
viscera
Member
- Sep 15, 2025
- 14
What are your experiences with sleep paralysis?
For me, it started several years ago along with some RLS issues. I usually get it when I'm about to sleep, in which case it makes me so uncomfortable that I get shocked out of falling asleep. As you can imagine, this can be pretty bad for my sleep quality :) it got so bad that I actually saw a neurologist to try to fix it.
Until recently however, I didn't tend to get hallucinations like some people describe. This changed a few months ago, and now I sometimes get auditory hallucinations along with my paralysis. It's not really anything scary though. For example, last time, it sounded like I was in the hospital and I heard a man telling me that everything was going to be alright.
Despite the difficulties, I think it's fascinating that you can get these kinds of experiences at the border between consciousness and unconsciousness. You can feel awake and experience elements of reality, while at the same time your experience is immersed in dreamlike fabrications of the mind. How can we distinguish between objective reality and imagination when the border is so fuzzy?
I would like to hear your thoughts.
For me, it started several years ago along with some RLS issues. I usually get it when I'm about to sleep, in which case it makes me so uncomfortable that I get shocked out of falling asleep. As you can imagine, this can be pretty bad for my sleep quality :) it got so bad that I actually saw a neurologist to try to fix it.
Until recently however, I didn't tend to get hallucinations like some people describe. This changed a few months ago, and now I sometimes get auditory hallucinations along with my paralysis. It's not really anything scary though. For example, last time, it sounded like I was in the hospital and I heard a man telling me that everything was going to be alright.
Despite the difficulties, I think it's fascinating that you can get these kinds of experiences at the border between consciousness and unconsciousness. You can feel awake and experience elements of reality, while at the same time your experience is immersed in dreamlike fabrications of the mind. How can we distinguish between objective reality and imagination when the border is so fuzzy?
I would like to hear your thoughts.