Tatami, just calm down.
Sleep paralysis happens every night. Every time you have a dream. This is a natural function of the human body. It keeps you from falling out of bed or from hurting yourself. Usually you don’t notice sleep paralysis at all, since it ends at the same time as the dream does, or even earlier.
The problems happen when the sleep paralysis lasts for more time than the dream does. That is when you notice it. Technically, you are still asleep and that’s why you might see hallucinations. This doesn’t happen frequently, though. I awake in SP only around 1 time in a couple of months.
Now don’t freak out, I’ve got some really nice recommendations. I’ll split that into two sections:
I. You are afraid of SP and want to end it immediately
That may be your normal reaction. Everyone is afraid when they feel something they haven’t experienced before. Everyone is afraid the first few times (I was too), so the natural reaction is to panic. In this case, panic doesn’t help. Here is a few steps that will safely get you out of SP without any problems:
- Relax, calm down. Panic will make things worse. When you relax, you don’t try to move and thus, you don’t feel the paralysis sensation. Simply stop for a few seconds, acknowledge the fact that you are in SP and you want to get out of it. Whatever sights you see, whatever noises you hear, ignore them. They can do NOTHING to you, they are harmless. They are your local brain’s cinema movie, they are passive and you are in control. Thus, you can safely do your own business of getting out of SP without caring about anything else. In fact, simply by relaxing, you might end the SP instantly. If that doesn’t work, however, follow step two.
- Start slowly moving your fingers and toes. Slowly and calmly. This will signal your body that you are awake and that sleep paralysis should end. If that doesn’t work, relax for a few more seconds and try again. Gradually, you should be able to move all of your limbs and you will be out of SP.
That’s it. That’s all you need to get out of SP.
II. You are used to the feeling of SP and are NOT afraid of it
Sleep paralysis can be used to get a LD. That’s why I really like it. You don’t have to go through all those MILD mantras, you don’t have to go through the WILD nonsense. You are ALREADY asleep, which means that you are just basically one step away from a LD. Waking up in SP can be really lucky.
If you want to have an awesome LD, follow these steps:
- Relax. This is important. You want to clear your mind and get into REM sleep state easily. That is easy to do when you are relaxed.
- Relax more. You will slowly drift away to sleep again, provided you are still somewhat tired. Relax your body, but keep your consciousness. You don’t want to lose it.
- You should be gradually seeing more and more visual sensations and you should be hearing various sounds. It should start of as some simple bright flashes, accompanied by buzzing sounds, similar to those of a broken radio.
- These sensations will start becoming more vivid and vivid. You might start recognizing various objects or scenery. The sounds will also become discernible - a car driving, a person talking, the wind rushing etc.
- Don’t do anything yet, wait for the dream to form completely. Wait until you have a dream body, until you can see the scene clearly.
- Slowly look at your hands and rub them together. Feel the ground, feel some kind of object. That will stabilize the dream.
- That’s it, go on with your LD duties.
Hope this helps.
Don’t let your body be in control of you - you are in control of the body. Don’t let the devil scare you, scare the devil.