I think this is definitely possible. |
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On this forum, there are horror stories of SP. People complain of being traumatized by hallucinations of spiders and demons. Horrific things, really. Why is this? Perhaps it could be some kind of chain reaction. Let's say that Timmy had a bad experience with SP. He decides to get on DV. He posts about the horror he was forced to experience. Now, we have Jack. Jack gets on DV. He is reading all about WILDs and SP. He comes across Timmy's post. This post shocks Jack. It is all he can think about when it comes to SP. He is afraid of WILDing due to this. When he does, he experiences similar terror. In the same manner as Timmy, he posts about it. Bob reads Timmy's post. The cycle continues. Could it be that SP is only scary for many because many are taught to believe so? |
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I think this is definitely possible. |
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TeaSea
"No... my avatar isn't changing. You're changing."
If you go into sleep paralysis feeling scared and anticipating what might happen, this is what will happen. If you go into SP expecting nothing particularly bad to happen, then it won't. As in dreams, something only happens if you expect it to happen. Before I knew about lucid dreaming once, I had SP for the first time, and it was freaky, then it got scary because I couldn't move. The second time I had it, later that week, it was much more scary than the first time, because I was anticipating what might happen, wondering what it was, scared that I couldn't move. |
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It's just due to anxiety, just like when you take certain drugs you can have a good experience or bad experience depending on your mind set. I had a great experience when I had it. |
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This video on youtube called The Science of Sleep Paralysis explains that a certain part of your brain is more active during SP, and this is the part that causes the frightening hallucinations. |
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We all live in a kind of continuous dream. When we wake, it is because something,
some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we have taken as reality.
Vandermeer
SAT (Sporadic Awareness Technique) Guide
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I had 4 episodes of SP. The first one was deliberate - I was attempting WILD, before that I've read, I think, all the threads about SP, about hallucinations of all sorts and watched all the documentaries on youtube, and yes, I was dreading it and it turned out to be extremely terrifying. |
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I had my eyes open during SP many times and I never experienced hallucinations. If most of the hallucinations happen because people expect them to happen..Then why can't we say that these terror of hallucinations are just myths and they won't happen? If its disregarded as a myth then people won't expect it to happen those never happen. Although it might sound stupid, might actually be stupid. Just a suggestion. |
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Heya! |
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