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hey, i'm casey. i'm 31 and have been lucid dreaming since I was 15. For the most part I just have fun with my dreams, changing things and having fun. The times I've had sleep paralysis I always knew what was going on but continued to feel and see things while awake. I have had SP probably 10-15 times in the last 5 years. |
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Last edited by spaceycasey; 08-14-2010 at 02:47 AM.
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This is all new to me and I didn't think there would be people trying to SP like I have? it seems like some definitions may be a little different in this realm of speaking... My neurologist uses the term "Sleep Paralysis" when speaking of being paralyzed after REM sleep when you are conscious and awake and paralysis DURING REM is called REMatonia or something like that. I have a lot to learn and really a lot to do in my dream world!! But the times I have experienced SP while awake, or whatever, is I wake up in the morning and I can't move. A few times, the alarm clock has gone off and I can't move to turn it off! I lay there for a second or three and, I guess cherish the oddness of it and then I look around the room. One time I saw a woman glide across my room and I tried so hard to get up, and I think I astrally projected b/c I felt a swooping, then the cold floor on my feet, and then a swooping feeling in my gut and I was laying back down paralyzed again! Freaky!! Other times I've felt things jumping on my bed, things flying in the room, and one scary time was I awoke in the middle of the night and felt someone leaning over me in the bed. Usually not a very frightening thing during my episodes, but I was a single female truck driver and thought someone had broken into my truck. |
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Last edited by spaceycasey; 08-14-2010 at 03:20 AM. Reason: spelling error
Well, the process of falling asleep goes something like this: You go from being awake to "attention switching" where your mind wanders off and you stop focusing on the outside world. Then your mind basically loses consciousness, and your body enters sleep paralysis. After sleep paralysis, HI (hypnagogic imagery) occurs as a side effect of the brain's transition into a REM cycle that eventually leads to the dream state. However, people are usually unconscious through all of this (and unconscious through the dreams as well, which is why they're so hard to recall or control) |
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As per my experience, a dreaded SP patient earlier, once we are aware of the benefits of getting into SP, it is likely to disappear from your life. Instead, even a slight SP will be transformed to a Lucid Dream. |
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To fulfill your Sleep, you have to Dream,
To fulfill your Dreams, you have to Wake up.
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