Sleep Paralysis Where to from here?

[Anunikhsa]

A few days ago I learned of the notion of lucid dreams and you can actually feel stuff in them and see what you really think of yourself in mirrors. I thought sure I shall try to get into one. I think I might have had 1 when I was around 5 years old but I don't remember any possibilities for a lucid dream since then. (I am currently 17) I ended up doing some searching read up on stuff (more so skimming) and reality checks. I also listened to about 10 minutes of binaural beats set in between the 6-7hertz range.(well it was two different frequencies one for each ear that when your brain compensates it would possibly react like 6-7hertz) Then when I finally was going to go to sleep I was basically chanting to myself "I want to see the dream I want to feel the dream I want to remember the dream." over and over again. Then I ended up in sleep paralysis and had my heart racing and I felt like a liquid was flowing to all my muscles as they were getting stiff. (I probably was feeling blood flowing who knows) I was stressed out a bit but I wasn't really scared because I read that sleep paralysis isn't dangerous. After a while of being in it I got myself out because nothing was happening I was just laying there stiff as a statue. The next night I tried again. I got stiff, I didn't feel my heart racing, I didn't see or hear anything odd and then after a while I gave up. The next night I decieded to not try. The day following that night I took a nap and had a more realistic dream than normal. Though it had things that made it obviously a dream (besides I couldn't really feel anything) like I was eating slices of pizza from a bowl of soup that had soup in it, and spoonfuls of yogurt with pretzels in it and I actually got to taste the yogurt with pretzels and it tasted pretty good. (Though do you trust a dream) Though part of the dream felt like it was part of the dream and it was me trying to get back into the dream and I was stiff like I was in sleep paralysis and then I tried to get up in it and after a bit I flipped back to the rest of the dream. The next night I tried for a WILD again got into sleep paralysis (and envisioned myself flying headfirst in the position I was laying in) actually saw random colors and random images flash before my eyes that time. Didn't get into a dream probably cause I kept on itching and the odd thing was I was able to instantly free one of the arms for the purpose of scratching. Does it sound like I am even getting into Sleep Paralysis? And any tips on getting from sleep paralysis into a lucid dream?

[Jay12341235]

No, that's not sleep paralysis. Not yet anyways You should notice visual, should you choose to open your eyes, and auditory hallucinations. You should be able to command yourself out of body in the state of sleep paralysis (to enter the dream), and you shouldn't be able to move even if you try. You need pre sleep before trying to enter the state of SP (well, for at least 99.5% of people). I reccommend you check out this article here, it explains it well: Meta-Mind - How to Induce Sleep Paralysis (the Gateway state).

[Anunikhsa]

Thanks for the info. I read the link. I might try the stuff in the link. If I do succeed I wonder what hallucinations, dreams, or OOBE I will get. Anyways even if it is scary or terrifying I still feel like I need to find out what is in my head. I guess part of it is because often (when I am alone) I feel like things are attacking my brain. And when they attack my brain (weather they are from in or out of my brain I don't know) I have to use seemingly my imagination to defeat them. Though I never really see what I am fighting in my mind. I guess that is why I want to try to lucid dream. So I guess now I know that I would have to push or relax much more to get to SP. If not altering my sleep schedule.

[Jay12341235]

Thanks for the info. I read the link. I might try the stuff in the link. If I do succeed I wonder what hallucinations, dreams, or OOBE I will get. Anyways even if it is scary or terrifying I still feel like I need to find out what is in my head. I guess part of it is because often (when I am alone) I feel like things are attacking my brain. And when they attack my brain (weather they are from in or out of my brain I don't know) I have to use seemingly my imagination to defeat them. Though I never really see what I am fighting in my mind. I guess that is why I want to try to lucid dream. So I guess now I know that I would have to push or relax much more to get to SP. If not altering my sleep schedule. pre-sleep/napping is a MUST. no questions asked! I guarantee you will fail if you just try to relax into it prior to any pre-sleeping or napping