• Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views




    Results 1 to 2 of 2
    1. #1
      Administrator Achievements:
      Made lots of Friends on DV Tagger Second Class Populated Wall 10000 Hall Points 1000 Hall Points Vivid Dream Journal Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class
      spellbee2's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jun 2013
      LD Count
      Like a lot
      Gender
      Location
      Florida
      Posts
      1,672
      Likes
      3491
      DJ Entries
      95

      Weak Sleep Paralysis, or Something Else?

      So usually when I take a nap, I try to do a full sleep cycle (90 minutes). Sometimes, I automatically wake up after 15 or 20 minutes, but then I just go back to sleep. Lately though, I've had this sensation when I prematurely wake up where my limbs (usually my legs) feel like they aren't there, like the nerve endings are not active or something. I can't feel my bed, my blankets, my clothes. At times it just feels like my legs are just floating.

      The other day, though, it was my whole body. I woke up, but I didn't open my eyes. I could hear stuff going on around me, like a lawnmower outside, the TV downstairs, etc., so I was awake, but my entire body felt like I was floating. It felt really cool, so I just let it happen. I laid there for about 5 minutes, but couldn't go back to sleep. I opened my eyes, but didn't move other than that.

      I hesitate to call it sleep paralysis though, since there was no other hypnagogia with it. Plus, it was incredibly easy to break. Moving a limb took the normal amount of effort, and then all the feeling was restored to it. So does anyone have any clue as to what it is, if it is more than just weak sleep paralysis?
      "Going through life worrying about the little things is like cooking with motor oil instead of cooking oil. Sure, you can still probably pull it off, but it'll leave a bad taste in your mouth in retrospect." - Me, apparently

      2015: 101 LDs, 2016: 114 LDs, 2017: 38 LDs, 2018: 20 LDs, 2019: 8 LDs

      DreamViews Discord!

    2. #2
      Out of the Matrix Neo Neo's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jun 2003
      LD Count
      several
      Gender
      Location
      Japan
      Posts
      504
      Likes
      162
      DJ Entries
      29
      It seems like sleep paralysis to me. I don't have much experience with it, but I doubt that sleep paralysis is always accompanied by hypnagogia or other sensations that people report. There could be varying degrees of phenomenon and intensity, since sometimes I will be half awake and unable to move my body, but with some effort I'm able to fully awake. And once I had a weird experience where I "woke up" but with my body asleep (but the lights were on?) and some kind of formless thing was thrashing at my body right above me. It was in my old dorm room, and that was weird. Or again I'll have things were I'll be waking up from a dream or waking myself out of one if its scary, and there will be a moment or two (with eyes closed) where I can't move my body.

      And the floating part definitely sounds like sleep paralysis too or some kind of out of body experience. But I've never had the hypnagogia, other beings, or scary voices talking to me that people sometimes report during sleep paralysis. Although like I said I don't really get sleep paralysis. It always feels like some kind of false awakening where I can't move my body, and then I'll be awake moments later.

    Similar Threads

    1. Replies: 1
      Last Post: 07-09-2012, 01:10 PM
    2. Sleep Paralysis or Dream about sleep paralysis?
      By stevie123 in forum Introduction Zone
      Replies: 2
      Last Post: 09-09-2011, 01:29 PM
    3. Sleep paralysis? People move in their sleep/ sleepwalk most nights?
      By Styler in forum General Lucid Discussion
      Replies: 4
      Last Post: 08-04-2011, 06:56 PM
    4. Sleep paralysis? People move in their sleep all the time?
      By Firerann in forum General Lucid Discussion
      Replies: 1
      Last Post: 01-18-2011, 05:52 PM
    5. Sleep Paralysis is WEAK!
      By Goldsplinter in forum General Lucid Discussion
      Replies: 5
      Last Post: 02-06-2006, 10:20 AM

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •