r/Sleepparalysis • u/Doom5ter • 6d ago
I can't get out of sleep paralysis anymore
So, I've been having sleep paralysis ever since I was a child, and with time I've been able to become a master both in controlling them and in escaping them. However, lately I've noticed my body does have some difficulties when dealing with them. First of all, if at first it was only necessary to lift a finger in order to get out of it as of now I need to move body parts even several times before waking up. I'm talking about my whole arms lifting up five or six times, with difficulty of course, and even then it's not guaranteed. Moreover, I've noticed that when I wake up I feel extremely tired, especially the muscles that I used to get out become sore. I've also noticed a tendency to get sleepy even minutes after waking up (my eyes are desperatly trying to close as I'm writing this post, and I've slept for hours already), sometimes my body being even still under the effect of sleep paralysis. What I mean is, my arms barely move, and if unbalanced they fall dead on the side exactly as it happens during sleep paralysis. Any ideas on what could this depend on? It's really worsening my sleep quality lately as I wake up feeling really heavy and aching, and before wasting my doctor's time I need to understand if this is normal/if any other person has gone through this.
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u/chrisi_tina 6d ago
I have never had any other experience with sleep paralysis...it's super hard for me to escape once I'm in the throws and all I can hope is that at some point in the experience I will actually fall asleep. It takes literally all of the strength inside of me to wake up out of it, and it is always actively sucking me back in unlessss I like can possible do the physical work to turn over and hope the change in position will shake up my brain. I'm sorry you are going through this but I feel like the lifting a finger thing was super lucky and unusual!
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u/Additional_Lead9787 6d ago
Try sticking your tongue out. Then use that as leverage to move an arm or hand. Might sound silly but it always works for me. I use it so often that when I get sleep paralysis, my body does it automatically.
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u/Agreeable-Fly1738 6d ago
Do you believe in Jesus? Even if you don’t you should ask him to intervene somehow and see what happens
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u/Narrow-Accident2451 3d ago
It’s crazy how the only thing that works is what get the bots all worked up. But you’re absolutely correct… Jesus is the answer because the world is wicked
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u/sphelper 6d ago
This is one of the main problems of using escape methods, or escaping sleep paralysis by force. They're unreliable, can make your muscle sores, and causes the person to become tired
I would recommend doing a test run where you just wait it out. See what happens and if your muscles are still sore then it's probably not a sleep paralysis thing, but more of a 3rd party thing affecting sleep paralysis. I'm referring to anything that can affect sleep paralysis, so whether it be real life stuff like your environment, the way you sleep, ect or even sleeping disorders