A question to everybody who has experienced sleep paralysis.

I would like to follow on from this excellent thread regarding sleep paralysis.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

I would be very grateful if the participants of that thread could help me with my research on this subject.

All I need is the answer to one or two simple questions .

1: When you experienced sleep paralysis , was it before sleeping or upon wakening ?

2: Were you always in the same position ( ie, lay on your back or on your side ) when it occured ?

There is a third question that i have added as an afterthought

3: Have you ever been Diagnosed as Narcoleptic ?

Many thanks in advance.

reply to post by tpg65


Personally;

1.) Before falling asleep and Lucid dreaming

2.) Depends on the position I was lying in, hence the term paralysis But usually on my side (that's how I sleep)

reply to post by Death_Kron

Many thanks , Kron .
There is a misconception among researchers that sleep paralysis only happens when a person is lay on their backs .

1) upon waking in the middle of the night

2) I tend to get it when I am on my back but I don't like to hang around for long as I am sure many of you know what can happen from sleep paralysis

reply to post by constant_thought



Many thanks CT

The few times that I experienced it I was on my back. I was neither asleep nor awake. The strange thing is that I knew that I was partially awake, but I could not move. I remember trying to will myself to move an arm, and a leg. I was not able to.

I've suffered with this for many years. I've had it happen multiple times during the night. It usually occurs as I am waking up. It usually happens to me when I sleep on my back. However, it has happened while sleeping in other positions.

Originally posted by tpg65
reply to post by Death_Kron

 

Many thanks , Kron .
There is a misconception among researchers that sleep paralysis only happens when a person is lay on their backs .

edit on 29/05/2011 by tpg65 because: (no reason given)

My pleasure.

That's certainly a misconception, I very rarely sleep on my back and even so always manage to turn over in my sleep so yeah the researchers are incorrect on that one.

reply to post by VeniVidi


Many thanks .
Can I just clarify one thing ?
When u experience sleep paralysis , are you waking from a sleep or do you experience it before sleep ?

Cheers

First time it occurred I was just waking and on my back, the second time it occured I was also just waking and was actually in a sitting position on my bed, back against the head board, it was how i fell asleep and woke up. I have never had an issue with narcolepsy in fact its the opposite im an insomniac and get sleep paralysis usually after a lengthy episode of insomnia.

Edit: every other occurrence is kind of a blur, usually im on my back or side, and its only been once when i was going into sleep, all the other times it was coming out of sleep.

reply to post by tpg65


1. Happened while waking in the middle of the night....

2. Happened while I was laying on my stomach on the opposite side of the bed I usually sleep...

3. No never bothered to check because it only ever happened to me once and the experience I had was scary as hell............

reply to post by topherman420

Wow , thank you so much . How interesting , especially the part where you experience sleep paralysis while sitting up .

Many thanks

reply to post by daymarez


Thank you

When it happened to me (a few times) I would have it again as soon as I tried to go back to sleep. Took every ounce in my being to move it seemed. Scary stuff. Cant remember what position. Back yes, side also I believe (when I tried to go back to sleep)

reply to post by showintail

thank you very much . yes I believe it can be quite scarey .

reply to post by tpg65


3.) Nope

reply to post by tpg65


I have experienced this as far back as I can remember. About once a month on average. I cant see any real pattern apart from the fact it occurs when I am tired. Unfortunately I am always tired.

There seems to be no correlation to sleeping position as far as I or my historical partners could discern.

oh and just to answer your update no I have never been diagnosed as a narcoleptic

what are you trying to obtain from this research if you don't mind me asking? a method to achieve sleep paralysis or is it for another reason?

reply to post by constant_thought


I hoping to disprove a lot of common misconceptions regarding this phenomina.
Did you know for instance that some of the main causes according to certain research are ....alchahol abuse , depression , sleeping position , mild schitzophrenia and narcolepsy ?