Have you experienced Sleep Paralysis?

[some1ne]

It's pretty weird. It happened to me 2-4 times. The 2nd time it happened, I kinda could control my dreams, the way I like.

EDIT: I think the hallucinations never happened to me. I only had hallucinations once in my life. It was caused by that stupid eye exam eye drop. I was feeling like I was dreaming, and I couldnt remember things very well. the hallucination last one week.

 

[DeadLocked]

No I haven't but I have been waken by loud bangs in the night and not wanted to move out of terror O_O
I'm glad I haven't had hallucinations because after watching paranormal activity my mind always imagines that kind of thing before I go to sleep so I hate to imagine what it would be like if it felt real and I couldn't move.

 

[imshortandrad]

Yeah that happens to me sometimes. I had it a lot more frequently when I was younger, though.

 

[Depravo]

I get it most nights. Hypnagogic (while falling asleep) rather than hypnopompic (while waking up). It's a pain in the arse.

@h0ser81 I've also noticed I'm more prone to it while sleeping on my back. If it happens I roll onto my side and it become less frequent.

 

[iFish]

Nope. i have never.

But sometimes i am to tierd to move but i don't try :/

 

[ChuckBartowski]

Yes i have. and its one of the most frighting things a person could experience. Especially when i didn't know what it was. It has been a long time since ive ever had it happen again, but when i did i was afraid of sleeping after that for a few days...

EDIT: Also, didnt experience halucinations. So i felt completely awake for a few minutes... just not being able to move. One theory i had about why it happened it that the pain medicines i was on in the hospital were causing it. Because it never happened again when i got out.

 

[xalphax]

No, luckily never experienced it.

 

[Rayder]

I experienced this a few times. I didn't hallucinate any weird stuff though, just couldn't move for a minute.

 

[Thoob]

Luckily not, as it sounds pretty scary!

 

[Rhubarb on Fire]

Nope, I'd never even heard of it until I found this topic... but now I'm curious if I'll experience it someday. Something this nerve wracking actually sounds pretty interesting to me. I wonder what it's like to hallucinate? (I'm setting myself up for disaster, aren't I? XD )

 

[mAlvarado]

Yes, and it was very very frighting awake in the midnight and cannot move, say anything or scream

. I had them about 12 years ago. In that time my bed was in front of the window.

The most frighting was when I woke up one night, I was sit on my bed, and saw a white light outside and the silouethe of an allien in the window @_@ I only closed my eyes since after one hour I calm down my self, since then when I woke up and I couldn't move only closed my eyes and try to sleep again

In that time I was under great stress so I guess that was the reason for my sleep paralysis, more than an alien abduction.

But it has been a long long time since I don't have one

 

[harg]

I wish!!!

 

[qlum]

never had it maybe because my body is never paralyzed when sleeping for example I can go to the toilette without waking up or shut down my alarm on the other side of the room I also can answer simple question with an automatic yes without waking up or so I am told since I don't remember anything about it

 

[SilentRevolt]

nope,never have one,imagine that someone does a moonwalk infront of you

 

[Scott-105]

Hmm, I never knew it existed. That is quite interesting though.

 

[camurso_]

Yeah, I've had it. Though I thought it was quite amusing.

Me too. Also I remebered thinking "this must be what a paraplegic person feels when he wants to move his arm/leg and can´t". What I mostly felt was curiosity when I was on that state...

 

[raulpica]

Too often (one or two every few months) for my likings. It FREAKING sucks.

Even if I now know how to snap from it pretty quickly, it's still annoying.

 

[ProtoKun7]

nope,never have one,imagine that someone does a moonwalk infront of you

Either you mean imagine being paralysed while someone else moonwalks in front of you or you're not getting it the right way round.

 

[DunkrWunkah]

I actually induced it upon myself. All you do is hold really still for about thirty minutes. This tricks your body into thinking you're asleep, causing paralysis. You have to hold your breath to "Wake up."

 

[ball2012003]

my friend had this and he said he had an hallucination of two shadowy people whispering in front of him
and he said he was scared as fuck