Thread: What does YOUR Sleep Paralysis feel like?

oh my gawd it's freaky! but i got used to it and then enjoyed it. okay i remember seeing a bald lady who resembled Britney Spears who was pullling me and i could not move o.o eek and then i felt like i was in a roller coaster going backwards. my recent one was that feeling of falling through the bed yet after i heard screams. so i can plainly say my sleep paralysis are consisted of alot of vibrations and just not being able to move(like everyone else's answers) plus...it's actually enjoyable...

I feel a very distinct heavy drop over my whole body, followed by intense auditory hallucinations. to quote the band dredg "I too once thought the radio played" (from their song "Scissor Lock" which is about sleep paralysis.)

i was over my ex gf house. was gf at the time though and i was trying to sleep and these bloody seagles were driving me mad also was abit drunk aswell and eventually i started to drift off i could see swirling purple in my vision the the vibrations getting tenser and louder then they stop and i got hypngic imagery of UFO's then i fell out of bed and i couldnt move i was lying on my back and all the other crap down there lol and i couldnt move but i could see part of my body on the bed i then blanked out and went into a very very vivid dream but wasnt lucid was so stupid not to i was still in my gf house it was nice she came in room and we got abit randy! haha and then went down stairs and i had a feeling she went off me and had a feeling for this other guy called tom and i got really upset turns out a few months later she went off me and went out with a guy called tom and i was really upset so what a coincidence :/

I first feel like I'm pulsing thru my entire body. Somewhat a vibrate...but more of a pulse. I feel variations in gravity somewhat. Like Im starting to float and then sink. It really is quite amazing.

I usually just feel the vibrations, which are the fun part. Bad things are the lack of breath and that intense fear. One time, I decided to open my eyes in sp, and then I saw the old hag sitting on me, which was terrifying. I also feel a weird tingle through my entire body right before I go into sp.

Only once it happened to me. In a hotel. I remember it being dark, and I saw some purple geometric shapes (triangles and squares), and heard a bell being rung (like a cowbell) repeatedly. I think I heard a high pitched EEEE too

I get so scared. If I'm lying on my stomach I try as hard as I can to roll over, which kind of defeats the purpose of WILD. I just panic I guess.

Some people suggest that sleep paralysis can be a portal to astral projection. The vibrations are being described as well as good conditions having an astral projection.

@ Merciless: As for not to be scared. Last night I had SP and as usual I felt a presence in the room. It was a person I know who standing in front of the door trying to wake me up, which made me feel impatient, because I was paralised of course. A technique for me to stop the SP is to move my fingers or hand. Not soon after that I am able to wake up. The trick not to be scared for me might work when I know I have this trick to wake up. Perhaps it can increase our periods of exploring this interesting state.

Also I experience a floating feeling, as if I am close having a astral projection (which I never had though).

Well, I've had two experiences so far, both very different.
My first SP felt like an intense sucking feeling, like I was being sucked into my bed
My second was just like these intense tingles all over my body, it tickled a lot haha.

I feel incredibly heavy, and I feel like i'm sinking into my bed. My arms also feel as if they're in a different position than they were placed in

It feels as if i'm floating above my bed but getting pushed down at the same time. Also my arms seem too be moving/swaying/floating, I imagine them being like leaves in water And yes they feel like they are in a different position from where I left them too!

can range from a really heavy feeling accompanied by a kind of spider web type mesh feeling on my skin which can be a bit worrying, to a feeling of being tickled all over and warm and floaty. it really does seem to depend on your mental state at the time though, and how much experience of it you have. fortunately it seems to get better and better the more experience you have of it, as if it had stayed as bad as it first was, i probably would have given this all up ages ago.

edit: on salvia it feels like some force/being is pushing you down to subdue you and also feels like you are being monitored so i can see where the old hag tales come from and all the people who say they feel a presence. i really think it can come down to what you expect or accept is going to happen during it in a way. if you tell yourself that it will feel nice, then there is much less chance of having a fearful experience i reckon

my SP comes out of nowhere. I'll be thiking about something then all of a sudden get really disoriented and get a feeling of being pulled downward really fast. My head buzzes really loudly. then all of a sudden it will just stop and i'll feel like im floating upwards slowly. thats when i know im in a dream and if i open my eyes i will be able to see it.

I felt like last night I finally got sp, it was not too special I just felt very numb, but even though I was so close I heard my dog breathing in his sleep and it was too distracting so I had to get up and make him get out of my room. I was disappointed because this was the furthest I have ever gotten.

