Hello Board!

I've not spoken to anyone else about this, in fact I've only just discovered what I'm experiencing. My apologies if this is a long posting...hope you don't mind.

I thought we had a ghost in our spare bedroom. Often if I sleep in there, it feels as if I'm drugged. I can't wake up, although I think I AM awake several times during the same night. I'm terrified and can hear a voice saying 'Get out, GET OUT!!'. I think I'm shuffling out the room on my bottom....but I'm still in bed asleep. I can't say how terrifying this is, my heart's racing and I'm sweating with fear. I discovered this week that is sleep paralysis. At least there's not a ghost in my spare bedroom!

The reason I'm writing is this: I read an online article today about morning naps being the ideal time to lucid dream. I've often been able to tell that I'm dreaming, and if I have a morning nap, it gets completely out of control.

For instance, today I had a nap, after being up for about 1.5hours. I felt the tell-tale 'sucking' at my conciousness, and thought 'Heck, I'm going to have a weird sleep paralysis dream'. But...on this occasion, I decided (whilst asleep) to go with it instead of being frightened.

It felt like I was being sucked through the bed, and then on a kind of roller coaster, quite dizzying! I thought to myself 'Ok, I'm dreaming, let's see what I can do'. So I thought I'd stick myself to the ceiling. Hell...I don't know why!

So. I manage to put my back flat against the ceiling (whilst dreaming), but I couldn't see anything. It was all grey. I KNEW that I was aloft though, as I could definitely feel my arms and legs dangling down.

At this point I think I got scared and woke up to myself taking a very difficult and loud indrawn breath, almost as if I'd stopped breathing for a while.

Phew. Felt good to say all that. I hope someone understands! Anyone got any feedback? Should I 'go with it' again and see what happens?

Thanks for reading this looong post. I just haven't spoken about it ever before.

xxxxxx

Sounds very similar to my experiences actually. For a long time, years I think, I used to believe that I was going to die or something when this was happening and I'd force myself awake. But I eventually got sick of it and just went with the flow to see what happens, see if I really did die or not. I'm totally used to it now and quite like it when I start to feel like this, usually struggling to stay asleep instead of waking up.

Thank you for your swift reply Maljonic.

I will endeavour to 'go with it' next time too. The problem is, if I get this at night then I feel so utterly frightened. I'm not sure I have the inner strength to go with that feeling then.

Do you think I should?

I saw a psychic last year (first time ever, and I haven't been back since lol) who said he thought it could be astral travelling - but the fear is so great that I hate it at night, and I'm not even entirely certain if astral travelling exists!

Even though I've had this for many years, I'm only just this week beginning to try and unravel what it's all about.

It's scary and I feel almost like I'm on a precipice somehow.

Sorry to witter on, but I just searched under Astral Travelling and it said it's common to feel paralysed for a very short while after...ahem (sorry this is weird)...pop back into your body.

That happened to me today. When I took the deep breath inwards, it took a while to be able to do it, as I couldn't move, which is why I said 'with difficulty' in my earlier posting.

This stuff gets weirder and weirder for me.

Have you seen this page: http://www.meaningofdreams.org/Lucid_Dreaming/ ? See the Astral Projection and OBE links at the top.

If it scares you at night then don't do it then, only try it when it's light outside then it's not so scary - things seem more real and much less spooky in daylight.

Thank you Malijonic

I've read your article, and it very interesting...I have a lot more reading to do on this subject I think! I've spoken to some other people about this, and next time I get sleep paralysis and the feeling of terror, I'm going to go with it and see where it leads.

I'm a pretty strong kind of person, so I hope I can handle it! :P

Great, you can tell us how it goes then.

The different feeling at night vs. the morning probably has to do with your body chemistry. Your blood sugar, blood pressure, hormone levels, etc. change at different times of the day and night. You're also affected by the amount of sunlight. Even with the shades drawn and your eyes closed, on a sunny morning you can probably still sense the sun's rays through your eyelids.

Also, if you are able to sleep in the morning, I guess it means you don't have to get to school or work early that day, which would make you more relaxed.