Thread: need help with sleep paralysis

the lower half my legs and feet were paralyzed but the top half my arms and hands we're not i am looking for tips on how to enter full paralysis

Oh I see. I don't know, though, sorry. Never had such thing...

Why do you want to get into SP, surely the objective is to get into a WILD, don't concentrate on getting into SP and just let it happen.

i don't think those are the answers i'm looking for thanks tho i'm trying to have and obe

Moved to Beyond Dreaming.

It's impossible to have half paralysis like that. In SP your entire body will be paralyzed. I think your legs were just really relaxed or you were imagining it. Sounds like you need to slow down and stop pushing - it's about relaxing and falling asleep - you don't get there by being impatient and trying to force it.

Keep reading up on techniques - get Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming if you don't already have it, and just stick with it. Keep trying - eventually it'll happen.

okay so maybe what i experienced last night wasn't sleep paralysis): i just feel like i will never enter waking sleep paralysis i want it so bad any tips on how to enter Sleep paralysis

Meditate. Practise staying aware whilst doing nothing. Strong meditators have been known to enter lucid dreams from their meditations. Just sit there for 5mins, staying aware. This increase in ablity to be aware without sensory input will transfer over into your dreaming skills. They are very related.

This is what you do...

First you should be meditating, exercising, getting outside regularly and naturally developing the chemicals in your body you need for sleep like melatonin. If you have not learned to relax, you can not have full paralysis. If you have not learned to be present in the moment, you can't relax. If you don't exercise your body you have no idea how to breathe and be aware of each of its parts. "Zen Body Being" by Peter Ralston will help here.

When you are ready, able to lay back and instantly relax, recalling the feeling of relaxing or a meditative state, then you are ready to begin. Place a pillow under your knees if needed and lay on your back, or use a comfortable recliner. You must be on your back! Starting with your toes, or your feet if you are not quite able to sense each toe, tense first the one on the dominant side of your body then the one on the opposite side. Tense and hold for 10 seconds. SLOWLY RELEASE! Think of your muscles like a bow string, you DO NOT want to snap it! Work your way up your body, lower legs, knees, dominant but cheek then opposite, sides and chest. Now start with your fingers, hands, lower arms, elbows, upper arms and shoulders. Now each side of your face, lower to higher, and finally your scalp. For each member tense, hold for 5-10 seconds, then SLOWLY release.

Breathing should be through the nose, slowly and naturally, If you are a mouth breather like me you may have to leave your mouth partially open but closed in back so you can breathe through your nose. If as your body goes to sleep you notice irregular breathing you have have relaxed too much. Continue the attempt with caution, but next time you don;t need to do the tense/release muscle (PMR) relaxation exercise. You have probably gotten to a point where your body is already really relaxed, and relaxing it more is not safe or necessary.

Melt into your bed, your chair, or wherever you are doing this. Feel all the flesh, muscles and tendons in your body just draping on the bones. Now, starting once again with the feet, every 30 seconds or so twitch. The twitch should be enough to slightly, almost imperceptibly move the body part. Watch a dog as he or she sleeps and is chasing something. these are the movements you are replicating. Don't worry or focus on your body parts. Just twitch, working your way from side to side, staying relaxed, and DO NOT ROLL OVER! DO NOT SCRATCH YOUR NOSE! DO NOT SWALLOW! Pretend your are paralyzed, you are dead. You are fooling your body into believing you are asleep. If you feel an itchy spot try to move it with your mind to another area nearby, and in so doing you will make it go away. Otherwise ignore it.

Eventually something like a warm blanket will start to come over you, and your body parts will feel numb and sort of vibrating. If you wish to project, you need to focus on something outside your body and keep it there. if you are attempting a dream re-entry, you need to focus on a particularly powerful part of the dream. Make your focusing the very last thing you do,m because you should not do that for more than 5 minutes, or you will mentally exhaust yourself.
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wow thanks really what i was looking for

For further, even more detailed information:
http://www.dreamviews.com/f19/before...0/#post1785376

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I first get an itch somewhere completely random (in my lower leg or something) and I know to just not pay any attention to it, so it goes away and my body just feels as if it's tied down. I can feel pressure on all my limbs and my belly. My head starts to spin sometimes, too.

My limbs get heavy and they get tingly, somewhat similar to the feeling of a part of your body going numb but lessened, more gradual.
Seems like, generally speaking, these are the most common and obvious signals of the transition.

Although I have to say, the last time I experienced it, I was only partially aware and the hallucinations tipped me off. I tried to move my body and suddenly found I couldn't. So for me it was more of a "sudden" paralysation.. (however you spell that, lol)

Most of experience of sleep paralysis is from DEILD so maybe it's less valid from a WILD point of view but I've experienced electro-static sorts of vibration in the brain, oddly I sometimes get 'dial-up' noises in my head, the classic numbness of limbs and pressure on the chest, sliding in my bed. What's odd though is that I often feel 'distanced' from these sensations like there's some sort of buffer on my senses, or it's not really happening.

hmm i have not yet entered sleep paralysis but I'm trying, can you enter sleep paralysis when napping

You can but it's difficult unless you're fairly sleep deprived. I find it very difficult to sleep in the day, let alone WILD because I get a lot of sleep each night.

When I am entering sleep paralysis the first thing I notice is like a sharp tug on the back of my head followed by a feeling like the bed is shaking and a noise in my ears like I'm in a tornado (or the sound/sensation can better be described as when you're travelling in a car with the window open a bit so you get that weird oscillating kind of sound).

I find I am much more likely to get sleep paralysis if I am lay on my back, if I have not been getting enough sleep and if I'm stressed.

I find with my SP it's as if I'm being held down. My HH are very vivid, often frightening, occurring almost every time I experience SP. Those symptoms, along with the usual pressure, vibrations, and suppression. It's strange, though, that I can see my bedroom very clearly, though I know my eyes are closed, or only half-open. Fun stuff, eh?

Originally Posted by NebulaZ

I find with my SP it's as if I'm being held down. My HH are very vivid, often frightening, occurring almost every time I experience SP. Those symptoms, along with the usual pressure, vibrations, and suppression. It's strange, though, that I can see my bedroom very clearly, though I know my eyes are closed, or only half-open. Fun stuff, eh?

You're the same as me. Until only a few days ago I ALWAYS had horrible HH's accompanying my sleep paralysis. It's been that way for me for many years!

Are you able to go from those bad SP experiences into a lucid dream though?

Actually, getting into the actual lucid dream is very difficult. For as long as I can remember I have been very aware in my dreams that I am asleep, and it is not reality. But I have more of an 'along for the ride' sensation. I experience SP about once a week, followed by a very vivid dream I often remember clearly.

hmm thanks was going o try to can-Wild but you would have to lay in the position you would want to wake up in to hard just going to wake up at 4 and try to enter sleep paralysis.

Do you experience SP, wake up and then go back to sleep and have your dream? Or do you go straight from SP into your dream?

Until only a few days ago I had always had SP (with bad HHs) which I would wake up from and then I would go back to sleep. The other day though I had SP without any HH (which I've never had before) and then entered what I think was a lucid dream although it could just be a really vivid one like you describe?

I've written about what happened in detail over in the 'Newbie Zone'. I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on it! Our experiences sound quite similar.

Not sure if i have ever been in SP....maybe partial. I have no HI or Hsounds... it just feels like i become 100x more heavy and like there is lead on top of me :3

Pretty sure I had it only once, my head started spinning and heart rate increased, I started panicking which woke me out of the state.