Sleep paralysis, Anyone else gotten it before? Options

[xoxo_proud]

This occurs after waking up or shortly before falling asleep. the person cannot move any body part, cannot speak, and only has minimal control over blinking and breathing. Images or speaking that appear during the paralysis. The person may think that someone is standing beside them or they may hear strange sounds. These may be dreamlike, possibly causing the person to think that they are still dreaming. Often it is reported as feeling a weight on one's chest, as if being underneath a person or heavy object.

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I had a really bad episode a couple of years ago. I heard this gunshot in my ear and I couldn't talk or move at all for almost a minute. It scared me to death. And then a while back I would wake up every night and I couldn't move any part of my body. Sometimes I'd wake up several times in one night and I'd be paralysed. I lost alot of sleep over that but I haven't gotten it in a while.

[queen]

i used to get this a lot, around 3-4 years ago. basically, i wake up not able to move a muscle. i couldn't even talk or scream. i used to be afraid of it, but not anymore 'cause i have a personal technique to get me to "snap out" of it.

also, there are two types of sleep paralysis: one that comes with hallucinations and one that doesn't. i have the latter. i've only had one hallucination in all the times i was paralyzed, and thankfully it wasn't a scary one.

i find it interesting that experts are now looking into sleep paralysis more as an answer to all those alien abduction cases.