My Sleep Paralysis experience

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[@MoonyCat]

I'm a horror artist, and I know DAMN WELL that if I had sleep paralysis, I'd have the most HORRIFYING VISIONS

[@firefox575]

As someone who has had it. *inhale* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Well said?

[@ThePersonWhoActuallyAsked]

Definitely ​@@firefox575

[@TheYoshimon]

@@firefox575add some muffles and then we good :)

[@Snickle_Snek]

And then use it for inspiration?

[@MoonyCat]

@@Snickle_Snek yeah probably, lmfao

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

Never once had sleep paralysis but god it really does sound horrific, sleep is supposed to be a carefree period of relaxation and recovery in our lives, I'd hate to be terrified of sleep! Anyone who does have it, take care of yourself! Take the time to destress and do the things ya like from time to time, cherish the small victories and get those 8 hours of sleep to keep those damn paralysis demons away!

[@grimle]

nice pfp.

[@sp0okiradio601]

Oh it's you....

[@themarked2820]

yem damn demons won't get off my lawn

[@nicholastaylor5354]

My reaction when I hear pastel's first words in the video: i dont get cozy

[@db9635]

YOU AGAIN! I SAW YOU LIKE YESTERDAY THIS TIME

[@puzzledmoa]

I had sleep paralysis once. It was terrible. I didn't feel pressure, but i definitely was stuck. I made the mistake of opening my eyes, and looked over to see a giant spider with more legs than it should, but it still used a web to slowly climb up to the ceiling and start crawling towards me. I finally gained movement back, threw myself off the bed, hurt my foot, and turned on the lights, and saw it static out like i turned off the crtv.

[@skeletonpatch]

It didn't simply vanish as if it hadn't been there? It actually looked like CRT static? I find that absolutely fascinating.

[@puzzledmoa]

@@skeletonpatch yeah, it took like... 3 seconds to fully go away. Felt like minutes, but that's what adrenaline does

[@KnightNave]

Same here. Opened and Something… was staring me in the eyes from 2 inches away. Scared the shit out of me.

[@puzzledmoa]

@@KnightNave sleep paralysis: keep calm and don't open your eyes!

[@thedman1754]

UM EXCUSE ME??? WHAT DID YOU EAT????

[@chronickat5453]

I remember my sister telling me about her problems with sleep paralysis. She had it constantly and started to notice that the one thing she was still in control of was her breathing. She'd just hold her breath during her paralysis episodes and her brain would give back control of her muscles. I held my breath during my first time with sleep paralysis, and it works flawlessly.

[@purrpletiger2159]

Dang I wonder if that would work for me. I doubt it would though, I often feel like I'm suffocating when I get sleepy paralysis

[@whome9842]

@@purrpletiger2159 I assumed that the reason we get the anxiety feeling is exactly because we are kinda awake but have no control over any muscle including respiration that keeps going in auto mode like if we were sleeping.

[@urufugreavis]

I had one incident around the time I was watching stuff on lucid sleep. The vids mentioned about breathing as well. One sharp deep breath like gasping after surfacing from water and I was free, also got that trick to work once during a nightmare.

[@Idkwhattoput5229]

​@@whome9842maybe the reason why we couldnt breath before the brain finally gave up and gave the control was because the body is breathing in an opposite way like the brain is telling the body to exhale but you try to inhale because youre not breathing?

[@Fatcat333]

for me it's the opposite, I speed up my breathing

[@FlameHeart3063]

This was about a year ago. My demon manifested as a spider. Not a human sized one or a monster spider...just a normal spider about the size of a penny. I laid in bed for what seemed like hours but was just a few minutes, all while my brain is saying there is a spider hanging right above my face inches from touching me. As soon as I could move again, I'm not kidding when I say this, I screamed, tossed off the blankets and pillows to the floor, swatted the air like a karate master swatting a fly, jumped out of bed, turned the lights on, and ran down the hall. I didn't go back in for 20 minutes while I tried to slow my million mile heartbeat. I am EXTREMELY afraid of spiders and that shit quite nearly gave me a heart attack at 20 years old!

[@butterflywarrioredits]

BRO I EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING WAY TOO OFTEN! I HATE SPIDERS SO MUCH!

[@zeldacrafter4578]

as a fellow arachnophobe this is extremely understandable and I wish you well rest

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

How did you know it was just a sleep paralysis demon?

[@vthisguyisafoolv4574]

justice for spiders

[@FlameHeart3063]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 because as soon as i could move i swatted the air and there was nothing actually there. No web hanging either.

[@thatonesmileguy]

As a person who had to watch someone go through it on the outside it was actually horrifying to watch someone just open their eyes as wide as they can and silently panic while not moving. (300 like that's like the most likes on anything i've ever posted tyyy ^^)

[@fizzybizzysoda3288]

I didn’t know you could see someone from the outside that’s insane!

[@Sniper_4_Life]

​@@fizzybizzysoda3288 now I'm just imagining them standing outside the window, creepily staring through the blinds

[@blankcanvas3358]

Is it safe to attempt waking them? I heard it’s a bad idea for sleep walkers and I’d hate to make it worse if I come across that.

