6 Things You Should NEVER Do In Sleep Paralysis! 

Have you experienced sleep paralysis before? Share your stores here in the comments! 👻

“If u close ur eyes, u wont see it” *BIG BRAIN*

“Don’t think of anything scary” My brain: think of everything scary, got it.

"5. Dont Move" Thats an easy one to do since im paralysed.

1. Don’t panic 2. Don’t open your eyes 3. Don’t think of negative things such as demons 4. Don’t stay in for too long 5. Move slowly to get out (suggestion, fingers and toes)

I had a sleep paralysis where there was a man standing in a corner watching me, i remember being pissed at the man for some reason and I just started to scream and curse at him, the man got really scared and just walked out my room, the next day I found out there had been a robery in both my neighbors house and ours, guess it wasn't a sleep paralysis:)

*DO NOT OPEN YOUR EYES* Curiosity: Allow me to introduce myself

“Don’t think about anything scary” Me: *Minecraft cave noises*

I’ve had sleep paralysis. Absolute scariest thing I’ve ever experienced. When I heard; “don’t panic” I laughed out loud because not necessarily panic but that immediate fear of what you may be seeing and experiencing… The first time I tried to scream to get my roommates attention because I was trapped with a demon on my chest and I was so scared that my voice wouldn’t come out. First time was the worst. Now I know what to expect.

"Don't think of anything scary" My brain: I'm gonna end this man's whole career.

Me having sleep paralysis: The monster under my bed: I’m boutta ruin this mans whole career

“Don’t think of anything scary” Dude I cant control the fact that I woke up with a demon growling and breathing in my ear.

I once had a series of sleep paralysis, that were so intense it probably took me minutes to wake up. Then I found out ways to overcome it such as: 1)slowly moving toes and fingers, 2)not thinking of scary things, and 3)being calm. After some more experiences I started to calmly overcome them, already knowing that I'm at the state of sleep paralysis even when sleeping.

"Don't think anything scary-" My last two brain cells: *_s h r e k s a p h o n e_*

Don’t think about something scary -My brain: what an outstanding move.

Him: Do not panic. Me: *thinks worse case scenario, like usual*

Man, I've been trying to lucid dream for a very long time and I've always been having sleep paralysis, but I never knew it could take me straight to a lucid dream

Me: *Sees sleep paralysis demon and can't move.* Demon, getting closer: "Haha, I have you now." Me: Closes eyes so it theoretically doesn't exist anymore. Demon: Mr Stark, I don't feel so good..."

“Don’t try to move “ Me : Trying to move every part of my body to break out

when you realise that your sleep paralysis demon isn’t a hallucination

I often have sleep paralysis. 99% of the times, I have my eyes open and I have NEVER seen any figure in my bed or room. I just remember scary things, and I often see them but... Just in my eyes, never actually standing up. The last time this happened, something inside me decided that facing those fears would help, and it did: Seconds later I woke up, surprisingly calm (I used to wake up pretty nervous), excited for my acomplishment I decided to get back to sleep. Since that day, I just got better and better at avoiding sleep paralysis. I have an extra tip to add: Try to move your *tongue* The first times i had sleep paralysis I could just move a bit my tongue, but in a couple months, I was able to move my lips and even talk (Pretty quiet) If you are reading this, I hope I've helped you. Sweet Dreams :D

“ don’t say in sleep paralysis for too long “ He acting like we just walk out the door and be like see ya

“Don’t try to escape” Hmm sounds like something my sleep paralysis demons would say

“Dont think about anything scary” Brain: *thinking about getting a prostate exam*

To lower the risk of sleep paralysis, avoid sleeping on your back. Despite this being the healthiest sleeping position, it is more likely you’ll experience sleep paralysis like this.

Monster under my bed: *”hi”* Sleep paralysis demon: *_”I’m bouta’ end this whole mans career”_*

1. "Do not panic" Me with a panic disorder: *Imma head out*

"Don't think of anything scary" me: *Thinks about people making this comment and realizing I'm one of them*

In the three I’ve had, each were weird. It was like the borders of a Lucid Dream, Sleep Paralysis, and the real world were all connected, A part of each there. The ability to control minor things in a Lucid Dream, the monster’s presence, and the feel of reality.

