What to do after sleep paralysis

[nitro18]

Ok, I have been doing the Wake-back-to-bed (WBTB) technique. The only problem is that I don't know what to do after I attain sleep paralysis. I can do that fairly easy but after that I am lost as what to do. Help?

[Barns]

Once you are in S.P. you will find it very easy to enter a lucid if you just think about the scene.

[The 9 Songs]

Once you are in S.P. you will find it very easy to enter a lucid if you just think about the scene. So, basically, you want to get paralyzed, watch the HI, get something to be physical and step into the dream? What happens if you don't see HI?

[Barns]

You don't technically need HI. If there is none then don't worry, you may still WILD anyway.

[Lu¢idityy]

I was dreading last night. After my SP that is. I was awake just lay there like "Bring it SP, i'll deal with this." In the end no SP came. Shame, i was kinda hoping to go WILD style.

[Barns]

I was awake just lay there like "Bring it SP, i'll deal with this." In the end no SP came Maybe you were trying too hard. That can happen quite easily.

[nitro18]

I did try it last night and I was thinking if I was trying to hard. I did not know if it was possible to but now I actually know. Thanks. So as I understand it, once I acheive SP you then think about the environment you want to be in and it will eventually allow to to enter it. Is having SP while having your eyes open considered the same thing?

[Lu¢idityy]

SP is pretty much you entering a dream. Whats going on around you in a SP is mostly what will be in the dream.

[Barns]

I did try it last night and I was thinking if I was trying to hard. I did not know if it was possible to but now I actually know. Thanks. So as I understand it, once I acheive SP you then think about the environment you want to be in and it will eventually allow to to enter it. Is having SP while having your eyes open considered the same thing? Hmmn. I'd advise you try to shut your eyes if you can. But I don't really know.

[nitro18]

No, don't get me wrong, my eyes were indeed shut for a good 30 - 45 minutes maybe even longer. I think I wasn't tired enough to fall asleep. Another question would be canI fall asleep with the blanket over my face and still have a lucid dream or does that have nothing to do with it?

[Barns]

No, don't get me wrong, my eyes were indeed shut for a good 30 - 45 minutes maybe even longer. I think I wasn't tired enough to fall asleep. Another question would be canI fall asleep with the blanket over my face and still have a lucid dream or does that have nothing to do with it? I don't think it would make a difference unless it blocked your breathing or something. You may find that there is something constantly on your face in the dream though.

[nitro18]

I don't think it would make a difference unless it blocked your breathing or something. You may find that there is something constantly on your face in the dream though. What do you mean by something constantly on your face? An experience I had about last year around this time, I didn't even know of lucid dreaming at the time, but I woke up, rolled onto my back, after a minute or two my body became forzen and my eyes were still open, no closing of them whatsoever. I was scared because I couldn't move obviously and I didn't know what in the world was going on. So from what I read if i were to have shut my eyes I could have lucid dreamt? Or was myself being frightend keeping that from happening?

[Lu¢idityy]

basically like someone sat on ur face just the only example i can give

[Barns]

An experience I had about last year around this time, I didn't even know of lucid dreaming at the time, but I woke up, rolled onto my back, after a minute or two my body became forzen and my eyes were still open, no closing of them whatsoever. I was scared because I couldn't move obviously and I didn't know what in the world was going on. So from what I read if i were to have shut my eyes I could have lucid dreamt? Or was myself being frightend keeping that from happening? You could have done a WILD if you had tried. And yes, your fear was keeping you awake. basically like someone sat on ur face just the only example i can give Yeah LOL something like that.

[nitro18]

Okay, so, the other night I woke around say 430 in the morning. I had my alarm set for 630. I could not fall back alseep for some reason, and around 515 I rolled over on my side. Before I knew it, I think I was having sleep paralysis. I could not move, open my eyes, anything, but I knew I was sleeping. I have no idea how the next event was triggered. I started to become afraid because my face was open and I thought there was a girl like from the Grudge in front of me, but I eventually calmed myself down. The next thing that came was a pulsing static sound, which was very loud at that. I started seeing white shapes, as in lines, boxes, as if I were rubbing my eyes for a very long time. It also felt like I was being rotated upside down, or being dizzy. Than everything just stopped. I remembered reading on here that you had to imagine what you wanted to be dreaming about after you experienced some event identical to mine. The big thing with me is flying, soo I imagined I was flying but instead I got a very clear picture of two robots taking down a white pillar and replacing it with a gold pillar. I wanted to experience flying so I continued to think about that. The last thing before I woke up was hearing a canopy's (fighter aircraft) electric motor and eventually sealing itself with no image whatsoever. So what happend to me? Did I experience a transition into some other state of mind?

[shotbirds]

I don't get why some people experience scary things because that's never happened to me o.O. Sometimes i don't even get HI. The way SP works with me is I feel pain in my head/neck, I go paralyzed, then bam i feel unparalyzed and no pain and that's when I know I'm in a dream. But i also 'wake up' in my bed in the position I was in in waking life. I'd say just lay there and don't worry or try to make the dream before you're in it. Just think about being able to feel your dream body, you'll know it when it happens. Then do a RC ^_^