What is sleep paralysis?

Sleep paralysis can be a scary experience, but this video is here to help clear some of the fear and confusion surrounding the strange phenomenon. The video explores what sleep paralysis really is, its biological cause, and also presents some tips to help prevent sleep paralysis.
This video was created by McMaster students Minahil Jabeen, Dhruvika Joshi, Prabhjot Khabra and Vanessa Lombardo in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program.
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[@tiger08ist]

Everyone making jokes have probably never really experienced this. It’s the most terrifying feeling any human can handle. It’s no joke.

[@Marta-il9vi]

tina marie lmao no i sometimes have sleep paralysis regularly to the point i’m scared to sleep and joking about it makes me feel better

[@devonmccormack5730]

I has it last night and it was in fact scary bc I couldn't move but I was awake but like it was only a few mins lol

[@jockeyleven9608]

I have this at least once a week, and when it happens I get the presents feeling of someone else and I'm a belly sleeper and can't see my room or move, I honestly lose sleep sometimes over it.

[@maggotbob3220]

I have it nearly every night and multiple times in some night even up to like ten times where I keep waking up and when trying to go back to sleep I slip right into it, it’s still uncomfortable but I’m pretty used to it now and it’s not so scary

[@lilymorningstar2384]

So very true

[@gourmetemiguelin6930]

Who else started to search this after waking up from sleep paralysis 😏

[@Bananerman-xl2sn]

Me

[@Alexis-ln9iy]

Me

[@prativalamichhane3563]

Me

[@tinyred4512]

Gourmete Miguelin me lol

[@wilungchapvo6725]

Here 🙋

[@ginoo75]

Had my first sleep paralysis about 30 minutes ago, which is why I'm back watching videos about it now. It's honestly no joke, this was the most terrified I have ever been in my entire life

[@Revealingstorm.]

it happens to me so often I don't get scared lol. I'm just like " well shit here we go again"

[@pablovicuna2133]

Happens to me often too. Usually happens if I sleep in a certain position

[@Daisypoopordoop]

Usually when I sleep on my back is when it’s most prone to happen for me. Sorry you had to go through that I know how you feel. Very scared and vulnerable…

[@akiamab3558]

@@Revealingstorm. 😀😀😃happens to me every night

[@wasimsk4688]

I also faced it 1 hr back

[@losingaces]

i’ve had this happen to me a fair amount of times the past few years, genuinely such a terrifying feeling. the worst is when you’re stuck trying to talk or scream and you cant

[@Rosan04]

Same friend 😢

[@melinalee733]

Same I had some sort of feeling that I was moving my arms and hands in a toy of slow motion style

[@tunip_0]

Theres a tiktoker a female and she said to lucid dream you need sleep paralysis 💀💀☠️☠️

[@alireardon6664]

Did you see anything?

[@jiggyjerome7264]

Had it happen once. Mentally cried out for Jesus and was immediately snapped out of the terrifying experience I was in. For anyone that is unfortunately experiencing this in a reoccurring manner should try it.

[@IDoBeParis]

when I wake up with sleep paralysis my first thought is always “Ah shit, here we go again”

[@almaandallo4465]

So true hahahaha 🤣

[@adavelasquez2455]

Mood

[@meshari4843]

😂😂

[@emniaa4440]

And how do you manage it ? Is it easier to tell you that ?

[@julissadovale4912]

Same omg

[@hughjanus4263]

8% squad where yall at?

[@AR-mh7qn]

ayyyy

[@luz3800]

Yo

[@wspapi5463]

Shut up rat

[@WillOfBleach]

Micah Bell shit scary man

[@purplelavendajoyce3077]

Ireland and uk

[@stefanul]

You think ghosts are funny until you experience this. This makes a grown ass man cry of fear

[@tinkerersagar]

After experiencing sleep paralysis multiple times, i can say that horror movie does not scare me much compared to before having sleep paralysis. Because having sleep paralysis is like BEING IN A HORROR MOVIE

[@OG3MINISJakeyOgTacBangBarbie]

swear to god. i woke up and i was yelling and crying of fear.

[@OG3MINISJakeyOgTacBangBarbie]

also a tip i use, sleep on your stomach because then you won’t see anything as you would if on your back.

[@Moreno6000]

A good tip for people getting sleep paralysis: When you feel you can't move just keep your eyes closed even when hearing creepy things etc because you can easily try to get back to sleep as long as you keep calm

[@mamamo3131]

That's what I do too. The moment I see the creepy figure I just close my eyes again. There was this time where I feel them shaking my bed aggressively. I literally thought there was an earthquake at first. I was about to scream and then I realized that I couldn't. I also tried to move but still can't. I closed my eyes then opened them again. That's when I saw the creepy lady in black standing beside my bed looking at me. I closed my eyes then tried to focus on how I'm going to wake myself up.

[@Moreno6000]

@@mamamo3131 yeah or also moving your fingers helps too because most of the time u can still kinda move your fingers and by doing so your brain will wake up. The only time i actually had a kinda sleep paralysis was that i woke up and i heard my mom but very creepu and she kept touching my feet and i fell asleep but i still dont know if it was a dream or like "real life"

[@arvalb0]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@travelguide8991guess I’ve always been lucky sleeping downwards when getting sleep paralysis. Last night however it was terror, for some reason i couldn’t sleep, I laid and tossed 3 hours without the ability to sleep, and around 4 I was so tired, but still couldn’t fall asleep, after one final positioning move I started to drift away, instead of feeling the urge to move i instead felt this heavy feeling, having had paralysis before I knew exactly what had happend, but stupid as I am I still tried to move and realized the horror of being stuck, i started to panic, it got harder to breath and I fought with my last strength. When I finally could move I immediately slumbered and got paralyzed again and everything repeated, it was like deva-ju. This happened 4 times before I got up and just felt dead and shaken to the core, I just sat up the whole night without being the slightest tired, when the sun came up I slumbered away. One part I left out for traumatically reasons was the 4th/last paralysis, which finally woke me enough to get up. After the third deva-ju I moved slightly up so I saw my window(and the darkly lit northern forrest) I can’t explain what it was but it was large evil and resembled a wendigo. I tried to scream but nothing happened, I swear it laughed and showed it’s teeth before it float away.

[@alireardon6664]

Have you ever heard creepy things? If so what did you hear?

[@adhithyans3609]

Chain sounds,creepy talks etc: for me​@@alireardon6664

[@ender.sprite]

all i wanted to do was lucid dream i didn't sign up for this

[@yungdaggerdick9804]

You cant go back 😂

[@sherylg2601]

Hey :) Can you guys please see this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGeqaoFsrLF7rqc . Play it from 1:01:00. It's about how this person came out of sleep paralysis.

[@luproduction6873]

@@sherylg2601 Rick roll

[@tanukkat4963]

𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕕

[@Goofyahh698]

@@sherylg2601 Http://kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmHXeHV5eKpjosU is a better video because it gives free robux and vbucks

[@goncalosousa3233]

This is one of the most helpless and vulnerable feelings a person can experience

[@trombonetimmy1064]

Have you ever been the last stormtrooper alive in Ewok Hunt?

[@dariusrobinson2599]

@@trombonetimmy1064 lmao this guy

[@abbyaguilar6165]

fr i just had it and i’ve had it a few times before so i knew what was happening but it stills scares me every time

[@goncalosousa3233]

Abby Aguilar I've been having it for quite some time now , I cant remember exactly when it started but it has certainly been happening for a few years , and each time my reaction is different , sometimes I'm calm and just wait for it to go away , sometimes I panic and try as hard as I can to wake my body up , sometimes I don't even know I was having it until after I wake up , there are even when I'm just like "oh well here we go again" , nevertheless it's an eerie experience every time and it's hard to not think about it or just go to sleep afterwards

[@Leo-bx4wi]

I felt like i was on a swing and it kept getting stronger and stronger and then my eyes automatically shut and all i could see was this white swirl right above me spinning and I couldn’t move but i knew i was awake. Its fucking scary, i had tears rolling down my face.

