Thread: Entering SP - Questions for the experienced

What is the fastest you have ever entered SP?
Do you normally enter SP that quickly?
If so, what is it that you do to enter SP that fast?
Anything else you'd like to add? (:

I'm very familiar with SP and can induce it to some extent, but I'm just hoping for a bit more information and tips.

Thanks,
Moose

Happens to me naturally, and it´s pretty uncomfortable. I hallucinate and it takes like a minute for me to get out of it. It´s an interesting experience but to be honest if I had a choice I would prefer not to enter SP anymore.

I suppose I'm not terribly experienced, but I can regularly get to SP when trying to WILD, just not actually WILD. Other times I've experienced it quite naturally, as I tend to think constantly as I try to go to sleep, hence my mind tends to be awake when I get to that point more than it should be. I can give you the info you ask for, but take it with a grain of salt in that it regularly takes me 2+ hours per night to go to actual SLEEP. Considering that, based on what I know, the fastest I've willfully induced it trying to wild is 15 minutes after having been asleep for 5 hours and getting up to eat. The fastest on trying to WILD when going to bed for the first time in a night is 1.5 hours. The fastest naturally is right around 2 hours. Hope that's useful.

Originally Posted by Leixor

I suppose I'm not terribly experienced, but I can regularly get to SP when trying to WILD, just not actually WILD. Other times I've experienced it quite naturally, as I tend to think constantly as I try to go to sleep, hence my mind tends to be awake when I get to that point more than it should be. I can give you the info you ask for, but take it with a grain of salt in that it regularly takes me 2+ hours per night to go to actual SLEEP. Considering that, based on what I know, the fastest I've willfully induced it trying to wild is 15 minutes after having been asleep for 5 hours and getting up to eat. The fastest on trying to WILD when going to bed for the first time in a night is 1.5 hours. The fastest naturally is right around 2 hours. Hope that's useful.

Thanks for the input. (:

hi I SUFFER from SP nearly every night and i find that if you lie on your back then you are really likely to get in. just be prepared for possible panic attacks like I do . also, if the occasion arises that you need to get out of SP try moving your tongue. good luck

Originally Posted by Sparkeycat

hi I SUFFER from SP nearly every night and i find that if you lie on your back then you are really likely to get in. just be prepared for possible panic attacks like I do . also, if the occasion arises that you need to get out of SP try moving your tongue. good luck

How long does it take you to get into SP though? And what exactly do you do besides just laying on your back? I can almost induce it myself in about a half hour, but I'm just looking to see if you or any others have any extra tricks to help me induce it further.

I suffered from SP throughout my teen years into my twenties. Finally they just stopped on their own, for which I was grateful. To me they were always very terrifying. Not being able to move any part of my body while consciously awake was frightening.

I'm not certain how you would go about creating it voluntarily - or what benefits you are searching for, however, what worked for me to come out of it was by wiggling my toes - if I could.

I do agree that they are more frequent sleeping on your back. Maybe that's why I now sleep on my sides.

Originally Posted by Juedz

I suffered from SP throughout my teen years into my twenties. Finally they just stopped on their own, for which I was grateful. To me they were always very terrifying. Not being able to move any part of my body while consciously awake was frightening.

I'm not certain how you would go about creating it voluntarily - or what benefits you are searching for, however, what worked for me to come out of it was by wiggling my toes - if I could.

I do agree that they are more frequent sleeping on your back. Maybe that's why I now sleep on my sides.

Benefits? Well for starters, more lucid dreams! With SP being easier to induce, I'll be able to have more WILDs.
Personally I find SP very interesting, even if there are some freaky noises at times (my first experience was horrifying).
Sleep paralysis is a part of going into the REM stage of sleep so your body doesn't act out the dreams you're having; you could've gone through the paralysis and into a lucid dream so many times.
I envy you.

Hi Anonymoose,

I envy you. If I had had access to the wealth of information on the web years ago, I might have understood the opportunity better. As it was, without knowing what was happening - it was very frightening.

These episodes began when I lived with my grandmother for a while. My grandfather, whom I was very close to, had passed away, and the first time I experienced one I remember seeing his face in the dresser mirror. I wasn't quite sure it was him, but over the years, as I recall that situation, I am more and more convinced it was him. I had put a picture of him under my mattress - which I had forgotten about til it was found years later after my grandmother passed.

These SP episodes continued for well over 10, maybe even 15 years. I often had several in one night, one after another. I was always afraid to open my eyes, after that first experience. Very tense.

Perhaps it is the resurgence of my interest in lucid dreaming that will open this up for me again. Perhaps, now knowing that it is an opening to lucid dreaming - or maybe even a personal message or contact with my grandfather, may help if it does occur again and I won't be so frightened by it.

I have always felt, however, that it must have been because I had an internal struggle with my conscious beliefs and my subconscious mind. (Not doing what the "good book" says I should be. Coming to terms with my own belief system. Anything that might be considered "super-natural" was definitely taboo!)

Although I haven't experienced one in several years - I still have sporadic episodes. If I do have one again, I'll relax - keep my eyes open - and see what happens. You clarified the opportunity - thanks.

Judy