Thread: Scary sleep paralysis feeling

Wow, that's pretty scary. I've never had that experience but my entrance into SP is always dramatic. It starts with a small buzzing in my head that gets VERY loud followed by intense vibrations. I've often described the vibrations as feeling like someone is running a lawn owner over my body, back and forth.

Then, PLOP, I'm WILDing.

Do you sleep next to someone? If so, do you think the scary feeling is associated with hiding something?

Well, for the boogie-man feeling, I get that too sometimes. I heard that it's a small gland in your brain that controls fear and unease, like the flight-or-fight response. During SP it kicks up a few notches to create that fear. Maybe that'll help you relax. =3

I get both of those feelings, mostly the first one. In fact, sometimes I get the first feeling without going into SP or without even going to sleep. I could just be sitting around, lounging with my eyes closed, and I feel as though I'm a spec of dust in a vast universe, or my head is the size of an elephant while my body is like an ant, or I'm infinitely huge while everything around me is infinitely small. It fluctuates a lot.

thanks for your responses. to answer you question jstersd...I do have my girlfriend over from time to time but it never happens when shes laying next to me.

Thanks moose for your reply...that makes sense. It's funny...even though I'm still awake when it happens and I know nothing can hurt me...it still scares me to wits everytime it happens. Its almost enough to make me just want to quit and break the SP.

Thanks again!