[@Lewski514]

I’ve learned to control it over the years, first time I was just a baby boy and I truly remember how terrified I was, like you’re barely able to open an eye lid and see through. It’s an absolute awkward feeling but if you take deep breaths in between and as you exhale try to kick your whole body and usually it snaps out of it. But if you’re panicking and your hearts starts to race because you don’t know what to do , I believe someone who’s unhealthy can have a heart attack out of this .

[@Dada-zm2jb]

OMG I do exactly this! It feels like slaying a monster by being calm.

[@Lewski514]

@@Dada-zm2jb I know right ! Only those who have it can really relate , absolute odd feeling but now I’m happily giving advice to those who never experienced it. I do believe that proper sleep schedule and healthy food intake removes all possibility of severe sleep paralysis. Best of luck in the future !

[@pwct9094]

Are you still young?

[@pwct9094]

Are you able to get out of it quick by panicking?

[@arzookausar4027]

How do you stay calm? I remember after I read that one should just try to stay calm until it passes. I tried, but it's sucha terrifying experience, I truly thought that if I didn't "fight" to wake up, I am going to die... I have started to try to bite my tounge, hoping the slight pain will be enough to wake me up. and then I have tp physically sit up (Even tho my whole body feels like lead), because I am too scared to fall asleep again...

[@t-boneskillet1496]

I've suffered from sleep paralysis for as long as I can remember. It used to terrify me because I grew up thinking I was being haunted by a demon. Didn't really talk to much about bc I thought people would think I was crazy. When i did talk about it, I'd get the "it's just a nightmare." Usually the paralysis alone is scary bc I'd feel/see a presence and it would feel like it would put a hand on my chest, holding me still and knocking all the air out of me. One of the scariest episodes was when audio kicked in and i kept hearing a voice repeating non-stop, "kill yourself, you wanna die" as if it were trying to convince me to commit suicide. All I was able to do was lie there crying...then I'd repeat a prayer until it went away. When I finally searched the internet and came across videos like this, I was able to identify it. Now that I understand that it's no demon, it's occurred less. When it does happen, it's scary but not as terrifying as before. My wife can hear me trying to call for help when it happens, so she's able to wake me up. She's a keeper 😆

[@fireballxl-5748]

I am similar. I've found that during the "attack" i can control 2 things. One is my breathing. I can take deep breaths (most of the time) and the other is I can make sounds.....like moaning. My wife is under strict orders to yell, hit, shake, punch me, whatever it takes until I'm fully awake and able to move. I got a keeper too....over 43 years!

[@t-boneskillet1496]

@Fireball XL-5 43 yrs old!! definitely a keeper 😆. My "cry for help" is usually just a moan too.

[@fireballxl-5748]

@@t-boneskillet1496 You sound as if you have the exact issue as I do. It's a terrible thing with which we have to endure. Other people don't see it, feel it and most haven't even heard of it...but we live with the possibility of it every night. Also I've found that some nights, if I go back to sleep too quickly, I fall right back into the same paralysis and THAT......oh that really is distressing. Fortunately that only happens like one in seven or so times. Hope you don't have that too. Thank you for responding. And my wife, yes, she is exactly the kind of woman I needed to marry and a true gift from God. (BTW, T-BoneSkillet is a great name!)

[@t-boneskillet1496]

@Fireball XL-5 definitely very similar stories. I don't recall having it reoccur if falling back asleep too quickly. I'm happy to see that I wasn't alone in this. This was much scarier when I actually thought a demon was following me all my life. A simple movie like Paranormal Activity freaked me out bc I felt like the wife in that movie.

[@foxfn123]

Bro like if that happened to me I would not sleep alone ever again

[@ambernicole806]

For me I wake up and I’m totally calm and my minds just kinda like ‘oh crap not this again’ and I never see anything or feel anything I just can’t move and it’s annoying 😂

[@danielmakhlin4093]

Amber Nicole the exact same thing happens to me

[@anthonyhewitt9397]

Yup same

[@whatiskkaebsong432]

omg sameeee, like i've experienced sleep paralysis for quite a few times that i can now just calm myself lmao

[@labonihira]

Yeah same. Its not scary or anything.

[@user-qt3mg3sl5g]

Its still better i think... Mine is annoying because when it happen, not just my body that cant move, i hear evil laugh (loudly in my head) that make me scared and the room atmosphere is 180° different, like in the haunted house. Im okay with the sleep paralysis, but the evil laugh, nope ;_;

[@nixxgg]

"Mom please wake me up! Wake me up!" I'm always shouting that words in my head every time sleep paralysis hit me. It scares me always.

[@afaque_]

Yesterday I was Literally For About An Hour Ofcource Not In One Go But It Was For I Hour With Breaks...

[@kmarcol1]

My mom says I moan. She's seen me several times and I'm like wake me up then shit. I'm in danger lol

[@kaitlynackenback8825]

Say in the Name of Jesus, Demons are scared of His name.

[@olivia2786]

Aww this makes me feel sad.. hopefully this stops happening to you..sending hugs ❤️❤️

[@n2bfw884]

@@kaitlynackenback8825 you' comment made exclaim oh Jesus. We'll see if it works.

[@benbloomfield5146]

Most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced having someone next to you whilst. You’re trying to scream for help but can’t move or scream.

[@Jack7.]

It’s a pretty scary experience. Regardless of what you see or hear you will be scared. It feels like when you pull on a seatbelt too fast and you can’t loosen it. It feels restricting and that’s normally how I realize I’m having an episode, the restricting feeling. The second you realize, however, a wave of just dread flows over you because you know something bad could happen. The buzzing sensation described can be explained for a few people. If you are able to make a rumbling noise in your head by closing your eyes that’s similar to the feeling during sleep paralysis. The buzzing only happens when you try to wake out of it though. I’ve had many episodes though so far I’ve been lucky enough not to have seen hallucinations. The most I’ve experienced is footsteps sprinting to my bed, and hearing voices speaking in reverse. When you have it the first time you will be terrified but you will know exactly what it is.

[@potassium-filledcreampuff]

i've never experienced sleep paralysis, so excuse my ignorance, but how does it end? do you just abruptly wake up or go to sleep, does it end when a demonic creature approaches you and/or is about to hurt you (but it can't)? or none of what i just suggested. i'm quite curious

[@egapnaftheschizzo4578]

I have the same question As above

[@Jack7.]

@@potassium-filledcreampuff To clarify you are already awake, you are just paralyzed. So it’s less of waking up and more of just getting out of a paralyzed state. For me, I have never tried to fall back asleep, I always attempt to get out of it. If you try to force yourself up it just gets worse, so I always just wiggle my toes and fingers until I suddenly jolt up and out of the paralysis. The hallucinations do effect you in some way physically but not because they are actually there, it’s like being in a dream, you can feel all the sensations even though you are just lying in your bed, so yes they can physically effect you and it usually happens in the form of something sitting on your chest or pushing on your chest. The hallucinations do not effect when/how you wake up. It’s pretty interesting to me but in the moment it’s horrifying 😅

[@blue9blueify]

@@potassium-filledcreampuff honestly it just ends when it ends. For me, my first time I literally just went back to sleep and I realized what happened the next morning when I was showering. It’s super scary, I live alone and I thought there was an intruder/rapist in my apartment, I cried all day that morning when I realized what happened. Then the next time I had it, I knew I was going through my episode and I tried to stay awake after it was over but it was hard bc I was so sleepy, it ended up happening again and I forced myself to stay awake and put some Christian music , and it went away quickly ..

[@pedrososapena5893]

it seems we have a pretty similar case, excepting the footsteps or hearing voices, what i've experienced this last year was mostly like buzzing whenever im in it or a low pitch scream-like noise on my ears, my heart rate also goes up like crazy but im never really scared, to this point i just learned to take it as a natural thing to happen and dont really mind it a lot, although some times it can get a bit scary, just today i had the worst so far, i was just about to sleep and then i paralized, i knew it happened again so i didnt really mind it, but then my heart rate went up instantly and the buzzing was really loud and i head the breathing but it was more like a suppresed scream, it was pretty bad and i actually felt scared, then my partner called out to me and i snapped out of it, i didn't tell anyone yet because i dont think it's worth it, perhaps i'll keep it as a horror story to tell my friends on a horror campfire story-telling session haha!

[@iodine1249]

imagine falling asleep in class and then waking up with sleep paralysis but no one knows whats going on and everyone crowds around you including your sleep paralysis demon

[@clappa2208]

OMG

[@birb7662]

Oof size: LARGE

[@nova7801]

I can still talk during it trust me :I

[@ChronicMal1ce]

Bro wtf 😂😂😂

[@bernicemitchell9500]

@@nova7801 Then you not having sleep paralysis bc you can't talk during it

[@jathusansatkunarajah1732]

It's so sad my mum hears me turning on the ps4 in the middle of the night but she don't hear my screaming in agony when I'm in this state

[@gamingaccount9255]

Becuz you cant scream😂 its just in your mind that you are screaming but youre not

[@user-cr8xl4hn4u]

@@gamingaccount9255 yeah i once screamed “GOD IS STRONGER THEN YOU” And then I got pushed even more so then i said “OKAY YOUR STRONGER” and i suddenly woke up. But no one heard me cause it was in my head

[@shivakumargujjari]

@@user-cr8xl4hn4u lmao that was funny man😂

[@user-cr8xl4hn4u]

@@shivakumargujjari yeah i thought it was pretty funny too after i woke up.

[@iamsaqlain1]

@@gamingaccount9255 no you can scream but in a low voice. Sometimes I break through that dream by my own voice.

[@user-bs7og1hg9g]

I love scary topics but sleep paralysis humbles me pretty good

[@user-qf2pk4ip3z]

This happens to me pretty frequently. It doesn't really bother me that much anymore. After experiencing it enough, I can pretty quickly figure out when its happening. Once I've realized what's going on I can usually feel or move my eyes first. Ill usually struggle with keeping them open, almost like they are being dragged shut by something out of my control, but from there I just concentrate on moving whatever I have control of in rapid succession, which usually leads to me being able to break out of it completely. I would almost describe it as being completely encapsulated in quick sand. At first you can hardly move anything, but once you start struggling and moving against the quicksand, it creates space for more and more of your body to wiggle until you break free.

[@_medmadeeasy]

Same….

[@obsoleteelite8258]

Yes!

[@pablovicuna2133]

I’m gonna try this. Just had one last night and it lasted for few minutes but it was creepy af. I get this often too and I’m usually like whatever I know it’s happening but last night felt creepy af more than usual

[@abigus69]

When i experienced first time i wasnt able to close my eyes damn

[@KennyAce]

Me n you know the secrets….

[@Extrnal]

You ever just be in sleep paralysis and try to move your arm and it actually feels like it moves a little when in reality it does not?

[@icarenonchalantly]

Yeah It does you just have to move your arm really really hard and move it up so your body can come up with it and it'll Force your mind to wake up

[@serenapark5655]

YES

[@denki3948]

I tried to move my whole body but then you feel like you are denied movement

[@sexykabuto6368]

Yes, yesterday i tried to move my body around just to see if there was anyone looking at me but i didn't move at all i got pissed

[@FathimaMuafiqa]

All the time.

[@electro-shockblue2893]

It's the scariest feeling ever i've been having this for the past two years. I see no demons or hear no footsteps but i do feel like i'm dying

[@blackscorp4400]

I had sleep paralysis, the same for me to, but I hear some one whispering

[@syth2k934]

BlackScorp I see a demon and he whispers it’s not over then it fades away

[@gacha_majesticnugget2161]

@@syth2k934 same

[@chickenwings6745]

Bruh I see something but I don see anything because it’s always dark and the things alway watching me

[@chickenwings6745]

Karter Buis omg that’s scary 😟 I hope ur ok do u know how to fix this problem because something similar happens to me

[@venuseditz8929]

I learned so much in just 6 minutes about sleep paralysis. Thank you very much for putting such high quality content out here.

[@RiniTheSilly]

Just had sleep paralysis, I heard a voice say something and then never again. I didn't open my eyes because I knew it was sleep paralysis and didn't want to see whatever was there.

[@KirbyMolina]

Waking up with sleep paralysis Me: Aw shit, hero we go again.

[@vangora7527]

CrispiiPataa *here

[@brenda-bp7gq]

@@vangora7527 *nah he meant hero*

[@peterloader5148]

@@brenda-bp7gq no he did me here, if you've seen the original

[@shegza_]

@@peterloader5148 ... no one woosh pls

[@malloryschwarting5595]

i have a question, does it happen with naps too??

[@animesimp682]

Why did I have to watch this before I go to sleep

[@crccc]

omgosh IKR

[@trevorrod2378]

Same

[@neenee4285]

Mood😂😂

[@davidshooks3362]

Fr. I was just trying to learn how to lucid dream then this pops up

[@Jota1]

David Shooks SAMEEE

[@dikeatukunda1612]

I sometimes feel like my soul is living my body.😭 can’t move and it’s a fight to get to move a muscle in all this.

[@jujubee.2]

i’ve been experiencing sleep paralysis for years now and over the years i’ve become less fearful while in sleep paralysis but the best way i’ve been able to wake myself up or get out of it is to calm myself down and take slow extremely deep breaths, making sure the breath goes through my whole body, it’s really hard to do especially when ur so scared but once u get that down pact it’s easier to control

[@cathtaylor6929]

I sleep on my side, absolutely terrifying since I have retired from a very stressful job I have had one incident in 4 years

[@cheechee6473]

Yeah just take deep breaths, try to calm your body and wiggle your toes or fingers. Panicking will make it worse. Also I have sleep paralysis quite often because my sleep schedule is so fucked up and I never see any hallucinations when I open my eyes? Lowkey feel like that’s a myth. I feel pressure on my body and hear a ringing sound in my ears but no visual stuff like demons or whatever

[@alireardon6664]

Btw did you see anything during sleep paralysis?

[@marcobala9284]

Has anyone tried staying calm and pray in your mind, while its happening! It helps me a lot Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no one comes to the Father except through me"!!!

[@ariona]

yes i’m like jesus jesus jesus please wake me up plz plz plz plz

[@ezflow5819]

@@ariona jesus was a human how could he help you

[@armandofajardo219]

@@ezflow5819 but why did he turn into a person?? i’ll let you find the answer’s to that.. Prayers for you 🙏🏽

[@letsgetartsy7069]

@@ariona I was like chanting prayers and saying please make it morning quickly.... I told my parents and they laughed.. 🌚 Edit: my brother says *iT's jUst a niGhTmArE*

[@jeon9081]

No .. it didn't help me🤧

[@plancie3589]

*me: a teenager that sleeps under the blanket to prevent it*

[@realbronx4152]

Plancie never sleep facing up

[@clappa2208]

Swift Bronx never sleep facing down, feels like you're being stared down or watched

[@syva9036]

Swift Bronx I always seem to go to sleep on my side but I always move to facing up.

[@olivia968]

Swift Bronx genius!

