Beware of Increasing the Fear

I'd just like to give a few words of warning about researching this subject, especially on the Internet.

There are those who have documented sleeping/waking paralysis who seek only to sensationalise the topic to make it interesting to the everyday reader or viewer. I have seen a couple of video clips on the Internet that turn it into a sort of horror flick. For anyone currently suffering with the condition to see such material would just terrify them further. I know had I seen such material years ago I would have been horrified. So if you must dig, be cautious.

For anyone who knows someone who suffers from sleep paralysis but has not experienced it themselves, you need to be sensitive to the fears this person will have and the terror they may have experienced which you won't understand. Exacerbating the fear, giving them other scenarios to worry about only makes things worse. Overcoming the fear is key in the solution. My future posts will aid in this process.

Who is The Nightstalker

The thing that you call you is made of more than just one part. To illustrate let's take the concept that man is made of the physical body and a soul within that body. Now imagine that the soul is made up of more than one part. In a similar way that your body contains a heart, brain and lungs, the soul has more than one part also. However unlike the body the souls separate parts can move apart from one another. For now it is probably easier to imagine these parts as being copies of one another, (although they have different attributes).

If you have researched sleeping paralysis before you may have come across the phenomenon of out of body experiences known as OBE for short. Don't be mistaken into thinking that this is something that only occurs in near-death experiences. There are a great many people who experienced OBEs regularly and by choice. For the majority of people this takes quite a degree of training but there are a few who have a natural ability for OBEs.

When the out of body experience occurs there is something called the mind split which occurs. What this means is that there are two strains of memory being recorded at the same time. One by the part of you outside the body and the other by the remaining parts of you, in your bed.

Now for some reason during sleep paralysis your awareness is only in the part of you that is in bed. It is likely that you just awakened after separation. The presence that you are aware of close by, is another part of you! Each part has its own awareness and memory. You are experiencing awareness from the part of you that has awoken.

Although you are also out of your body, what we will call projecting, you could not receive the experiences of that part of you until the parts are re-joined and only then can memories be synchronised. But they very rarely are for reasons we’ll discuss another time.

Experts on the subject of out of body experiences describe an unpleasant feedback situation which can occur when the projecting body is in close proximity to the physical body. This accounts for part of the overwhelming feelings suchas terror some paralysis victims experience.

So next time this happens know that it's only yourself you are sensing and not monsters comming to get you.

Understanding That Fear

So many people report feelings of great anxiety during sleep paralysis. This is not just a cause of the paralysis but because of the presence of something else very nearby. This can be just a feeling or you may hear sounds also. You may see something which is why some people are said to see demons or aliens. During My First two experiences I saw something. At the foot of my bed I saw a figure dressed in black robe. I don’t know what it was and I have never seen it since as far as I can recall. During most of my sleep paralysis episodes I have felt something else in the room or just outside the room. Obviously when you can't move for to see what this is its unnerving and you're aware that you are indefensible. If I have not had an episode or for a while it catches me unaware and I will think that there is an intruder in my home. So when I said earlier put aside your fear it can be easier said than done.
So I want to tell you something that will take away that fear and give you a greater understanding of what exactly is going on so the next time you have a sleep paralysis episode you can recognise things for what they are.

Sleep Paralysis - One Method to Overcome

If you're reading this the most important thing you're looking for is something helpful so I am now going to tell you of one approach I have used to deal with to sleep paralysis.
In order for this technique to be useful (or work) you have to put aside any fear that you may feel during the sleep paralysis episode.

As soon as you recognise that you are experiencing a sleep paralysis episode just think 'oh no not this again' and I want you to fall straight back to sleep dismissing it completely.
Do this immediately whilst you are still groggy with sleep then you will fall back to sleep easily.
Then when you re-awake you should awake in a normal state.
There has been occasion when I have re-awakened into another paralysis episode,
in which case you repeat the process of falling back to sleep without worrying about paralysis.
In my experience time between the waking with paralysis and the waking normally is only short.
You need not worry about losing time if you were only going to be struggling with the paralysis in any case.

Introduction

Hello and welcome.
I am writing this blog because it's a simple way of putting this content online. It's something I can build up over time, (and maybe you too if you have any comments). Then at some stage I'll create a web page for the content so people looking for help can find all the help they need in one place.

If you are reading this then chances are either you or someone you know suffers from sleep paralysis, (or you can't sleep and you just stumbled upon this blog). Sleep paralysis experiences can vary in their content from person to person. If you find some content here you can't relate to don't worry I'm sure when we get into the thick of it your going to find the insights and the approach that I cover useful in your own situation.

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