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Sleep Paralysis Debunked - Cure Found
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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. In case you haven't figured out, there seems to be (at least) two types for "sleep paralysis". One where people only experience mild discomfort because of not being able to move and not being sure if they are awake or sleeping etc.. and those cases when they are absolutely terrified and fear for their lives. I don't think it is reasonable to assume people can hear and see most of "real world" just as it is but then add some nightmarish stuff there for no reason. Because of my strong painkiller medications I have experienced those "harmless" sleep paralysis like a zillion times and most of the time I can already feel them coming and I can somewhat prevent them happening. But I have also experienced those cases where I have "seen" weird things and been struck with such terror I have never ever felt in my life. I cannot be 100% sure those things and creatures that I have seen were real in any ways, but I strongly believe they are two different cases and something (yet) unexplained causes those terror scenes to happen. Not sure if it is only in our minds and psychological or something that our environment or paranormal/w'ever causes to happen. But if you have a good theory why would people imagine something super terrible around them or get completely scared for something that is "just normal" function of your body, I will gladly hear your opinion. (I also quite often get this very distressing "seizures" where I feel like passing out while getting a very strong feeling/fear about my body dying while I lay on my bed waiting to sleep. I have connected it to my pain killers as I never had them before them and it is yet completely different feeling that I get from sleep paralysis, either type of those..) You obviously don't understand what REM sleep is--stage of dreaming-- and what happens when we DREAM?? We SEE things in our sleep, so if you wake up when your brain is drifting into dream-stage, obviously you might see something. Doctors note that certain medications can exacerbate sleep paralysis. You're only hallucinating though if you're seeing things. It's the same feeling children experience when they just KNOW there's a monster in the closet--when there isn't. We're very good at scaring ourselves. But I've NEVER seen anything when I've experienced sleep paralysis, and I've experienced it many times throughout my life. There are helpful articles about it though if sleep paralysis scares you. Understanding what's happening to you removes the fear-factor: [ link to www.webmd.com] I have had it all my life and in some weird places not just at home in my bed. I have gone to a sleep doctor and he told me they don't know what causes it and they have no cure. Has anyone here been to a sleep doctor? I can call out, I call for my son, he comes to my door and tells me to wake up. I used to have my little dog, he would bark or take his paw and touch me to wake me. sometimes I wake up and am pulled back down into the same SP. So I have to get up and walk around before going back to bed. I have been to the sleep doctor for the hallucinations and was told I have abnormally slow delta wave. That doesnt mean squat though since they didnt know what to do.
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