignore it. The only times it bothers me is when I get the damn someone is tickling me feeling which is probably a damn back itch.

[J_A24]

What if I told you they are actually demons.

Can you please elaborate on this, I'm really curious to know this theory.

[onemoresi]

I know these feels bro.

I get it when I'm very tired, usually from not enough sleep. It's commonly induced when you fall asleep on your back.

It''s due to a disconnect between brain and body. Your brain is awake but your body isn't.

[BlueNinjaGo]

I've had it happen a few times. Hard to remember since I was mostly in a dream state.

The last time was a few weeks ago. I could have sworn I heard someone in the other room when no one else was supposed to be in the house. I tried to wake myself up, but couldn't get passed 10% awake. I tried to yell to ask who was there, couldn't make a sound. Tried getting up but couldn't move. Kept going back and forth between barely conscious and asleep. Not awake enough to even know what was going on.


Terrible feeling. Srs

[Celsus]

What I do these days is just let it ride, it's not easy since it does feel so very bad but I have learned to just induce myself back into sleep mode. Basically you learn to ignore it. The only times it bothers me is when I get the damn someone is tickling me feeling which is probably a damn back itch.

That's what I have been doing as well, basically when my eyes open, I just close them and hope that it all goes away, which it does. But it can vary from seconds to minutes, seriously.

There have been times where I have woken in this state, and I am just pissed as fuk because I know what's going on, and I just want to go back to sleep.

[Staberella]

WebMD explanation of how sleep paralysis works.

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders...leep-paralysis

[Celsus]

I've had it happen a few times. Hard to remember since I was mostly in a dream state. The last time was a few weeks ago. I could have sworn I heard someone in the other room when no one else was supposed to be in the house. I tried to wake myself up, but couldn't get passed 10% awake. I tried to yell to ask who was there, couldn't make a sound. Kept going back and forth between barely conscious and asleep.

Terrible feeling. Srs

Fuuuuuuuuk, this reminds me of one time where I was scared to death and I kept yelling "MOM! MOM!!!!!" as LOUD as I could, but all that came out of my mouth was whispering, it was absolutely horrifying. I think it felt like something was on my chest

[suave2000]

Happens to me at least once a month, it can be either bizarre or horrible. Once you get used to it you can snap out of the trance pretty quickly. It's not that bad actually.

The mild experiences range from hearing someone laugh calmly or hearing random sounds. The worse experience for me was when once there was this "girl" with muddy hair covering her face sitting on my chest, she then opened my mouth and began pulling my teeth, i actually felt the pain vividly until i snapped out of the trance.

[atto]

I went to sleep one night and began having a dream where I opened my eyes and was still laying in bed. Then, I dreamed that a rat was on my pillow and was running around my head and across my neck. I could feel its fur and its feet moving around, and I was trying hard to scream, but nothing would happen. I was struggling to get up (in my dream) but all of my muscles were paralyzed, almost as if I was buckled to the bed. I also felt as if my body had hundreds of pounds on top of it. Throughout the ordeal I was in a twilight zone where I was half-asleep/half-awake.

It was truly horrible.

[Sergis]

you always get paralyzed when you sleep lest you act out your dreams and run into a wall

trick is, you're not exactly supposed to be awake and paralyzed at the same time

[Devaster]

focus on moving your toes, sometimes it helps "unlocking" your body faster

[BlueNinjaGo]

focus on moving your toes, sometimes it helps "unlocking" your body faster

The few times I can remember, I don't think I was awake enough to focus on anything. It's like watching a movie in a way. Never awake to comprehend. Especially considering I didn't know sleep paralyses was a thing.

[dryst]

I think its just something the Misc made up. Kinda like a meme.

will rep the miscers that drew/painted these

[Ferios]

Used to happen to me all the time. Hasn't happened since I started sleeping on my stomach. I never had visions of monsters coming after me. I would just lay there, not being able to move, stuck in a half sleep half awake state.

There was actually one time I was scared out of my mind when it happened. I had just finished reading a book about alien abductions and in the book they talk about the smell of the ships. They say it smells like ionized air. Well I had just had an air cleaner installed in my houses AC and I woke up paralyzed to the smell of ionized air. I seriously thought I was done for.

[Softworn]

Yes, it feels like you're falling but can't wake up. Your limbs just lock, and you get stiff.

It's like being stuck at the end of a nightmare.

It really sucks. You can't even force your eyes open.

If it's really bad, it will repeat like 2 or 3 times -- keep falling back asleep and getting paralyzed in a falling feeling.

[ThePelican]

Sleep Paralysis crew checking in. Sleeping on my side or stomach does nothing to prevent it from happening for me. I literally fight my body trying to snap back into "awake mode" every time I feel myself falling into a sleep paralysis; you never get used to it.

You can get used to it. I had it happen to me basically everyday for two weeks a couple of summers ago. I just lay in bed staring at the ceiling trying to move for a few minutes.

[BillyBlackwell]

It happens to me occasionally. And exploding head syndrome. Sometimes I'm so half and half that I have to "will" my body to move. Now I really don't give a fck about it and pretty much think everything is just a hallucination. Probably gonna suck once someone actually breaks in and I'm like "sup"

[anoosbrah]

never had lucid dream or sleep paralysis. barely even dream feelsbatman

[Mesteren]

yes, it is very real, happened to me quite a few times now, it's seriously one of the most horrifying experiences. You just lay there like u are in some kind of coma, ur brain is semi functioning so u feel awake but u cant move a muscle, although u are trying with all ur strenght but nothing happens. It's one of the most intense experiences wouldn't wish it on anyone. First time it happened i got so freaked out that i didnt sleep for the rest of the night, now im more or less used to it. Usually when it happens, i turn on the light for the rest of the night, as if i was 5 years old but seriously, it's horrifying.

It's strange u dont know any1 who has tried it, has happened to quite a few of my friends aswell. Happened to my roomie a few weeks ago, he got so freaked out that he went into my room and woke me up lol

[J_A24]

will rep the miscers that drew/painted these

[firechip]

Never happened to me. But brother sleeping in same room. He woke me up by making ghosts noises. Sounded like uhh uhh. He was trying to yell for help but couldn't talk. He said he saw a shadow man

[BillyBlackwell]

yes, it is very real, happened to me quite a few times now, it's seriously one of the most horrifying experiences. You just lay there like u are in some kind of coma, ur brain is semi functioning so u feel awake but u cant move a muscle, although u are trying with all ur strenght but nothing happens. It's one of the most intense experiences wouldn't wish it on anyone. First time it happened i got so freaked out that i didnt sleep for the rest of the night, now im more or less used to it. Usually when it happens, i turn on the light for the rest of the night, as if i was 5 years old but seriously, it's horrifying.

Those feels...

[Godfrd824]

I get it sometimes, I just wiggle my big toe, Kill Bill style.

[Answer1o1]

That chit happens to me every now and then. I've found a trick to kick out of it or do as I please. This also works in any dream you have. Anytime I have a dream or sleep paralysis I try to remember to look at my palms within the dream/paralysis. Once I do this (If I'm able to) I am in complete control of the dream/paralysis. It's fuarkin trippy at first, but once you get used to it it's amazing man. You can literally do whatever you want in that 'state of mind'. My friend told me about that chit years ago brahs srs it works.