[@upsilanmitstrima9878]

Me from now on

[@07acanoia]

I’ve experienced this about 10 times in my entire life. It is one of the most terrifying experiences you can imagine

[@alireardon6664]

Do you hallucinate while in sleep paralysis?

[@07acanoia]

@@alireardon6664 I can't say I've experienced visual hallucinations, but definitely auditory hallucinations, and an overwhelming sense of dread.

[@Daisypoopordoop]

I deal with sleep paralysis no regular but more times than I’d like to. Just woke up from the most terrifying sleep paralysis (though I say that every time…) trying to find some comfort through these videos. If you’ve never experienced sleep paralysis you are NOT missing out. 😅

[@purpleperc1012]

It’s even worse having it as a child, makes you believe in terrible things. Glad I grew out of it somehow

[@rosslynpaete4466]

Im never sleeping ever again.

[@mr.rajonop9831]

Hahag

[@J--bone]

MidnightStarz39 bro I’m super tired but don’t wanna sleep now........

[@ainachanplayz3624]

Me too

[@williamj.chipotle5031]

Bunch of pussies.

[@Thomas11J]

Don't worry about it. There is nothing to be scared of.

[@HowtolucidOfficial]

Me: trying to relax, sleep, maybe lucid dream My sleep paralysis: I’m boutta end this mans whole career

[@nicolematta4392]

Fr

[@thatoneguy8521]

Damm you Shane Dawnson

[@Ghost-dv2rj]

What career?

[@theOneJello]

@@Ghost-dv2rj lucid dreamer

[@krewvibez1328]

Fr tho

[@junieeee]

I used to get terrible sleep paralysis episodes nearly weekly during my entire first year away at college. Never felt the stereotypical “pressure on my chest” or “sleep paralysis demon”, but being fully awake yet unable to open my eyes or control my body was absolutely terrifying. It happened so much I eventually developed a method to get myself out of the paralysis-instead of immediately panicking when I’d “wake up”, I’d try to calm myself and count down from 10. I’d then pinpoint a specific part of my body (usually my big toe or index finger) and focus all my energy in trying to move that part. Eventually I’d be able to move it and slowly gain control of my body again.

[@somethingsafoot]

this is exactly what I do! I clench my fists

[@AllisOneNothingElse]

I can remember 2 of these in my life. One about 25 years ago when I was in 8th standard and second 16 years ago. These feelings you cannot forget.

[@briandoll8787]

Why am I that 8% 😭

[@Dana-kb5pv]

Ikr...😔

[@Dana-kb5pv]

@Hey Sizters exactly... i fall asleep with a fear that it will happen again 😔xd

[@light6054]

Bri Andoll I’m in that 8%. Just be calm or smth. Due to me not caring about things because I’m depressed asf, it doesn’t bother me that much.

[@simplylynn6888]

Ikr!

[@LuciaR518]

Same!! But I am also gifted with Lucid dreaming and can experience Astral Projection without trying..sometimes.

[@silvycrown9271]

It actually feels nice to know I’m not crazy because I can’t discuss this with anyone they would think I’m crazy This is the most terrifying I have experienced

[@rocioluque956]

I totally understand you. Last night i had one. It was horrible. I was sleeping on my belly and then i "woke up" and i couldn't move a muscle. I was like "Oh no! Not this again!". Then i started to feel like something was pressing on my back and i started to sink into the mattress. I felt like i couldn't breathe so i started to panic. Then i remembered that if you try to move your fingers you can wake up from a sleep paralysis. I tried that and it works.

[@marioc2923]

@@rocioluque956 I get it a lot when I pass out in the car for some reason. Took my wife awhile to understand it after seeing it. I’m able to grunt sometimes and see then she will shake me to try to get me out of it. Gawd damn it sucks and didn’t know what it was for the longest time and trying to explain it to someone that has no idea thinks your just weird :p

[@rocioluque956]

@@marioc2923 Yeah it really sucks, and when I tell others what it feels like they look at me like "you're weird". Fortunately (or unfortunately) my mom had episodes of sleep paralysis so when I told her what happened to me I felt relieved that I wasn't crazy or something like that.

[@ViaCRoz]

I understand and relate to your comment so much @@rocioluque956.

[@rochelle2706]

Agreed

[@vinylzrhymez2485]

Thank you so much I have been fighting this problem for as long as I can remember Thank u so much sincerely am greatful for this information

[@Talia_4u]

Sleep paralysis is no joke. It makes you feel vulnerable and it’s terrifying. Sleep paralysis is different for every person that experiences it but here’s mine: I fall asleep then wake up. I can’t move, can barely breathe. My chest feels heavy and I can only turn my head. As I look to ny right where ny bedroom door is I can see a dark figure. I close ny eyes, praying to the gods and hoping it’ll jus go away. Then I here the light footsteps on my carpet in my room letting me know the figure is moving. It gets right in my ear and starts laughing and tells me to unalive myself (ik it might sound crazy but this happens most times I experience paralysis). Then I feel my chest tighten even more making it harder to breathe. When it’s finally over, I try to go back to sleep. But then it happens again. And I wake up. It’s a repeated process at least five times a night. My mom tells me if I don’t believe in it it won’t hurt me anymore. But no matter how much I try, it still bothers me. In my family, we call the figure “the hag”. The hag is very annoying when you’re trying to sleep and it won’t leave you alone. Sorry for the long comment but I’m jus sharing my experiences. Anyone have anything similar happen to them?

[@alphxxxx4782]

When you just experienced sleep paralysis and searched up what exactly happened to you.

[@Leo-bx4wi]

I felt like i was on a swing and it kept getting stronger and stronger and then my eyes automatically shut and all i could see was this white swirl right above me spinning and I couldn’t move but i knew i was awake. Its fucking scary, i had tears rolling down my face. And the sound was like a whorlpool type of sound and once it was over i could barely move and now i cant sleep. So im here w my flash on and typing this

[@valerianeri9202]

ik this is probably vv random buh for everyone that is in spirituality uhhh i just had a dream where i knew i was in a dream n i tried to wake up from it buh i couldn’t open my eyes n i also heard someone breath next to me n so i started begging whoever put me there to take me out n they finally did buh i felt a weird sensation in my chest as if pressure was being released idk if i should b scared or not buh i’m freaking out

[@icedaprice]

You have to breath out and breath in hard so it takes you out

[@alias4yt]

Yup

[@Unknown-oo2if]

Legit just experienced it a minute ago

[@mastrepratik3212]

“My biggest fear is Being in sleep Paralysis and never able to wake up”

[@Smip1i]

Thats called a nightmare inside a coma

[@aidsvlekje8566]

@@Smip1i wait that exists? Bye

[@Smip1i]

@@aidsvlekje8566 yep

[@mog7997]

@@Smip1i so there is something that makes this happen

[@mog7997]

I had a lot of sleep paralysis that learnt me how to wake up in sleep paralysis. If you can manage to take a deep breath while its happening. Your body will wake up immediately.

[@michaelmichael675]

Exactly what i've been experiencing..thank you for this video.

[@zephyr3169]

I just experienced sleep paralysis for the first time this morning while waking up. It was terrifying! So I’m trying to understand it better. I was sleeping and dreaming on my side/stomach with my back to my bedroom door, when suddenly my eyes popped open and I heard the very overwhelming, pulsing, high pitched ringing, as I was trying to make sense of what was happening to me I suddenly felt this crushing fear of a presence that I could not only sense but hear walk closer to the end of my bed. As I tried to roll over to try and look at whatever it was, that’s when I realized I couldn’t move at all just my eyes, which only intensified the fear. It was at that point I knew that I was in sleep paralysis. I have a cousin who has told me all about it because, it has happen to him since he was a little boy, he said it would happen 2-3 times a week! I couldn’t imagine! I was 100% sure that there was something there, I believe that once I knew that it was in sleep paralysis I quickly snapped out of it sitting up in bed gasping for air. Truly terrifying! I’m lucky I didn’t have any hallucinations of any entities. But I could definitely feel something behind me!

