Scary shaking feeling?

[BeautyInTheDissonance]

Hey everyone...
I've just recently become interested in all this stuff and I think it might explain these strange symptoms I've had the last few years~

Sometimes (usually during the day, when I feel tired and take a nap or whatever) my body will feel like its pulling me under, and I will feel like I'm shaking or having seizures. I'm not sure if I'm actually moving or vibrating, but it feels like it. Anyways I always want to "give in" to this feeling, but I'm too afraid to and I force myself back out of it. Does that have anything to do with any of this? Or do I just have some weird health problem? I'd just like to know what that all means, if anyone could help...thanks!

[MisterJingo]

It's always best to rule out health problems, so if you are concerned, perhaps go to your GP for a checkup?
It could possibly the beginning stages of sleep paralysis. I only suggest this as I have experienced similar shaking when entering paralysis from a waking state (Without other symptoms as described on another thread recently).
I guess the only way to find out for certain would be to go with it and see if paralysis does ensue .

[BeautyInTheDissonance]

thanks for replying...
is sleep paralysis a positive thing then? What I mean is, can I embrace it and use it to help me eventually project out of my body? Sometimes I want so badly to give into it, but there is too much fear...

[MisterJingo]

thanks for replying...
is sleep paralysis a positive thing then? What I mean is, can I embrace it and use it to help me eventually project out of my body? Sometimes I want so badly to give into it, but there is too much fear...

If i'm honest I would say 70-80% of my OBEs have been achieved through the use of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is one of the easiest states to achieve OBE from in my opinion. The only problem is, my experience of going from waking to a sleep paralysis state is that it can be uncomfortable and sometimes induce fear. But every time I've faced the fear reaction, nothing bad has happened (I usually focus on my breathing at such times).

[Flannery]

I agree with MisterJingo.

I wanted to add this : I have had thousands of experiences of sleep paralysis. From MY expriences, it's not been dangerous (as far as I know of course).

The shaking/seazure sensations might have the following side effects -- they have for me :

- feeling tired afterwards (once you have waken up, as if you have slept longer than you have... or have "spent" much energy...). Not entirely an unpleasant feeling by the way.
- feeling gooooood in my head AS IF I had had an orgasm (close enough to that).

I am definately not convinced though that someone else might not have totally different "side" effects.

[BeautyInTheDissonance]

thanks guys for responding so quickly and all..I'm loving this forum already glad to hear my symptoms arent a bad thing

[Flannery]

BeautyInTheDissonance,

I just dawned on me that I might have misunderstood your description.

I am very tired, so firstly I apologize. Secondly...

About that shaking/seizure in the body.... for me, it is mostly in the head.

My body can have autonomous movement or I can feel like sinking, but the seizure part happens in my brain : it feels like there is an electricity rush in my brain, behind my forehead, above my ears, and expanding from there.

I am not sure if something electrical is actually going on in my brain, but it certainly feels like it. I have made a connection a few times with Electro-choc therapy (humorously though, and I apologize if I offend anyone... with my humour... it's bad). Because after the ""seizure"" sensation (which I often amplify : I will it to become more powerful) I feel goooood in my head.

I hope this will help.

I second what has been said to you : that does not rule out health problems. Although it would not hurt I think to try to let go to check if you can get ino "sleep paralysis" that way.

And then if you get stuck in sleep paralysis, you can try to OBE or just try to move a toe or finger. Without panicking (it is easy to worry then, trust me), have patience and you will snap out of that state. I always have. To my knowledge sleep paralysis is not dangerous.

Hope this helps.

[Flannery]

If i'm honest I would say 70-80% of my OBEs have been achieved through the use of sleep paralysis.

Me too.

[MisterJingo]

I second what has been said to you : that does not rule out health problems. Although it would not hurt I think to try to let go to check if you can get ino "sleep paralysis" that way.

I went through a period of feeling immense pressure on my jaw when experiencing vibrations in a sleep paralysis state, the more I tried to 'push out', the greater the pressure. On another's advice I went and checked this out at the docs as it could indicate heart trouble - but everything turned out to be fine.
So with anything unusual always get a second medical opinion. OBEs can bring some very strange sensations out in us, and it's always best to confirm they have no medical grounding.