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Offline StarryShay

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SP: Sleep Paralysis
« on: August 28, 2010, 11:17:28 am »
....or other sleeping problems and disroders!

We have threads about not going to sleep, and why wou can't get to sleep, but we don't have one for what happens during sleep.

Recently, last night hurdur, I experienced sleep paralysis for the first time.
It's really scary and whatever, but is actually a pretty common thing for some people.

I say we share our stories about sleep paralysis, and all of the other wonderful things that go on after you shut your eyes!

Alsoooo, for those of you who have never heard of this, wikipedia is your friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis



The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli (1781) is what was thought to happen in olden days when you had sleep paralysis.
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2010, 11:30:49 am »
I don't know if there's a condition for it, but I get slightly violent in my sleep.... like, I hit people*. o3o



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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2010, 11:33:33 am »
Awww, poor kitty! xD

Yeah, I've never heard about that before, errr:
http://www.sleeping-with-a-sleeping-disorder.com/sleep-violence.html

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2010, 11:40:03 am »
Mine's minor... O.o
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2010, 11:43:25 am »
Hahaha, yeah, I figured. xDDD

Also, I jsut found this video that explains SP pretty well = u =

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7WrASkF2CQ

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2010, 12:28:17 pm »
I've had sleep paralysis several times but the experiences were all so intense and personal that I'd rather not talk about them on a public forum.
But I will say that I've experienced it physically, visually, and audibly.
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2010, 12:32:17 pm »
Yeah, please don't share anything you're not comfortable with.
I'm sorry that it's happened to you in that way.

I've heard that sleeping on your stomache stops it from happening....

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2010, 12:35:10 pm »
I think it's also better to sleep on your side? I remember reading about that when I starting researching it a long time ago P:
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2010, 12:36:43 pm »
Yeah, I read that too, but when it happened last night, I was on my side! ' o '
I'd really like it to happen again tonight, so I can examine it more. o u o

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2010, 12:53:14 pm »
LOL, Shay *shakes head* XD
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2010, 01:00:18 pm »
Well at least you're no longer terrified to go to sleep XD
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2010, 01:11:15 pm »
I've heard that sleeping on your stomache stops it from happening....

This is why I always sleep on my stomach. The few times I happent  ofall asleep on my back weird sleep habits occur (such as moving to a different bed in my sleep, excessive talking, night terrors, etc.)
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2010, 01:28:45 pm »
Maki - Haha, yeah. xD
I have a feeling that once it actually gets dark and I'm about to go to sleep, I'll be a little less brave, lolol.

Dubaby - Ah, that's scary!
I've tried sleeping on my tummy, but I can never breath right. o.e

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2010, 01:33:20 pm »
Eh if I was fully aware and was like in an 'awake' status I would probably freak out but i'm pretty lucid for a good while till i fully wake up unless I adrenaline myself. If this did happen to me i woulda probably been like 'eh... your right body, sleep sounds good.' But yeah I would be freaked out in any situation where I didn't have any control of my body
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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2010, 01:43:57 pm »
Mhm, mhm, it's scary!
It only lasted for like....thirty seconds or so I think.

Oh, and this morning when I woke up, I went to tell my mom and step-dad what happened, and they didn't believe me at all. D:
My step-dad even laughed. >:U
Grr, I want them to have it so they know how I felt.

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2010, 02:41:01 pm »
If I have experienced this I don't recall it happening or it was so brief that I didn't realize that it was happening. It would only freak me out if it lasted for more then 90 seconds, wait that is when I am at home in my bedroom. If this happens to me while I am not at home I would freak out after 15 seconds had pasted.

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Re: SP: Sleep Paralysis
« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2010, 03:19:21 pm »
I can share a little I suppose, because this one's not so bad. ^^
One of the times I had it I couldn't talk or move, etc. I thought I was drugged because I heard voices coming from the back room (although I couldn't make out what was being said) and I was all by myself on the couch waiting for mom to get home from work. I started to focus on moving my big toe and eventually I was able to move again. After that I cautiously checked the back bedroom. Nothing! But you can bet I had a difficult time going back to sleep after that lol.
It really does happen to a lot of people though.
They say that it's common for a person to experience it at least once in their lifetime.
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