Scary SP experience

**lucidspark64** · 06-19-2009 05:00 PM

Ok it's not uncommon for me first of all to get Sleep Paralysis. I get it atleast once a month and it's pretty exhillerating.

The last time I had it, however, I was taking a nap (which is usually when I get it) and I woke up, flipped over, and attempted a WILD. I felt the SP kick in. I tried moving out of my bed (into a dream) which worked briefly for I stretched out of my body, but like a rubber band, I was sucked back in.

This was the scary part. My breathing slowed down and my excitement had me trying to gasp for a bigger breath. The experience was like holding my breath underwater than only getting a small breath of air after getting my head out of the water.

Trapped in my own body, I tried moving which worked a little (also indicater of a dream) and it made it like twice as bad. My heart was pounding, I couldn't manage my breathing, my head was aching, I was desperate to wake up.

So I closed my eyes and fell asleep but woke back up again in the same state. Closed my eyes again and woke up later, relieved.

I have not given up practicing WILD/SP but I had considered it afterwards. I attempted it again yesterday but no results. I just had to remind myself that it was only 1 bad experience out of like 10 or something like that.

Anyone else have anything like this?

**slayer** · 06-19-2009 11:59 PM

I've never had any scary hallucinations before, but the best thing to do is to not freak out, as that can make them worse.

Well, I too have breathing troubles when I'm going through some sleep paraylsis experiences, but I was told they were just hallucinations and shouldn't worry about them.

**lucidspark64** · 06-21-2009 05:30 PM

So the breathing thing is just a hallucination? Sounds confusing and also weird. I thought certain dreams actually effected breathing like holding your breath under water. I would think the same thing would happen during this experience.

**slayer** · 06-21-2009 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by lucidspark64

So the breathing thing is just a hallucination? Sounds confusing and also weird. I thought certain dreams actually effected breathing like holding your breath under water. I would think the same thing would happen during this experience.

I know, it's really weird how it all works.

But breathing in a dream shouldn't effect your real life breathing...I would hope...

**DreamingGod** · 06-22-2009 04:50 AM

100% Hallucination, unless you were getting suffocated by pillow or someone
was suffocating you it is impossible that you were suffocating.

Just another common SP experience.

**Awhislyle** · 06-22-2009 08:14 AM

Its called a dream man, or a nightmare if you will

**slayer** · 06-23-2009 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Awhislyle

Its called a dream man, or a nightmare if you will

No it's not...

**dreamingofdreaming** · 06-23-2009 07:31 PM

Yeah, it's just part of the hallucinations you get in SP. One time I was in SP, my breathing began to get very short and it was hard to take a breath. Then I remembered hearing that only your diaphragm and your eye lids aren't paraylized, so it made me think "what if my diaphragm is paraylized and I really can't breath??!" Ofcourse this made things worse, I calmed down, told myself "it's ok, you can breath" and soon I entered a dream.

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