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Hi,

i suffered with sleep paralysis for about 15 years off and on without being on meds. My first experience happend when I was about 16 years old and my last episode was about 6 months ago, I can say that as I get older, I get less and less sleep paralysis experiences, which I used to enjoy. Toward the end, I was able to use my sleep paralysis experiences to become stronger, and to understand myself . 95% of the time, my sleep paralysis experiences would turn into a lucid dream

sometimes my experiences were scary, but I trained myself not be afraid of them, I would just try to relax and think 'i am not afraid of you, let me see where you are so I can fight you' thoughts...


One time I had a sleep paralysis episode that turned into a dream...


I dreamt that I was being chased by a giant monster through out my house. I was very scared. But then...I realized that I was dreaming, and it wasn't real....I had a choice, I could have changed my dream. Instead, I decided to face the #*@!Ing monster. I dreamed up a giant axe and started hacking the thing to death. Needless to say, I woke up empowered and stronger :lol:

my advice to you. Repeat several motivational/empowering mantras thru out the day, like "i am strong" or "i'm not afraid of you" or something like that. Think of this as a 'message in abottle' so that when you have a sleep paralysis episode, you have a inner strength to help you through the scary experiences.


Many times, the scarry experiences are the stressfull memories you are blocking that are trying to surface....When you feel strong enough, try to face these "monsters" or scarry whispers during your sleep paralysis episodes, you wil feel better when waking up

i hope this helps!

Thanks isisimygirl!
I'm going to try out by saying that during the day see if it makes a difference when I feel one come on.

However I do remember when I had the first experience a couple of years ago. I felt this huge weight start from my toes to my head and I swear I was actually looking at myself because I could see myself close up sleeping. I've always been fasinated about astro pojection, but I was scarred at the time and I felt myself slam back into my body and woke up gasping!

Others I think there is something that i'm trying to get out of my system.
Hopefully will get less sleep paralysis!

Is sleep paralysis when you wake up and you cant move your body at all? I think thats waht it is, and it scares the living sh*t out of me. I get it even though im not on any medication and I asked my doctor why this happens and she said she didnt know. When I first started getting this I became an insomniac because I was very afraid of waking up and not being able to move, but then I needed sleep so bad I decided to just face it. After about a week I got it the paralysis. When this happened I calmly imagined myself telling my brain to tell my spine to tell me legs to tell me feet to wiggle my toes. I kept sayign that over and over and eventually I could move my toes. Then slowly other body parts regained functionality. I'm ot sure if imagining what I do actually gets things moving, but I know it helps a ton with staying calm.

It's also been known as night hag, I have read heaps about it on the net where some people see an old woman sit on top to them!
I think it's due to stress or something is really needing to get out.
It's been a few weeks now haven't had any which has been a huge relief.
I feel like lead when it happens.
It's also actually that you've woken from a dream, your conscous but your body hasn't caught up yet, thus the feeling of being unable to move.
It is very bizarre!