I have never experienced sleep paralysis, but my wife did once, and it was not nearly so benign as yours.
It was the summer of 1970 in Virginia after an early morning thunder storm. I left early for some errands: my wife slept in. When she woke up, she could move nothing but her eyes. What she saw was a reptilian creature with large scales walking around the bed. The creature was not similar to the ones on "Star Trek Enterprise", but she is unable or unwilling to recall any further details. He did not appear to touch her. There were no sounds. My wife was on birth control from 1967 to 1973, but three months after this incident after a positive pregnancy test, she miscarried. We both became Christians in 1973. We have experienced nothing of this nature since that incident. Jeff P.S. She had not thought of this incident in years, and she was not at all happy that I brought it to her rememberance this morning. -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: [Vo]:OT: The Abduction Paradigm Hi Harry, > I think some of the abductions are related to the experience of > sleep paralysis. This is when you awake from sleep but find you are > incapable of moving. It is a frightening feeling. I've experienced sleep paralysis. I think many have. Indeed, the first couple of times I experienced it I struggled to regain control of my body... it felt so disquieting. Later, when I heard that it was a natural condition, a natural experience brought on by the brain attempting to inhibit the body from thrashing about in preparation of sleep cycles, I feared it less. As literature suggested I noticed my experiences tended to be brought on when I attempted to sleep during a portion of the day when I did not normally sleep, like in the afternoon. I began to explore the experience. Not so frightening anymore. I rarely experience them these days, but then I don't seem to have time for a nice afternoon nap! :-( It sometimes feels like it could be a window into other "realities" if I could maintain my sense of self-awareness as paralysis and consciousness is experienced simultaneously, but typically I just fall asleep. Oh well. Maybe next time. ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
