I have not experienced sleep paralysis before but I understand what it is. I think if one knows what it is then it removes a lot of the fear although when you wake in the night one is not usually fully compos mentis so I can imagine it could be very scary. You spoke of your first time here... do you experience it regularly? Have you done any research to see if the mind can be trained to avoid it?
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My brother in law used to get it a lot and then it stopped. Not sure how he did it!
When my brother was little I remember having to move into his bedroom with him for a while because he was so scared. He used to say he would wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to move. We thought at the time he was just having nightmares and was 'frozen' with fear...he was so little like 3/4 years old maybe... he would say that he couldn't move and these people would be there in the room talking to him and pulling his legs. It was freaky. Anyway, yours truly to the rescue agreed to share his room with him for a while (6 year age difference!). Whatever had been bothering him just went away. I never did anything, just slept in the same room. He was convinced there was something otherworldly visiting him at night. I can't believe this memory just came back to me out of nowhere ... it didn't even feature when this topic came up last week...I really must chat with him about it again from an adult perspective now!
yeah that sounds exactly like sleep paralysis.
they often see "shadowy figures" moving all around. which is BIZARRE. because why do so many people see that?!?!?!?!
and the terror is SO intense. My brother in law isn't afraid of much - but you should have seen the way his face would change when he would talk about sleep paralysis! Scared the LIFE out of me hahahaha i NEVER EVER want it!!
It truly is the strangest thing. It makes me wonder whether there is some physiological sensation taking place through the sleep paralysis or whether there is something a bit weirder going on too. But yeah, I agree, I'd rather never have to encounter it myself, either way.
i really don't know! I'm open to both explanations - or a mix of them
but if it's of the "weirder" side.... THAT is truly terrifying.
it makes you wonder exactly what your mind is open to when its in that state!!!
...and with that...I am climbing into bed and heading off to sleep myself 🙂 at the moment my mind is open to nothing but sleep I think...tomorrow it will be open to a world of possibilities again hehe...and maybe this topic will get a bit more research from moi then❣️Sleep tight ..I am certainly hoping to do so x