Out of body experience, dream, sleep paralysis?!
Question: Out of body experience, dream, sleep paralysis?
so like today
imagine your awake (your dreaming but u believe your awake) and walk out of your bedroom going to brush your teeth, suddenly you then wake up (well just open your eyes and think ... wtf ?) you then get up and brush your teeth and then suddenly your back in your bed with eyes closed, so you open your eyes again from your bed and get up. (for real this time)
^ so all that is like a repetitive dream which seems so real is this a normal dream then?
also if it was an out of body experience will u be able to see objects thats not there ? or does that makes it a real dream rather than an out of body experience e.g hot water bottle next to your bed which is no longer next to you. but it is during the dream state.
i also had a few experiences with sleep paralysis and in those states i seen a family member (that lives with me) open my door and look into my bedroom and then leave. when i ask them in the morning the answer is no. so that seems to be my imagination/dream during sleep paralysis.
i also had a few sleep paralysis occasions which was hard to breath in and i believe there was summit around me (ghosts) which is draining sumit out of me. during that state my body feels hard to move, heavy, extremely slow. during that time i try to see whats there but my eyes are barely open and barely move. i also try to stay alive. (might sound stupid)
so what do you think is wrong and what's happening to me ? am i crazy person ? am i some weak person that i get these feelings or summit ? well anything is appreciated just thought i post it here
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did you see any ground hogs on yer way?
Sleep paralysis is common and I can assure you that it is nothing to do with ghosts or craziness.
It's just your brain waking up before your body does.
During sleep paralysis, you experience hallucinations and sometimes, delusions. It's nothing to do with psychosis. It's caused by a stage of sleep which makes the person able to see (they can open their eyes and look round the room and KNOW where they are) but they are completely paralysed and unable to move. It doesn't mean the person is mentally ill or becoming so. It can happen to absolutely anybody at any time and the cause is unknown although it is understood that stress and anxiety are big triggers.
Despite being able to see, they are still asleep and cannot choose to wake up to snap out of the episode - nor can they choose to go into a deeper stage of sleep to overcome it that way.
I suffer from sleep paralysis and see flashing lights, hear voices and noises and experience sensations like spinning, rolling, falling, pressure on my body like somebody is touching me or moving round the bed. All these hallucinations look, feel and sound completely real and at the time, I am unable to tell that I am hallucinating.
Don't try to wake yourself up during an episode of sleep paralysis. You are more likely to get frustrated which may make it worse. Just try and relax into it and you are more likely to go into a deeper more peaceful stage of sleep. If you can, tell yourself soothing thoughts, like 'its just a stage of sleep - I'm safe in bed and this will pass. When I wake up everything will be ok.'
When you dream normally, at the time you might not know you're dreaming but when you wake up, you know that everything that's just happened in your dream wasn't real and during a dream, if you HAVE to wake up you can and will. During sleep paralysis, you can't.
The mind works in some amazing - and some very frightening ways, at times.