Help with Sleep Paralysis?

**stevenson74** · 07-07-2012 04:01 AM

Hey everyone, I just joined DV because I've come across a big problem!

Ever since I first attempted WILDing, I got SP within a few minutes, and got scared out of it. Now, every time I lay in my bed still for 30 seconds, I feel the rushes of sleep paralysis come over me and I slip into it. I have to struggle to move to get out of it.

- Anyone know how to get rid of this automatic SP?
- What are the HH's like? If I keep my eyes closed, what are the HI and things like?
- How long does SP last for you, and is there a way to bear through it or sped it up?

Thanks again (Sorry if poor English, I'm French)

**faceonmars** · 07-07-2012 04:28 AM

Be aware that this happens every single night whether you know it or not. You are hyper-aware when you know it is coming so the vibrations, hypnagogic images and head rushes seem foreign to you. It is easy to panic. When you feel it coming... simply visualize. Keep the visualization simple and peaceful. Does this guarantee a lucid dream? No. Does it help with non-REM lucid dreams... it has for me. If you are lucky enough to enter your dream lucid simply observe your surroundings. Do not blow up buildings or fly like superman. This can cause an adrenaline rush, much like riding a roller coaster, that can wake you up. Take a walk. Look around. And realize that there is much more to 'reality' than we humans can possibly know.

**stevenson74** · 07-07-2012 04:37 AM

Thanks for the help! But also, what are the visualizations like? If I keep my eyes closed, would this avoid me seeing demonic or evil presences in my room or am I forced to see them? (Also, I realize all the hallucinations are a projection of my subconscious in response to fear)

I fear sleep paralysis so much but I really want to turn it into a gift of easy lucid dreaming.