[@Griffith_pelado]

​@@blankcanvas3358as someone who has it,yes u can try to wake the person, because sleep paralysis is when the mind wakes up the first then the body

[@LikeIGiveAShit]

​@@blankcanvas3358they're probably gonna throw a haymaker at your goofy ass if you try and wake them up mistaking you for the scariest entity of them all: Elvis Presley

[@thatonekid1732]

I was a sleep technologist in training, and your explanation is very good! :] Whenever I am asked about sleep paralysis, I often explain with similar sentiments! "Your body is asleep but your brain is not." It's a bit confusing, because your brain is actually always active during REM, just not in a conscious way. It's extremely similar to being awake in terms of brain activity! In REM, your muscles purposefully go into atonia so your brain can do that processing safely. In sleep paralysis, your atonia is still active, but it has failed enough to let you open your eyes (and sometimes move other parts.) Now, as you've said, you're seeing a weird overlay of your sleeping brain activity while not being fully awake. Until your body catches up and realizes, you're stuck in a weird spot! To help compare, we can look at REM Behavior Disorder--another type of parasomnia where your brain stays asleep, but the muscle atonia fails ENTIRELY, letting you act out your dreams! It's sort of like sleepwalking, but occurs in REM. It's silly, but can get dangerous. Atonia has a lot of important functions, one of which is to not let you act out your dreams. If you ever sleepwalked when you were little, (more prevalent in kiddos and in early sleep stages,) you'll know why! People do all sorts of things while sleepwalking and experiencing REM Behavior Disorder, from stubbing their toes on furniture, using the bathroom, to cooking whole meals on a stove! As expected, people who wake up after these types of parasomnias do not feel very rested, one of the primary reasons they recognize something is wrong. Atonia (when working correctly) allows for some awesome recovery for your muscles, and is presumed to help with overall reactivity and responsiveness. It can do this by resting, but also by running a "system check" of sorts, where your brain can send signals to very specific muscle groups to activate them. It appears as random twitching, but it's actually your brain checking in on each individual group to make sure everything is responsive! This can also help solidify muscle memory. The only muscles that do NOT adhere to atonia are your eye muscles, which--as found in the name "Rapid Eye Movement" (REM)--are rapidly darting side to side! We identify REM sleep through a loss of muscle tone throughout the body, along with the appearance of those eye movements. In a sleep study, we can see all of this through electrodes placed at specific points on your face. In addition, head electrodes allow us to see brain activity, which also has unique characteristics depending on the stage! For REM sleep, the brainwaves look extremely similar to wake, because your brain is extremely active. In other stages of sleep, your brain takes it's rest. In REM and N3 sleep, your body gets a turn. I wonder if the allowance of Rapid Eye Movements are what allows so many people to open their eyes and experience sleep paralysis? Sleep is SO cool man. I didn't continue with my training due to incompatibilities with the job, but I got to do a lot of studies and set them up and score them myself. Sorry for the essay, it still makes me really hyped. The brain is so weird!!! Why does it do that!!

[@Marcaronipasta]

Holy cow, your writing is absolutely amazing! Not only does it explain the majority of people's questions but it feels visual, which adds a spark of creatively. It remains consistent through the transitioning points and the paragraphs are in the perfect category too. Also, wanted to say, you have an ABUNDANT amount of personality in your writing that helps people not get bored... Or fall asleep from boredom to find their sleep paralysis demon. Great work (⁠・v・⁠) !!!

[@lordofthechickens3627]

Very smart words. I read that and it was very interesting.👍

[@worldtravels7187]

if somebody says "I ain't reading all that" I will crush everything in sight because this was so interesting to read istg

[@Phoenix-kn8uk]

I had a moment where I woke up after passing out for a good reason (take walking a mile in soaked neoprene boots), and I couldn’t move. My mind was fully awake and out of REM sleep, yet I was still paralyzed for like a solid 5 minutes. Never occurred again.

[@Phoenix-kn8uk]

@@worldtravels7187I ain’t readin’ all of that.

[@gravitygames4495]

Sleep paralysis is interesting. For most it's a curse, but if you know what it is and how to control yourself, then you can actually leverage sleep paralysis to help you lucid dream. It's strange how that works.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

Do you have sleep paralysis?

[@HelmsmanButterscotch_OwO]

The only time I got sleep paralysis, I think my brain knew monsters were something I wasn't scared of and was something I wrote fanfictions about, so that wasn't an option for me to be spooked. So as I was lying there, it was quiet and still. And I kid you not, suddenly some old jazz started BLASTING, and it literally jumpscared me awake. (It didn't sound like a song I was familiar with, but it was definitely some old fast toe-tapping jazz.) And I don't know how, given it was just sleep paralysis and not the waking world, but I swear on my grave that when the jazz blasted, it genuinely hurt my ears.

[@VoidAcrid]

Jumpscared by jazz is the best phrase I think I have ever heard

[@draconicpeasantsheep]

Yeah your brain can sometimes fool itself into hearing something to the point where it physically feels like you heard it in the room. Personaly i would be laying in my bed in the dark and just hear some random shout calling me, but when i'd actualy get up and check, there'd be nothing.

[@Mallyjams]

the first and only time i had sleep paralysis with an actual sleep paralysis demon (btw we were chill he respected my space), i was startled out of it by an incredibly loud, plunger-like noise. I was actually really excited to be in that state so i was real disappointed (and briefly terrified) when it ended.

[@davegonz6016]

I had a nightmare when I was little that ended so loudly my ears rang for 10 minutes after I was startled awake. It was to the point where I was staring myself in the mirror trying to make various noises to see if I had gone deaf until it wore off. So it seems our brains are quite capable of leaving us with hurt ears if they feel. Good times.

[@davegonz6016]

​@@MallyjamsClearly that was your brain unclogging the dream juice drain to let you wake up.

