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Paralysis

I am happy to say that I can change my LD count from 0 to 1 today. Let me start off by saying that this is the coolest feeling anyone can feel. I am ecstatic to have experience this, even for how short it was. The kind of technique I used was WBTB. I went to bed around 11:30 and set my alarm for 6:30. I get in bed and do flex freezes. It helps me fall asleep very quickly. I have a short strange dream with me and my father in it. My alarm wakes me up. I shut it off and begin doing the piano moves with my fingers. Every time I am about to fall asleep I notice I stopped moving my fingers. This continued on for about 30 minutes. I started to get irritated, so I rolled over on my side to at least try to get some more sleep. As I do that, I notice that the heavy feeling from the sleep paralysis had not changed. I still felt very heavy. This is where I drift off. My dream started out with me in my old Agricultural Science class. I had asked my teacher Mr. B if I could use the restroom. I go to the bathroom almost every block. He looks at me and says, "Really? You go every day." I say to him, "My body is on a clock, when I have to go, I go." He allows me to leave. I am walking down the hallway with my buddy <PERSON> who is pushing a black cart. I keep walking but the dream shifts. I am in a different part of the school but still walking to the say destination. I can see a few DCs around me just chit chatting. I look up and see old memorial pictures for a friend who had died about a year ago. I start to walk into the bathroom but for some reason I turn around. I look to see a couple guy toss a football into my hands. They are sitting on a bench in the middle of the hallway. i start making a strange cackling noise as if saying, "You have no idea what you have just done." I stop and toss the ball back to then. After that, I stop and think. I do a reality check, but I do not believe that I am in a dream. I pinch my nose even harder and take an even bigger breath in. Holy shit I am dreaming. Finding this out, my dream begins to lose its focus. I put my hands together and begin to rub them. I say out loud, "100% clarity." The dream settles. Holy shit that actually just worked. I have the biggest grin on my face even though I could not see myself. The first thing that comes to my mind, as does anyone when they first have an LD, I want to fly. I take a few steps in front of me and begin to take flight. I fly straight up into the ceiling of the school and begin phasing through. I can hear the strangest sound as I am going through. It was like a typical Sci-Fi sound but still awesome. I can feel tingles of happiness and ecstasy go through my body. I get through the ceiling and notice that everything is black. I had lost the dream but it was worth it. I open my eyes and feel like a million bucks.

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