Have you ever been sleep paralyzed?

[Cagey 4,205]

Not unless you count this weird dream-inside-a-dream where I was laying in bed but couldn’t get up. But that didn’t really happen, I don’t think, so I wouldn’t count it. 

[applesjck 5,601]

Yes, a couple times. It’s absolutely terrifying. 

[Clawdeen 12,109]

I get this all the time. Used to freak me out but now I’m like eh about it.

[Bastian 13,319]

It has happened to me. Mostly when I was a kid, but the only symptoms I suffered where trouble breathing and inability to move my body, I always freaked out but it never lasted long.

[Rainbow Cloud 16,290]

Yes but not that often fortunately, I've had the paralysis in the past but more recently I've not had the paralysis but short moments of hallucination upon waking up which were pretty scary.

[Yoshi89 5,290]

Yes, and I hate when it happens. Nothing like waking up and not telling whether you're dreaming or not by not being able to move your body or parts of it.

[Muffinnz 3,219]

After waking up from a lucid dream, yes

[Lucky Bolt 34,914]

No, but I've heard it's a scary experience. 

[StargazerDC 24]

It happened only once to me.
FORTUNATELY I knew what it was and that helped me a lot not to freak out but it was still scary.
I remember I woke up and all I could feel was a flow of air through me (I was breathing) but I couldn't do much to control it, I've immediately recognized what was happening but anyway I began asking myself: and if I can't wake up from this paralysys, am I going to die? Will I stop breathing?
I couldn't see anything because I have the habit to sleep in complete darkness, so I don't know if I managed to open my eyes or not but I couldn't feel any part of my body. I also did not have hallucinations, maybe I was too conscious and aware.
I tried to "break free" as hard as I could and through some effort I've unlocked my body but my chest hurt the whole day from this.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,631]

No. I don't know why, but nothing really happens in my sleep. I barely ever remember my dreams and I've never had sleep paralysis.

[Venomous 18,813]

I have never experienced sleep paralysis. However, I do know what it is and my sister has gone through it. It sounds terrifying.

[Astralshy 23,544]

Once or twice in my life, so really really rarely .. at least as far as I can remember

[misaokuser89 135]

yes once when i was younger, i was freaking out so badly that when i snapped out of it i had threw up all over my room rug. i remember being so upset that i did considering that rug was super cute lol

[Jackleberry 1,920]

I've gotten it a few times. I've always been afraid of it but once I actually experienced sleep paralysis, it really wasn't all that bad IMO, like yeah I see that freaky shadow thing in the corner of my room, but I just have to shut my eyes and put all my energy into moving my body and I'm good. ^^

[Trot Shuffle 3,581]

Only one time, I was internally freaking out and wanting to scream for help but when my body finally "allowed" me to move and such, I felt so exhausted I couldn't gather the energy to scream for real. 

[Sonic Shimmer 4,116]

Three times.

The first time I saw a tall man with no face enter the room.

The second time there was a little ugly creature like a dwarf or a gnome in the middle of my room.

The third time I didn’t see anything but I did hear a scream.

[Savygriffs 5,021]

No, thankfully, but I've heard stories from people who have and it sounds actually really terrifying.

[Starlighty 790]

Yes, on my trip to ND or SD I remember falling asleep and I can recall the car stopping but didnt know where i was and I kept trying to wake up but couldn't like move and there was this like guy on top of me me it was awful :| i struggled for WAY too long.  

[Trot Shuffle 3,581]

On 2023-05-18 at 5:36 PM, Starlighty said:

 there was this like guy on top of me me it was awful :| i struggled for WAY too long.  

Yes!!! It's likes something so heavy or keeping you strapped down, it's terrifying 

[Guest]

Ah yes, I remember that one time I woke up and could not move. It was insanely creepy how I could not move, but see everything else around me.  I recall seeing the darkness creep up at me and I passed out. I woke up later wondering what happened and I learned that it was sleep paralysis.

[Props Valroa 26,033]

Yes I have. It happens occasionally and it can be quite jarring.

[Clawdeen 12,109]

Yes and I hate it. 
 

 

[Winter Storm 206]

I had that problem as a kid, usually when I woke up on my stomach or something like that. Hasn't happened in a long time though.

[Spark Thunderbass 1,395]

I've woken up sleep paralyzed as many times as I can remember, from when I was a kid till now, and I absolutely hate it! While you come out of it somehow, you feel like you'll end up completely stuck forever.

Fortunately I haven't had the problem in recent times, so hopefully that will be the last time. 

[Iforgotmybrain 3,505]

Never from what I can remember. I just have those dreams inside of a dream which are weird.