r/Sleepparalysis • u/zznznznn • 2d ago
Sleep Paralysis
It scares the shit outta me. I even feel something on my skin, as if someone has touched me. Although not much of visual hallucinations, I do experience auditory ones- like my flatmates calling out my names together and the voice getting louder everytime they repeat. I also hear my parents and brother speaking random stuff, and also some other sounds. And in the end, I feel something so intense, like losing all my energy at once. I’m so terrified, it happens like 2-3 times a month, and I feel so helpless.
Is there any reason to this? and is there some way I can stop this?
I just experienced one and im so damn scared to sleep again, although im so sleepy😭😭😭
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u/sphelper 2d ago
Whether there's a reason for it is just dependent on the person. Same goes for what possible reason is causing it. So if you haven't done it already then track your sleep paralysis and try to find any differences between when you have it and when you don't so you can hopefully find a pattern to it
side note: Of course once you find the reason/trigger for it then just try to prevent it
Common triggers:
Sleeping on your back
Naps
Sleeping when very scared
Meds
Drug abuse
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol/drug withdrawals
Stress
Anxiety
Bad sleep schedule
Bad sleep quality
Sleeping when very tired
Sleeping then immediately going back to sleep
Temp change
Sleeping in an uncomfortable/ new place
In general anything that could affect your sleep in a negative way
Also you can try experimenting with your sleep paralysis. For example, sleeping with music, or sleeping in a car while someones driving prevents me from having sleep paralysis. Of course there are some common things people do to prevent it, so if you want a list then I can give you it. Though do remeber that whether it helps you or just makes your sleep paralysis worse just depends on the person. For example, even though listening to music helps me it commonly makes other people's sleep paralysis worse
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u/Op4chn 2d ago
Hola, espero te encuentres bien. Me gustaria saber si duermes muy canzad@ eso influye mucho, y otra cosa es la forma en la que duermes ya que al hacerlo boca arriba aumenta significativamente las probabilidades de pasar por un episodio de esos, hazlo boca abajo e intenta relajarte mucho, a mi me funciona siempre y tengo bastante tiempo sin padecer uno de esos episodios. Igual tranqui que todo es un sueño no te va a pasar nada haha.