Hi all!

**sj_angelgirl** · 04-25-2006 04:58 AM

Well, I'm not usually in to introducing myself on big sites like these. I rarely ever get any 'welcomes' but I'm going to give it a good shot.

Hi, my name is Sam. I'm seventeen years old, currently studing year twelve (and loathing it with a passion.) I aspire to become an author, and have been interested in 'lucid dreaming' and trying to figure out if there is a way to prevent sleep paralysis since year ten. I'm obsessed with Star wars, Harry Potter, Queer as folk and so on, so forth.
Anyway, I won't subject everyone to the monotony of my uneventful life, so that's my ife in a nutshell.

Cheers.

~~~
sj_angelgirl

**The Blue Meanie** · 04-25-2006 05:43 AM

Yo!

I feel your pain. High school sucks, but hey, what can ya do. Work hard, get good grades, and get into a decent university. Of course, once your there, you've gotta work even harder, to get good grades, to get into a good job. And of course, once you're THERE, you've gotta work hard to get decent pay. But hey, it's FAR better than the alternative.

As for sleep paralysis, I'm afraid I can't help you much on that one, though there might be someone else here who can. I myself only get SP very lightly, but lots of other forum members seem to get it quite a lot, and quite heavily. There tend to always be a few good threads on SP hanging around on the General Discussion section of the forum. I'd check back a few pages, have a read up, and go from there.

Hope ya enjoy ya time here!

-Matt

**boldtypespark** · 04-25-2006 06:14 AM

Hello, and welcome to DV : ).
First of all, ill get right to the point.

I myself have been experiencing mild to heavy sleep paralysis for years now. I do, enjoy sleep paralysis, but like you, have pondered the existence of sleep paralysis prevention. Among the most common precursors of sleep paralysis are stress and sleep disturbance. You may be able to relate to this, then again...Maybe not. Personally, I do consider myself depressed, and at many a time stressed. These two factors do make for increased chance of sleep paralysis, but more so sleep disturbance. A disturbed wakening does call for this, as your body (and mind?) aren't together, as they are not used to waking up at spontaneous periods through REM stages or any other particular stage of rest. A direct way of coping with this is to maintain a regular schedule and maintain one's normal times of retiring and awakening & rising. Eating large amounts in the evening, and consuming liquids (especially caffinated beverages, coffee, or certain types of tea) may also have an adverse effect of sleep disruption. Another direct contributor to sleep paralysis is sleep loss, or sleep debt. Make sure you arent tired through out the day, get plenty of sleep during the night and eat a well balanced and nutritional breakfast, as this will help to compensate for other energy loss and stress. Last of all, avoid sleeping in a supine (face up) position, this is not written in stone, but as I hear this can effect sleep paralysis.

Once again, welcome to dream views.
The names Chris. 8)

**Gwendolyn** · 04-25-2006 10:30 AM

Welcome to the forum. I am also in 12th grade, and I feel your pain. But hey, it isn't so bad, you know. I hope you have a great time while you're here. It's wonderful to have you. I don't really know much about your SP plight, but there are a lot of people here who do.