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I got it pretty regularly as a kid, though it disappeared completely by my mid 20s or so. You want to stop it because it triggers a massive, involuntary physic
by gipp 3y ago
I got it pretty regularly as a kid, though it disappeared completely by my mid 20s or so.
You want to stop it because it triggers a massive, involuntary physical fear response. Not so much when waking up, but certainly when falling asleep. You feel with complete conviction and certainly that it will kill you if you don't fight against it and wake back up. Doesn't matter how much you know it's not true.
Some people even get hallucinations of evil figures attacking them during this, it's likely where the concept of succubi and incubi comes from.
- bibelo 3y agoYes, I was half-joking. I had sleep paralysis during my 20s and I was terrified. I honestly thought an evil spirit was in my room. Then I discovered the explanation and lucid dreaming, then I was a little bit less terrified and even managed to fall into sleep paralysis "manually" and trigger lucid dreams.