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Mental Health SLEEP PARALYSIS

Althodius_Trismegistus

Althodius_Trismegistus

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If you have ever been clinically diagnosed with sleep paralysis or know anyone that has, please share the experience.
 
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I used to get crazy sleep paralysis. Here we call the sleep paralysis demon the old hag. Since i started getting zopiclone regularly i really havent had it though. Some drugs that i was taking like amitriptyline also seemed to make it worse. So did the really old shitty opioid darvon
 
Not been diagnosed with it but had it many times, especially when ive fucked up my circadian rhythm or if im sleep deprived and wired while trying to sleep. They can really suck because of shitty hallucinations or if they turn into fake awakenings where you dream but think you have woken up and this turn into like a thought loop almost lol.

If you get stuck in one try to move a small limb like your little finger, this can help you escape from the 'web' which is what it feels like for me atleast.
 
Althodius_Trismegistus said:
Could you please go into more detail about the witch like entity ?
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It's a feeling of terror and being unable to move your limbs
I've not had it in a long time but used to get it after coming down on e's
Your definitely awake and I've always had the feeling someone is away to or is coming through the bedroom door
Not being able to move your limbs is frightening and its a very very strange feeling
it's always been terrifying but I'm not sure if it can be pleasant for some people ,I doubt it
I always put it down to extreme exhaustion and extreme mental fatigue
I can't remember the last time I had it I just know it's when my body is very very tired
 
I didn't know that they clinically diagnosed sleep paralysis. Either way, I have had it many times. Coincidentally, I had it last night after not having it for about a year. I know that Reddit is a horrible place in general, but there are a ton of people's experiences with SP over there.

Like others have said, the feeling is sheer terror. For instance, I cannot remember ever in my life being so scared that I could not speak outside of SP. I experience being touched physically as well as smells and tastes. It is impossible for somebody to truly understand SP without having experienced it.
 
rplate81 said:
I didn't know that they clinically diagnosed sleep paralysis. Either way, I have had it many times. Coincidentally, I had it last night after not having it for about a year. I know that Reddit is a horrible place in general, but there are a ton of people's experiences with SP over there.

Like others have said, the feeling is sheer terror. For instance, I cannot remember ever in my life being so scared that I could not speak outside of SP. I experience being touched physically as well as smells and tastes. It is impossible for somebody to truly understand SP without having experienced it.
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Possibly not
It lasts only briefly and I certainly experienced it more when I was younger
yeh your whole body is paralysed, you want to scream out but can't and not through lack of effort
It's obviously unsettling to be in a state where you can't move but why is there always a real fear of threat ,with me it's nothing supernatural but a bad man away to enter or already in bedroom ?
 
lost weekend said:
It's a feeling of terror and being unable to move your limbs
I've not had it in a long time but used to get it after coming down on e's
Your definitely awake and I've always had the feeling someone is away to or is coming through the bedroom door
Not being able to move your limbs is frightening and its a very very strange feeling
it's always been terrifying but I'm not sure if it can be pleasant for some people ,I doubt it
I always put it down to extreme exhaustion and extreme mental fatigue
I can't remember the last time I had it I just know it's when my body is very very tired
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I am trying to figure out what the entity is and why its there.
 
lost weekend said:
Possibly not
It lasts only briefly and I certainly experienced it more when I was younger
yeh your whole body is paralysed, you want to scream out but can't and not through lack of effort
It's obviously unsettling to be in a state where you can't move but why is there always a real fear of threat ,with me it's nothing supernatural but a bad man away to enter or already in bedroom ?
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I should say I've never been diagnosed with it but certainly have experienced lots of time
I always linked it to over stimulation and pure exhaustion of my brain
It usually happened on a Sunday night after a heavy weekend
Possible the reason I don't experience it now is because I use alcohol to frequently
The entity I suppose could be anything depending on the person
 
lost weekend said:
It's a feeling of terror and being unable to move your limbs
I've not had it in a long time but used to get it after coming down on e's
Your definitely awake and I've always had the feeling someone is away to or is coming through the bedroom door
Not being able to move your limbs is frightening and its a very very strange feeling
it's always been terrifying but I'm not sure if it can be pleasant for some people ,I doubt it
I always put it down to extreme exhaustion and extreme mental fatigue
I can't remember the last time I had it I just know it's when my body is very very tired
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That just happened to me for the first time,yesterday.I ate after work and nodded out do to extreme exhaustion.The hyperventilation snapped me out of it.Hopefully a first and last experience.
 
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