Sleep paralysis, Anyone else gotten it before? Options

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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.

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I had it like 2x/week for a month and I swear I thought a demon was out to get me. I'd be in bed and I'd wake up to find that I can't move and I can't speak. Then I would feel somebody towering over me, and I could feel the person's breath on my neck and I'd want to scream, but I couldn't. It was the most horrible feeling ever! I was afraid to fall asleep lol

Sleep paralysis is often caused by an irregular sleep-wake schedule, which makes total sense in my case. So for any of you guys looking to get rid of it, set a regular sleeping pattern. Also, now that you know it is sleep paralysis, there are ways that you can combat it if you "slip" into that state again. Try to move your fingers little by little to slowly wake yourself up. It sounds impossible, but trust me, it works. When you are sleeping, your brain immobilizes you (which is why sleepers think they can't move) so that you don't act out your dreams; sleep paralysis occurs when you are waking up from your dream, but your brain hasn't "caught up" yet. By consciously trying to move your fingers, you wake up the other half of your brain that is still asleep.

OR maybe you don't want to come out of sleep paralysis... it can be really scary, but some people have learned to channel it. In the sleep paralysis state, sleepers are able to almost "control" their dream in a sense by just thinking about it. So I guess you could make your sexual fantasies come true :-p