Sleep Paralysis

[Rsandee]

Well, I'm sick trying to LD the normal way, since I can only do DILD's when it's already morning. Then I get these very short LD's. But I've heard about Sleep Paralysis, when you close your eyes and lay comepletely still and begin hallucinating. Is this a ''safe'' way to begin LD'ing? I'm only 14. (almost 15 =/)

[Mancon]

Going into SP while awake into a dream is called a WILD. Read about it in my guide here. WILDing/SP is safe, and will not harm you. Good luck!

[SystemsLock]

Every time you go to sleep a small pea sized portion of your brain known as the pineal gland unleashes a powerful hormone cocktail of sedatives and anesthetics numbing your nerves and shutting down critical sections of your brain, causing vivid hallucinations and a rapidly fluctuating mental state. Meanwhile the the limbic system halts production of the vital neurotransmitter dopamine preventing your motor neurons from communicating functions, stopping you from acting out these hallucinations. All of which must happen while holding delicate brainstem functions intact, lest your heart might to stop, you could forget to breath, or the circadian rythum might fail and you would to never wake up. If any of this sounds unsafe to you, I suggest you never go to sleep, ever again.

[Puffin]

Sleep paralysis, or "SP", is a completely normal occurrence that your body automatically goes into when you fall asleep, in order to prevent you from acting out your dreams. Usually it happens by you falling unconscious, then the SP; but when you want to LD, you stay conscious. There's nothing "dangerous" about it; I got SP when I was fifteen and had no issues. Nothing bad will happen. Many people even experience SP inadvertently at least once in their life as a result of stress or poor sleeping schedules. Myself, I've had about fifty episodes and a few of them have been accompanied by scary hallucinations, but they can't physically harm you - they're just hallucinations! I've also had some calming hallucinations, believe it or not, one even involving a fluffy white kitten sitting on my bed. You probably experience hallucinations and HI (hypagogic imagery) when you fall asleep normally, but you're unconcious at rhis point. Just read up on SP and know what kinds of hallucinations you can get. The more prepared you are, the more relaxed you'll be, and less unnerved when they start. That is, if you do get hallucinations - you might not get anything, but just suddenly end up in a dream. n_n