ThIs is crazy

**goonsdoom** · 02-08-2011 06:44 AM

There is no way this is normal ok I'm on my iPod so excuse the spelling. But Nyway I recently was on the verge of entering sleep paralyzation and when I was entering it I got a boner my eyes where movin so fast I was strugglin to keep the closed then I heard footsteps running all around my room I'm never doing this again

**Binsk** · 02-08-2011 07:23 AM

I'm gonna take a guess:
Boner- Happens every night (I read somewhere that it lasts something like 75% of the time you are asleep) Though never happened with my knowing
Eyes Movin- Not sure about this one
Footsteps- I am guessing you were getting close to entering a dream. Hearing things is one of the stages.

If this freaked you out, 1) Why were you trying this method? 2) If you weren't expecting things like this, you should have done your research before trying it

Can't handle it? Then try a different technique to gain lucidity.

**~~DeletePlease~~** · 02-08-2011 09:49 AM

Am I the only one immature enough to need to stifle a laugh whenever someone mentions how they got boner?

Anyways, the footsteps were just an auditory hallucination, they're quite common. Like Insane said, it just means you were slipping into a dream. It can be a little weird at first but it's nothing to worry about, it's perfectly normal.

**goonsdoom** · 02-08-2011 11:03 PM

Really? I thought that I would just sit there all night in my paranoia but what is with my eyelids flipping so fast?

**Peetee36** · 02-08-2011 11:17 PM

I'm not sure, some people seem to think that's you entering REM sleep, although it might even just be another hallucination. But yeah, those sounds can be pretty creepy. A few nights ago it felt as if someone was sawing through the bottom of my bed, and it was incredibly realistic, I even thought it might have been my cat scratching or something before I realised it was an hallucination.

**Alric** · 02-09-2011 01:38 AM

That is all perfectly normal. It is actually pretty common for people to get freaked out about sleep paralysis if they don't know what it is, or the first time they are trying stuff like this. The more intense the feelings are, the closer you are to dreaming.