RE: Sleep Paralysis
March 21, 2011 at 5:41 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2011 at 5:47 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(March 18, 2011 at 2:42 am)Ubermensch Wrote:(March 14, 2011 at 9:18 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Okay. Here is what you do. Whenever you see the clues, immediately try to find something to read. The parts of your brain that handle math and letters tend to either be almost shut down or completely shut down when you are dreaming. So if you are dreaming, and you try to read something, the letters and numbers look more like heiroglyphs instead of english. Letters and numbers also look fuzzy and tend to vibrate, move, dance or swirl around.
These things I know. I just have trouble recognising them for what they are. Additionally, sometimes when I go to read something it seems perfectly legible. I scrutinised a clock recently in a dream and I recall being able to read the time.
Every book I have ever read about lucidity have also made a point to mention that sometimes, there are certain people that just cant do it no matter how hard they try. You might be one of them. The books have specifically said that becoming Lucid is not 100% guarenteed. They also talk of some herb extracts they might help you become lucid. I have always wanted to try them (to lengthen my lucid time), but they say that some people who thought they could never control their dreams said they had success when they tried the herbs. All I can say is Im no psychologist, doctor, or dream specialist. So if you buy this stuff, then buyer beware. And if it works, let me know. Do you have any books on lucid dreaming?
(March 21, 2011 at 4:00 pm)8BitAtheist Wrote: About 8 days ago I had some sleep for the first time in a couple of days, , I had had a nightmare about nuclear war (it's harder for me to control my dream when it's a nightmare for some reason) I forced myself awake and as I opened my eyes I could see the outside from my window. The skies were all reddish/orange and looked like they were burning. Scared the shit out of me, I couldn't move. Don't know if I could count that as sleep paralysis or not but goddamn the waking up was scarier than the dream.
There are some websites you can go to where they have dream research people who can answer your questions, because I cant explain why nightmares make it harder for you. When I learned to become Lucid all of my nightmares stopped because now when I go into a nightmare I know it is just so unreal I have to be dreaming. And then I STOP the nightmares.
Thats the funny thing with sleep paralysis. It is hard for YOU to know if you are suffering from it. It takes a second person to verify wether your eyes were open or not. Just from the description it sounds like sleep paralysis..hard to breath, cant move, scary imagery, and usually waking up from them can shock your system for a good 5 or 10 minutes with you questioning wether you are really awake or still dreaming.
