Thread: What does YOUR Sleep Paralysis feel like?

It feels like my body suddenly weighs about a ton. I feel like something is pressing me down into my mattress. My breathing feels far away and shallow. Sometimes my eyes start twitching.

Really, pretty boring when compared to some other people. :/

Haven't had sleep paralysis yet. It's gonna suck. alphabet55, if that's what you call boring compared to other people, I'm not looking forward for when it happens to me. Ha.

I occasionally get vibrations as strong as a vibrating cell phone. However, I almost always get feelings of hot/cold, a sense of fear like something's in the room, and rushing feelings.

Originally Posted by Demara

I occasionally get vibrations as strong as a vibrating cell phone. However, I almost always get feelings of hot/cold, a sense of fear like something's in the room, and rushing feelings.

I have that too but the vibrations are not that strong for me. I'm still not used to them, the excitement ruins the whole operation for me

It varies a lot, but the most common element is an intense pressure in my head. Particularly around the forehead and ears. If I get that far, I know I'm pretty close to a transition.

in my SP i get really really intense vibrations like every atom in my body in shaking simultaneously. i also get a nice warm feeling throughout my body as well

Well i haven't gotten sp in a few months, but i use to get it all the time quite frequently and it always felt some kind of invisible presence weighing me down. Sometimes though that presence, actually all the times except for two times i felt that presence on me, it was just my blanket. But two times i got sp when i was on my blanket, i felt something on me or something weighing me down, those are the only two times that that happen when i slept on my blanket, but all the other times the reason i felt weighed down is because my blanket was weighing me down, i thought it was something invisible sitting on me. You all heard it before, the "Old hag"?

Its very difficult to describe.. Its as if I'm floating a few inches above my head, and I've... lost connection to my muscles in a way. Its rather strange... but very comfortable.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Its very difficult to describe.. Its as if I'm floating a few inches above my head, and I've... lost connection to my muscles in a way. Its rather strange... but very comfortable.

I think i know the feeling because a month ago i had a wild where i was floating above my body.

Wow there are alot of ppl saying they feel heavy. I must try to pay attention to that next time. The only senses that im aware of are my hearing. I hear random humming or loud noises.

Does anyone else get the sense of a presence watching you? I get the same as you Demara.

Also sometimes i feel like i have opened my eyes and i can look around the room. Every time iv looked round the room in SP it has still been my bedroom, but as if the lights were on so i can see everything.

Good Luck RoseWhip and Chelsea

postal, if you haven't opened your real eyes, but you can see around the room and stuff, then you've probably started dreaming. Do you ever try to mentally roll out of bed and into the dream?

whenever that happens im still paralyzed in dream if it is a dream. or maybe im not. I can feel my waking body stiff as a board. but i can still look round and stuff. the feeling of not being able to move is very present in my mind. Maybe i need to try and ignore that and move anyway

I go numb, slight vibrations, and like the guy above me it feels like my eyes are open (probably was going into a dream).

But I get annoyed because I think I've somehow opened my eyes then I force them shut.

Ive never been in sp fully but I gt pretty close because for 5-10secs my body felt like it was burning and my hands were swelling up it was really freaky but exciting at the same time

I used to get the heavy weight feeling, like something was sitting on my back or chest, but nowadays I just get the vibrations and of course my body is completely numb and heavy, sometimes sinking into the mattress. The vibrations are usually intense for me, coming in stronger and stronger waves that start at one end of my body and exiting the other. Typically I hear lots of noises, from very clear bug sounds (I had crickets last night), to talking, laughing, chanting, and of course all sorts of electrical sounds, and cracking and popping. I seem to move around a lot rather than float - usually dangling from my feet, but sometimes I roll all over the place. I find the experience fun, not scary, anymore.

It feels like my body's trying to rise up but theres that weight pushing it down. If i resist against the pushing..i usually start shaking and wake up. (It's kinda like the feeling of being drunk as fuck and trying to resist the feeling so you can talk to an authority figure or something.) If I don't resist..It feels like I'm spinning and I get all kinds of weird and unfamiliar sensations in my body. I just have to figure out how to enter a dream after that...haha wish me luck!

I will admit that at first getting up out of my physical body is like Im really drunk or I have an body made out of sandbags.

As far as sleep paralysis I get an occasional hard to swallow like reflex.

I seem to know when I can begin exiting my physical body. Other times dreams just start to form around my point of consciousness.

Usually SP hits me very violently and out of nowhere. I mean I hardly ever get any hypnagogic images or sounds prior to it. I'm just suddenly struck with this weird rush/sensation of falling through the air at a very high speed while my eyes sometimes turn upwards like i'm having some kind of seizure. It's.. An interesting experience. Still working on riding it out into a dream though.

At first it feels like I have lost all my muscles. This is why I can't lie on my side, because I am really skinny and if my knees are like that, it feels uncomforatable. Anyway, then comes the awesome feeling. It is hard to explain, best to describe it would be like lightening run ing through my body. Sadly, the only time I have ever gotten this far i woke from excitement.

ive experianced sp once and it felt weird.... like my whole body was going numb and vibrating, it started to get really violent and then i started seeing this purple thing sort of in the shape of a bird (0.0) flying across my vision... yeah

My sleep paralysis feels like not being able to move?

For me I become numb and my arms feel extremely heavy. It's hard to describe but I feel like my arm is collapsing under it's own weight o.O

I've never had SP, but this kinda stuff scares the shit out of me. If I have a really bad SP, what are some techniques to not be afraid?

When I'm trying to WILD, the closest I get to paralysis is a partial numbness in my arms and legs. It's similar to the heavy feeling of waking up too early after a short night's sleep. I can move if I want to, but I will have to make a mental effort. It feels a little like floating. I don't feel my body much/at all.

Recognizing this feeling is a major signpost on the journey, for me.