This feeling when I try to WILD...

**Puffin** · 07-31-2010 12:40 AM

I tried to WILD last night after a brief WBTB.
When I got back into bed and began to relax, my breathing became a bit shallower as I was trying to "sleep breathe". I know this isn't dangerous or anything, however, after a while it felt like I really had to take a big breath in. It got me and I did. I didn't even borderline on SP that night.

This hasn't happened before, and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this.

**mephisto** · 07-31-2010 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by Puffin

I tried to WILD last night after a brief WBTB.
When I got back into bed and began to relax, my breathing became a bit shallower as I was trying to "sleep breathe". I know this isn't dangerous or anything, however, after a while it felt like I really had to take a big breath in. It got me and I did. I didn't even borderline on SP that night.

This hasn't happened before, and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this.

I posted it here, but I have similar experiences whenever I'm in SP.

Originally Posted by mephisto

Whenever I have sleep paralysis, I always notice that my breathing is remarkably slow and shallow, or at least it seems that way to me. Normally during my waking life I'm not a heavy breather, but in SP it feels like I am barely breathing enough to stay alive, and no matter how hard I try, I cannot change it. I'm fully paralyzed and can't make myself take deeper breathes.

**Puffin** · 07-31-2010 02:40 AM

It's not the shallow breathing, but this urge that I get to just take a massive breath. It's not that I necessarily feel deprived of oxygen.

**mephisto** · 07-31-2010 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by Puffin

It's not the shallow breathing, but this urge that I get to just take a massive breath. It's not that I necessarily feel deprived of oxygen.

Oh, I see. I experience that when I'm awake sometimes as well. It feels like I need a deep breath to catch up with my normal breathing, if that makes sense. What I usually do to avoid it is just continue taking small breaths but at a slightly faster interval.