This is a rather complicated situation, but I hope I can explain it well.
I'm 21 and have experienced sleep paralysis for years. The only time it ever happens is when I go to sleep very relaxed. The only time I go to sleep very relaxed is when I go to sleep soon after waking up. For example, in high school I'd get up at 7. I'd see school was canceled, so I stayed up a couple hours then go back to bed because I'm still sleepy.
It has happened everytime I've done that for years, it is why I don't take naps. I don't remember it happening in my childhood.
But I have a very specific kind of sleep paralysis which I want to STOP.
Usually when I'm laying in bed, I'm perfectly lucid. I realize I am in bed and what had happened before that. Usually I feel my body start to tingle and I can finally stand up.
Then there's a point of confusion, am I awake or asleep? Everything is fuzzy, not clear, so that's usually my first hint I'm asleep. I go on the internet or check my cell phone and see that it doesn't look like it does in real life, at that point I know I'm having an episode. So I shut my eyes really tight and I feel like I'm back in my body.
Then I wake up again. And again. And again.
It's incredibly frustrating. It's also quite scary. I see things that aren't there in real life, last time I believe there was a floating shoe beside my body. I hear people talking. I walk into other rooms and see dead relatives who seem to be oblivious to everything.
When I first started having sleep paralysis, I couldn't move at all which was much more frightening. But now that I can, it's even more frightening.
I believe in God but I'm not at all that spiritual. I don't want to see dead relatives or intimidating voices.
The last time this happened it seemed like I had been in and out for hours. Then I actually woke up, and looked at my phone. I had only been asleep for 15 minutes.
Is this sleep paralysis, astral projection?
How can I stop it?
Is there a way to stop the hallucinations?
Thank you for reading.
I'm 21 and have experienced sleep paralysis for years. The only time it ever happens is when I go to sleep very relaxed. The only time I go to sleep very relaxed is when I go to sleep soon after waking up. For example, in high school I'd get up at 7. I'd see school was canceled, so I stayed up a couple hours then go back to bed because I'm still sleepy.
It has happened everytime I've done that for years, it is why I don't take naps. I don't remember it happening in my childhood.
But I have a very specific kind of sleep paralysis which I want to STOP.
Usually when I'm laying in bed, I'm perfectly lucid. I realize I am in bed and what had happened before that. Usually I feel my body start to tingle and I can finally stand up.
Then there's a point of confusion, am I awake or asleep? Everything is fuzzy, not clear, so that's usually my first hint I'm asleep. I go on the internet or check my cell phone and see that it doesn't look like it does in real life, at that point I know I'm having an episode. So I shut my eyes really tight and I feel like I'm back in my body.
Then I wake up again. And again. And again.
It's incredibly frustrating. It's also quite scary. I see things that aren't there in real life, last time I believe there was a floating shoe beside my body. I hear people talking. I walk into other rooms and see dead relatives who seem to be oblivious to everything.
When I first started having sleep paralysis, I couldn't move at all which was much more frightening. But now that I can, it's even more frightening.
I believe in God but I'm not at all that spiritual. I don't want to see dead relatives or intimidating voices.
The last time this happened it seemed like I had been in and out for hours. Then I actually woke up, and looked at my phone. I had only been asleep for 15 minutes.
Is this sleep paralysis, astral projection?
How can I stop it?
Is there a way to stop the hallucinations?
Thank you for reading.