Thread: Sleep paralysis before NREM sleep. Experiences, annoyance and questions.

Hi guys!

I havn't been practising lucid dreaming for a while now but still manage to attain lucidity on occasion through spontaneous DILD. I'm back on these forums to give it a real shot this time around and get some regularity within my dreaming. My post today is just about the experiences I have continuously had with sleep paralysis.

I have found that lately I have been entering a state of sleep paralysis almost every time I go to sleep, this has been happening for about two or three months now. I realise that SP can be useful for entering a WILD etc, but my problem is that it tends to happen to me right at the beginning of the night, when my only thoughts are "I'm really tired, I want to sleep." Needless to say this is very frustrating, especially because I cant seem to just fall asleep by waiting through the SP, it feels as though it goes on for extended periods of time and the only way I can deal with it is by shaking my head to wake up.

This alone wouldn't be too bad but the real problem is that after I wake up each time the spinning and falling sensation sticks with me and I feel dizzy and disoriented for quite some time, unable to sleep again. This can happen a few times in a row before I finally sleep.

I was wondering if anyone has had similar experiences or knows anything I could do to stop this from happening?

Any help appreciated!

Thanks everyone.