[@kylemcmahon9868]

It’s interesting you and other find it scary, I didn’t find it scary atall. It felt to me more like a psychedelic experience, definitely a bit unsettling but I wouldnt describe mine as scary

[@famoxxl5309]

I just experienced that tonight man it’s a horrible feeling 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jarspp]

famoxxl same bro

[@famoxxl5309]

xJxrrod it’s crazy how I never wake up in the middle of the night but I just so happened to this time it happens

[@jarspp]

famoxxl I woke up and couldn’t feel anything in I don’t even wake up in the middle of the night and before it happened me and my friends was just talking about it and to avoid it just fall asleep on the phone

[@famoxxl5309]

xJxrrod Wait explain real quick.....

[@brianzapata1269]

I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't move but I tired but it didn't work and my chest felt heavy too

[@mr.durrburgersandwich8355]

I saw a dancing metal alien

[@jpla2325]

It was Howard

[@mr.durrburgersandwich8355]

And then he started to default dance on me

[@delilahcanales7051]

I saw something crawl under my bed lol, it poked me on the left shoulder :^)

[@tchitchouan]

I saw a laughing jack in the box

[@mr.durrburgersandwich8355]

It's Howard's true form

[@risingunity6446]

I'm lucky to have known about the topic already, before having experienced it, thanks to the video 👍

[@Stephanfritzel]

Most of my sleep paralysis experiences up until last month, I was nervous during, but I knew I was in a dream after I woke up. Last week, I had an experience that was so real. I couldn't scream, and I saw a figure next to my bed. I was hyperventilating. I fell back asleep, woke up again, and saw the same figure next to my bed. I just started a new blood pressure medication that night, so that's what I'm blaming it on lol

[@ceruleanx5364]

I’m so used to sleep paralysis by now that when it comes I’m just like “Ah shit, here we go again.”

[@marcellakicks6181]

Exactly the same here. Always think 'well here we go, just gotta get through it and it'll be over soon'.

[@sjaedube8871]

Lol🤣🤣en l start moving my toes....@ first l thought l was about to die😭

[@justbreathe8171]

Same ik when it's coming. But like idk how do i control it.

[@certifiedk4202]

For real tho 😂😂😂

[@saturn4719]

this comment is so true and underrated

[@Ethan-vu7ls]

Most of the time, I'm too tired to even care

[@nikhilonline1]

I experience it 2 times a week

[@lcs684]

@@nikhilonline1 I think you need some help

[@maryjessiree3341]

hahah me too.. i just continue to sleep.. and make sure that i continously breathing hahah

[@realmagdawg]

same

[@nikkieh1445]

Ethan YES

[@Jesse-oe1cb]

I had this last week while I was dreaming. I woke up in my bed but could not move anything, but I heard footsteps in my room and I heard my chair squeking. I wanted to get up, look around or say something but I just couldn't do anything. When I finally woke up I got chills and I noticed a painting had fallen of the wall. One of the scariest things that ever happened to me ngl.

[@brandonlykins2419]

when I was a kid I thought it was a demon attacking me. now I'm older and glad information like this is available so I understand it better.

[@MarkanVaran7]

Whats scary is that you cant even scream and call for help. Its like you cant grasp for air and words wont come out I experienced this its awful. Update : Just experienced another sleep paralysis I was lying on my back of course, I heard footsteps near me so I slightly opened my one eye and I couldnt see anything and in one moment I saw a window open by itself!!! I heard more footsteps and I could hear some grunting but no one was near me! I wanted to get up but I couldnt so I wanted to call for help but I could barely make slight noise and I used every bit of strength to move my legs and I barely got up. Not a pleasant experience

[@nawnaw]

Same ,it's horrible

[@stellerfilms9578]

BRO FR I WAS ASKING FOR HELP IT LIKE I WANTED TO SCREAM FOR HELP BUT I WAS JUST SAUIG “help.someone help me”

[@clownzen4450]

When this happens can we shut our eyes? How to avoid sleep paralysis?

[@stellerfilms9578]

@@clownzen4450 you cant prevent it lol 😭

[@stellerfilms9578]

@@clownzen4450 just try to relax and wake urself up

[@saturdaynightsalright8925]

*What's worse is if that happened to you while on the side position, it feels like something blocked your lungs and you feel you cant breathe*

[@bucs0480]

Yes

[@yubictza_8714]

Yea

[@barshatacharya2637]

It just happened to me.. i cant move.. i screamed but nobody heard.. man it literally gave me a death feeling

[@amisha4951]

@@barshatacharya2637 omg same happened to me few days ago 😭

[@pamsanchez9379]

Totally. 😓

[@angiej4865]

Had this last night so thought I'd look it up. I was sleeping on my right side and felt a kind of heavy stroking, over the duvet, from my left shoulder to my knee as well as being paralysed. I tried to shout out but couldn't. Not sure if I did make a noise. I've recently moved into an old cottage so, on opening my eyes I had a good look around! Noone seen, thankfully. I did have a couple of minor, unexplained feelings of anxiety yesterday evening. I have never been diagnosed with any mental health issues nor have I ever taken medication for same.

[@eatsheet7087]

I just expercienced sleep paralysis for the first time, and I really wasnt that terrified first of all because I know what sleep paralysis is by watching vids about it and I managed to stay calm while I was in that state.

[@Xavier-hg3yb]

I love how she tries to tell us that we are in no immediate danger like thats gonna help anything but I’m sure the dude hanging from my ceiling during my sleep paralysis will tell you otherwise

[@okeda359]

😂😂😂

[@serenapark5655]

WTHK💀

[@LumboDumbo]

yeah people be like "it's not real, calm down" like damn I've never had sleep paralysis and I chill just thinking about it

[@simplemeow6887]

Me: sleeps with the lamp on Demons: you weren't suppose to do that

[@tanitaplayz5018]

Ahaha same

[@steph_ml]

Yes! The light works for me too

[@-sussusamogus-7013]

they don't really work for me because the area around the light gets brighter but everywhere past the light becomes darker and harder to see so I've grown accustom to using sound to navigate the rooms instead because then I don't have to walk around blind

[@Toonz_blox]

Lol

[@vale4472]

Me who has a night light for my puppy😎

[@cryrustmusic]

I got goosebumps even thinking about it, like a flashback to what I usually feel during this creepy thing happening to me

[@Giga_capybara420]

OMG THANKS FOR THE TIPS I SAW A VIDEO ABOUT SLEEP PARALYSIS AND IT FREAKED ME UP I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS AND I DONT WANT TO.

[@Giga_capybara420]

I WAS SO AFRAID OF THIS UNTIL NOW

[@slightdesign4041]

I saw James Charles and he said *"Hey sister"*

[@gracieconley1512]

*never sleeps again*

[@kvui5366]

@@gracieconley1512 *Never touches bed again*

[@lilyli547]

Gawd that's terrifying

[@anasszaalouki3252]

Hahahha lmfao

[@RedBeanySMOKES]

Lol

[@the_litboiiiplayz8025]

I hate sleep paralysis.Last time I saw a huge bug fly around me then land right by me.Yesterday I heard loud noises and I was so scared.

[@joewillalayu5059]

The_litboiii Playz same as me

[@joewillalayu5059]

I thought that demon has posses on me

[@the_litboiiiplayz8025]

RR d grit alayu that suck dude

[@joewillalayu5059]

The_litboiii Playz hahahahaha

[@the_litboiiiplayz8025]

RR d grit alayu oof what happened?

[@acceptableinformation]

thanks. this is the video that i was looking for because I experienced it several nights.

