Could This Be The Body's Natural Sleep-induction Mechanism?

[Blueman18]

This is kind of hard to describe, but I have an ability to put a unique form of pressure on my body that produces a weird feeling that feels sort of like sleep paralysis. I can do this anytime I want in any part of the day. Sometimes when I do it my body starts tingling like sleep paralysis as well. I tried it this morning after waking up from one of the most lifelike LD's i've ever had. I couldn't get back to sleep though because at that time I'd been sleeping for about 7-8 hours. Anyway I was thinking of trying this technique tomorrow morning, but I don't want to waste my time if it's not gonna work. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about, and can you do it as well? And it is an effective method for inducing sleep or is it a waste of time?

[Man of Shred]

sounds interesting. describe exactly how you accomplish this?

[Blueman18]

ok i think it's called tensing your muscles, i saw it in this thread http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/inde...howtopic=43609 apparently it can be used to induce sleep if you do it the right way also, if you feel yourself beginning to fade into the dream state (all the signs are there) tensing your muscles seems to help get you there faster i'm gonna try it tomorrow morning and post the results

[Blueman18]

it works the best when you feel the symptoms of SP beginning to come it puts you to sleep faster