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Sleep Paralysis four times in the same night
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melichrous
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Pretty lucky to never have experienced this I guess. Worst I've had was a recurring nightmare every couple of days for about 3 months, which was bad enough 
That, and those crazy falling dreams which always seems to result in me catapulting myself out of my bed in my sleep.
That, and those crazy falling dreams which always seems to result in me catapulting myself out of my bed in my sleep.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I'm sorry but I LOLed at the thread title. I go through it myself, but four times?
Shiieeettttt! You need exorcism or something.
I feel your pain, bro.
Shiieeettttt! You need exorcism or something.
I feel your pain, bro.
Canis lupus
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I'm feeling you OP. Sleep paralysis is one of the scariest thing ever. How did you have 4 in 1 night? When I had one I could not sleep because I was so scared.
SugarDaddy
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I think I've had an experience like this once. I remember not being able to move, and seeing some sort of demonic figure a few feet away staring at me. It was super creepy. I woke up covered in sweat and it felt like my heart was going to explode out of my chest. I ended up just turning on the TV and eventually fell asleep.
To the OP: I feel for you man, four times in one night is crazy.
edit: They're actually quite intriguing, I wonder what causes them
To the OP: I feel for you man, four times in one night is crazy.
edit: They're actually quite intriguing, I wonder what causes them
lawlohwhat
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I've felt the 'demon' hovering over me once before, though it was more of a female figure, like a witch. Also experienced high pitched screeching in my left ear as well as being lifted over my bed and thrown down in other episodes.
Only happens when I sleep on my back.
Only happens when I sleep on my back.
The Atticus
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wiggle your toes
it helps
it helps
How About No
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I had a fever when I was 7-8, and when awake in bed, I began to imagine the toys scattered on my floor as debris floating on the ocean and I was witnessing some sort of pirate adventure.
Uhhh...not sure if that's what the OP means, I should look this up.
Uhhh...not sure if that's what the OP means, I should look this up.
Chittagong
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Definitely comes from sleeping on the back. Thank god mine didn't involve any hallusinations, just being paralyzed was shitty enough.
SquiddyCracker
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Just don't go back to sleep.
I'm an expert (sleep paralysis on a daily (nightly) basis).
I'm an expert (sleep paralysis on a daily (nightly) basis).
Spiritreaver
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I too get sleep paralysis all the time, I feel you OP. I mostly get it when I'm forced to sleep on my back, say in a car or on a plane. The worst part for me is the breathing, as I have no control over it and it often feels like I'm going to suffocate while some evil thing gets to me. I've gotten very good at getting myself awake, it just takes a lot of energy/effort. I've even gotten myself to "talk" during it, but it's mostly just me mumbling (though I know it can be heard by people around me).
But yeah, as others have said, sleep anywhere but your back, stomach is best for me. Wake up for a bit, do something else, then go back to sleep.
And if you ever have to travel and sleep. Good luck.
But yeah, as others have said, sleep anywhere but your back, stomach is best for me. Wake up for a bit, do something else, then go back to sleep.
And if you ever have to travel and sleep. Good luck.
Mechanical Snowman
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Fever dreams are usually extremely vivid and sometimes lucid, I think you just had a lucid dream.
When I am ill and I sleep, it often feels like I have dreamed the whole night and I can remember conversations and details really vividly, but the subject is almost always distressing.
Heh it's really funny in my dreams I often incorporate the ceiling fan, and it morphs into some kind of monster. I don't get the sleep In the back problem because for me is the opposite, like you.
Vulcano's assistant
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Super pesky when the dream is actually about you trying to get up your bed because you are late, but you can't.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I get it when I go awhile without enough sleep or I'm really stressed about something. Sometimes I will "wake up" and try to get out of bed. It's like I'm moving in super slow motion and it's very realistic. Then I wake up and I'm back in bed. Scary stuff.
Vulcano's assistant
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This is what I'm talking about.
LOL
Holy shit this happened to me once. It was fucking terrifying the first two times, then by the last time (about half an hour later than the first time) I was just really annoyed that I was being attacked by some invisible demon at 4 am (each time I hallucinated that I was being pinned down by something invisible while there were loud screeching sounds/freaky ass whispering in my ears). Needless to say, I couldn't sleep back properly after that. I experience sleep paralysis regularly, and it happens to me whether I sleep on my side or my back. Shit sucks.
It really does suck. It always saps all my energy whenever it happens to me for some reason.
It really does suck. It always saps all my energy whenever it happens to me for some reason.
I've had experiences with sleep paralysis for over a decade. I found that it usually comes from me drinking anything really caffeinated less than an hour or so before I go to sleep or if I sleep on my back. It always seems to bother me when people mention sleep paralysis in threads about times they've been "most frightened," since I never really have gotten scared from it. I've seen the cloaked figures around my bed, and other weird hallucinations, but even in this "lucid" state, I still realize it isn't real. I quickly learned the trick to snap myself out of it. The first few times, I tried fighting it like lexi did, but it only made it worse. Now, I just try to calm myself down/slow my heart rate. After usually 10 seconds or so I regain full control over my limbs.
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It's pretty terrifying. I've always gotten it while sleep on my stomach.
