Comments on: Sleep Paralysis: What it is and How to Avoid it http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: artist http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114577 artist Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114577  ive been experiencing this 4 times a week sometimes... the one that still terrified me is during on one rainy night i saw a man standing on my window (3rd floor), i didnt want to scare my self so i call him on my bf's name.. but then i cant move and i prayed that God help me in this situation...  the figure  man told me in his deep voice " You're trying to get some help?" after i finished my prayer and said "in the name of Jesus Christ Amen" i can move already and the music that plays on my radio is the same when i cant move my body.  ive been experiencing this 4 times a week sometimes… the one that still terrified me is during on one rainy night i saw a man standing on my window (3rd floor), i didnt want to scare my self so i call him on my bf’s name.. but then i cant move and i prayed that God help me in this situation…  the figure  man told me in his deep voice ” You’re trying to get some help?” after i finished my prayer and said “in the name of Jesus Christ Amen” i can move already and the music that plays on my radio is the same when i cant move my body.

]]> By: Apollo http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114442 Apollo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:53:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114442 Hello? What about the paranornal explanation? Hello? What about the paranornal explanation?

]]> By: katt http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114393 katt Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:37:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114393 this happened to me several times now. I thought i was being posessed by ghosts. Im so grateful i googled it and now i know im only experiencing sleep paralysis. Thank you this happened to me several times now. I thought i was being posessed by ghosts. Im so grateful i googled it and now i know im only experiencing sleep paralysis. Thank you

]]> By: Kevinroche http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-1/#comment-114301 Kevinroche Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114301 Get a Life you have been brain washed or your in sleep paralysis on a permanent basis Get a Life you have been brain washed or your in sleep paralysis on a permanent basis

]]> By: Yukinamiko http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114255 Yukinamiko Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114255 When I experienced Sleep Paralysis, I heard a loud scream in my right ear and right ear only. Then I tried to get out but couldn't move. I only could move my toes. I tried to call out for help but I couldn't breathe as if I had a Panic Attack. This lasted for 2 minutes. Luckily when I was able to move, I literally ran to my parents room. When I learned about sleep paralysis I found it weird that I didn't sleep on my back. I was sleeping on my side. And the picture of the "Old Hag" was in my dream during the scream. After the scream I covered my right ear and moved around but it felt like force that someone pinned me down. While being pinned I saw pressure on the bed. Freaky huh? And I was only Twelve when this happened. When I experienced Sleep Paralysis, I heard a loud scream in my right ear and right ear only. Then I tried to get out but couldn’t move. I only could move my toes. I tried to call out for help but I couldn’t breathe as if I had a Panic Attack. This lasted for 2 minutes. Luckily when I was able to move, I literally ran to my parents room. When I learned about sleep paralysis I found it weird that I didn’t sleep on my back. I was sleeping on my side. And the picture of the “Old Hag” was in my dream during the scream. After the scream I covered my right ear and moved around but it felt like force that someone pinned me down. While being pinned I saw pressure on the bed. Freaky huh? And I was only Twelve when this happened.

]]> By: rosemary http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114218 rosemary Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114218 rosemary This has happened to me. It really is terrifying,I remember more than once, something comes on my bed really fast runs along side my body then disappears.I can't move or screem. rosemary
This has happened to me. It really is terrifying,I remember more than once, something comes on my bed really fast runs along side my body then disappears.I can’t move or screem.

]]> By: Sharna Baylis http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114138 Sharna Baylis Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114138 Well... I have just researched this as this morning I was awake and could not move my body AT ALL, could nt speak and felt like I had people in the room. When it first happened I had no idea where I was, which house I was in. This has happened to me before but I went and saw a psychic, she told me that when your in that state passed loved ones can come to you etc. she told me to relax and if your really scared imagine your screaming help! I did that this morning and sure enough I came straight out. But I have never felt so helpless and scared! It was an experience thats for sure! Well… I have just researched this as this morning I was awake and could not move my body AT ALL, could nt speak and felt like I had people in the room. When it first happened I had no idea where I was, which house I was in. This has happened to me before but I went and saw a psychic, she told me that when your in that state passed loved ones can come to you etc. she told me to relax and if your really scared imagine your screaming help! I did that this morning and sure enough I came straight out. But I have never felt so helpless and scared! It was an experience thats for sure!

]]> By: Cheetha_1613 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114037 Cheetha_1613 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:12:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114037 Thanks for that I was so scared because it happen to me last night. Thanks for that I was so scared because it happen to me last night.

