Comment on Anon watches some reruns
DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 days agoYuh-huh. I suffer from it occasionally and experience this right down to the “flailing” trying to wake up. Absolute torture.
Comment on Anon watches some reruns
DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 days agoYuh-huh. I suffer from it occasionally and experience this right down to the “flailing” trying to wake up. Absolute torture.
janNatan@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Flailing? Paralysis? You don’t see the disconnect there?
In sleep paralysis, you cannot move. It’s right there in the name. When I’m having a sleep paralysis episode, I try very hard to move or scream. All I can achieve is a humming-like sound in my throat yet no actual motion.
I’m sure what you’re experiencing is horrible, but it is not sleep paralysis.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I put flailing in quotes because I’m actually not moving at all. My partner will be laying next to me and completely unaware of what I’m going through. I feel like I’m struggling like mad but I’m absolutely still. So yeah.
janNatan@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
That doesn’t sound like what I experience at all. I am paralyzed in both the dream and real life. Sometimes I can even open my eyes and become semi-conscious - yet - I am still paralyzed.
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
That’s what sleep paralysis is - you’re conscious and you’re still receiving input from your senses, but you’re also technically sleeping - having “dreams” (= allucinations) and your body refusing to move (as is expected from someone fully asleep).
Unlike the OOP, you can’t walk down the hallway then realize you’re dreaming - SP hits you like a truck, with you being relatively aware of your surroundings (plus eventual eldritch horror peeking behind the door).
… a tip that works for me: if/when you want to force your way out of SP, move your fingers or toes; when you think you did it and you feel like you’re out, keep doing it for a few seconds because no you ain’t.
(obviously, your mileage may vary)