Tell me this...

[ladoys]

If anyone were to get into SP but not actually start a dream, and they were to sit there all night, would they still wake up the next morning like they had been asleep the whole time? Like lets say they could feel the numbness but heard outside noises (ceiling fan, cars, etc.) the entire time.

[Abra]

You kind of can't be in SP all night. When you are dreaming, you have SP. When you are not, there is no SP (except for a minute before the start of the dream). Because sleep paralysis is an accessory of the dream state, and the dream state alternates with the NREM state throughout the night, unless you had some serious hormone problem or REM rebound, you probably can't stay in SP all night. If you are talking about fake SP, where one sits still and conscious without letting the body properly fall asleep, then yes, a willful person could stay in that state all night. But would they want to? Fake SP does not form a dream unless you are lucky. Fake SP, for me, leaves me disappointed and tired in the morning, as if I hadn't gotten a proper sleep (because I didn't!).

[ladoys]

If you are talking about fake SP, where one sits still and conscious without letting the body properly fall asleep, then yes, a willful person could stay in that state all night. But would they want to? Fake SP does not form a dream unless you are lucky. Fake SP, for me, leaves me disappointed and tired in the morning, as if I hadn't gotten a proper sleep (because I didn't!). but isn't trying to remain conscious part of WILD?

[Abra]

but isn't trying to remain conscious part of WILD? Yes. But if you spend too much time thinking about getting into sleep paralysis, your mind will respond by creating a fake sleep paralysis (characterized by having sleep paralysis longer than a minute or two).

[ladoys]

Now I gotcha. Thanks I'll try to keep my mind off it next time.