Paralysis and premonition

[ph34rth3ll4m4]

Alright, so, first post. Woo. Uh, premonitioning. I do it all the time, and so does my mother. We will both often 'deja vu'. Anyone else here think that such things might be hereditary? More importantly to me, does anyone here know much about sleep paralysis? I experience it every time I lucid dream on my back, and so I've come to avoid it as much as I can. I will be awake only mentally, not physically, and feel a very heavy weight on my chest. Usually, I will feel very terrified for no apparant reason. Upon my first time experiencing this, I did see something that resembled a face, which scared me to the point of waking me up. Switching beds seems to have helped this. Does anyone else experience sleep paralysis or know where I can find more information on it, or what may cause it?

[_omni_]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

[Nedjma]

Hi, The chest pain, the fear reflex...it sounds like you are doing more than lucid dreaming. and if you can have premonitions (that is access the world of ideas, which is timeless), it is probably because your are on a level a bit higher than those common dreams... I suggest you research the human body's different planes, and how they interact (physical body; psychic body; mental body; astral body etc..) There are 8 of them in total! Good luck!

[ph34rth3ll4m4]

Thanks! (:

[dreamlyn]

What you explain sounds like what I go through sometimes during lucid dreams. It too happens when I am on my back but I do suffer from sleep apnea. The sleep apnea usually triggers a lucid dream as do other things I do.

[Ryden]

Thats pretty textbook sp youre experiencing. The weight on the chest and the face are part of "the hag" phenomena, which has been recorded for centuries. With the ability to LD you will find that sp happens more regularly, because with your mind conscious during REM you greatly increase the chances of it staying conscious while you wake up (the "hypnapompic state) and this is what causes sp. This is not to take a completely scientific standpoint though, if you're prone to premonitions then the sp state can be very usefull for entering/experimenting in many mystical/spiritual states.

[goldengurl]

I have had these and still to this day continue to have them. Don' t like them at all! My first one I think I was 6 years old. I couldn't wake up, scream, talk, move, and there felt like there was a presence around me. I could see around the room , feel that person, or whatever you want to call it, I got the feeling that it was an evil presence... scary. I could hear it breathing and getting close to me, but could nothing. It usually happends when I fall asleep on my back, and only and always when I am alone. I find that to be so weird that it only happens when I am alone. Does anyone else notice that , or is it just me? It doesn't matter what time of day it is ...day or night it happens. I wish there was a way to control them, or prevent them from happening!

[King and God]

I have had that once. It was a horrible experience.

[Prophj]

There is actually a trick to this. This will sound like spiritual hodge podge and is still not entirely excepted by the scientific community as having medical value, but I know it to work. While awake, spend a half hour, a couple of nights a week focusing on your breathing and heart rate. Practice trying to mentally raise and lower your heart rate, as well as, slowing down your inhalation exhalation. They are interlaced. Once you achieve a point where you can mentally increase and decrease your heart rate and breathing, the anxiety from the hag will lessen or diminish completely. This is due to the fact that by raising your heart rate and increasing blood flow to your body your basically turbo charging the muscles with oxygen. This will create minor twitching and increase the rate at which you regain control. After you've learned you can do this, it becomes easier. Moreover, the confidence inspired by controlling the "hag" will often defeat it completely. Takes a bit of practice, but so does lucid dreaming. Believe it or not, some people, myself included actually practice inducing the hag for research. Cheers, Jay

[oleander]

I hope your still on here. I know exactly what you are typing about. Man you are the only one that actually has the same thing. I know what it is like to no someone. I hate when that happens like I have known them before or I am suppose to be where I am. I hope you can help me. I fear it all the time.

[andrewh817]

In my LD's I can feel my legs are still and I could move them and wake up but they feel weightless in the dream. Sometimes when I have a really intense premonition in a dream where something is coming after me and I wake up I am paralyzed for like 5 seconds but I think that's just the transition between the physical and the dream world