Oh, and then, when I actually wake up, I have sleep paralysis too. |
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I've had sleep paralysis many times before (which is actually what led me to DV), always right after I woke up. However, I've been having it inside my dreams now. It's always on a night where I've tried to WILD (haven't had success with that yet), so I'm assuming there's a connection there. Basically, I have false awakenings, and dream me keeps having sleep paralysis. Is there anything I can do to stop this? |
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Hurricane At The Sea (1850) and Shipwreck (1854) by Ivan Aivazovsky
The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
Oh, and then, when I actually wake up, I have sleep paralysis too. |
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Hurricane At The Sea (1850) and Shipwreck (1854) by Ivan Aivazovsky
The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
Oh my! I've had sleep paralysis inside a dream as well. Same as you, it's an FA, but in the FA I wake up in sleep paralysis, and total immobilization. The only remedy I can think of is catching FAs in the first place. Always reality check when you wake up, no matter where you are. You can add in some mental reality checks too, like stare at an object and try to change its color – in case you end up paralyzed and can't really move. Oh, one reality check I've been doing since i had that SP FA is that I open my eyes and try not to blink as long as I can. I actually caught one of these SP FA's this way because no matter how long I opened my eyes and not blink, it never hurt or teared up – which obviously happens irl if you keep them open for a while. |
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I'll definitely try this, although I kind of suck at reality checks... in fact, I VERY rarely remember that I should do them. For some reason, the only two things that make me think "hey, I need to do a reality check" is peeing and driving. I know, I know, how weird my brain is... |
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Hurricane At The Sea (1850) and Shipwreck (1854) by Ivan Aivazovsky
The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
This is kinda of an old thread... but it KINDA of happened again a few days ago. I was dreaming that I had to find my car (couldn't remember where I had parked it), but my body felt really heavy. It was like I was sleepy, I could barely keep my eyes open. Whenever I tried walking, my body wouldn't respond. Finally, I woke up. I was left wondering if I was already on the verge of waking up and the SP was affecting my dream self. Which is a logical theory, I believe? |
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Hurricane At The Sea (1850) and Shipwreck (1854) by Ivan Aivazovsky
The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
I had something similar happen a couple nights ago. I had an FA, and I was lying on my side. My body felt super heavy though. I RCed, realized I was dreaming, but almost just "went back to sleep" simply because it was hard to move. I then said to myself, "This is stupid. You're already asleep. Might as well get up and do something." As I got up, however, my body became lighter until I almost flew out of bed. |
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Stephen LaBerge's tips for MILD: (http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-expe...ml#post2160952
I've had these problems relatively often in dreams as well, though waking up in full blown SP is rare, I used to get those affects a lot. |
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when I destabilize and then begin to lose the dream, I slap my hands together and rub them in an attempt to survive the void, that is when dream hand paralysis sets in half the time (really sucks) as long as I can move even one finger I survive, but it sucks. Last time I was lucid I was able to see that I can whistle (and play the hand too in dreams) so next time I think I will rub hands and whistle. |
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Sure LUCID DREAMS are all fun and games until someone loses a third eye.
You know the weird feeling of SP that it's hard to focus your eyes? As if your eyes were were a camera and someone was keeping it on the floor when you're trying to look at the door? |
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Hurricane At The Sea (1850) and Shipwreck (1854) by Ivan Aivazovsky
The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
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