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Originally posted by gothweb
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.
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I'm not calling you a liar about what happened to you. I'm just saying that when I experience this and what others are describing here, it's nowhere close to a dream and not some subconscious thing. Panic from a bad dream and panic from this are totally different beasts. When I'm sleeping on my arm when this happens, I KNOW I'm on my arm and need to move it but can't. Sometimes you can try to twitch enough and finally move it, sometimes you can't.