Intense SP and LD.

**cknaub** · 03-29-2011 05:51 AM

I have had lucid dreaming since I was young. I thought it was normal but I am always able to tell when I am in a dream and can usually control it. Sleep paralysis has been almost as frequent but has become a problem lately. I am finding that my mind wakes up but my body is completely paralyzed and I am not groggy but completely awake. It has become an issue in that I am comfortable in sleep paralysis so I go over homework in my mind or just think. This happens almost twice every night. Is this normal for anyone else? Does anyone else feel like their mind is constantly going and needs a break for sleep? I am new to this and would appreciate the feedback greatly.

**Shinice** · 03-29-2011 06:19 AM

'Does anyone else feel like their mind is constantly going and needs a break for sleep?'

Me. I wanted to give lucid a rest -Currently Impossible-
Though I do not quite understand your situation....
I lucid every night (not that I wanted to), and felt that my mind never really rested for a second.
Do you have the same problem?

**cknaub** · 03-29-2011 04:17 PM

I understand the feeling of constantly being aware. I don't need a method to LD, if I remember a dream then it was LD. My problem is that once I’m out of LD I become paralyzed, like my mind is more aware than my body. It's far to frustrating and becoming a problem.

**Shinice** · 03-30-2011 02:37 AM

I'll definitely remember my dream (if I think about it straight away when I awake). And my dream will always be lucid..had a weird one last night....
The prob is I always get tired when I wake from it. The emotions I had during lucid felt real as well. And all the decisions I made too, its as if I'm really there.
So it seems like I (my mind) never really slept at night. Good to know I'm not the only one

**corranhornchamp** · 03-30-2011 02:41 AM

I used to wake up (happened more frequently half a decade ago than it does now) in full SP and I never understood it. Problem was I couldn't breath (have OSA) and I'd panic, and it would be minutes before I could regain full control. Terrible feeling. So I kind of know what you mean, being fully awake and aware but not being able to come out of SP. At least you seem to be comfortable with it and understand what SP is so that's good. Sorry I don't know how you can stop. In SP you can't even control enough bodily functions to scream for help.

**Shinice** · 03-30-2011 03:43 AM

I don't even know if my problems has something to do with SP.
And I don't feel like how you did anyway, though waking up tired is never any better that that.
Even when we faced these problems, there are others who wants our ability..I could never understand what they are thinking.

**cknaub** · 03-30-2011 04:06 AM

How long did your bouts with SP last?

**HolyTurtle** · 03-30-2011 05:06 AM

When I was younger I maybe had SP a few times a year. I didn't really understand it, I could hear and sometimes if my eyes opened or partially opened see, but I couldn't move. I remember vividly one time I was laying there and was conscious but couldn't move and I could hear my sister talking to my brother "look whose still asleep" I wanted to say "no i'm not" but I couldn't move and it was frustrating. I just kept trying to move, like really struggled and after a while I might be able to slightly move a finger or my arm, then I would try to inflict pain on myself like dig my fingernail to my closest body part as possible. Once I inflicted pain my body would start to wake up. Just thought I'd share a personal experience.