It's not that you think you can't move, you literally can't. From what I've learned your brain still has its protection mechanism active so you don't act out your dreams. It's just odd because when you're in that mode but conscious, very odd things tend to happen.if you've had a false awakenings like when you think you've woke up and got out bed dream, but you haven't ... sleep paralysis is the same but you think you can't move, rather than waking up in your room.
It means nothing just like false awakenings and isn't true but feels real at the time.
Brain evolution, or yourselfs intelligence getting brighter (more aware) idk, one of them.
You wake up in your bed unable to move, in a false awakening you just wake up in your room and walk around.It's not that you think you can't move, you literally can't. From what I've learned your brain still has its protection mechanism active so you don't act out your dreams. It's just odd because when you're in that mode but conscious, very odd things tend to happen.
That's because neurological processes are inbetween awake, and asleep. For instance if what your subconscious is processing gets dumped into your vision? You can hallucinate something that you were not even consciously thinking of, but your subconscious was. Being from one's own subconscious, the hallucinator may imbue some mystical meaning to the experience.It's not that you think you can't move, you literally can't. From what I've learned your brain still has its protection mechanism active so you don't act out your dreams. It's just odd because when you're in that mode but conscious, very odd things tend to happen.
I can agree that's the most likely explanation to the phenomenon, the experience changes for me very often, sometimes it's very intense and sometimes it's very subtle, but every time it is scary. I think maybe that's because when I am paralyzed I start to freak out a bit, and my brain projects that which I fear, maybe to try and rationalize the feeling I'm having. Who knows.That's because neurological processes are inbetween awake, and asleep. For instance if what your subconscious is processing gets dumped into your vision? You can hallucinate something that you were not even consciously thinking of, but your subconscious was. Being from one's own subconscious, the hallucinator may imbue some mystical meaning to the experience.
You're better off just going back to sleep, or concentrate on moving a single finger.I can agree that's the most likely explanation to the phenomenon, the experience changes for me very often, sometimes it's very intense and sometimes it's very subtle, but every time it is scary. I think maybe that's because when I am paralyzed I start to freak out a bit, and my brain projects that which I fear, maybe to try and rationalize the feeling I'm having. Who knows.
I had these as a teenager but grew out of them.Hello everyone.
I wanted to talk about the dreaded sleep paralysis and wanted to hear your opinions on the matter.
Do you believe it to be some sort of evolutionary trait, maybe a flaw in our functioning, our minds not able to work with most of our senses dulled, or could it be the presence of something that has a metaphysical meaning?
If anyone would like to share their stories of this disturbing state, please do.
Maybe I should start: the first time this happened was a few years ago. I remember I was slowely drifting through the first stage of sleep when I felt... something. It's hard to explain, but ever had the feeling that someone is behind you, or even watching you? You can suddenly feel their presence with your skin, becoming more alert.
Well I was lying on my back and suddenly realized that I was unable to move. I don't recall what exactly made me wake up, but I found that I couldn't move a muscle.. I was trapped in my own body, screaming without opening my mouth.
Everything became even more morbid when I sensed.. it staring at me. My memories are somewhat vauge, but I remember a dark shadow looking at me, watching in silence as I was lying. I had red eyes and was shapless, yet somehow resembled a man in a cloak, yest none of it's features were clear.
After a few minutes that felt like a few hours I managed to somehow wake up and everything around me vanished as I regained my full awareness.
I honestly don't know what to believe, Im on the border of believing it to be some kind of "meeting" were the unreal manifested itself in our reality, and believing that it was just my mind struggeling to comprehend the total blackness and silence, and then conjuring some scary thought in order to wake up.
What is curious is that it would seem our brains have the same pattern, the "dark man" is present in most peoples experiences, all around the world. Often with a hat I might add.
Could be of course total bollocks, but the experience generally scares people a lot.View attachment 3687540