[@SouthernObserver]

I _almost_ had sleep paralysis once. I at some point in the night woke up to the sound of whispering. Oddly enough the whispers sounded grating, like violins in a horror movie soundtrack. I was facing the door to my room, which was cracked slightly open as I realized I couldn't move. I immediately figured out what was about to go down and was able to mentally kick myself "awake", before anything else happened. I've always been able to wake myself from unpleasant dreams, so I guess I got lucky with that skill. Afterwards I researched sleep paralysis more and found out that dissonant whispers are one of the effects. Neat, I guess.

[@pilot_bruh576]

Same dude but I mostly stay calm since we are still da captains and calm nerves = calm sleep paralysis just enough time to wake myself

[@Kit-no9uo]

I used to have waking terrors when I was younger and it felt like I was being constantly hunted, I can't imagine how awful it must feel to not be able to move during an episode. Take care of your body or it'll rebel against you till you do!

[@blackcitadel9]

I had it once. I didn't have any visions that I'm aware of, but it did seem unnaturally dark. All I remember is that it was dark, there was a weight on my chest, I couldn't move and when I realised I couldn't move I started panicking. I vaguely recall suddenly being free of the paralysis and after a few moments I think I was asleep again. The terror of being conscious but completely unable to move has stayed with me ever since though. I know now that I'm Aphantasic, so generally speaking if I become lucid, my dreams tend to end quickly and abruptly, so I wonder if that played a role in what I experienced.

[@Another_El_User]

For those who have Sleep Paralysis: Remember that you can move your head, so try to bite your tongue and wake up. It take less than 2 seconds 👌 (from someone who experienced often Sleep Paralysis due to stress)

[@saddlebag]

Being able to move your head isn’t a given, I can’t when I experience sleep paralysis.

[@flamingscar5263]

you can move your head? when I get it I cant move a muscle, nothing

[@tormentedstar8480]

Yes, when i had it i couldnt move anything but my eyes

[@juststoppingby9259]

Couldn't bite my tongue, was forced into a staring contest with a 6ft tall pawn piece

[@DrawinskyMoon]

I hear you can also wiggle your toes

[@Woofzilla]

We actually just studied sleep paralysis in my psychology class, i honestly wish we had this video to watch in class. It’s super interesting to see someone’s perspective on this

[@Aequitas_RJ]

As someone who works with sleep experts, I can say Pastel has done her homework. One mistake she did make is that dreams can happen during ANY stage of sleep, but the most vivid dreams happen during REM.

[@skeletonpatch]

Luckily I had already learned about this prior to the first time it happened to me. I must have had it three or four times. My basic reaction was, "huh. I can't move." I just kept my eyes closed in case my brain projected anything weird and waited for it to pass. The abruptness in which my muscles reactivated was honestly more startling than the paralysis itself. Considering how calm I've been each time it happened maybe I should just open my eyes next time, if I'm not in a distressed state of mind maybe I'll see something interesting.

[@GamerX-2000]

I don’t know if I’ve experienced sleep paralysis. I’ve had dreams that seemed like sleep paralysis, one of them just being inception but only taking place in one room- I’d wake up, and I couldn’t move. When I woke up again, it was a different time of day, and/or the people in the room were in different places/doing different things or there were different people in the room, or everyone had left and I needed to wake up to join them. Every time I woke up, I was just experiencing the same thing again. Also, the times I think I’ve experienced sleep paralysis, my anxiety climbed really quickly (I didn’t see any dream stuff, but I wasn’t dreaming much at this time- not that I could remember) and I started hyperventilating, and the hyperventilation woke me up. So idk if it was actually sleep paralysis.

[@BijouBellaRixp1]

Oh! I had a similar dream. I wake up, walk down the hall passed the living room, into the kitchen. Mom was sitting on the chair by the stove while my brother stood. They chatted and laughed occasionally. I walked over, then woke up again. I remembered everything, so I was confused, I did it again. I saw them again, but I only made it to the living room before waking up. A third time I woke up. I was so confused not sure if I was truly awake or not. I nervously walked again still hearing mom and brother chatting and laughing. Eventually I thought "so... It's a dream?" Instantly gravity turned off. My steps lost the ground as the feeling of falling took hold, I woke up. I walked down the hall, passed the living room, into the kitchen. Mom was sitting on the chair by the stove, while my brother stood. they chatted and laughed occasionally.

[@SuperTailsMiles]

Crazy? I was crazy once ​@@BijouBellaRixp1

[@MrCleanispreppy]

I can’t believe it’s only been 46 seconds since this was made- I love how relatable this is

[@Angel-8.8]

Same

[@MberEnder]

I used to get night terrors when I got sick. They're sort of like sleep paralysis combined with sleep walking. I like to describe it like: regular nightmares are a VR horror game, while night terrors are an AR horror game. The worst part is that I'm usually able to realize when I'm having a nightmare and purposefully wake myself up. But I can't do that with night terrors since I'm sort of already awake.

[@UnselfishServiceTheater]

I think it's really weird that sleep paralysis causes people to see nightmarish visions, I have sleep paralysis a lot and never see anything scary. But I can also use my breathing to alert those around me that I need help, and most people say they can't do that either. So I guess I'm weird.

[@Lespinasal]

Same never see anything just an extreme amount of stress felling like something awful is coming . I don't even know if it is sleep paralysis , it's just the same pattern : you can't move + big stress .

[@wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034]

Usually I get the "feel like falling" type of scare at night. Except it isn't too often it happens. Not sure why. I am pretty consistent with when I sleep, though.

