Originally posted by The Blue Meanie


Huh... look, I've never had a successful WILD, but I've come close on quite a few occaisions. *Here's my take.

Too much emphasis is put on sleep paralysis. *Like, for me, I'm at the hypnogogic imagery stage, where I'm seeing complete scens and people talk to me. *But sleep paralysis?

For me, I get it VERY mildly. *Sometimes my body will feel like it's vibrating, sometimes I'll get hypnotic jerks and my whole body jerks, sometimes I'll feel like super-gravity, and others it'll just be tingly pins-and-needled. *Ususally, it comes in some sort of waves of vibrations, if that makes sense.

But, like I was saying, sleep PARALYSIS? *I think it's a misnomer. *After a certain stage, It gets to the point where, if I were to put in an above-average amount of conscious effort, I COULD move my body, but unless I do, it stays still and tingly, and twitches every now and then. *I'm not actually paralysed, per se... *But, for instance, when I break out of a particularly long, deep time of this "paralysis", my extremities feel prickly and achy and sometimes even a bit painful. *It's quite cool, really.

My take, is that sleep paralysis is very mild for some people (like me) and very extreme for others. *I reckon, if you get the vibrations and tinglies, and the occaisional hypnic jerk on some attempts, you're sweet, and don't need to worry about it. *(hehehe... I know how stupid that sounds... DONT worry if you're NOT completely paralysed... hehehehe)

Huh... well, since you're my adoptive mummy and all, Gwen , what d'ya think? Sleep paralysis necessarily essential? *Stronger/weaker according to the person?
I would say, you are absolutely right. SP levels are different in intensity for different people. Nobody is the same. Hell, it isn't even the same every time for one person. Everyone experiences it, it is just that it isn't always holding your body down to where you absolutely can't move. Experiencing sensations associated with SP is not necessary either. Anyway, you put that very well, Matt.