Sleep Paralysis: Waking Up

Quest for Lucidity
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I only seem to have sleep paralysis/hypnagogic state recognition when I am about to WAKE UP (not when I am about to fall asleep). Is this more common, and can I still get into a lucid dream by staying aware of this stage, even though it is occuring when I am waking up? It has happened a few times, and I feel as if I came pretty close to entering a dream, but I haven’t succeeded.

Thanks![/u]

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I usually have it when waking up yes. Just learn to tell yourself “Sleep paralysis? Yep still asleep” Close your eyes and imagine your dream =p

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According to a poll I made on a french SP forum :

  • 39% of people get SP right after falling asleep ( hypnagogic )
  • 26% of people get SP when they wake up ( hypnopompic )

And I think it’s harder to enter a lucid dream from an hyponopompic SP, indeed.

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I have FA’s alot after real dreams and in those FA’s i get paralysed- so maby i do do it when i wake up?

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if you wake up from SP ,just dont move,and concentrate on the feeling SP gives you,weary soon you will have SP again. For me it works,i can have 3 in a row ,then HI , then LD weary soon after that…I dont know ,but i find that tech weary easy…works every time sence i overcame the fear and buzzing that pressures me while SP.