[@leinswaisbrick]

After getting it two times, I can identify when it happens, and I just close my eyes, breath, and wait for it to finish. It is helpful to remind yourself that nothin you feel in that moment is real and can actually hurt you.

[@rfj1156]

I had sleep paralysis once and it was awful. I tried shouting but I couldn't

[@shedoesntevengohere7655]

Same

[@anjelooracion4734]

Dont shout. It'll make thing worse. Focus yourself by relaxing. More likely, if you're conscious that you're in a sleep paralysis, gently close your eyes and relax. You can also say motivational words if you want to make it out fast😁

[@BR00P]

Same

[@sam-gx1dk]

You couldn't even talk at that time..

[@gaminf6713]

Same dude

[@maddiec.2339]

If you’re struggling to find control when in sleep paralysis, WIGGLE YOUR TOES!! It always calms me down because I slowly start to regain movement from the feet up. It gives you a sense of control when you feel helpless, and it has been vital in helping me deal with sleep paralysis over the years.

[@baizilfree9241]

i try moving my fingers but the more i try to move anything for me the deeper i go. so i have to time every thought perfectly like not to open my eyes, and if i do see things i look down. AHHH its so scary

[@weirdnoise11]

It honestly worksmost of the time. But the last time it didn't.

[@beatrizfaustino7952]

That's what i do, i can move my toes. When it starts i panic, but then i remember i can move my toes, calms me down and i ends it faster

[@malvinmanihuruk2755]

Sleep paralysis is almost a common thing to me for the last 2 months. One thing I've learned from past sleep paralysis experiences is that to fully wake myself from my sleep paralysis is to force myself to breathe very deeply then release it and repeat it over and over for about 3 time or more until you can move one of your body parts (i'd recommend your finger/hand/arm) to lure my self to wake up and then you'll be concious again( based on my experience). I promised myself not to try to go with the flow and force myself to sleep at times like this, because when I had this sleep paralysis, I had to breathe manually(maybe this isn't the case with you), what I mean by manual is that I need to have the desire/will to breathe in my brain so that I can actually breathe (unlike when you are fully awake, you can breathe naturally unconsciously). Sometimes, when i focus myself to sleep during the sleep paralysis, I find my self forgetting to breathe, so the only option i have is to force myself waking up LATEST EXPERIENCE: recently I was trying to go with the flow and trying to let myself sleep but what happened suddenly I saw the white light fading and suddenly my ears heard a buzzing sound (take the flashbang sound in Counter Strike game since it is the closest to what I was experiencing) and it's getting louder and louder until it hurt then I forced myself to get up with a quick breath deep breath like I usually did before. That was my most recent experience ever 'till now. I'm speaking facts here based on my own experience, I haven't done any researches aswell so this just a pure impression of what you would be facing when you're in a sleep paralysis. So let's get in this together and raise this comment so maybe someone can get some research on this. It'll be good if i can hear your experiences aswell.

[@poppysensei3858]

Yes this is so true. I also try to talk and pray as hard as I can

[@andsiriisstupidyes4118]

One night I was struggling to get any sleep, and not until about 1am was I able to doze off, but it only lasted a few moments, as I quickly awoke, I was afraid beyond my control and just felt something I couldn’t explain. There was a gust of colours overhead, unintelligible murmuring, noises, but I knew what it was, or at least it felt so. Imagine time is like a path you travel, walking along at a steady pace, everything easy to observe and given its fair time in your life, but at that moment it felt like time was a cliff face, and I was falling, fast, something more than just gravity pulling me to the bottom. I felt the world ending, eternities passing and universes starting and ending. The gust of colours turned into stars that formed constellations like no other, dancing, yet aggressive. It’s really just impossible to capture in words. But after looking into this all, i don’t know if it was any normal sleep paralysis, considering I was definitely awake. I could still move, infact I shut my eyes and buried into my pillow in fear, I told myself, audibly, “it’s just a dream, it’s not real,” over and over, before proceeding to pinch myself, i could feel it all the same as I could the sheets and cold air on my skin. I was awake, it only amplified my fear, and I turned away from my pillow and looking at it I wondered what was going on. I know it seemed so obvious, but when you’re scared for your life you can try to think straight, i finally realised it had to be sleep paralysis, and something about that realisation, the momentary certainty, it gave me the courage to just... sit upright. And everything when away. After that I was kind of blown away by the experience, it felt weird and though terrifying, refreshingly humbling. Until some research, I thought it was simple, cut and dry sleep paralysis, but since I could move and stuff, i’m now more confused. It was NOT a nightmare, i’ve had a lot of incredibly real-feeling nightmares before but they’d never come close to that. If anyone out there knows what this is i’d like to know, i’m interested to know answers, it was a real eye-opening experience.

[@rosespetfish5891]

This was my first ever SP experience, but also the most terrifying. The night I experienced it, I was laying in bed, staying up late when I knew I shouldn't be. All of the sudden my body went a little numb (I was still able to move tho) and it got very hard to breath. Earlier that day, I was eating a packet of chips, and it somehow fell down my bed without me knowing. So when I experienced SP I heard someone digging into that chip bag and When I turned my back to face the wall, I heard someone walking across my room the whole time. I couldn't move for a good 5 minutes, and when I tried to move it felt like I was going to fall or something. Once I was able to move, I grabbed my phone and messaged my parents to come into my room, but when I opened my phone to message them, my note pad app was oppen and somehow someone/something wrote a bunch of Z's in my notepad. That was the scariest night of my life. Of course, my parents didn't believe what I said, and I just slept next to their bed on the floor that night. I hope no one ever has to go trough SP. It's truly one of the scariest things a person can go trough. What it wrote: Z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z ź z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z zz z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z

[@Thesamurai1999]

Maybe it was Putin who wrote it?

[@rosespetfish5891]

@@Thesamurai1999 omw😂😂😂

[@rosespetfish5891]

@@Thesamurai1999 I'm not really sure if it was sleep paralysis or a ghost encounter yet tho

[@Kad86]

Dear i don’t think it sounds like a sleep paralysis..

[@ice8996]

I also got it for the first time, its really not a great experience I think I'd think I was crazy if that happend to me, thankfully when I had It I just couldn't move but was aware of my surroundings and it just felt tight and like I died. Like i think I was dreaming and then suddenly I was in a sleep paralysis

[@awesomeyeah185]

Me: laughing at people scared of sleep paralysis 😂 Me after getting sleep paralysis: All hail god, allah, bhagwan, lord Jesus help me live and prosper 🥶🥶🥶

[@axkvs]

Hahah

[@lazfernandez9120]

🤣🤣💀👍

[@shedoesntevengohere7655]

😂

[@jishnu5961]

@Survivors Hates black winners go see a doctor

[@chimera2529]

Lol i did the samething.

[@subback5109]

I’ve had this multiple times it’s scary when you can’t move or even talk, and you often hear or see weird things too.

[@scymovydicgeergaming6921]

I had sleep paralisys a lot of times and I have never encountered anything to hear or see I always see dark and dont hear anything, it isnt that scary, yes you cant move and say anything but it ends fast for me, I center all force on moving my hand and after few seconds I wake up.

[@Leo-bx4wi]

I felt like i was on a swing and it kept getting stronger and stronger and then my eyes automatically shut and all i could see was this white swirl right above me spinning and I couldn’t move but i knew i was awake. Its fucking scary, i had tears rolling down my face.

[@ebpog4809]

@@Leo-bx4wi the figure screams so hard it tickles and makes the inside of my ear uncomfortable

[@ebpog4809]

@@Leo-bx4wi I also forgot to mention It sometimes wraps around my back but since i'm paralyzed I cant see how it looks like, and it hugs my back it feels so fucking realistic.

