First time I had it, I was at home. Couldn't move any part of my body. I kinda freaked out and out of the corner of my eyes I saw a shadowy figure walk into my closet. Second time it was when I was in my dorm. Same deal, I couldn't move. I saw a face kind of pulling toward me. And the third time, nothing really happened... I just sort of laid there unable to move or speak, just looking at my roommate sleeping across the room. Haven't had any since then...

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I haven't personally, but I know that this tends to be a fairly common phenomena associated with cultures with high stress rates. It actually pops up a lot in Japanese literature.

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Yes, all the time. I get out of it only to get it again. >__>

Luckily, I don't suffer any visual or auditory hallucinations when I'm it. That would be so freaky. It's hard to breathe and annoying, but that's it.

Even though I never had sleep paralysis, waking up is the worst part of my day. My body'll ache in so many places, and along with that, after a night of the house being blessedly empty, people are crowding it again.

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That's sounds really scary if you can't move at all. I haven't ever had this, can you at least move your eyes and look around when like this?

I think so. I can't remember, but yes, if you're not aware of what's happening while you're in this state, it's terrifying. I've had it happen a handful more times within the past 4 months, once in public (i was napping in between classes).

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Never had once, hope never will.. but i know some people who had similar experience. Surprisingly, everyone here believe sleep paralysis is related to occult. I won't bother to tell them that there's scientific explanation for that phenomenon.. people believe something superficial, for me, it's hardly to believe.

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maybe... havent had any episodes lately o-o
its more half asleep state cant move cant shout...
seriously so scary my bedroom door is always open during such episodes and i feel like someone will come through
i can't tell whether i am dreaming or not
then somehow through repeated struggle i am able to move one of my limbs and its over... and of course my door is closed
im pretty sure i thought it was called something else >.< brrrr hopefully im over it hate the feeling

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Yes.
Conscious of everything, (like my sister walking past me/tv/etc) and I can't move (trying to shout/squirm/get out of paralysis).

First, I try moving my arm and if I can't I panic. When I panic....this is what's most tiring-- i try screaming, move, sometimes i feel i'll never get out of the sleep paralysis and in a minute, i think i might die.

Though not physically, it's very mentally tiring. I try to stay still (and stop panicking) and muster up all my will power and try to move my whole body (or twist around). If successful and wake up, i inhale/exhale like i've just been in a marathon. Tiredness from it makes me fall back to sleep almost instantly, then it happens again. Go back to step1 and try not to sleep this time. -_-

I hate it when this happens. Scary :S .Oh lord, i hope i don't die in sleep paralysis.

It was a mental experience!

At that time, I wasn't aware that I was experiencing sleep paralysis, I woke up realizing that I couldn't move my body (my sleeping posture was lying on my back).

My ears kept on hearing this 'Beeping' noise and I felt a physical pressure of someone pressing my shoulders and chest onto the bed. Thankfully, this happened at daylight, I wasn't panicking because I could see everything around me..there was no one there. [When I think about it, I would have panic if this happened in the dark].

The first thing that came into my mind is the 'fear' that I could see the creature that was holding my body. I was also worried if there's any sudden movements on my legs, if that creature was trying to open my legs wide [You know what I mean by that, I was very superstitious about the whole incubus/succubus thing lol].

Thankfully, the sleep paralysis only happened for a couple of minutes, I didn't remember how I fell asleep after that. As soon as I woke up, I checked the internet and eventually found out that I just experienced 'Sleep paralysis'.



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i'll be waking up and i can't move. i can't open my eyes. it feels like a pressure is on me. my heart and breathing speed up. my legs hurt and won't move. i start to panic and struggle. then when i feel hopeless, there is a snap ad i can move and breath again. i get up and walk around for a bit to relax and because i'm scared of a relapse. after a while, i go back to sleep and all is well. this usually happens after a nightmare or a really deep sleep.

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it happened to last year when i don't sleep at regular time. But i think moving the fingers or toes is effective to wake up -_- I'm used to sleep paralysis so I know what to do xD

Never happen, but this sound so weird......i knew it! i shouldn't stop study medical

Yeah, I've had it quite a lot all through my life. Used to freak me out, but then I reached the point a few years ago where I just accepted it and realise when I'm in it. I try to experiment while in that state, like trying to move or speak or look around. A few years ago, it happened while my ex was playing FF and I dozed off watching him. I saw him turn around and called me a freak then go back to his game, apparently I was "breathing funny" with my eyes half open. That was pretty interesting.