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Frightening! Body Lifting Out Of Bed

by Chloe
(United Kingdom)

I am 15 years old and have always had trouble getting to sleep straightaway. I have experianced sp before.. it is a horrible experiance. Last night i experianced yet another SP .. I was tossing and turning trying to fall asleep.. I drifted off but felt my head being raised up and my body lifting out of my bed.. I am not sure if this is an sp? But i was so frightened.. i was trying to scream.. but nothing would come out.. It was as if i had No voice..

It lasted for about 10 seconds then i just fell back asleep then today i fell asleep watching t.v and it happened again! it was like my body being raised so i was sat up kind of thing (its hard to explain!!) But then i saw a spider on my wall (my biggest fear) crawling towards me.. And i was yet again trying to scream for my mum.. But nothing was coming out.. I then woke up.. took me a few seconds to move and there was no spider.. it felt so real though.. i really need an explination.. i'm frigthened to sleep!!

Kevin: Hi Chloe, what you experienced does sound like sleep paralysis and the spider you saw was a hypnopompic hallucination. Feel free to click the links through to get some more information--hopefully it's helpful.

Also, what you describe about feeling your body being lifted up is something some SPers commonly feel. Sometimes it even turns into what's described as an OBE, or out of body experience. Ryan Hurd talks about them wonderfully here at his Dream Studies site. If you like what you see you can also get more from Ryan here in his sleep paralysis book.

Warmly,
Kevin




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May 05, 2012
 strangest dream of my life NEW
by: Anonymous

2 of the same dreams in 2 weeks.
1st dream: i never fall asleep when watching tv (easerly)but i fell asleep staraight away and literally went STRAIGHT in to a dream which is VERY unusual because i never go STRAIGHT into a dream. Dream: when i went in to the dream it was like i was on some kind of ride, spinning around really fast & i could see this wierd face every time i reached a certain point whilst spinning around, then falling/travelling really really fast. it was like i was paralized, i tryed moving & screaming but i could'nt wake up so i thought really hard then woke & well i thought i was awake untill the next day & i realized that i was'nt, anyway i (woke/thought i did) and ther was like a shadow in my room, i looked & it moved to another spot in my room, & every time i looked at it moved so fast..

2nd dream: I was watching tv, then suddenly fell asleep and went STRAIGHT in to a dream which is very unusual for me. Dream: I was at the end of my village & i saw my little niece and i said what are you doing here then she ran, i chased after her then it was like i fell. (when you get that wierd feeling in your back when falling... on a plane.... going over a bridge in a car..... fair ground rides) that wierd feeling was unbelievably intense! then i could kind of see myself in my bed, not literally but it was like i was awake in my dream. then i started to lift from my bed with that wierd feeling becoming stronger & stronger. but i wasnt falling, i wasnt falling down it was like i was traveling really really fast, like my mind OR soul was being warped through space or to another dimention or somthing, it was like i was traveling somwhere & as i got closer that wierd feeling got more intence & got really scary so i tryed to scream/shout for my mum but i could'nt speak or move it was like i was paralized, so i thought really hard, tryed to open my eyes and then i woke up, totally amazed & shocked!!! with how strange it was, honestly it was crazy, my heart was pounding i just wanted to wake my parents up & tell them, it was so real its unbelieveable. anyway i was afraid to fall asleep after that so i tryed to stay awake but that was difficult-i started to drift of and instantly got that wierd feeling which kind of shocked me so then i was wide awake, then it happended again-i started to drift of & had that wierd feeling then was wide awake. then watched some more tv fell asleep piecefully. Im sure anyone can imagine how difficult this is to explain, so please try to understand. thank you. alex :)

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