you're a bully btw “Research has shown that sleep paralysis is not dangerous,” says Breus. “It does not cause physical harm to the body and there are no clinical deaths known to date.” While there are some terrifying cultural explanations around the world, these are constructed to make sense of a very mysterious condition. “The biggest thing is to educate people to not be afraid,” says Breus. “In all likelihood, they just need more rest. If they get enough sleep and the episodes continue with any regularity, then they should go to a sleep disorder specialist.”
Lol you're 31, MAN THE FUCK UP ARE YOU A BOY OR A MAN? I posted how you can try to induce it bro, go for it man have a wild experience for the sake of wanting to 'try new things'.
Here this is right up your alley bro I'm not a bully bro never was in school haha if you can't handle being called dumber than shit for wanting to experience sleep paralysis well then I apologize for calling you the dumbest user I've had the pleasure of encountering here. It was truly a pleasure if that makes you feel better:
So it's lookin like people/research are saying everyone gets paralyzed during the night while sleeping, transitioning into REM? So why do people have such similar night terrors during the 'waking form of sleep paraylsis'? It's sounding like science isn't being very clear here just giving vague reasons what it could be due to...
Alright I don't think we need to discuss sleep paraylsis any further in this thread, it's pretty much the opposite of lucid dreaming. I shared this with someone asking me about L Dreaming before, I do recommend it: Internet Book of Shadows: Lucid Dreaming (Omni Magazine)
Ok this is next level lucid dreaming, Dream Yoga is where it's at if lucid dreaming is really interesting to you:
I like to think of sleep paralysis as a frozen panic attack. Although I think panic attacks are worse, at least the one I had compared to my sleep paralysis, neither are experiences you WANT to have.
DAWG WE DONE WITH DIS SUBJECT BUT TANKS FOR DA 2 CENTS. For real someone just start their own sleep paraylsis thread if you need to mention that term here. The title of this video.....................
Since you have recanted from calling me the dumbest user, I also reach out my hand with the admission that I should not downplay sleep paralysis PEACE!
I'll be honest I'm not into Lucid Dreaming, at all. Might have had one or two some years ago. Not my cup of tea but I'll leave ya with this video. I'm not into such practices for 'fun'. I certainly respect the power of dreams and those who find meaning from them however.
Sounds like the xannies are altering your sleep I'm not gonna lie. Some people take certain plants to induce and intensify lucid dreams but I'm not about to speak on this topic any further.
I won't leave ye empty handed though. If thou seek, thou shalt find: The Vaults of Erowid : Dreams Top 5 Lucid Dreaming Supplements - Dream Studies Portal DMT Trip vs. Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
Awesome. Great to see a lucid dreaming thread on here. If anyone is new to it and needs any help, feel free to ask. I had my first lucid dream 8 years ago when I was 16, and I've been practising controlled lucid dreaming since about a year after that, so around 7 years. Had hundreds upon hundreds of lucid dreams now and I tend to lucid dream most nights these days. If you've ever searched for lucid dreaming videos on YouTube in 2016 or 2017, there's a decent chance you've heard my voice before, since two of my lucid dreaming guides are on the first page of search when you search for "How to Lucid Dream" on YouTube, one of them with just under 700k views. (No I'm not Koi Fresco, I'm the other channel with 2 videos on that first page) That's sleep paralysis rather than a lucid dream. Fun fact: the word "Nightmare" was originally a term coined for sleep paralysis, that we later adopted for bad dreams. The word "Nightmare" comes from "Night" and "Mare". "Mare" being an old English word for "demon", because back when the name was coined, they didn't understand that you're still asleep during sleep paralysis, and instead believed that sleep paralysis was caused by demonic visits. Weirdly enough now the term Nightmare is just used to refer to bad dreams, and we adopted a new term, "Sleep Paralysis" for the phenomenon that it was originally used for. --- Edit: Since I'm posting here. I may as well also share some useful information. So some important things I've learned over the 8 years since I had my first lucid dream: The number one reason that you're failing to lucid dream is you're lack of adherence to the proper sleep cycles. You can ONLY lucid dream during the REM stage of sleep. So when performing methods that require you to sleep for a while and wake up, the duration of sleep is critical to you actually succeeding. Too long or too short, and you won't wake up in REM, and so your attempts will all fail. Generally the longest REM period starts after 6 hours of sleep for most people, but you should take into account how long it takes you to fall asleep. If it takes you 20 minutes to fall asleep, then set an alarm to wake you after 6 hours 25 minutes, so that you get between 6 hours and 6 hours 30 mins of sleep. That should put you in REM. From there you can perform a technique. A good way to tell you're in REM is if you wake up in the middle of a dream. Sleep cycles can vary from individual to individual, but one universal indicator of REM is dreams. It isn't just your lucid dreams that happen during REM, it's your other dreams too. Ever get rudely awoken by some noise right in the middle of a dream? Well that means you woke up in REM, the perfect time to perform a lucid dreaming technique. You don't need to risk sleep paralysis to lucid dream. A common misconception I've seen time and time again in the comments of one of my lucid dreaming videos is people too scared to try lucid dreaming because they heard you get sleep paralysis. Any method of lucid dreaming that involves a direct transition into the dream state, like WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dreaming), SSILD (Senses Initiated Lucid Dreaming), FILD (Finger Induced Lucid Dreaming) etc has a chance of inducing sleep paralysis, since sleep paralysis is just you being half in and half out of the dream state. Other methods however, like WBTB (Wake Back to Bed), MILD (Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dreaming), DILD (Dream Induced Lucid Dreaming) etc leave you no more likely to encounter sleep paralysis than if you went to sleep normally without performing a method. The best lucid dreaming technique doesn't involve any lucid dreaming techniques. I'm sure you're like "Huh?" right now, so let me explain. I've tried every major lucid dreaming technique out there, numerous times. Some of them work better than others. By accident however, I found something that works better than any of the methods, and it's not even a lucid dreaming technique. So what is it? Meditation. I've meditated daily for a long time, but recently I started meditating longer (20-30+ minutes every single day), and also I started having my meditation right before bed. Ever since I started doing this, I started lucid dreaming every single night. Not just one dream either, during one night I had ELEVEN lucid dreams, and shortly after that I had a night where I had THIRTEEN lucid dreams. All in one night! Night meditation is honestly hands down the best way to induce lucid dreams I've encountered. Although don't neglect other methods either. Alarm clocks are redundant. So, there are all these methods that involve you waking up in REM using an alarm clock. I even teach such methods on my YouTube channel myself, yet.. I haven't used an alarm clock in years. So how do I perform these methods? Simple, I set my own inner alarm. It sounds weird, but it's something my dad taught me when I was younger. Basically, when you're in bed, about to go to sleep, tell yourself something like "I will wake up in 6 hours" or "I will wake up at 5am" or whatever. It sounds weird, but it works. You wake up at the time you intended 99% of the time. At least I do. I have no idea how it works, but apparently the brain makes for a pretty good alarm! The reason I use this now, is it's a natural awakening when it happens. When an alarm rings, you're jolted awake unpleasantly. When your own brain wakes you up, your sleep isn't interrupted. So it's healthier to do it this way in the long run than using an alarm.
