I have done some extensive reading of lucidity / sleep paralysis these past few days (thanks NeAvO and irishcream), but I did not come across exactly what I felt last night. I have been able to induce the beginning of sleep paralysis (SP) within a few minutes of going to bed each night. However, this is the first night I had a room to myself and a quiet environment, so I really wanted to take advantage of this.

When I typically try to induce SP, I lay on my back; within a few minutes, my body begins to buzz (even sway violently side to side) even though I know that I am not moving at all in my bed. Then, I begin to notice my heart beating really fast, and my breathing is distractingly hard to control - I think it is because I am trying to hard to mentally note everything that is happening, and I lose focus. Anyways, I never really get beyond this - only varying intensities of it.

Last night I tried to clear my mind for a few minutes before I let my body loose. This was extremely hard to do as random thoughts and songs jumped in and out. I did my best, but songs keep lingering after the random thoughts left my head. At this point, I let my body be seduced by the events leading to sleeping and more importantly: sleep paralysis. This time, my body did not really buzz at all; instead, it got extremely heavy. My head tipped back without me moving it, and my hands seemed to sink down even more onto the bed sheets.

The Odd Part: The right side of my body began to get numb - really really numb. It started in the right side of my face and my right hand. It felt like I no longer had a hand any more. However, my legs and left arm just felt heavy still. My heart started to beat fast again, and I tried my best to ignore it and focus on what my eyes could see. My right eye felt "open" - wide open. However, my left eye still felt shut considering that they were both closed. I could move my right eye freely, and I even remember blinking - however, everything I could see was pitch black. All of a sudden, there was a white shade at the bottom right corner of the dark space my right eye was looking at. I tried not to focus on it because when I did, I seemed to push it out of view (As I looked down and to the right, the shade was pushed down and to the right out of view).

To my disappointment, my dog started barking because it needed to be let out to go to the bathroom. I was reluctant to get up, but I could already feel the numbness fading. I did a few reality checks - just in case. After realizing I was not in a dream, I began to walk but it was slightly annoying to do - my legs kept kinda "giving out" and I felt really unstable. My face was also extremely "tight" making it awkward to smile or raise my eyebrows.

Does anyone else experience stuff like this as they try to induce SP as they are going to bed? I was really curious about the numbness starting in my right hand and face - as I haven't heard anything about it having a starting spot.