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Originally posted by rdunn404
People that keep posting about it's a dream or whatever must have never really experienced it. You are AWAKE, and fully aware of yourself. You know what position your body is in. Sometimes your eyes can blink barely and I've tried to even talk or moan but barely can make a whisper. But everything that's going on in your mind cannot be processed by the body. You think it, you just can't DO it.
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This is something I go through a lot, in two different ways. I simply resent the implication that I am making this up, or haven't had sleep paralysis. Not that it matters, but I don't like to be told I'm not telling the truth.
You are aware, I hope, that is is not only possible, but quite common, to dream that you are awake. Sleep paralysis is, for the most part, exactly this. Of course you feel awake, and can see details-- that is the nature of the dream. It took me years to realize this, but eventually I caught on that the details I was seeing in the dream weren't actually the same as the ones I saw when I awoke.
Believe what you will.