Thread: How long does it take to get into sleep paralysis?

Originally Posted by Zenman

It takes me an hour or more to get SP after waking up early at 6am. But like Livethedream says, I lay there waiting for it and wondering, "oh, is this it, is it starting???". I should try to chill a little bit but I don't want to miss it and just fall asleep.

For me that's where I start counting. "1 <breath in> I'm dreaming <breath out> 2" and so on. Pace your numbers by your breaths though, not the other way around (as is the tendency if you have any sense of rhythm).