I get sleep paralysis when I become ludid

Quest for Lucidity
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Hello everyone,

Whenever I realize that im dreaming in a dream and I become lucid, I immediately get sleep paralysis then I wake up. Im wondering if anyone else has this problem and may be able to help me.

Its a wierd feeling when I become lucid but then all of the sudden I feel my physical but “paralyzed” body, and the SP last for some odd seconds, then I wake up completely. I’ve had lucid dreams that seemed to last about one minute where i could feel my physical body.

I’ve tried to remain calm, grabbing something, spinning, and looking at my hands to try to keep myself lucid but it doesn’t seem to work. Im beginning to think that I won’t be able to lucid dream successfully anymore, although I have had a few successful lasting LD’s.

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Question! Is this one of your few first LD experiences ever, or are you used to be able to LD normally without waking up? Because if your new to it, I would give you the advice to just keep on going with what you are doing. I had the same problem with me waking up everytime I got a LD, but with time it felt like every LD I had lasted a little bit longer. After my 7-9th LD It started to last a bit longer I think. So I would say that it works itself out with time and experience. :smile: However I have never woken up in SP from a dream, but I guess that can differ from one person to another, since your conscious in your LD when you wake up, your mind got a little “headstart” and your body wont realize directly that you are awake. That would be my guess, nothing to worry about . :smile:

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This happens because your body notices that your mind is awake and then it too wakes up.