[@nezu3170]

Man, when I was paralyzed I heard people talking like you were at the mall. I was trying so hard to move or scream because I was hallucinating that my brother is choking me. It was scary.

[@jambodweep9942]

Got one this morning, I was more curious than scared as i was seeing the difference between the mind and the body, which we don't feel often.

[@Oldladyfartsalot]

I used to have this as a teenager. I’m 64 now and have not had it since then. It’s terrifying. It’s like my mind was awake but I could not move. I also felt like I couldn’t breathe. I had this feeling that I was going to die and that I was spinning down into a dark hole. I had to muster up all the strength I had to move a leg or arm to get out of it. Truly terrifying!!

[@spongebob854]

*Aw hell naw sis*

[@pickelsarebasicllynipples3496]

that's not very family friendly spongebob

[@snakekid9505]

pickels are basiclly nipples yes i agree

[@evemacdonald8654]

Don't forget to mention the loud buzzing vibration that pulsates through you. If you try to move you end up having sensation of falling, rolling or floating out of body. From there you can go peacefully into a lucid dream. If I force myself to breath deeply that helps a tiny bit too. But usually you are too tired to breath like someone drugged you but your awake in a haunted house.

[@dudearlo]

Yup

[@extracub1974]

For real. I try to move, and I think i'm moving because my brain kind of tricks me and creates a scene in my head of my successfully moving, but then I realize I'm not actually moving. I don't think I've ever actually been able to fall into a lucid dream after sleep paralysis though. It's always just me panicking trying to wake myself up.

[@evemacdonald8654]

@@extracub1974 when your brain tricks you and creates a scene in your head...that would be the dream part. If u remmeber to ask if it's real and realise it's not, thar would be when you are aware that your dreaming; lucid dream.

[@extracub1974]

@@evemacdonald8654 Idk if I'd even say that's a dream, because usually that happens to me when it's really dark. I just slightly feel like I'm moving my body, but then realize that I'm actually not. It's funny because lately when it's been happening to me, I will tell myself that this is a good time to enter a lucid dream, but I never really want to lucid dream whenever I'm in sleep paralysis. I just want to wake up.

[@landoncochrane1030]

I always held my breath

[@TheBroadwood]

Good thing for me is that i am also a dream walker so since i read about sleep paralysis i instantly know in what fucked up situation i am again and just calm myself down and fall to sleep again

[@anandgoray]

I had this for the first time yesterday. Really appreciate the video, I thought something went wrong.

[@justcalibre9953]

if I had sleep paralysis brain: wtf is going on every other muscle: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ me: *INTERNAL SCREAMING*

[@M1zlif]

It wasn’t that bad for me

[@thedarkjw6219]

Know screaming

[@danilisserios4651]

Its the worst fucking thing

[@khadeejaOmar]

pls dpmt joke about it im traumatized to this day about it

[@cocobean420]

i think i has sleep paralysis before but then it wasnt bad and it was just the tv on and my sister partying

[@yllaris1366]

I saw a black figure wearing an american-flagged underwear... The experience was heavenly

[@ritapelicano5639]

Ricardo Milos 😂

[@Jasonmf123YT]

Murdoc is coming for u lmao

[@laksamanasuhendra5868]

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH*

[@RedorBlueDaily]

@X pills So good you can get through it my friend try diffferent sleep positions

[@Joker-es9zh]

It’s beautiful... I looked at this for five hours now

[@faliswarsame108]

It happen to me one time 15 years ago and I still remember.

[@hubert2450]

I am so glad i found this video basically explaining sleep paralysis without horror music and all that shit

[@fredericchopin7855]

This is how I ignore it, I say, “ah shit here we go again.” And force myself to go to sleep, I know it sounds impossible but try it.

[@Iloveamerica97]

Frédéric Chopin same me too

[@corazonross2123]

I do this too😂

[@Birb_Is_The_Word]

Same but i just sleep it off

[@zenhydra5114]

Hey Chopin when you gon drop a new beat

[@pixieblossom5246]

@X pills So good that's a ghost cause they usually be cold

[@ueuejje364]

I’ve been getting sleep paralysis for years but I’ve never opened my eyes not once.

[@biancaluvvv7035]

Ueuej JE THATS a good strategy. But my question is, do you hear it while it’s happening? or you just completely black out. I’m still new to this 😉

[@futurebest4952]

Well yea you here it because your brain is awake you just say this in your head f**** you monsters over and over

[@araiarose6165]

even when i think something is touching me i just keep my eyes closed same for when i hear something

[@slightdesign4041]

@@biancaluvvv7035 I only had it once and I was like oh shit and scared to death tried waking up my brother next to me but I could not move but since he was next to me I was less scared and closed my eyes and just signing my favorite song and that's it

[@Tao1210]

@@futurebest4952 Aye, and I was here thinking I'm retarded. Lol

[@HSpethouse.]

I experienced this today and I felt That My Time Has Come

[@consterus]

I had a similar one for 4 years! from 2014 to 2018. I woke up in a lucid dream from the fact that someone is digging in my spine. It was as if some energy was being led up inside the spine. I lay on my side on my bed while they did something. However, there was no feeling that I was in the physical world. One day I turned around and saw people dressed as laboratory assistants, but sometimes I saw just white haze behind me. I seemed to wake up in the dream (or in the astral plane) and one of them greeted me in the ear, and then they all together began to manipulate the spine. Sometimes I could move, but sometimes I couldn't. Either they did a back massage, then they stroked my head, then they seemed to clean something inside the back with a certain object, then they put some kind of apparatus on the heart, then they even put some kind of cone on my head and from this apparatus wires went straight to my ears, lifted me with some force above the bed for a better view of the spine. And once one of them even put pressure on my back (possibly to correct a vertebra), and under the influence of this force I was moved a little forward. And once I awoke abruptly, but some force still pushed me forward while I was lying on my side. I had already awakened, but the power was still moving me for two seconds! I was then shocked. And this happened almost every night. I don't know if it was sleep paralysis because in 50% of "their visits" I could move in bed. Once, when one of them was manipulating my spine, I said hello and asked - how are you? He replied - "Hi. Fine!" Then I extended my hand while lying on by bed his handshake was very firm. They were dressed in white coats and with headgear like doctors. However, they did not answer my other questions - who they are, where they came from, etc. They simply remained silent. However, I didn't care, it was all extremely interesting to me, even though they didn't tell me who they were. I didn't feel any hostility from them. It was an unforgettable experience.

[@sparshwaghela9419]

I'm sharing my experience And how I deal with it.. At first, I was scared of this I was scared to go to sleep after experiencing it.. Sometimes I wished someone could just shook me up so that I get awake.. I was scared earlier, Because I didn't knew what was this.. But now after understanding it.. It Has helped me to deal with it better.. So now, when I get a sleep paralysis.. My mind knows it.. I say to myself , that you know this happens and it doesn't last for long.. Its just your mind thinks that you are dreaming so he just switched off your movement so that you don't hurt yourself lol😝.. So it calms me down a bit.. Then I try to move my fingers and eyes, hoping to break the sleep paralysis.. Sometimes it works Sometimes it doesn't.. When it doesn't.. I again get scared.. But I tell myself.. Don't worry.. Don't fight with it.. Just relax.. And then I don't try to fight it.. For some seconds.. And after that, I again try to make little movements, to give my brain signal that "hey.. I am awake..! Just turn on the movement switch lol.. I'm not dreaming " And vola.. I am out of it.. So next time.. If it happens with you.. Just remember that it is okay.. Don't need to get panic.. 😊.. Try to get enough rest.. Because it happens to me when I don't get enough rests lol..