[@frigidofdoom7191]

Until last year I'd only ever heard of sleep paralysis. Never met anyone who told me they suffered from it and it never happened to me. It sounded pretty nasty but I didn't really think much of it. Then I went to visit my parents for some family event, and I ended up sleeping on a folding futon in a room that is technically a garage but isn't really used as one because there weren't enough bedrooms to sleep everyone. I usually stay up real late and wake up around 11am but I went to bed earlier than normal. After the stress of traveling and interacting with other human beings I was pretty tired and I was sleeping like a brick, until about 5am. I heard the door open up and one of my brothers walk into the room, calling me for breakfast. I heard him, but I couldn't even stir in my sleep. My muscles refused to move. He waited for a response then came up closer to me to try to wake me up. I was panicking at this point, but the only thing I could control was my breathing, so I started hyperventilating to try to signal to him that something was wrong. The whole time he kept calling me to wake up with no change in tone, and putting his hand on my shoulder to try to shake me awake, completely oblivious to my breathing. This continued for what felt like 30 minutes but was probably only 30 seconds until I could finally move and I woke up in a cold sweat I looked around, my brother was gone, and the door was closed. I walked into the kitchen to find no lights on, everyone was still asleep. It took me a while to process what actually happened and calm down. I got no more sleep that night and even when I was going to sleep in that same futon the next night I felt uncomfortable for quite a while. Thankfully that has only happened once, and I hope it never happens again, but it gives me perspective to understand what someone means when they tell me they have chronic sleep paralysis. That night was horrible, and having that happen even just a few times per year sounds like misery. I'm glad to hear you're starting to do better and I hope you don't have to go through too many more paralytic nights in your lifetime.

[@Chip2Changeling]

I've never had like sleep paralysis visions of things overlayed on my usual field of vision, but I do recall that id often fall into what I call a 'half-dream' state when.. particularly tired but still keeping myself up, to some degree... Where i'd be like, aware that i am laying in bed and recognize the physical sensations, but also would be Having A Dream. it was weird.

[@usernameisusernam]

I think those are called hypnagogic hallucinations. They feel like dreams but they’re actually just closed eye hallucinations, which is why you can see them but still be awake

[@Chip2Changeling]

@@usernameisusernam THAT HAS A NAME??????

[@Riako]

I had one moment of sleep paralysis that scared me so much I didn't sleep for days. I was driving a car through a city, listening to music, when all of a sudden I looked to the side and saw my best friend point a gun at me and fire. The shock of the moment was so severe that it woke me up too quickly for the rest of my body to catch up. So as I was kind of between awake and sleep I was just in this moment of uncontrolled blackness because I couldn't open my eyes, I couldn't breathe and I couldn't move. It felt like I died and that was it. It was a terrible moment where I was questioning if death was everything I thought it wasn't. I was going to stay like that, in a state of conscious darkness forever.... then in seconds I finally woke up covered in sweat.

[@KittyTimeAndFriends]

2:53 is so beautifully done I mean the whole thing is but that part specifically had me astonished Also the way you both explained and visualized sleep paralysis is very well done in my opinion It's cool to see a more story time esq animation from you too Amazing work overall!

[@zorooolover]

I love how your talking about this. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences and giving tips to help us not get it :)

[@elijones7926]

I've had it once and that enough for me. Im sorry you go though this alot. I hope it gets better for you in life, and i'll be passing on positive energy your way friend. Please be safe, and be well.

[@xX1Mankrik3Xx]

As someone with insomnia, I used to get these all the time before I started taking medication to help me sleep. The cool thing is even if the things you see are really spooky, they are entirely under your control if you realise it, similar to lucid dreaming except you're in a semi-awake state. In other words, if you reinforce in your brain that these things can not possibly exist, you'll recognize very quickly that they're not real and you shouldn't experience any fear. In fact it can be quite comical and entertaining. I still don't know why they almost always seem to default to spooky base forms though. You would think there would be some dream diversity of anything and everything possibly showing up. But it's almost always what would be a genuinely terrifying encounter if you weren't used to them and didn't know what it was

[@Caddynars]

My most terrifying sleep paralysis dream would probably have to be that time I dreamed I was falling. I could literally see everything happening from my own perspective. I fell into an ocean, unable to swim back to the surface. When I came to, I was literally struggling to breathe as though I was actually drowning, and it took a few seconds before I could catch my breath.

[@noodlecup244]

I had this happen to me for the first time yesterday. Didn't have any hallucinations, or anything, but woke up unable to move or open my eyes, everything just felt heavy. Was starting to get seriously worried I'd fallen into a coma when my body decided I was allowed to move. Felt super light and floaty the rest of the day.

[@birb4415]

I used to get night terrors when I was in elementary school. They were very different than what you had described. Since a night terror is a nightmare that is still happening even when your kinda awake. As in your usually having a dream of you being in your house and anywhere that you move in that house you would then move IRL through sleep walking. Although from all my experience it feels like your just hallucinating. My most memorable one was a time that I woke up from a nightmare and from my POV I was on the ceiling and there was something chasing me from the ground. I obviously was not on the actual ceiling but it was very spooky nonetheless. Anyways, great video, happy to see you back!

[@giieko6361]

I used to get sleep paralysis VERY often too, and to the people who are terrified of getting sleep paralysis: it can be terrifying the first time, but it will pass. It’s also not dangerous at all, even if it feels like it in the moment. My best advice is don’t fight it, attempting to move will not work, just sit there and wait or fall asleep again lol.

