What do you mean by sleep paralysis? I remember i instantly realized I was dreaming when i saw aliens and ships coming from the sky. I'm afraid of aliens and the dream was stupid so i did that spinning thing and i kept saying someone's name so I could have a dream about them, but after that I don't remember anything else. After the spinning all i remember is dark. It could have been possible that I forgot that dream, but the spinning has worked for me once before. It was extremely word. After I did the spinning thing i see darkness and this calender/clock thing that shows that time is passing by quickly and soon i had my intented dream that i wanted. Very odd if you ask me.