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Sleep Paralysis
2012-04-18 00:57:17
edited 2012-04-18 00:57:17 in Meatspace
Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It occurs when a person passes between stages of wakefulness and sleep. During these transitions, you may be unable to move or speak for a few seconds up to a few minutes. Some people may also feel pressure or a sense of choking.
fuck it
fuck it so much
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I find the idea terrifying. Fortunately it's never happened to me. (And probably never will; after all, I'd have to sleep for that!)
Apparently a lot of people hallucinate hearing or seeing pretty freaky shit when it happens though, which I luckily don't get.
This shit happens to me when I fall asleep in a car. I begin to get slightly panicked too, which you think would wake me up.
This has happened to me twice. The first time was terrifying, although I was facing a wall at the time. Didn't see a thing.
The second time, I knew what was essentially happening, so it was a lot less disturbing. The other difference is that I was facing the opposite direction, right into the middle of my room. What I saw was a large black wolf, bristling and pacing while staring straight at me. It didn't attack, though, and soon enough it faded into the background as my mind caught up to my senses.
Not being able to move is the worst feeling. I freak out a little bit every time.
^^ Yeah, it's common not to contact your totem animal at the first time. He prefers not to appear before you are ready to see him. Brace yourself, for he may speak to you next time, but you don't have to worry over that. He'll tell you what to do.
I seem to have been unlucky with the whole "totem animal" thing, since I got the impression it didn't like me very much and would prefer to feast on my corpse.
He's kinda scary, no doubt, that's the spirit world for ya. But he might've been unsure of your adequacy. I mean, you haven't had a shaman in your family, have you? Anyway, chances are you'll get to know more next time. Just don't rush it, you know, mushrooms are great, but they'll make a mess of your third eye if you don't know what you're doing. But I doubt you would, so saying that just in case.
I've never had visions during sleep paralysis but I do have snakes show up in my dreams a lot.
Nah, I wouldn't worry about it. Being conscious and unable to move for a few minutes is probably better than being conscious and unable to move forever, totally unable to produce any sound or experience any feeling. Your family happens upon you and figures you dead, and you're buried, completely alive but thought to be dead. You slowly waste away due to starvation in a coffin buried a dozen feet underground, unable to tell the people who just condemned you to death that you were alive after all. So cheer up, bud!
Really glad this doesn't happen to me. I'm lucky enough that I can sleep soundly in a lot of places.
Only happened to me once. The dream involved me plugging my iPod to my air conditioner to listen to Kubrick's latest single: 2001 and beyond: The Story of a Man who Raps His Way Into A Monolith.
I knew what it was, though, so I wasn't entirely annoyed and just went along with it cuz i knew i'd be able to move soon.
Your dreams make too much sense.
It's an issue I've had to deal with since I was a child.
Happens to me around once a month -- less often than it used to. With a few (very disturbing) exceptions, for the most part I've gotten used to it and just sit there twiddling my metaphorical thumbs in irritation until my body decides to wake up.
It's happened to me a few times before. Everytime it does, I swear I see something wrap its arms around me.
How are we supposed to know if this even happens to us? Am I the only person here who can't remember what happens before he goes to sleep any more than he can remember his dreams?
It normally happens after you sleep.
Oh. Thanks for clearing that up. :P
Well, no, I don't think it's ever happened to me. A lot of the time I can't get out of bed for an hour after I actually wake up, but that's just my own laziness.
It's never happened to me, and I sure hope it doesn't. I never let myself sleep on my back if I can help it, though, for other reasons.