Sleep Paralysis

[daz0r]

I was going to continue writing this on joby's fb page, but figured it might be better to move it over here, so as to be less depressing for all the fb socialites

Comments

[kawaii_mon]

Maybe not the act itself unless you end up with high blood pressure, then your heart racing might not be a cool thing. But your impaired judgement due to constant lack of decent sleep may kill you.

[daz0r]

but if your judgment is always impaired due to constant lack of sleep doesn't that mean your normal judgment is already considered impaired... its okay, my judgment is always perfect and I am always right... stop using your communist logic to undermine my judgment

[mystic_plum]

Generally my sleep paralysis happens in the morning where there is light, and I'm like between asleep and awake.

The thing is I get like this pressing pressure only when I close my eyes and fall back to sleep, so I have to constantly stay awake or keep my eyes open.

Once I tried to get someone to wake me up, and used all my strength to knock lightly on the bed stand...

But you feel very helpless when you feel like you can't move...

I heard about these sleep therapy classes or workshops you can take, but that was on catalyst ages ago...maybe they can help...

[daz0r]

Interesting, yes I've read that treating your sleep patterns and the way in which you fall asleep can help to treat this kind of problem, but for me its really difficult to actually place the time and considerable commitment to that kind of program when I really don't think it is affecting me in a terminal kinda way

[darkjoby]

I've had sleep paralysis for a while now. Fortunately I rarely get it these days. One of my most severe episodes occurred when I was in year 12pm and I hallucinated. I basically saw a black man shaped shadow above me and it just felt like there was evil emanating from it. Needless to say, it terrified me and it took weeks of sleeping with the light on and music playing for me to overcome it. This was before I knew what sleep paralysis was. When I found out it was an actual medical condition, it helped me to deal with it so much better, because I could put the "supernatural" aspect of the fear largely behind me, given the rational part of my mind usually gets suspended in this state. I very rarely get it these days and when I do, I tend to grit my teeth and will myself into "knowing" what it is, and overcoming it. I still end up with a racing heart and a paranoid state, but nowhere near as severe. Usually having the presence of someone else close by (ie. Sleeping in the same bed), light or music are comforting enough to come straight