[@toonsisters308]

This is so relatable for me! Sometimes when I have dreams, whatever happens in it, I can feel the pain I feel in the dream. I don't know if that's something to worry about or anything like that, but if anyone else has felt the same things, comment please.

[@Vivi-Xing]

I have never had sleep paralysis, but I have felt pain in my dreams before! Sometimes, in dreams that have bugs in it, usually I might feel pain if they sting or bite me (and that usually wakes me up). Also, I have a fear of bugs if that explains anything.

[@davegonz6016]

I don't usually feel pain in my dreams, but I remember one example of it. It was one of those classic "you're falling off a skyscraper" dreams and halfway down I thought "oh I know how this goes, I'll wake up before I hit the ground!" and then I just... didn't? I smacked into the ground full force and just laid there, all kinds of messed up. It wasn't realistic or absolutely agonizing, but I could tell that my brain was trying really hard to emulate pain with general uncomfort and pressure. I didn't care though, I was just shouting swears at my brain for not waking me up when it should have.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

I used to, and might still, sometimes experience this when I'm extremely tired and just about to fall asleep. I don't see things, but I recognize that I've lost motor control, and it scares me back awake after just a few seconds. It was as if my body was even more ready for sleep than my mind, and the different parts of my brain turned off out of order. It can make it difficult to actually fall asleep at that point, despite being exhausted, so it is very annoying.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

No shadowy vestiges?

[@adamofblastworks1517]

@@oneinbillions-8293 well the room is already really dark when I'm going to sleep.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

@@adamofblastworks1517 Is that a no?

[@TwiggyPone3617]

I've had sleep paralysis once or twice, but something similar used to happen to me when I was younger. Sometimes when I was trying to fall asleep or woke up in the middle of the night, I get would get this sensation that my body was moving. And by moving I mean it felt like I was being tossed around, somewhere in between riding a boat on choppy water and a roller coaster. And before you ask, no, ironically I couldn't actually move when this was happening. It was weird.

[@leyrua]

I don't think I remember ever having sleep paralysis, but I had really bad ear infections as a child, and they would make me feel like I was falling and _shrinking_ infinitely whenever I laid down. 😬

[@lilskronklbloop]

SAME, I get those even now, sometimes it feels like a pressure is on my chest and my limbs are tingling and its like something ominous is tickling me and thrashing me around latest dream I was thrashed around my moms room and onto the floor from the bed woke up in a sweat realizing I was still on the bed not paralysis, but WHAT is this?

[@itsyaboix5091]

I can't get enough of your animations. Your style is just so adorable.

[@Dr._Vita]

Considering the things your avatar has done in these animations, I'm significantly less terrified of them and very very horrified at the prospect whatever haunts their sleep

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I've had sleep paralysis before, and I've also had something that I'm still not sure what it's called. It's sort of like waking up from one dream into another, only it happens over and over again. And I keep waking up in the place where I fell asleep. And every time I wake up again there are chunks of my surroundings replaced with nothingness. Not darkness, just nothingness. Other times the room just gets increasingly distorted. Sometimes I go through so many cycles that I start having weird pseudo-out-of-body experiences. It's like my consciousness tears itself out of my body just to escape being asleep. I'll start pushing my "self" through windows and walls just to get as far away from my sleeping body as I can. There's got to be a term for this, right? Besides anxiety-induced madness?

[@TimotheosFraser]

I've never had sleep paralysis, THANK GOODNESS! But I _do_ know what the visuals look like. Quite often when I was on the verge of sleep, and woke up suddenly, there would be a brief few seconds where I could see the silhouette of a creature moving; taking the form of a cat on my bed or a dear in the hallway. I am grateful that these never took a human form. I would _absolutely FLIP!_ By the way, SUPer enjoyable video. Your two mascot designs are adorable.

[@LutherWilken32]

Amazing ! I loved every frames of your animation Such perfections

[@Henkiwashere]

I do say, I love how you illustrated your own experience! I've never had this but I can really feel the fear and panic from it. LOVE THE LITTLE GUYS THO. AUGH A PLUSHIE PACK OF SLEEP PARALYSIS DEMONS WOULD BE SO CUTE

[@KatOnline]

I have dreams practically every night, they can be creepy but usually they don't freak me out to the point I force myself to wake up. But since 2022, Occasionally before or after my period, I have these episodes in my sleep while I'm falling into REM. Idk what the heck it is exactly but sleep paralysis doesn't seem to describe it. I have these false awakenings that are super realistic and uncanny, and I hear sounds in my head that progressively grows louder and louder. And I would have this vibrating feeling in the back of my head like there's a phone inside of there buzzing. It freaks me out, makes my heart pound out of my chest. I believe the reason for this could be because I suffer from anxiety, I don't have a consistent sleep schedule, I don't hydrate enough, and that I may be lacking in certain vitamins such as vitamin d since I don't go out in the sun as much as I should.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

Interesting, very interesting. Do you believe in the supernatural?

[@KatOnline]

@@oneinbillions-8293 yes. I do believe in the supernatural.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

@@KatOnline Are you a fearful person?

[@KatOnline]

@@oneinbillions-8293 Depends

[@KatOnline]

@@oneinbillions-8293 fearful of what specifically?

[@Ajazzers]

Great video pastel! Glad to see you back!