I think I may have almost hit SP last night. (it's a four-day weekend so I have some chances to practice)
After settling and counting for a little bit, I felt random flushing sensations that just sort of spread through my body, but I figured it was too soon for it to be actual SP. I think it was just a product of my excitement.
Anyway, after a little bit, I think I felt the tell-tale vibrations in my arms and upper body. I don't really remember very well, though. I remember feeling my legs move, but the vibrations didn't go away. It's possible that I only imagined my legs moving, but I think eventually I really did move my legs because the vibes stopped. I think that's when I gave up and flopped over and fell asleep.

It's only the third time I've tried to WILD but I think I'm getting closer each time. On the bright side, I remember two dreams I had last night and my dream recall has been great lately!

every time i think I'm in sp. i try to move and i am able to and fucks me up. -.-

For me it feels like I'm slowly sinking into my bed, then it feels like I've plunged into cold water without the cold and wet.

I get incredible tinnitus in my head. It's an intense buzzing sound like radio noise.

I think I hit SP for the first time. By accident.
I was sleeping normally and having a really scary dream when I thought I heard my phone go off like it does when I get a text. So I'm being pulled out of my dream and I see this big flash of bright light. Next I'm staring at the backs of my eyelids, awake, when these waves of buzzing sensations flow through me and I felt like I was anchored to the spot. I remember thinking "Woah I'm in SP. Guess I'll have to wait for it to pass before I answer that text." So the buzzing slows down and I try to wiggle my fingers. I felt like they were moving but I wasn't sure; I was still rooted in the same position. Finally I was able to open my eyes.
Feeling like my fingertips were moving is the only doubt that it was SP, but they might not have really been moving either. And all of the other sensations spell out SP to me. So this was my first SP experience and it was interesting waking up in it.

Oh, and no one really texted me. I just imagined that -_-

I think I hit SP for the first time. By accident.
I was sleeping normally and having a really scary dream when I thought I heard my phone go off like it does when I get a text. So I'm being pulled out of my dream and I see this big flash of bright light. Next I'm staring at the backs of my eyelids, awake, when these waves of buzzing sensations flow through me and I felt like I was anchored to the spot. I remember thinking "Woah I'm in SP. Guess I'll have to wait for it to pass before I answer that text." So the buzzing slows down and I try to wiggle my fingers. I felt like they were moving but I wasn't sure; I was still rooted in the same position. Finally I was able to open my eyes.
Feeling like my fingertips were moving is the only doubt that it was SP, but they might not have really been moving either. And all of the other sensations spell out SP to me. So this was my first SP experience and it was interesting waking up in it.

Oh, and no one really texted me. I just imagined that -_-

SP used to scare the crap out of me. I learned though if you don't fight try to fight SP and just relax its VERY easy to go into a Lucid Dream. The only problem is sometimes if I'm having SP and I get a bad thought in my head like Satan and a Horde of demons are beside my bed about to pull me into the underworld, I'll have a Lucid Dream like that and its very frightening. Its SO frightening in fact its quite easy to forget you're dreaming.

I feel completely numb, as though my fingers are frozen. I also feel as though my hands are in the air, fingers spread out even though i KNOW they arent

I just had a bout of it then, so while it's reasonably fresh in my mind, I will elaborate.

On cue, as soon as I realised that I was dreaming, there was a moment of euphoria ('Yes, finally, haven't had one of these in a while') then in an instant, I felt like I had electricity running through my entire body. I get what I can only liken to severe Tinatus (ringing in the ears). I can open my eyes with reasonably minimal effort, however, as usual, I cannot move my body or extremities. I do get the sensation (rightfully so) of having had a local anaesthetic in my face (i.e. Dentist for tooth extraction) as I can almost literally feel the numbness in my lips ... Yep, Contradiction in terms. Initially it can feel very relaxing and I do recall taking a nice deep breath. I'm used to having 'Out of body experiences' but it can become very frustrating when I don't recognise the sensations and I get agitated. The more agitated I get, the more sinister the whole experience is. I ended up 'seeing' a hallogen torchlight in my right eye, which I made me feel warm, but after a few moments, I thought it might have been a paramedic shining a torch into my pupils. At this point, although groggy I was very awake and able to move.

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I feel like my upper body is completely disconnected from my legs and that they're turning away of eachother, really hard to describe. Usually this sensation comes together with the usual weight pushing me down. Sometimes I feel like my body is put on a slide and I slowly start to move left.