Place withheld · 2020-02-09 · from the DREAMVIEWS archive
Paralysis
Woke up after ~8 hours of sleep but still felt tired. While falling back asleep I made a half-hearted attempt at WILD but did not succeed directly. What followed was a sheer chaos of dreams, false awakenings and short lucids. In one dream I was at a beach I have been to several times. It was warm but very windy with high waves. I was heading towards the sea when I suddenly went lucid. The dream got unstable rather quickly and I could not see my surroundings anymore. I kneed down and touched the sand around me which I could still feel though it was not as warm as I expected it to be. I woke up, still feeling close to dreaming. I turned onto my back which was probably a bad idea as I fell into SP almost immediately. This was the first time I have experienced sleep paralysis related to lucid dreaming and only the second time ever. It was not exactly frightening as I managed to remain calm and did not hallucinate any dark figures etc. But breathing felt difficult and my body alternated between seemingly sinking down and being lifted upwards. After some time I felt my dream body separating completely and I could get up. It was pitch dark, so I tried to turn on the lights but the switch would not work (no surprise here). I was at my parents' house, so I left my bedroom and went through the house. The other rooms were brighter with the sun shining through the windows. I got into the kitchen were my mother was standing. We had a small conversation with me having trouble to speak in the beginning. She asked if I came there to fetch her. I wondered what this means and asked: Should I? <PERSON> then told me that it was R.'s birthday (a friend) after all. This surprised me quite a bit and while still trying to figure out what is going on I woke up.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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