[@YourButHed]

Nice to see one of your animations again. I love your style

[@Gabriel.570]

0:05 MY DAD

[@Sealbinder]

This is something i have experienced for decades now. I am in my 40s and my saint of a wife has learned to deal with it and how to help me. It is exhausting and i have taken to little bed time rituals to get myself in the best mental state possible before i go to sleep. This does help. Unfortunately sleep paralysis seems to be more common in those with ADHD as well, which combined with anxiety and other issues makes sleep paralysis and sleep walking a common occurrence. I hope it gets better for you. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

[@oneinbillions-8293]

Do you believe in the supernatural?

[@Sealbinder]

@@oneinbillions-8293 No. I do see the connection people often make to supernatural events, but they confuse these with what you often see with sleep paralysis. The most common things people see are figures made of darkness. This is a common one for me as well. At times if my anxiety is bad enough I even develop a bit of a fear of the dark since my non-rational side seems to think I will see these figures again. The dreams and images you see with sleep paralysis are horrifying and can stick with you when you are awake.

[@Sealbinder]

@@oneinbillions-8293 No. I do see the connection people often make to supernatural events, but they confuse these with what you often see with sleep paralysis. The most common things people see are figures made of darkness. This is a common one for me as well. At times if my anxiety is bad enough I even develop a bit of a fear of the dark since my non-rational side seems to think I will see these figures again. The dreams and images you see with sleep paralysis are horrifying and can stick with you when you are awake.

[@Sealbinder]

No. I do see the connection people often make to supernatural events, but they confuse these with what you often see with sleep paralysis. The most common things people see are figures made of darkness. This is a common one for me as well. At times if my anxiety is bad enough I even develop a bit of a fear of the dark since my non-rational side seems to think I will see these figures again. The dreams and images you see with sleep paralysis are horrifying and can stick with you when you are awake

[@oneinbillions-8293]

Are you a fearful person?

[@breadslapper6255]

This is hands down one of the cleanest and most fluid animations ive seen in a long time. My soul is amazed right now, struck dumb... What a talent!!! Also ive always loved your collor choices and style. Good f* job!!!

[@Invalidar]

Man I can listen to your voice all day, it's so expressive.

[@Falloutlover123]

Bro can be an a horror podcast 2:37

[@yvonn3]

Been a while since I got a notification from this channel, love your animations ❤

[@PapayaFruit-wo3dk]

I was NOT expecting that dark sleep paralysis moment from a pastel flurry video bruh

[@dragonmaster2643]

When I get sleep paralysis, I figure it out right away and try to force myself to move to wake up. I have done this several times and it always feels like I’m running out of breath. The good news is that I somehow don’t see nightmares or demons when I get it. On rare occasions, when I wake up from sleep paralysis, I immediately get it again and have to start the process of waking myself up again. So just be sure to take care of yourself and get some sleep.

[@Khuza-_-]

Очень красивое видео, кстати. А ещё у меня был так же ситуация, мой демон был высокий, и у него были видны только глаза и зубы, а так он был чёрный. Я помню, я спала и просыпаюсь вон там, но мне так казалось ещё со мной, ходила женщина, ну как женщина, короче говоря, каким-то днём, как ночью. А ко мне во сне пришла женщина. Мы сидели с мамой на нашей кухне. Да и она пришла такой типа хопа, я тут стою. И как я испугалась, мама пошла проверять Там никого не оказалось, мама, зачем-то выключила свет, мне стало стрёмно, и я начала его, как Рено, мне было страшно, и я не могу говорить. Потом она приходила ещё 3 раза. Да, мне кажется, я 1 русская.

[@Henkiwashere]

HAHAH FIRST. AT LAST IVE BEATEN ALL YE SNAIL KIDS >:)

[@SunflowerStationArt]

I am not snail kid 😂😂😂

[@Henkiwashere]

OH MY GOSH, I THINK U BEAT ME BY LITERALLY 6 SECONDS BRO@@SunflowerStationArt

[@Henkiwashere]

@@SunflowerStationArt 👏

[@SunflowerStationArt]

@@Henkiwasherehehehehe >:) thank you but also HOW😂😂😂

[@Henkiwashere]

@@SunflowerStationArtbro idk, cuz like i even was on her page, like she told me the SECOND she was posting lol

[@ipostanimation]

I love that storytime animations are coming back

[@Oreo_Acey157]

I like how you explained this in a small way for me to understand without this being a long video 👍

[@thechickisback]

Bro like Hello?

[@ashlingniall9465]

Hi

[@MarbletheFlooring]

Wsg

[@ThunderMysteryRedstoneSquad]

Nice video.

[@justaperson2505]

Fr I watched the whole thing.

[@sophiebubbles07]

I saw this video once in my recommended and couldn’t watch it since I was in college, and I have spent the last few days just trying to find it. Searching up sleep paralysis didn’t do anything, and only seeing a previous video in your recommended allowed me to check your channel to watch the video. I love KZbin. Otherwise, pretty good video, it’s nice to watch chill videos like these.

[@aidanvenki8834]

sending all the love and support to you and your family scar, thank you for sharing jellie and her beautiful soul with the world and with the Minecraft community!!💙

[@SleepyWhistles]

Sleep paralysis demons haunts everyone but once you confront it, it will make you feel better :D🌠

[@twicethess-ratedghoul7859]

“ poor sleep schedule is a cause “ Me : *watching this at almost 3am* I wonder if I have a bad sleep schedule Jokes aside, good to see a video from you ! Another great one and I hope your doing well !

