Originally posted by krau_soles
For about a year now I've found out that while caught in the sleep paralysis of the Hypnagogic State I can still move. I feel the effects of the sleep paralysis and the familiar sensation when I attempt to move as well as the fear that I sense while in the Hypnagogic State yet I've been able to open my eyes, move my arms, and barely sit upright. I don't understand this, I KNOW what sleep paralysis feels like because I've entered the Hypnagogic State dozens of times but recently in the past year I've suddenly found that I can still move while in sleep paralysis. Is this supposed to happen and does it happen to anyone else?

I felt the exact same way when I moved my limbs as I do when I can't move them.. except somehow I still feel them move but very distantly and they still move :

I've considered it might be because I wasn't deep enough in the state but having been concious in the hypnagogic state many times before I can feel how deep I am in the state and each time I moved, I was.
if you could move then you werent in SP... SP isnt the Hypnogic state its when your doby actually turns off to the point where you cant move no matter what


PS: sleepwalking isnt actually acting out your dreams, it happens way before REM