I am a 56 yr old Mother and Grandmother. My son shoved me toward this site and told me I HAD to post. He is so mean to me. He is sitting right next to me telling me to stop or he will pound me. Sorry, just joking!!

Anyway, not joking about the first 2 sentences. My son has been talking to me for weeks about this website and lucid dreaming. The only thing I have going right now is that I have experienced what is probably sleep paralysis many times. At first I had no clue what it was and one day it dawned on me that it must be that.

My son says that everyone can experience it differently. I didn't know that. (My son is proofreading everything I type as I sit here. I have had to change my comments several times. He is very controlling. Saying this stuff while he is watching me type is a great way to get back at him. He is being SO defensive!!! LOL!! )

Anyway, I will stop picking on my son (for now).

I have had several incidents of sleep paralysis in the last year or so. At first I had no clue what I was feeling. I am on a lot of meds and I thought it might be a reaction to one of them. I didn't know you could actually be awake in that state. But I have been able to keep the sensation going for minutes. I have even gotten up a couple of times to use the bathroom and I went back to bed and immediately went right back into it. It was very cool!

So I am wondering what type of sensations others have experienced during sleep paralysis. For me, it is a pulsing sensation. It feels like my whole body is pulsating. Waves just move through my body and jump all around to different places on me. I feel it most intently in my hands and arms. It is a very interesting and cool sensation. What are the rest of you experienceing?