How can you control sleep paralysis so you enjoy it? I’ll experience it about once a month and theyre scary.
Friday, September 4th, 2009
In my experiences of sleep paralysis, I always feel like something evil is trying to hurt me or strangle me. Sometimes I have OBE’s and I’ll either hover over my body or sit up out of it. I would like to make these experiences more pleasant and possibly induce having an OBE.
I started having these episodes during college and periods of high stress. Mainly they were very disturbing and left me very exhausted and stressed out and worried for the next few hours after an episode. I got to the point where I was afraid to go to sleep because I didn’t want to have an episode. Basically, you have to remind yourself as you’re going to sleep that you are supposed to pay attention and if and episode/dream happens, then you should remind yourself that you’re asleep and try to guide the experience to a more peaceful place mentally. I think it comes down to simply being aware of what you want to accomplish in your sleep…rest and peace. Then, when your conscious mind wakes up but your body is paralyzed, you "pick" your dreams and sortof "write" the dream like you’d write a play. then, that gets boring and you fall back into a more peaceful and restful state!
I finally decided that I would be the one to be in charge (control freak in me!) of my sleep and dream life. I found a book called "Lucid Dreaming" and it was very helpful. This was 15 or 20 years ago.
I mainly don’t have these episodes anymore. But, if I get sleep-deprived or am up and down all night with sick kids, I will usually have an episode. Now, they don’t disturb me nearly as much as they used to.
Good luck – everyone deserves a peaceful’s night sleep.
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I oftentimes experience sleep paralysis. This is when you wake up and can’t move or talk. I talk about some of my experiences with it. As of April 25, 2008, I’ve have Sleep Paralysis 80 times in my life. I’ve been having it ever since I was 13. Lots of people say ways to get out of it, as if I didn’t want more of it. Well, I don’t want it to stop ’cause it’s so interesting!