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SP is f***ing terrifying, and you generally see faces?
Now that I think about it, I've had an SP once. Not anything particularly scary visually, but I didn't know what I was and I was horrified that I couldn't move.
I told my mom about it and she didn't believe me. =(
Hahaha
It can be, but only if you want it to be
Do you want it to be scary?
No.
But neither did the people who saw faces that freaked them out.
Did they?
It doesn't have to be scary, just stay calm. Read the SP tutorial.
SP... Can be terrifying, yes. I think it's different for everyone though.
Once you get past the initial shock of feeling completely (almost) paralyzed, I've spoken with some people who say it's really not that bad. For me it's a bit scary... I feel as though I'm drowning, like I just can't force myself to get enough air. I may start to panic, and my efforts to get enough air tend to wake me, which is troublesome while trying to LD.
However, I've never seen faces. Visual hallucinations only come once I'm nearly in the dream state, and are usually just more vivid manifestations of what I've been trying to visualize. I'll have auditory hallucinations which can be creepy, but I'm pretty good at recognizing them as such and convincing myself that it's all just in my head.
I guess it just depends. Is SP scary for you?
I've had some SP creepy experiences but they seem to vary a little on what happens.
For example, this night i had a strange dream. When i tried to wake up from it i found myself on bed watching my wall (was dark but i had some light from the window) and couldn't move at all. This is the third time i found myself in a situation like this and it lasted for about 20 seconds. No terrifying visions this time.
I think that when you wake from a dream and you can't move it is less likely for you to have that creepy stuff as it happened to me 3 times and i didn't see anything scary. But when i try to go the inverse way Awake->SP->LD i usually have some creepy experiences and sensations. Don't know if this is always like this but from my experience it is like this to me.
Ah, and btw, when you get used to those sensations they aren't creepy anymore because you know they aren't real and you have experienced them some times before. Just don't give up on first try because you found it terrifying. Each time you face your fears they lose the impact they got on you the first time a little.
Well I've not personally experienced SP. But my advice to you is to just let it do its thing and sort of watch it. Be fascinated by it instead of scared by it. And of course, use it for WILDing.
If you are wanting to try WILDing, and you are having a hard time getting SP again, try to remember you're feelings and what you saw etc. This may help a lot.
Of course its scary, if you don't know what it is. You wake up and you are frozen in place, maybe you see some thing? Not much worse than that. However if you know what it is, then its totally harmless.