"Do not think of anything scary" Me: *thinks about giant Oreos* Edit: these comments making me cry 💀

Hint 1: Don't try to escape Hint 2: LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

“Don’t think of something scary” Scp 096: I’m about to ruin this man’s whole career

Sleep paralysis seems also to be connected with out-of-body experiences. I think when I was a young boy, I once experienced sleep paralysis. The cool thing about it was that on the one hand, I could see, or seemed to see, my room around me, and to feel my bed under me. But around me in the room I saw things that were -- well, this video would call them hallucinations. Don't know if it's that simple. At the time, I did not know that one can overcome nightmares simply by not running away from the scary thing and instead confronting it, asking it what it wants, and using any dream weapon to kill it and have it reborn as a positive, helpful part of oneself. A method that works almost like magic. But as a boy I did not know that. Also, I did feel I couldn't move, though I wonder now if that was sheer fear of the things in my room, or if I was in sleep paralysis. Anyway, I saw some sort of blackish dogs on the bed across the room, and I found them quite scary. Also, I saw my aunt standing over me and looking down at me, and I found that quite scary. At some point I saw my mother. She seemed to be floating across the room, not noticing me. She was smaller than in real life -- or maybe she was just perceived as if at a distance. I think I called out to her, but she didn't hear me. At some point I was scared enough -- I think by my aunt watching me -- that I closed my eyes. After a while, I don't know how long, I opened my eyes again, and it was just my ordinary room again and I had awakened. I don't know quite why my aunt standing by the bed and looking down at my body was frightening to me. I guess one just feels vulnerable asleep in bed and thus the thought of someone standing by the bed and watching you in your sleep can be terrifying -- unless they are a loved one you sleep with. There was nothing noticeably threatening or frightening or bad about my aunt in real life. Anyway, in retrospect, I found the "dream" fascinating, because it seemed to mix my actual waking world -- the room I was sleeping in -- with dream elements, and in retrospect makes me wonder if I was then close to seeing not just dreams, but hidden elements of the waking world itself -- in other words a kind of objective vision of the invisibles within the visibles. Or if not objective vision, perhaps the first imperfect beginnings or rudiments of objective vision.

"whatever you think might apear" my head: j a m e s c h a r l e s

But what if you want to chill with your sleep paralysis demon would you ignore these steps

*The demon entering my room* Me: *Farts*

Hi, i doubt you will see this comment or bother to read it but i would like to share a story about sleep paralysis. I was about 9 years old and i was asleep in my bunk bed with a desk underneath. i fell asleep and woke up 3 times then entered sleep paralysis. The room was all red around me and i could barely breath, it felt like something was pushing on my chest but nothing was there. I was able to scream and a recently found out my mum was hearing me but i don't remember her coming in. I remember i started shaking a lot then i fell back asleep. When i woke up in the morning nothing was different but i was really scared and i struggled to sleep for a couple night. I also remember a black figure crawling up the stairs onto my mattress right before i fell asleep. i also remember being able to move my legs. I would mainly like to know if this is sleep paralysis, a possible different type of sleep paralysis or something different altogether. Thanks and i love your content😀😀😀

*Wakes up and can’t move* Me: aw shit here we go again

"Dont think about anything scary" My Brain: *HI SISTERS*

My sleep paralysis demon watching this: years of achademy training wasted!

Sp is the scariest thing, especially when you've never heard of it before. But I think my experience was pretty chill in comparison to what I've heard from others. My story starts when I woke in the middle of the night to the sound of a person walking over to my side of the bed. My husband is a sleep and snoring next to me. I try to move, but can't. Panic sets in, the footsteps stop. I feel the weight of a fully grown person sitting down right next to me on the bed. The feeling of a hand lightly, but firmly being placed on my lower back (I'm sleeping on my stomach). I then feel this person lean forward to speak, she sounds like a middle aged woman and she says, "don't be afraid, you'll be with us soon." I then slowly hear many voices talking from the other side of my room, mumbling all at once. The woman then continues with, "we're here with you. We've always been here, and we're waiting." She slowly pulls back her hand, the voices start to slowly fade as she moves away from the bed. As all this starts happening, I finally get a foot hold on my voice. I was "screaming" my husband's name this whole time. First I could only do so in my head. Then I could form the syllables of his name, but without sounds. Finally as she retreated and the voices faded I was able to say his name, but only softly. My voice was ruff, almost like I hadn't had water for days. My husband didn't wake, my voice slowly got clearer and stronger as I continued to repeat his name. By the time he woke up, the woman had left, the voices gone, I was able to move, and I started to cry.

“Dont try to escape” 2 minutes later “Leave sleep paralysis as soon as possible”

“Don’t think about scary stuff” Me:shiting at school

“Don’t think of anything scary” My eyes: *looks at closet*

had this happen to me once, and it remains among the top 3 scariest moments of my life

Don’t think of nothing scary My brain: aye bro you remember that one demon from the ring?