]]> By: Kevin Huan Le http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-114030 Kevin Huan Le Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-114030 When I was 7 years old, my grandma and little brother, Kenny, in the room, sleep paralysis had struck. I was scared as fuck. I could feel, hear, and (barely) see everything, but could not move or open or close my eyelids wide or shut. It was weird, I couldn't tell the difference between reality or dream. They turned on the lights, and I was screaming and panicking for help, but no one heard anything.  Maybe it was all a dream? Or I was just conscious but forgot how to move? No, I really tried to move my arms and legs and it didn't work. I just lied there for what seemed like hours. Finally when I fell back asleep and the woke up in the morning, I was normal again. It happened again last night, but THANK god I read an article about sleep paralysis the same day it happened, it told me to start hyperventilating if I could control my breathing, and I snapped out of it. It was at like 2:00, only ten minutes before I was playing my computer. Then this was the FIRST time I EVER felt myself "falling" asleep, and then I was caught in between. I knew I froze because I tried to move, and since this was the process of "Falling Asleep mode", not "Waking Up mode", I could still think and my memory and cognitive skills were still working. I still heard and understood what Kenny was saying. So I remembered the article I read and decided to do what it said, hyperventilate. I woke up :). I looked around the room and it was normal, and Kenny (my little brother) was still awake and playing around. Thank god I actually left the TV on without its sleep mode. I knew it would've happened now that I thought about it the whole day. Without TV, I would not be able to sleep and think it's too quiet and panic. Scared as fuck now. First ghosts, now science. TL;DR: If you can't move during sleep paralysis, **START BREATHING QUICKLY**, and it'll force you to wake back up. Fortunately it worked for me. I'm not sure if it'll work again, because these are the only two times it's happened in my life. The heart rate is decreased during REM, and sleep paralysis happens because you are stuck in between the "Sleep mode" and "Waking Up mode". When I was 7 years old, my grandma and little brother, Kenny, in the room, sleep paralysis had struck. I was scared as fuck. I could feel, hear, and (barely) see everything, but could not move or open or close my eyelids wide or shut. It was weird, I couldn’t tell the difference between reality or dream. They turned on the lights, and I was screaming and panicking for help, but no one heard anything. 

Maybe it was all a dream? Or I was just conscious but forgot how to move? No, I really tried to move my arms and legs and it didn’t work. I just lied there for what seemed like hours. Finally when I fell back asleep and the woke up in the morning, I was normal again.

It happened again last night, but THANK god I read an article about sleep paralysis the same day it happened, it told me to start hyperventilating if I could control my breathing, and I snapped out of it.

It was at like 2:00, only ten minutes before I was playing my computer. Then this was the FIRST time I EVER felt myself “falling” asleep, and then I was caught in between. I knew I froze because I tried to move, and since this was the process of “Falling Asleep mode”, not “Waking Up mode”, I could still think and my memory and cognitive skills were still working.

I still heard and understood what Kenny was saying. So I remembered the article I read and decided to do what it said, hyperventilate. I woke up :) . I looked around the room and it was normal, and Kenny (my little brother) was still awake and playing around.

Thank god I actually left the TV on without its sleep mode. I knew it would’ve happened now that I thought about it the whole day. Without TV, I would not be able to sleep and think it’s too quiet and panic.

Scared as fuck now. First ghosts, now science.

TL;DR:

If you can’t move during sleep paralysis, **START BREATHING QUICKLY**, and it’ll force you to wake back up. Fortunately it worked for me. I’m not sure if it’ll work again, because these are the only two times it’s happened in my life.

The heart rate is decreased during REM, and sleep paralysis happens because you are stuck in between the “Sleep mode” and “Waking Up mode”.

]]> By: Singh http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/comment-page-5/#comment-113984 Singh Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/sleep-paralysis-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it/#comment-113984 I just woke up from this SP experience about 15 minutes ago and looked up these symptoms of "feeling a heavy presence, " "not being able to move or talk" and "sleep." I will have to say that I was praying to God to protect me . I remained strong and things calmed down. This is the 4th time it has happened since 2007. I personally believe that there is more to sleep paralysis than just deprivation of sleep and irregular sleeping patterns that result in a dysfunctional REM; I believe these may be triggers that can cause you to feel weak and then an negative entity  or spirit attempts to test your weakness. It is imperative that we all remain faithful and strong  regardless of these minor hiccups in our human experience. Here's a quote from a man named Edgar Cayce that puts things into prospective: The Mind is the builder, The Spirit is your life, And the Physical is the result.. But first, you must recognize that you are a Soul. The key to life is to love your neighbor like you love yourself, and love "your" God, the Lord with all your heart. I just woke up from this SP experience about 15 minutes ago and looked up these symptoms of “feeling a heavy presence, ” “not being able to move or talk” and “sleep.” I will have to say that I was praying to God to protect me . I remained strong and things calmed down. This is the 4th time it has happened since 2007. I personally believe that there is more to sleep paralysis than just deprivation of sleep and irregular sleeping patterns that result in a dysfunctional REM; I believe these may be triggers that can cause you to feel weak and then an negative entity  or spirit attempts to test your weakness. It is imperative that we all remain faithful and strong  regardless of these minor hiccups in our human experience. Here’s a quote from a man named Edgar Cayce that puts things into prospective:
The Mind is the builder,
The Spirit is your life,
And the Physical is the result..
But first, you must recognize
that you are a Soul.
The key to life is to love your neighbor like you love yourself, and love “your” God, the Lord with all your heart.

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