Count Dookkake
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My last sleep paralysis episode involved a giant version of Freddy stomping around my home.
I had some sort of enchanted bow with which I was to kill him, but it was too heavy to lift. All the while I could hear these booming footsteps and occasionally see him outside my bedroom door.
it's not really an enjoyable thing. it feels more like a body malfunction than a trip. i've never had any of the hallucinations, though.
DeathGlobe
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Had this through out my child hood now at this point 25 now I can do this on will when I lay down and goto sleep
Evolution_1ne
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Easystride
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I remember I had an episode of sleep paralysis my freshman year where my college dorm roommate was approaching me with his crowbar, possibly to kill me. He did actually have a crowbar, too. Terrified me.
Magicpaint
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I might have had this as a child. I used to have nightmares in general a lot, but I do remember some dark cloaked thing inching closer to me when I wanted to wake up but then I can't move and I'm somewhat frozen in fear.
Don't think I've experienced it after, thankfully, but reading the OPs experience sounds hella rough. :\
Don't think I've experienced it after, thankfully, but reading the OPs experience sounds hella rough. :\
Wow that's rough.
It's been a while since I had it myself now.
Never had it happen more than twice in one night though...
From my experiences it tends to happen more often when something is going on in your life that causes you major stress, wether you realise it or not.
Surgery certainly could be a huge factor here.
After a while I just got used to it and found it even funny, although when it happens you certainly don't realise it's not really happening.
Weird to explain.
It's been a while since I had it myself now.
Never had it happen more than twice in one night though...
From my experiences it tends to happen more often when something is going on in your life that causes you major stress, wether you realise it or not.
Surgery certainly could be a huge factor here.
After a while I just got used to it and found it even funny, although when it happens you certainly don't realise it's not really happening.
Weird to explain.
Sadly that doesn't make a difference. I always sleep on my side.
Yes, that's the mildest form. I think most people have had this.
I've had a mild version of the hallucinating type. In addition to not being able to move, I heard zombie like sounds and feet dragging towards my bed, then fairly intense pressure on my chest area for a while before I woke up and googled what this thing is.
GotEmRunnin
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Most likely a succubus. You must be lusting after someone and thinking about them all the freaking time. Gotta stop thinking about the sex all the time. At least that's what the old ladies down in Charleston SC say. Or it could be a witch, anybody hate you enough to put a curse on ya?
There are actually preachers back in South Carolina that have radio infomercials claiming to specialize in the removal or hexes, curses, demons attached to you, etc,. Can't say I believe it all but I do know that burning Frankincense and Myrrh can give your home a more soothing relaxing vibe. Might wanna try that. That's one thing I did take from the good folks and family back home in SC.
EDIT - To those who are willing to try them I have many more things I was told and taught growing up in the back woods of South Carolina that can "help" you when dealing with beings from the non-physical plan, or as my grandmother calls it -"da unda wurld"
I get sleep paralysis a lot when I'm laying in bed half-tired. Like I zone out, and it starts up, and i fight it away, and then i just zone out and again and it comes right back. It's scary when it happens, but it's happened so much to me now, that I know subconsciously it's nothing to be deadly scared of, but still too scary to just let it be there.
SeriousApes
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Do sleep paralysis dreams always take place where you went to sleep?
Because I had one dream where I was lying on the stairs and I couldn't move. Then a giant centipede started crawling all over me and I tried to call for help, but my voice was gone.
Because I had one dream where I was lying on the stairs and I couldn't move. Then a giant centipede started crawling all over me and I tried to call for help, but my voice was gone.
Vulcano's assistant
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I haven't had a *demon* dream hallucination, but this lady paid me a visit once following surgery:
She nodded at me and then faded away. It was just as bad as a demon visit because she was animated in that scary hyper-realistic way as in the movie.
Did you wake up hard as wood?
For some reason most hallucinate of freaky shit their first few times but you'll get use to it, and it becomes more tame, at least for me after experiencing it a lot, now it's just usually stuff hovering above me and other weird sensation but still uncomfortable and forces me to get up and take a break or I'll keep getting them over and over.
mugurumakensei
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When I have episodes, I almost always get stuck in a loop.
as an update, I slept much better last night, but still experienced weirdness. I also took a Xanax before going to bed, which I had been taking previously when I was in hospital and slept fine then, so figured why not.
Basically I still had hallucinations but they were more... well, not scary or anything. Both hallucinations I had involved my vision being like a heads up display, like the T-1000. After waking up this morning my vision seemed 'choppy' as if the framerate was low or something., as if my body was a computer starting up. Super weird but also kinda cool. I'll see how I go tomorrow
Basically I still had hallucinations but they were more... well, not scary or anything. Both hallucinations I had involved my vision being like a heads up display, like the T-1000. After waking up this morning my vision seemed 'choppy' as if the framerate was low or something., as if my body was a computer starting up. Super weird but also kinda cool. I'll see how I go tomorrow
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
Damn, did you drink enough water, or not enough? Shit... I usually WILL the sleep paralysis away, but 4 times tonight? Holy molly, I would guess your MP gauge would have been depleted after the third.
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