[@itzdessi159]

I feel I’m to young to have sleep paralysis I’m almost 11 it’s really scary and then I feel like ima die and I try to tell my brain that I’m awake and that I’m not in a dream so I just try to move my foot a little-

[@laksamanasuhendra5868]

Me: *WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOIN TO ME P E R V E R T*

[@patrickmcmanus8891]

I usually just do a quick breathe through my nose and my body wakes up almost everytime

[@cprXcor]

It's really intense I have to say it is no way to live and it can drive someone to major religion or getting an exocist to help with the negative shit that it is...i also wake up with burning skin and it is cold.

[@anjelooracion4734]

That's not rlly the way, stressing out can make thing a lot worse, relax and close your eyes if you're ever conscious in a sleep paralysis.

[@wooky4567]

Sleep paralysis is actually a dream. The reason you’re flinching in real life and trying to make noise is because yes, you are trying to wake up. The last couple of times I’ve had it I actually managed to wake up. The first time I had it though I couldn’t, and I saw my blanket slowly being pulled up from my feet. I was terrified.

[@awcy_rs6]

this is only sometimes, theres a word for what youre talking about but ive had it when i was being woke up a bunch of times.

[@joybabu2300]

It's giving me goosebumps 😐

[@echastee]

It's not a dream. Your brain wakes up but your body can't move and you can start hallucinating but you are not sleeping. If you look at the brain waves then you'll see that they're awake and I suppose dreams are just an asleep hallucination.

[@wooky4567]

@@echastee I’ve just had another one, it felt unreal. A shadowy figure held me down by my neck, couldn’t speak or move but I wasn’t afraid. I “woke” up I guess and I was paranoid. My eyes quickly scanned the room in the empty darkness, all that was on my mind was what just happened while I slowly went back to bed.

[@echastee]

@@wooky4567 omg I hate that shit. It makese so paranoid. that reminds me that like when it was really bad I woke up and couldn't stay awake so I fell back asleep then I had sleep paralysis AGAIN.

[@A-ROD-oe8wl]

Being paralyzed while awake isn't even the worst part it's the harder to breathe part that really scares me i think i had it once and a part of the blanket was covering a part of my face felt like it was even harder to breathe

[@farhanplayze5555]

Yes it was super help fill I learned that it can’t be used as a excuse for skipping school

[@uou7622]

To get out of sleep paralysis i try to move my body off my bed so i can fall and wake up but i end up dreaming that happening then i end up in another dream still having sleep paralysis.. in conclusion, i travel through dreams during sleep paralysis 💀🥺

[@Dxrq-cd5en]

꽃줄기 what the ? You cant move ? Its simple , you u cant move until its finished or someone wake u up

[@uou7622]

Zero Two sorry i cant control anything ...

[@yutagans1120]

sama like me, im traveling through a different places when i opened ma eyes

[@nombi1892]

Me toooooooo!!!! I try to wake up and end up in another dream!!! Its INSANE

[@Tao1210]

Illusion 100

[@iDontPayRentLaughs]

When I get sleep paralyze. I have to like break some barrier. Like exert some pressure to wake up

[@soul-qf2zq]

me too bro

[@plaguewithlove860]

SAME. I have to force myself to push up, but sometimes I can see a timer that ticks down

[@mya995]

sooraj saji The only way I can get out of it is to close my eyes and try to fall asleep

[@anthonyhewitt9397]

Yes exactly its all about finding a sensation of moving then bam

[@labonihira]

A good way to wake up from that is to first be calm. Go back to the sleeping state by trying to close your eyes. And then try to wiggle your toes and fingers. From there try to move your hands and then arms and then just push yourslef to sit up. This way it dosent feel like a lot of effort

[@jefflanham1080]

I used to experiment with this to the extreme while taking too many opiates! Sometimes to the point of not knowing if I was coming back……very scary but interesting at the same time.

[@nonmagicalwitch]

I had this so much as a child. Pretty much every week, I'd keep calling for my mom after experiencing it. First rather silent, then louder until she came and turned the light on. Genuinely terrifying.

[@joshuajosephlabrador3708]

Whenever i get sleep paralysis, i recite verses in my head, pray and keep my eyes closed. It helps.

[@naejay2408]

it does help cause I had sleep paralysis 2 days ago I prayed In my head and I woke up

[@ilovecheesecake2221]

yeah same, when i did that i can hear the black figure screaming at me

[@Mina-ok5qm]

I pray too. It's because every time it feels like real life and I think I'm spiritually under attack. It feels so real. And it gets me through it. I've had worse ones that I can't put in to words.

[@wotami1685]

Same I usually repeat Psalm 23:1-2

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

You can sing the alphabet in your mind and it will help just as much. So, no need to assign credits to your biases buddy.

[@markdennislauron]

Me: Sleeps on my stomach Sleep paralysis: Am I a joke to you? To those who are still problematic, i suggest you use sleep mask

[@helloitsme70imbored43]

Lol

[@danmorse2002]

I have better luck on my side. On my back?... happens almost every time.

[@11cannot1]

Daniel Morse sameee

[@Amjlove]

Can that prevent sleep paralysis?

[@11cannot1]

Bris Squad4Ever When I sleep on my side it prevents me having sleep paralysis but if I’m on my front or back I tend to get it.

[@rheabelltower9503]

By far the most uncomfortable thing I've ever experienced. Never seen dark figures but feeling like you're glued to your bed and having no control...hate it.

[@jharanakc9917]

Had my first sleep paralysis just 5 min ago and this was the most terrifying experience

[@crystelthewolf]

I had my first sleep paralysis today when i was trying to take a nap. My hallucination was a bird fluttering around my head and screeching. Pretty weird but still scary in the moment since i didn't know what was happening

[@fluttershy1529]

I sleep on my back i don’t sleep enough I also have a hard time trying to sleep and I’m depressed LOL I DONT GET IT IM THE 1 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER GET SLEEP PARALYSIS

[@BlueDragon_-fz8os]

Like when a cartoon character gets knocked out?

[@itscristoff9036]

mine was being awake and then waking up and figured out i was still sleeping and just got up

[@flaviapetrorossidefigueire6044]

I know it was scary for you but at least it wasn’t pennywisse eyes and hands , Harry Potter giant spiders , random but scary as shit black shadow . And my mom wonders why I still sleep with some lights on after those paralysis

[@sexykabuto6368]

I had one yesterday, i was in a.. weird position lol but my hallucination was a ringing sound every time i tried to move and the more i move the louder the sound was, i got really annoyed.

[@extracub1974]

It usually happens to me whenever I try to go back to sleep after waking up, especially if I’m still really tired. Sometimes I literally can’t go to sleep for a while, because it’s just a cycle of entering sleep paralysis. I’ve thankfully never had any hallucinations or anything like that, I just get stuck feeling like I can’t breath. One time my lips were kind of closed together, and my nose was stuffed, so I was struggling to get oxygen. That’s the worst when that happens.

[@cantreid800]

Relatable

[@UdaySingh-bp3yf]

omg, i just thought about it like if someday my nose get blocked due to cold and my mouth is close then what will i do 😢. What was your experience though

[@extracub1974]

@@UdaySingh-bp3yf I think your body will react and wake you up. It’s happened to me a couple of times.

[@rahelaleric]

@@extracub1974 That's exactly what happens to me, if I wake up in the morning and try to fall asleep again, then paralysis manifests, that feeling of helplessness is horrible... 😭😩

[@yungjj5884]

Yes bro FINALLY someone feels the EXACT same thing I do. I thought I was crazy bro

[@KundanlalJuneja]

I suffered from asleep paralysis in morning at 9:15am and their was a doll who is haunting me

[@plusonepercent]

I first experienced it around 7-8 months ago. Now it has been almost a weekly occurrence. I didn't even know what it is called until now. It was terrifying at first. Now get used to it. from my experience when I take my mental and physical health practice seriously it doesn't occur. (such as good sleep, gym, meditation, etc.).