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Topic: Frightening Dreams and Sleep Paralysis
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Girl of the Water
Knowflake Posts: 30
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 19, 2006 11:50 AM
 
Hi all, this is my first time posting on this site. I'm so glad to find people like me that I can talk to. =)
Anyway, I thought I'd post about the sleep paralysis that I get every once in a while. The last time I got it, I noticed a pattern with the dreams I had along with it - They were always the "dream within a dream" type of thing; dreaming about dreaming, then waking up and still being asleep. They weren't really frightening in the sense that I was dreaming about being in mortal danger, but it was the fact that in the dream I couldn't move or speak, and felt like I was going to faint. And always there was something I would want to say or scream out. When I wake up, I can't move for the first few seconds of being awake, and my hands, feet, and face are numb. And usually I'll hear something like voices or see something. The first time it happened I kept hearing this distant drum beat that seemed to move steadily closer. That could have been my imagination, but last time I swear I saw a flash of bright light like a camera come from the corner of the room, and there's nothing that could have caused that. I don't share my room with anyone.This last time that it happened, I was dreaming I woke up in a dimly lit green room, and I was wearing these huge earrings that had the signs of the zodiac on it. The earrings were clanging together and they sounded like windchimes. It was deafening, and like always I couldn't move, and I knew it was the sound of the earrings that caused this. But since I couldn't move, I couldn't take them off. I think my mom and my buifriend(yes, I have a reason for spelling it that way (= ) were there and they were trying to talk to me but I couldn't say anything. That's about it before I woke up.(I swear the actual dream was scarier than it sounds) Anyone have any similar experiences or theories about sleep paralysis? Dream interpretations, I'm sure that dream was very meaningful...? I'm sorry the post is so long, bless anybody who actually read the whole thing! IP: Logged |
Girl of the Water
Knowflake Posts: 30
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 19, 2006 11:53 AM
And just last night, I was dreaming I was in that same room but it didn't include the earrings or the feeling of not being able to move. There were other people there and I found out it was actually a mental asylum.IP: Logged |
Girl of the Water
Knowflake Posts: 30
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 19, 2006 11:55 AM
Also, in the dream last night I was aware that I'd been there before and I was telling people how I once dreamed about the same exact place.IP: Logged |
Natasha Patrick
Knowflake Posts: 52
From: Avalon, NSW Australia
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted March 20, 2006 11:27 PM
Hi yes i have had these experiences i have been half awake and the loudest drums have been beating i tell you it scared the living S*&t out of me, at the moment im experiencing voices waking me up just as im in the realm of just falling asleep it is also scaring me too.
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Ra
Moderator Posts: 915
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Registered: Jun 2005
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posted March 23, 2006 04:36 AM
Welcome, Girl of the Water  Thanks for sharing your paralysis experiences. You'll be glad to know that you are not alone in it. If you 'search' this forum (using the search function under the 'Add Reply' at the top), you will see what I mean. As for your dream, the zodiac earrings clanging together could have been some strange combination of your asleep and awake states, or could suggest that you are not hearing the answer to a question you have, or not recognizing the guidance that you have been looking for. What do you think?  IP: Logged |
Girl of the Water
Knowflake Posts: 30
From: Pennsylvania
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 23, 2006 05:11 PM
Perhaps. I'm not sure what they might mean, but I thought it was a pretty strong symbol. I don't remember what kind of questions I had at the time I had that dream... it was a couple months ago.But I developed a really weird theory about it a couple weeks after having it. I have these huge star-shaped earrings that I never wear because I think they're really gaudy-looking, but I just decided to wear them one day without even thinking about it. I noticed later that they clang together when I walk, and it reminded me of the dream. The day I wore them, my boyfriend(who I'm pretty sure is a soulmate of mine) introduced me to a problem I didn't even know we had that could potentially destroy the relationship. I won't go into details, but usually when we talk about these things I get upset and can hardly speak. Then the clouds moved and the sun was in my eyes while we were talking, and I was reminded of my dream again. I felt like it was trying to tell me, you're not paralyzed like you were, you can talk now, so DO IT. And I did. I don't know if this is the true interpretation or not, but it certainly did help me. The dream felt like it was a kind of warning dream too. IP: Logged |
Ra
Moderator Posts: 915
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Registered: Jun 2005
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posted March 24, 2006 03:58 AM
Very cool. There must be something to that. It definately makes one think. IP: Logged | |
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