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9th January 2012

Post reblogged from Zodiac Facts with 185 notes

Personal Question:

zodiacchic:

Do any of you know how to get rid of sleep paralysis? Mine happens one after the other over and over again every night. I also hear things and hallucinate.

For those who don’t know what sleep paralysis is it’s when you’re either going to sleep or waking up and it’s like you try to move or scream and you can’t. It feels like you’re trapped. Thank you!

I have suffered from sleep paralysis on and off for a couple of years now. I’ve noticed that it is most likely to happen when I am under a lot of stress. So keeping your stress levels down can usually help. Also, make sure you have some kind of normal sleep routine. Try to make sure you’re going to bed at the same time every night, and have some sort of nighttime ritual that puts you in the right psychological state for sleep. SP is not usually a sign of any serious condition, but if it really is happening all through the night every night, you might have another sleep condition that’s causing it. 

Also, there are support groups in existence for people with SP. Some people have found success with acknowledging the condition while having an episode, and trying the “relax and enjoy it” approach, saying that they can make their hallucinations fun or relaxing. This never worked for me personally though. 

Source: zodiacchic

  1. strickenxandxdestroyed reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    stay calm through it. Personally I snap out of it when I think “be calm. It’s...isn’t...
  2. thatsbria reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    me like last week,...got really freaked out. I would...know...
  3. froggiebear reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    other night xP. . But because your mind...the body is asleep, just tell yourself that
  4. letsmakeourownmagic reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    a fucking thing?! I just thought I was...crazy. Someone please respond with an answer.
  5. snowheart reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    never knew it had name,...there was more than a few people. This terrified me the first...
  6. elwysia reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    have this very often...I have learned to cope with it. When it happens, just relax. You...
  7. hrtzndggerz reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    Trying telling yourself to wake up while shaking your leg and once...wake up stay up for a...
  8. sugarcoatedcherry reblogged this from unhealthytvobsession
  9. unhealthytvobsession reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    They’re not hallucinations, they’re dreams. You’re in the midway point between awake and sleep. Everyone’s body goes...
  10. aj-dionisio reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    well for mine when...start hearing explosions i usually jump out
  11. colortrap reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    I’ve had episodes every now and then for the last decade or so, so I really can’t say much about prevention except...
  12. weazulgrl reblogged this from positivelymorbid and added:
    for sleep paralysis that definitely works doesn’t have...do with keeping it away. I’ve not...
  13. soonsoon-wintermoon reblogged this from zodiacchic
  14. wootgabby reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    read that therapy, possibly hypnosis therapy, could help with that
  15. off-s0ulhunting reblogged this from zodiacchic
  16. missanachronism reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    have suffered from...on and off for a couple of years now. I’ve noticed that it
  17. -hungryeyes- reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    ever find out let me know….....the scariest feeling I’ve ever experienced.
  18. limeemil reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    me once. all i did was close my eyes...end. scary as fck.
  19. boacakes reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    I have it >.> I don’t think
  20. caamore reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    From my experience, (1)never sleeping on my back always works.(2)make sure that you’re not going
  21. groundsquirrel reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    mine only happened...I slept on my back,...it totally went...
  22. starrymidnightskies reblogged this from zodiacchic and added:
    me when i was little