Thread: Odd head feeling?

I often get that during SP too; it's a weird feeling.

For me it's as if my head suddenly becomes very clear and I'm hyper aware or something, like I'm focusing really hard.

Originally Posted by Heimdall

And is it a normal symptom when trying to WILD or induce SP?

Pretty much everything is normal when it comes to SP. I think the only thing I've ever read that wasn't normal...was a woman who claimed to bleed from her ears during the vibration stage.

So yes, it's normal. If you can understand what exactly is happening during sleep paralysis, you can better understand why you experience such strange occurrences. Your mind is basically disconnecting or dissociating from the body, so it would seem normal to have bizarre sensations that various body parts are not positioned the way they should be. Most common is limb displacement, where people feel that arms or legs are disconnected or oriented oddly, to the point that it wakes them up to fix the position...only to discover that their arms are exactly as they left them and haven't actually moved at all. This happens with the head as well, I've read about people feeling decapitated...which I've never personally experienced, but it's not that hard to imagine considering I've experienced all the other kinds of displacement.

Regarding your point of consciousness, it is my belief...I have no scientific evidence to back this up because I haven't researched it...but from personal experience, it seems that the point of site, or the place where you perceive your consciousness to be moves from a frontal position near the eyes and retreats back centrally into the brain. Sometimes you may actually notice that your consciousness or point of awareness appears to be sitting inside of a domed 3-dimensional space. Typically it starts out as a pitch black space. This occurs after you've experienced the yellowish/green/red colors characteristic of phosphenes when seen when first closing your eyes or pressing against your closed eyelids. After you see those colors for awhile, eventually your awareness retreats backwards into the black 3-dimensional space I mentioned. I've even seen this place given a name by dream yogis or monks experienced with meditation. I forget what they refer to it as though. But it's here where you feel that your head is your whole body. Because really, it is, the rest of your body is paralyzed and dissociated. If you're interested in seeing some amazing visualizations of this 3d head space, google Alex Gray.

Originally Posted by nina

Pretty much everything is normal when it comes to SP. I think the only thing I've ever read that wasn't normal...was a woman who claimed to bleed from her ears during the vibration stage.

Oh dear, really? That's quite disturbing. =|

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ♥

Originally Posted by Paigesaddiction

Oh dear, really? That's quite disturbing. =|

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ♥

It wasn't anything serious luckily. http://www.dreamviews.com/f13/hummin...t-blood-90862/

Originally Posted by Puffin

I often get that during SP too; it's a weird feeling.

For me it's as if my head suddenly becomes very clear and I'm hyper aware or something, like I'm focusing really hard.

Yeah I definitely have had that feeling also, it's very strange.

Originally Posted by nina

If you're interested in seeing some amazing visualizations of this 3d head space, google Alex Gray.

Yeah Alex Grey is awesome, has been a favorite of mine for a while and does such amazing work.

Thanks for the replies

The first time I tried a WILD my whole body felt like it suddenly sank 50 feet below my bed and then I started hearing frogs all around my bed...LOL

Originally Posted by Mancon123

The first time I tried a WILD my whole body felt like it suddenly sank 50 feet below my bed and then I started hearing frogs all around my bed...LOL

Wow lol, there are sooo many weird things that can happen