"Don't be scared" But there's a demon sniffing me

“don’t think of something scary” me: thinks of the most terrifying demon i can make up

I've only been paralysed once last yr, I remember at first I was panicking and I felt these tingles all over me and was unable to move my limbs. I also remember keeping my eyes closed, because I was scared of seeing whatever was waiting for me. After a few secs, I remember calming myself down, thinking "I can't die, its okay" or smth. When I calmed down, I was able to move freely

Sleep paralysis demon: I'll kill you Me: Play's Doom soundtrack Demon: o h s h i t

Him: Don't Panic! Anxiety: *Allow me to introduce myself*

"do not panic" Panic attacks: understandable have a nice day

the only problem with "don't open your eyes" is that you will have yo have it open at least once, so you know you are in a sleep paralysis, and, if in this first time opening your eyes, a monster is already there, it is really hard to close it. I've already closed my eyes to open them again just to find out the monster was still there looking at me.

Me : *Panics in sleep paralysis and opens eyes* James Charles : *HI SISTERS*

“Don’t think anything scary” Me: *thinks of 12 year old tik tokers taking over the world*

"Don't try to move" Me: Uses every single glimpse of energy in his body to go super saiyan and punch the demon

People hate sleep paralysis but it is just nice from me. It is fun and it helps me sleep and the way to escape ( at least for me ) is to lucid dream or if you want to escape sleep paralysis is to try to close your eyes or take deep breaths and concentrate on fun stuff and I just started to watch this channel and I love it. Especially the tutorial how to lucid dream. Thanks, Explore Lucid Dreaming.

When a shadow is near my bed but I can still move: O.O

"Don't think of anything scary" My brain: What was the name of that horror movie again? The shining?

"Don't think of anything scary" My brain: Yes

i followed these exact steps before i even looked up videos on this stuff. He’s 100% correct. Don’t Think Negative, Don’t Scream or Panic, Move Toes or Fingers & Keep your eyes CLOSED, it’ll be over in no time.

"Dont try to escape" "leave as soon as possible" These are two contradicting things

Me: *Trying to learn how to lucid dream* My Sleep Paralysis Monster: *Yo dude what’s the WiFi password?*

why he make it so scary "Don't try to escape." "Dont panic." "Get out as soon as possible."

I had my first lucid dream and I couldn't us my powers to much so I thought I have to train and got excited and slipped back to a normal dream we'll I thought I was lucid still

"Don't think anything scary" -minecraft cave noise start-

Paralysis demon: *about to Scare Me* Me: *dies* The demon: *you werent supposed to do that.*

When you leave sleep paralysis and enter a lucid dream but it turns into a lucid nightmare: ._.

I don’t really get sleep paralysis anymore (touch wood) but when I was much younger I would, ALL THE TIME. I would be lying in my bed and realise I couldn’t move. Being so young I tried to flail about and then panicked. I would call for my mum but nothing except a croaky whisper would come out. Now I was so young I rarely imagined something scary and I would eventually just ‘Unfreeze’. However on occasion I would see something scary. It was usually a shadow in the far corner of my room. This was probably inspired by the clothes that usually hung there (at night making shadows) and the fact that my mum sometimes woke me up when she came to check on me but as I was so groggy I didn’t realise it was her (and only realised once she stopped coming in age 8). When she left she would appear as a shadow moving across my room. For the rest of my time in that room, long after the paralysis stopped I could never quite look into that corner at night… and on occasion but the long black cloak on the floor, just incase……

I had sleep paralysis when I was younger and I thought I was just too tired to move lmao

"Don't think of anything scary" Me: *thinks about that there's nothing in the fridge* .. Thx for so many likes!*^*

when your sleep paralysis demon is actually your dog: *s h i t*

one time I was in sleep paralysis and tried to think about something nice and a little bit after I opened my eyes and saw a black figure doing the default dance 💀

"Don't think of negative thought's" "All I have are negative thoughts" ~joker

"Don't think of anything scary" Me: Touches pockets and don't feel phone

"don't try to escape" That's exactly something a demon would say

My sleep paralysis experience: It was more like a dream, but I was laying in bed, and woke up around...2:30 or 3:00 AM, I looked out my door and saw a purple bunny from a movie I saw when I was 4, it had a knife. I couldn’t move, all I could do was watch. It climbed on top of me, and just sat there, staring my down. Then, I woke up

"In sleep paralysis things you think about will appear" Me: *thinks about a girlfriend*

“Do not panic” is easier said than done, sleep paralysis activates fight or flight in the brain because your brain realizes you can’t move.

