Difference between revisions of "Sleep Paralysis"
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| + | * Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes | ||
| + | * A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode. | ||
| + | * Excessive consumption of alcohol coupled with lack of adequate sleep | ||
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== Episode 1 == | == Episode 1 == | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 28 August 2011
From wikipedia: some reports read that various factors increase the likelihood of both paralysis and hallucinations. These include:
- Sleeping in a face upwards or supine position
- Increased stress
- Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes
- A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode.
- Excessive consumption of alcohol coupled with lack of adequate sleep
Episode 1
Shortly after i hear Philipp get up from bed, and some echo of conversation he is having with trip outside, i find that i cannot get up although my eyes are open. my glasses are misarranged on my face so i want to adjust them but i can't reach it. i struggle to move for some time, then suddenly i wake up in the exact position.
Episode 2
I open my eyes in the nap and find that I cannot move. Moving my hands, jerking, rolling from side to side does not produce any change in the picture that I see. I test for feeling. I realise that I can imagine the texture of things as I scratch them. Its like being unable to do anything in the real world but you can do it on some other level. Like an out of body experience. It goes on for what seems to be an eternity, unable to wake up, unable to get out or make a sound. Totally paralysed, yet able to feel like i'm moving. but the picture doesn't change at all. its like the connection was broken, but i can do something out of body. somewhere along the line i can float up. the computer is playing some music behind me. Philipp is not in the room. I imagine that what is playing on the computer is a music video with the lyrics: going down to virginia, have a good time with the boys. image of a strikingly pretty raven haired caucasian girl and another companion, walking across a scene that resembles the back of keong saik street at night. dark but lit up with pink neon. i can jump on the bed. still can't wake up. getting more ridiculous. seem to have had this dream for hours now. close eyes, open to find them in same place again. kicking feet, rolling from side to side produces no change in viewpoint.
suddenly, SNAP i wake up in reality, literally staring at the same scene. the very same scene.
