Sleep paralysis advice

[Josh_Mac]

Hi I often get bad cases of sleep paralysis and close this if everyone knows this already that when you start to feel yourself slipping you must try to move a small part of your body like a toe, a finger or evenyour toungue when I was younger and it used to happen every night I had to leave a radio on in my room as it would stop it from happening, but then I found it effected my LDing and can someone please explain to me what sleep paralysis is cuz I haven't a clue

[Howie]

Originally posted by Josh_Mac+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Josh_Mac)</div> Hi I often get bad cases of sleep paralysis and close this if everyone knows this already that when you start to feel yourself slipping you must try to move a small part of your body like a toe, a finger or evenyour toungue when I was younger and it used to happen every night I had to leave a radio on in my room as it would stop it from happening, but then I found it effected my LDing and can someone please explain to me what sleep paralysis is cuz I haven't a clue [/b] <!--QuoteBegin-Leo Volont Sleep Paralysis is a mechanism that prevents the body thrashing around and hurting itself during Dreaming. If everything is in Synch then you never really ever have to experience Sleep Paralysis, since, really, by the time you wake up it would no longer be serving a purpose. In a well co-ordinated system, as you come out of the REM cycle, whatever paralysis that was inhibiting motion would simply fade off. But sometimes, if you are awakened suddenly enough, you will notice Sleep Paralysis. But typically the Dream tries to incorporate the Sensory Perceptions that would wakeup the Dreamer so as to keep the Dreamer in the dream long enough for the Sleep Paralysis to fade. I have heard of very tenacious individuals who have laid in bed and absolutely refused to fall asleep, but who have laid dead still all night. It must be very confusing for the body that does not quite know what it is supposed to do. and these people have reported going into Sleep Paralysis. I qouted Leo, for there is not much to add to that! I can add it is nothing to be afraid of. Have fun. experiment with it. It won't kill you. Maybe you will experiance something new.