“dont think of anything scary” me: 2019 tesla truck watching me

'if you close your eyes and imagine you will lucid dream during sleep paralysis' HELL NO MAN THE PARALYSIS IS BETTER THAN THE LUCID ONE CAUSE I CANT CONTROLL MY THOUGHTS MY THOUGHTS ARE EVERYTIME ARE BLACK SHADOWS i cant stop it its unstopable and i if i lucid dream then it turns to a nightmare and im also scared of getting stuck in a lucid dream forever so tonight im not gonna sleep

Me: sleep paralysis demon: where we bout to eat at?

“Don’t think of something scary” Me: *sees a giant squid and octopuses dancing around my room*

**Trying to lucid dream** **Gets erotic dream about sleep paralysis demon** I think I did something wrong...

back in 2008, i lived in an apartment in Phoenix Az, one morning i woke up, i could hear the sound of kids outside skateboarding, swimming in the pool, birds chirping, etc, then i realized i couldn’t move, i had experienced sleep paralysis once before and had tried to fight it and couldn’t speak or move, so as i lay there I started to hear sounds like the ambient atmosphere surrounding me start to crackle, like static electricity, and there was a buzzing sound, all of a sudden i felt two hands, yes hands press into my back, simultaneously the crackling and buzzing sound intensified a thousand fold and the hair stood up on my neck, i just closed my eyes and focused on Jesus, knowing that whatever it was that was preventing me from moving could not harm me if i trusted God so i started to pray trusting that the Lord could hear my prayers in spite of my being unable to speak, as soon as i exercised that childlike faith the hands immediately let go, i flew out of bed rebuking all the evil spirits and praising Jesus for his protection. i remember being at peace when I trusted in God, the fear i had during my previous experience wasn’t there, as a matter of fact i was actually kinda curious about what touched me because i could literally feel the outline of fingers.

Him: It really isn’t that dangerous. My sleep paralysis demon: U wanna do TikToks

I had a sleep paralysis experience yesterday and my demon low-key whispered "The toilet's clogged".

This dude: "dont panic!" Me when I wake to sleep paralysis: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..!"

Been experiencing it a lot lately. A couple of weeks ago it happened while I was laying on my side. I'd feel a creature sitting on my hip and it started to growl. I was able to hear the growl thru my ear plugs. Sitting a dog this week and one night I'd feel something sitting next to me on the bed. It was leaning against me so I thought it was the dog but she's not allowed on the bed. So I woke up and the dog was sleeping in it's crate. Last night was crazy. I was on my side again and I felt someone crawl into bed and that someone started to hold me. It didn't feel frightening even tho that being was very close to me. With all my power I tried to say "Who are you?" and it just whispered something back to me that I didn't understand. It sounded male and seemed angelic. In that moment I thought I died and that being came to guide me. I'm not religious.

"Don't try to escape" "Leave as soon as possible" **visible confusion**

“It really isn’t that dangerous” Tf that title for then

ELD: don't try to escape also ELD: don't stay for too long that sounds like the school system

One thing that has helped some people I know is taping a piece of paper with a word on it to the celling. While in sleep, you cannot read. If you cannot read the text on the sign, you will know for sure you are sleeping.

“Don’t open your eyes” Blind people: *Blind person happiness noise*

“Dont think of anything scary” Herobrine: ye boiiii

Aw “don’t panic” I can’t believe I didn’t think of that, it’s just that simple.

I just had the BEST sleep paralysis experience. For context: I’ve been going through some friendship issues lately with someone very close to me. So I woke up in the dark and I couldn’t move, the first person there was my grandma and she was talking to me and I was confused. I couldn’t move not talk when I tried. Then I closed my eyes and tried to sleep and I hear breathing next to me and I’m getting warm. So I look up and this friend I’ve been having trouble with is laying RIGHT THERE. I try to ask for help but I can’t talk and she’s laughing because I can’t talk. So I randomly stop into a lucid dream soon. And just live life to the fullest and spend all the time in the world with her and for some reason I can spawn anything and pull things pretty much out of my butt. So I’m having a good time I know it’s not real so I’m enjoying being with even dream her and fixing my mistakes. This whole dream my body has been tingling and my head has been hurting. All the sudden my mouth fills up with stuff, I try to pull it out and wake up. I didn’t want to wake up.

"Don't think of anything scary" Latina kids: sees mom grabbing flip flop

“Don’t think of something scary” My brain: *like this?*

I just had sleep paralysis, I can vouch this, it's so true... I was in my bed hallucinating while also exploring my house, except my house looked different with a very creepy vibe, and I was hearing so much. I couldn't even move either, for some reason, most of it was just things screaming at me, I got off from my bed, and saw a weird black thing covering some kind of wooden pole, when I touched it, it started screaming at me while violently approaching me.