sleep paralysis

When I was a boy, I was able to induce a state that I found rather enjoyable. It's hard to describe how I did i-- I just remember doing it in bed at night, in the dark. I remember being able to make sounds sound louder in my head (that is terribly inadequate, but it is what I remember). On...

This happened to me just on an hour ago. Though I'd write up some quick notes to share with the community. While I find it fascinating and feel "blessed" (sorry) that I was able to maintain perspective - I don't look forward to a repeat performance. Observed phenomenon : Night Terrors...

For about the last 6 months I've been interested in alternate states of consciousnesses, in particular out of body experiences (OBEs). Admittedly my interest in such a strange phenomenon stems mainly from my boredom, but I do feel OBEs are a challenging meditation exercise and could be a...

I found this article fascinating, about a very superstitious group of people who had a tendency to die mysteriously in the night of no obvious cause. Some interesting ideas, and I think I'd like to get the book: snip

Had an episode of this last night and forgot just how scary it can be. Staying in a hotel room on a business trip and was having all sorts of weird dreams anyway but heard a noise in my room that woke me up and saw a shadowy figure moving around the room and walking down the side of the bed...

Well here goes. I've been having a reaccuring situation where I dream about a "demon" (think the John Lithgow version of the twighlight zone) sits tearing at my chest. As I have been discussing spirituality a great deal with people in preparation for ministry school (and please note I am an...

I was just thinking about this. Is "sleep paralysis" actually meaningful as an explanatory hypothesis? We all know what it is I'm guessing, and most of us would classify certain experiences as it, but as we lack any actual empirically testable hypothesis as far as I know, or even probable...

First, some background: I've recently been diagnosed with Bronchitis. I've been needing to take medication for about a week or so now, and I've been sick for about 3+ weeks. My medications include a Turbohaler, Codeine, and various pills that do FSM-knows-what. Codeine has a side effect of...

A couple of years ago someone asked about sleep paralysis on a different bulletin board and I was surprised to learn that I was the only one (other than the frightened person who started the thread) who had much experience with it. I hadn't though that the typical person has had thousands of...

Well, not really. But it has been brought up by alien abductees time and again. I can't count on two hands the number of times that my body was totally paralized, and someone was standing next to me. I have experienced many times being in a state between sleep and awake. I couldn't move my...

Just two weeks after a cool bout of REM paralysis, I read abother person's description ot Randi's commentary. Definitely can relate to it. How it happened? Well, I went to bed at 3:30 in the morning after hours of reading Chinese poetry (not in Chinese). Also, I was in another town and on a...

Last friday I experienced something I had never experienced before. While sleeping, I suddenly became awake and found I couldn't move my arms or legs no matter how hard I tried. Then I felt someone crawling on top of me, starting with my legs and crawling upwards towards my head. I tried to...