Thread: A quick way to exit SP

I read somewhere that your neck isn't completely paralysed during this, so you might be able to move your head forward to get out of it. I'm not sure about that though.

The one way that I used to get out of SP is this: I often find that during SP, there is one part of my body that I can always move, no matter what. It's my big toe on my left foot. I can ALWAYS wiggle that toe, no matter how far into it I am. If I want to get out, I start moving it and eventually I can feel the SP slowly leaving my body. It kind of trickles up through my legs all the way to my neck, where it stops. I am then out of it and able to move.

kind of answered your own question there eh mate?

True, but I'm just wondering if there are any other ways, quicker or more efficient that could get you out of it quickly.

I've tried to get out of it but I usually can't. What I do is just go back to sleep and wait untill I wake up again.

y would u want to exit SP? ur just kissing the LD goodbye

Originally Posted by tekkendreams

y would u want to exit SP? ur just kissing the LD goodbye

I was going to start a thread like this a couple days ago. A lot of people, myself included, are turned off by the actual paralysis of SP. I imagine the OP is looking to remove the reluctance by having a paralysis-breaker on hand, just in case.

Also, there are times when you may wake up with SP when you would otherwise want to get up. Paralysis isn't all that convenient when you have no control.

I always figured I would start by rolling my eyes rapidly until I got some feeling. Would this work?

well i have a question: Can you enter a dream when you're in a SP ? because i can induce SP but wander if this could help get into a LD from there. That way i can incubate SP and then enter a LD from there


please i badly need to know, thanx

Originally Posted by LucidInCuB!zt

well i have a question: Can you enter a dream when you're in a SP ? because i can induce SP but wander if this could help get into a LD from there. That way i can incubate SP and then enter a LD from there


please i badly need to know, thanx

Yes, you can, and a lot of people use it. In fact, SP related techniques are considered most reliable.

WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dream) is the prime one. If you are able to incubate SP then you won't have too much trouble with this if you can focus.

If you can train yourself to not move after waking, you can try DEILD (Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream) which is basically the second half of WILD.

If you're used to SP you have a nice edge over most others.

Yeah, WILD is the best known technique for inducing LD's. Quite difficult to master though. Back to the question, does anybody know how to leave SP quickly?

If you are in SP that means your body is already asleep so you would have to wait for it to wake back up in order to get out of SP quickly. Hence you said you could slowly feel SP wearing off that was the body waking back up so it's not really a technique to get out of SP and since it does not last very long I am not seeing the problem.

My hypothesis on SP is that you are not literally paralyzed as in your nervous system is shut down beyond basic involuntary functions. I believe that sleep paralysis is brought on when consciousness starts to shift into the hypnagogic state, thus making it extremeley difficult to move, but you're not really paralyzed.

I think SP is nothing more than a mental block. So rather than focusing on moving, maybe focus on your mind. When I get sleep paralysis, I find that if I really want to, I can move with little effort. The paralyzed effect is a result of bilocation- You are mentally aware of your physical body, but physically aware only of your dream/astral body. This causes a mixup. That's why when you sleep, sleep paralysis occurs. Even in lucid dreams, your conscious mind functions on a different level, and your subconscious mind accepts the astral body as the primary body, thus your physical body does not move, forming a natural defense mechanism against yourself.

So I believe once you know how to trigger the shift in consciousness back and fourth from bilocating with movement in the astral body to the physical body, sleep paralysis becomes optional, and thus takes no effort to break.

That's my hypothesis, I could be wrong, so I'm up for criticism, but I think this idea makes sense.

I get SP alot, but it scares the shit out of me. Is the the true gateway to lucid dreaming. In this state of mind, if I focus my mind to believe I am sleeping and that I can dream will I?

I've only had one experience with SP and it was very confusing and scary. I had a LD and when it ended I awoke in my bed sitting up paralyzed. A black object was moving around in front of me and I just kept telling myself just relax just relax. Once it wore off I immediatly fell back and the second my head hit the pillow I went into a dream.