Oh good grief.



Sleep paralysis is nothing but the brain going into REM sleep. We typically don't wake up at this point but some do. It's the brain's way of protecting the body from physical harm while it's putting the body into a state of perpetual rest (that's just my terminology for it).

You're not supposed to wake up at this point because those parts of the brain responsible for movement have literally gone into "sleep" mode, so you won't be able to move if you wake at the wrong time.

It's kind of like shutting down your computer when you have certain programs running at once, and you get an alert message that "this" or "that" has to finish shutting down FIRST.

I experienced sleep paralysis last week. There were no boogie men next to my bed or "shadow people".

Wanna know the "cure"?

RELAX and allow your brain to complete its natural "shutdown" process. Breathe calmly, don't try to move, and just: RELAX. Don't open your eyes either.

Eventually you WILL drift off into REM sleep and you'll wake up hours later, refreshed--like I did last week.

So, no one has to call on mythical archetypes that can't do anything for them.