[@MicahS70T5M]

Me watching this at 21:38 (I have to get up at 4 tomorrow (I won't go to bed until at least midnight (I did the same thing yesterday ( I'll probably do the same thing tomorrow))))

[@noro4797]

So glad to see you back! Can totally relate, happened to me a lot as a child . Sucks but it hasn't happened in a while, so hurray

[@jet210]

good to see you back in action pastel flurry :3

[@SolarAnimates]

Your art is soooo good❤

[@privacypolicy8230]

Dont know if this is appropriate but i figure a congrats is in order. You done away with your sleep paralysis, step by step, which i think is incredible. Well done mate, you did great

[@empathictitan9538]

hearing that pastel flurry was a high school student during the pandemic makes me realize how little i have accomplished in comparison

[@MegaVGmaster]

This was really enjoyable! Id love videos on other lifestories you've had!

[@Lespinasal]

Great video , seing people talking about it was very helpful !

[@wolfiethe2nd]

I LOVE YOUR ART AND ANIMATION SO MUCHHHH

[@Crazyknight-bc3wi]

Great work with this video!

[@Asurvivingslugcat]

So glad you reappeared in my recommended

[@runeflivix8073]

I love these videos Thank you for making them! :)

[@GrinPaint]

Amazing video. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@AnimatingSTUFF]

OMG YOUR’E THAT ANIMATOR THAT ANIMATED THE BALDI ANIMATION YOUR’E ANIMATION STYLE IMPROVED ALOT 🤩

[@HarmonyMoonbeam024]

I’ve never had sleep paralysis before, and THANK VANILLA MILK TEA FOR IT! I may be a bit of a horror game fan (mainly escape the backrooms and phasmophobia lol) but I freaking hate humanoid looking demonic creatures + after the age of 10, I’ve gotten a bit more panic prone, especially after a thing that happened the day before Christmas eve, so I don’t even know what I’d do if I ever experience it. Glad you were able to break the patterns that were causing it though💜

[@TenkoNekoo]

Your mention of feeling like you're suffocating reminded me of how almost every time I had a lucid dream, I felt this overwhelming pain around my chest. A friend of mine told me this might be the brain's reaction to what's going around you, and trying to wake you up with pain! yaaay!

[@longlivetheking482]

PASTEL UPLOADDDD YESSS

[@Michael_mouse821]

I got sleep paralysis once, and looking back it was pretty funny. This tall, lanky shadow figure came out of my closet, walked towards me, sat on my bed, gently removed my blanket and lifted up my shirt to just start helping itself to my intestines. It kinda hurt I guess. The figure was very gentle though, and sometimes it would just look at me while eating I dunno man it was kinda funny

[@featherblaze8819]

Sleep paralysis is horrific. It only happened to me once but Doctor Doom threatened to kill me while I couldnt move was awful. Looking back the fact that my sleep paralysis demon was Doctor Doom is hilarious, but as a kid it was horrifying. So I'm glad your sleep paralysis is starting to be less frequent!

[@theshyguy9855]

it's nice to know that i have never suffered sleep paralysis once in my life, as so far not a single person that has experienced it, has said that it was a positive experience. also, the art in this video is gorgeous, especially the sleep paralysis part and I love all the outfits you wear in this video. this is such a well made video, i love every part of it. have a nice day and hopefully you don't experience sleep paralysis anymore

[@endeavourO1]

Love the video great job ❤👍

[@TheDapperDragon]

When I had my sleep paralysis, it was so bizarre. I just watched a being looming over the edge of my bed. A tall, lanky shadow of a man, just looking at me. I remember freaking out, but being a more militant minded person, I didn't WANT to run or shout, I wanted to quietly watch, but prepare myself to defend myself if he came closer. It was when I realized that I couldn't move at all that I started to panic. Thankfully, my panic mode is the opposite of most. When I start panicking, my brain shuts down all non-essentials, including fear. I get bizarrely calm. Until the panic causing situation is over, then I get to enjoy all of it hitting me at once. Lovely. But I digress. The man watched me, and all the while, my internal dialog is freaking out, until I settled myself, and just demanded my body move. I remember my exact phrasing: 'This is *my* body, and I. said. MOVE.' As I was thinking this, I remember the man turning, and walking out of my room. As he crossed the threshold of my door, my arm shot up, finally able to move. I realized what had happened, but that didn't stop me from searching my house, and not sleeping the rest of that night.

[@suhspence99]

I used have to this bad in College and then later in basic military training. Absolutely terrifying when you think you see something running towards you while 47 other guys are sitting around thinking you’re just refusing to get out of bed

[@skylordthe1st]

Thank you that was lovely and cozy

[@kappascrolls6495]

I love your videos, always have, actually checked your channel to see if I missed any uploads. I have sleep paralysis maybe around 4 - 5 times a year I'd say, the first two happened already quite a few years back and really freaked me out becuase I never heard of such an experience before. I had my eyes open but couldn't move, I felt cold pressure running down my face like being stroked by an invisible force. I got used to the feeling of not being able to move and luckily the feeling of unsafety doesn't 'get me' anymore because I can always convince myself this is just part of what im currently experiencing and that it will pass if i just acknowledge that I am currently under sleep paralysis. I most often hear sounds that aren't accompanied by visuals. People drilling into a wall close to me or someone unlocking the door to my apartment (im living alone). It's nerve wrecking but I try to logic my way out of it and build up enough calm to close my eyes again while I still can't move and try to just ease into a short time of rest, giving my body time to wake up. Usually I can't sleep right after because it is still an eerie experience and I loose trust in my bodies capability to sleep safe after. Basically I dont trust it anymore xD But yea, at least I don't get too spooked, I just secretly hope it never happens in an inopportune moment where I'd actually have to move. The tiny horrors of life ^-^

