How to overcome sleep paralysis?

Hello Pheebs, you did the right thing in reaching out.

I, too, have experienced common sleep paralysis since my teenage years (I am now 26). It has been my experience that the occurrence is more off-putting than frightening, especially after learning the reality of what I was experiencing.

Your brain is still in a sleep phase, but you are conscious. The hypnagogic hallucinations are simply waking dreams and nothing to be feared, despite their vividness. I have learned to cope with my occurrences of sleep paralysis, and I too commonly experience lucid dreaming. It has grown from a worry to an asset, as I remember my dreams clearly and now tend to understand why I dream what I do. I therefore experience practically zero nightmares, and have no problem falling asleep.

It is a benign phenomenon, but you may potentially be experiencing the early onset of narcolepsy. It would be for the best to notify your primary caregiver and let them give you a clean bill of health.

I hope my answer to your question has given you some small perspective and brought you closer to a solution. Please keep in contact and let us know how things progress. Always remember that you matter, and you are not alone.

have you seen a doctor about it? maybe some sleeping pills will help, tea, milk. Not really advanced on this subject so im probably giving obvouis suggestions. They also say you can fall asleep faster and deeper if you're really warm.

I've had sleep paralysis ever since I was little after nightmares, and I was told by my doctor that sleep paralysis is definitely a side effect of narcolepsy. Ever since I started talking medication for narcolepsy, it's been getting a lot better. So I suggest if you haven't seen a doctor yet, then it would probably be a good idea to do that.