Hi everyone. I've been reading alot on lucid dreaming recently and I am curious about "sleep paralyses". I think I experience this alot and let me explain what happens. Often times in the morning when i am about to wake up my mind wakes up before my body. Basically i know that i am awake but i can't move. I always freak out because i have had some scary experiences while in this state. I try to really hard and sometimes in a panic to wake myself up as i find it to be very uncomfortable. Often i will slip right back into the paralyses if i do not get up out of bed right away and have to force myself out of it. Sometimes i will slip back into it 5 or 6 times before waking up. Is this SLEEP PARALYSES and can i reach a lucid dream from this state? This happens almost weekly for me and sometimes more than 4 times a week. Many times i hear some really scary voices and once i've had some black creature attack me and hold me down in this state so i try really hard to wake myself up.
THANKS IN ADVANCE for any insight/suggestions.