[@muddymudkip15]

I've had sleep paralysis twice, once being the sleep paralysis demon kind, and once being the stuck in a dream kind. The first time was when I was about 4, and I thought I saw a Geonosian from Star Wars staring at me through my bed sheets (since I slept under the covers), and I couldn't move for what felt like a few minutes. The second time was when I was 9 or 10, and was way worse. I went through the first 3ish hours of my day in a dream, doing everything I would normally be doing while awake (eating breakfast, brushing my teeth, watching TV, etc.). I ended up realizing I was dreaming about halfway through (likely because I couldn't actually feel anything I was doing in the dream), but I couldn't wake up from it (which led to me panicking until I eventually managed to wake up). I honestly felt like I was going to be stuck in the dream forever. When I did wake up, I had slept in to the time I had reached in the dream, suggesting that the dream had actually been happening in realtime (which it definitely felt like during the dream). Edit: I looked the second one up, its actually called "false awakening" and is similar but not the same as sleep paralysis (though it tends to happen to people who have sleep paralysis), with the key difference being that it happens while you're dreaming and sleep paralysis happening when you're awake.

[@GabrielContent1]

i the name of yt, you´ve been on my recomendations for 3 weeks, then, nice vid

[@Tinkpumpkin]

I've never had a sleep paralysis, and just hearing about it makes me scared. Well found out a year ago that what a sleep paralysis IS is my greatest fear. So hearing you (pastel flurry) describe it made my whole body terrified. It also freaked me out, but hey I've always wondered what its like.(that's not saying I want to get one)

[@rien9265]

i know this isn’t about sleep paralysis but oh my god your animation is so smooth

[@Myriclepup]

This is a great video! I can only remember this happening to me twice before, and I had no clue it was sleep paralysis lol Thanks for enlightening me ^^

[@benjaminroos2996]

Such a fun (sarcastic) video! Love it! I come from a family with parasomnia history. My grandfather is a narcoleptic, many of my elders have sleep paralysis and I've had accounts to literally yelling my dog out of my room in my sleep twice. Recently, I've had sleep paralysis more often. While I am lucky to know I'm paralyzed, my demons are all fanged hunters who know the vital spots. Thus I panic out of survival instincts. Another parasomnia I commonly have is Lucid Dreaming, aka full awareness and dream control. Like sleep paralysis, people only notice it 1-2 times in their lives. I have it 2-3 times per week... Sometimes it's fun and sometimes it's not...

[@flamingscar5263]

Ive had sleep paralysis a good amount of times, it got to the point where I would no longer panic or be scared like at all, when it happened I would just go "well I am in bed, cant move, theres a demon in my room, AH sleep paralysis again, I'll just wait it out" but it seems my brain has caught on to the fact that just "demon in the room" no longer panics me as the last 2 times have been actually terrifying first one was when I still lived with my Mom, so a few years back, and it started with the classic demon at the end of my bed, I stayed calm knowing what was going on and it went away, only for my 7 year old sister to appear crying begging me to wake up because she needed help, so big brother mode activates and I start to panic, I NEED to wake up, if shes coming to me for help and not my mom or step dad then something horrible must have happened, so after panicking for what felt like hours, I wake up, shes gone, my door isnt even open and I am really confused, to be safe I go downstairs and nothing is abnormal, just my family on the couch watching a movie, it was honestly one of the scariest moment of my life, not due to anything paranormal or anything, but just because in that moment I had thought something really bad had happened the most recent time was the average demon at my bed, but again seems my brain has decided to step it up a notch, because for the first time this demon started getting closer, and closer, and closer until it was right next to me, then it gets right in my face taking up all of my field of view and I hear what sounds like a woman screaming in agony as my entire body starts to feel like its boiling, this goes on for about 10 secs until I nearly jump through the ceiling when I wake up

[@tristanmoran1291]

I missed you so much!!! I almost forgot I was subscribe to you😭

[@kmiller2160]

I love your lil plush chess horse, I didn’t recall you using it as a version of your OC. Lovely!

[@rubycutcliffe2709]

here's a tip: Try keeping your lights on, as low as possible, ofc, if you can make them less bright, the do that. Then, make a makeshift cubby over your bed, it doesn't have to block out every single bit of light, just enough for you. Dont rush the cubby, remember, you're going to have to get in and out of it every night, so maybe buy a few tall chairs at Bunnings first. (if you live in Aussie, bring a few extra bucks with you, chances are, you'll find a sausage waiting for you there)

[@SerialSnowmanKiller]

I get incidents of night terrors every few months or so. I'll 'see' some shadowy figure in my room (usually a humanoid or a giant spider) and I'll bolt out the door, and stand there looking wide-eyed into my room. The most annoying part is that, unlike a lot of other people who have this phenomenon, I AM actually awake after the 'rushing out of my room' phase; so when people come to ask me what's wrong, I can TRY to tell them that I just had a night terror... but the language part of my brain isn't working, and I can't say anything coherent. So, unlike people who have functional brains and immobile bodies, I have a functional body and a half-functional brain, and it is INCREDIBLY infuriating to know what's going on, and be unable to communicate that fact.

[@BIacK_JacK_]

This is a great video to watch before I go to sleep as someone who is paranoid and has trouble sleeping

[@QueenGreenflame]

Nah way dude, I was literally considering last night to do research on sleep paralysis for a storyline, how perfectly timed 😭

[@strawberrykuromi]

i rewatched it 10 times. thats how amazing the animation was :3