Dream or reality? Could not move my body

**AislinKey** · 05-09-2012 11:37 AM

Hi, this as happened to me 2 times, many years ago.
The first time I was sleeping, then I woke up, but still lying in my bed, I could not move my body. Very scary. Back then I never tryed anything on consciousness or other spiritual experiences.

The second time I was about to go to sleep, a person was talking to me and suddenly I could not move my body. I was awake (so I experienced it) but I was like a small soul trapped in a paralized body. I could see the room, everything was not a dream, I was really lying there awake and just could not move.

Did any of you experience something like this? Do you know what it is? I do not think this is a OBE. It is something else, a slitting between body and consciousness I guess. What could have trigged this awful experience?

thanks for your ideas on this!

**littlezoe** · 05-09-2012 11:54 AM

It's called Sleep Paralysis

**shadowofwind** · 05-09-2012 07:14 PM

The basic idea is that you're unable to move your body while sleeping so that you don't hurt yourself. If that condition is still active, but you're awake in the sense of being aware of your spatial/sensate map of your surroundings, then its sleep paralysis. If you move your sense of where you are anyway, even though your body is frozen, then you have an 'out of body' experience. So sleep paralysis is almost an 'OBE', all you have to do is move. It would seem that its 'all in your mind', but there's more too it than that, because other weird and objectively verifiable phenomena can accompany it.

**Radoron** · 05-11-2012 07:13 AM

Yea it's sleep paralysis, and it's nothing to fear. I wake up into it almost daily.

**Radoron** · 05-11-2012 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by shadowofwind

The basic idea is that you're unable to move your body while sleeping so that you don't hurt yourself. If that condition is still active, but you're awake in the sense of being aware of your spatial/sensate map of your surroundings, then its sleep paralysis. If you move your sense of where you are anyway, even though your body is frozen, then you have an 'out of body' experience. So sleep paralysis is almost an 'OBE', all you have to do is move. It would seem that its 'all in your mind', but there's more too it than that, because other weird and objectively verifiable phenomena can accompany it.

I can get obe from SP effortlessly, but when I'm out I have a hard time getting my eyes open.

**Aerotactics** · 05-15-2012 06:12 PM

I have a feeling sometimes when I wake up from a good sleep I can't really feel my body, and I just feel like I'm one with my bed, almost an OBE, Like supreme comfort. And I tell myself not to move and the feeling persists. But then I move slightly and the feeling is lost...does this fit in the SAME category as sleep paaralysis? I can control my body, but It feels better not to. This one I think is all in my head though.

**tsiouz** · 05-25-2012 09:11 PM

normaly that happens when the energy centers are trying to unlock.so the upper part of the brain immobilizes the kinetic centre.Instead of worry when you wake up on this state stay still and try to work with it.if you get shocked by it even better stay in the same position and let your body do its internal process.Don't get terryfied don't worry let it do its thing.