From: steve.k@   
      
   On 30 Oct 2005 09:20:10 -0800, "bluebirdoffriendliness@gmail.com"   
    wrote:   
      
   Sleep paralysis as you describe it is not that uncommon - it's often   
   reported. I have never heard of any ill effects being caused by it -   
   people never seem to get stuck in there :-)   
      
   My suggestion is that you relax and make the most of it. Try and   
   foster that "floating out of the body" aspect to it.   
      
   Steve K   
      
      
   >Last month, I was taking a nap, had a pretty common dream. I knew I was   
   >dreaming, I was thinking things like "this is a funny dream" and "I'm   
   >going to draw that guys face when I wake up".   
   >   
   >When I did wake up, I couldn't move. I was lying flat on my back facing   
   >up (which I never do). I tried calling out but I couldn't. I could see,   
   >it was still daylight out but my vision was dimmed. I just saw that   
   >movie Exorcism of Emily Rose and panicked a little, but I don't believe   
   >in that stuff and sort of laughed it off. In my head. Because I   
   >couldn't move.   
   >   
   >I was afraid, but, eh, I'm really really calm in person, so I was more   
   >weirded out than afraid. I was fully conscience. Then I started   
   >floating. I'm pretty sure I "floated out of my body", but I could be   
   >wrong, I could have just been "floating". I was thinking WEIRD WEIRD   
   >WEIRD and I don't remember how but next thing I knew I was downstairs   
   >telling my dad all about it.   
   >   
   >I wish I could remember what happened between floating and being   
   >downstairs, I probably would remember if my dad wasn't like, "you were   
   >just dreaming", because I didn't finish telling him all about it.   
   >   
   >Anyway.   
   >   
   >I've been dreaming very weirdly since then. A couple nights before I   
   >/dreamt/ I had another one, except it was scarier. I said "Oh no"   
   >(which I would never say in real life) and it came out all weird, like   
   >being under water. I felt like my body rippled like waves in an ocean.   
   >   
   >Every night when I *try* to go to sleep, I wiggle my toes and shake and   
   >move my hands just to make sure I'm not frozen in place. My actual   
   >sleep paralysis wasn't scary, it's just...   
   >   
   >I'm afraid of it happening again and I'm afraid of it not happening   
   >again.   
   >   
   >Any thoughts?   
      
      
      
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