I have been reading forum posts for some time now and have recieved A LOT of great information, from learning how to LD, to techniques for staying lucid, to what i should do while lucid. But i have yet to come across a good informative post related to sleep paralysis.

My understanding of this is while you are in REM sleep, your body become paralyzed to prevent your body from say, just getting up and walking away while still asleep. but this real life paralyzation should not effect how your body works or moves in your dream...?

Well i had a lucid dream just the other night, where i realized i was dreaming, trying to stand up and enjoy it. however i could not. although i was aware i was dreaming and should have been able to move around and do whatever i wanted, my body would just not get up.

any thoughts about why this happened?

this experience is similar to a very common dream many people have: when you begin running in your dream, but vvvvveeeeerrrrrryyyyy slow. you may think to yourself what the hell, i should be running faster than this.

or if you are in a fight, your swings are much slower and much less effective than you know they would be in real life.

i have wondered for many years why this occurs.
please comment with ANY information or thoughts