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Sleep paralysis
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Apparently a condition which drug use can spark...
Basically you're lying down about to sleep...
Then you kind of briefly slip into a full hallucinatory world, and you can't move...
Happened to me over a month ago or something like that. I reckoned it was like some kind of fucked up flashback to an Ecstasy trip.
Hallucinated my flatmate asking me for "joint ends"...tried to speak but couldn't...suddenly came back to reality, and she wasn't there.
Really was something you remember.
Put it down to taking too many drugs...but apparently it's a recognised condition, 1 in 3 people experience it at some point in their lives.
Bit like a free trip really... :thumb:
Basically you're lying down about to sleep...
Then you kind of briefly slip into a full hallucinatory world, and you can't move...
Happened to me over a month ago or something like that. I reckoned it was like some kind of fucked up flashback to an Ecstasy trip.
Hallucinated my flatmate asking me for "joint ends"...tried to speak but couldn't...suddenly came back to reality, and she wasn't there.
Really was something you remember.
Put it down to taking too many drugs...but apparently it's a recognised condition, 1 in 3 people experience it at some point in their lives.
Bit like a free trip really... :thumb:
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ha i get that all the time, i actually made a thread about it once
http://vbulletin.thesite.org.uk/showthread.php?t=66813&highlight=sleep+paralysis
really scary, sometimes you can't breathe too
It seems to have some corellation to drug use, though others suffer from it as well.
Hmm, interesting logic there, your condition and his could have different triggers.
thats what they used to think about 100yrs ago! did they use drugs then?
I get this, but on a shorter scale - usually a max of 20 seconds or so. I'd always put it down to it being my body coming out of the dream I was having, but do you reckon it's sleep paralysis then, bongbudda?
Yeah cheers for that. *opens door for you*
It could be, I'm not medically trained.
yeh thats it...i think i read somewhere that 1/3 of people get it at least once in their lifetime but less get it regularly...it is freaky
It's not necessarily grim, can be quite interesting.
It doesn't sound like what i experienced, which is definitely sleep paralysis, but i'm not an expert on the matter.
From what i understand, the experience usually occurs just as you're drifting off - as opposed to just waking up. The eyes must also be open, because it's a proper hallucination, like you've taken a drug. Kind of like Salvia with heavy visuals.
you can get it while waking up aswell but it's not as common...the hallucinations are always really fucking scary and they look so real too...
lol, not quite sleep paralysis...a full hallucinatory world.
i then thought my boyfriend woke up but he didnt really and it scared the shit out of me.
This all happned when i was heavy on the pills, no i'v cut right down its totaly stopped.....weird!
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Cause I get those often. Usually at the middle of the night.
It's probably one of the most intense experiances ever, like a nightmare coming to life. Your mind is stuck in the dream but your eyes are wide open and you're somewhat aware of your surroundings but you can't really move or focus.
Body's probably trying to tell me it's time to go.
Yes, the hallucinations are only part of it and they dont happen to everyone.
For those of you who suffer from this you really should talk to your doctor about it.
Never knew it was a condition. When I was a bit younger I was scared and thought someone was holding me down. Then I heard about someone else who had it, think it was maybe on this site actually, and just learnt how to "get out of it" by first moving my toes and by that "freeing" the rest of my body.
The article said though that there are no risks by this, so I don't really understand how a doctor would help.
why? what problems does it cause that you need to go to a doctor for?
I've gotten used to it now, but it used to be so intense. I've never seen a doctor for it because I believe it to be purely psychological and just something to overcome.
I dont really know what treatments, if any, that a doctor could give you, but it might be a good idea to discuss it with them, see if they have any ideas or methods of making it not happen.
i have experienced what I think is sleep paralysis for a couple of years now, i had it before i started taking drugs but found it to be a lot worse when i was caning it and depriving myself of sleep. i seem to experience it differently however, i don't have hallucinations as such, though i feel like i am fully awake and can see and the room around me is exactly as it should be so it feels completely normal but i just cannot move any part of my body. It's terrifying because i can see my body but i can't make it move. I feel the best thing to do is to try and calm myself down and not panic and then think about regaining control over my body but this can take ages and isn't always successful. I also find it happens as I am falling asleep and when i am really really exhausted. Once it has happened once then it often happens at least 4 or 5 times again to the point where i am terrified of going to sleep and watch tv instead. It is terrifying for me being aware of what is going on but now being able to move, let alone with any hallucination. Does anyone else experience it like me?