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<blockquote data-quote="RWIsrael" data-source="post: 1367984" data-attributes="member: 15650">I've had SP episodes when I was younger, yes they were scary but after a few times I was used to it.I found I was able to drive away the bad sensation by changing my mood - laughing or getting angry at the &quot;entity&quot; rather than being scared or panicking and trying to wake up.Other posters mentioned saying a prayer, I suppose it has a similar effect of changing your mental state, focusing on something other than the fear and taking control of the situation. I personally never considered SP to be a spiritual or religious experience. Later in life I played around some with lucid dreaming and astral projection, to me they felt very different and unrelated to SP, but some people say that when you are half awake you could have a lucid dream or go into SP, kind of like a bad trip.I have read somewhere that SP is a defense mechanism of our lizard brain being awake while the body still sleeps, realising we are in a vulnerable state (unable to move) and becoming hyper aware of potential threats and predators, which is what causes the foreboding feeling of an &quot;evil presence&quot; and trying as hard as we can to wake our body up completely.Some experience it as aliens, some call it demons, for others it's vampires. I have yet to hear or read of anyone who was physically or mentally harmed by SP, but it's not a pleasant experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RWIsrael, post: 1367984, member: 15650"] I've had SP episodes when I was younger, yes they were scary but after a few times I was used to it. I found I was able to drive away the bad sensation by changing my mood - laughing or getting angry at the "entity" rather than being scared or panicking and trying to wake up. Other posters mentioned saying a prayer, I suppose it has a similar effect of changing your mental state, focusing on something other than the fear and taking control of the situation. I personally never considered SP to be a spiritual or religious experience. Later in life I played around some with lucid dreaming and astral projection, to me they felt very different and unrelated to SP, but some people say that when you are half awake you could have a lucid dream or go into SP, kind of like a bad trip. I have read somewhere that SP is a defense mechanism of our lizard brain being awake while the body still sleeps, realising we are in a vulnerable state (unable to move) and becoming hyper aware of potential threats and predators, which is what causes the foreboding feeling of an "evil presence" and trying as hard as we can to wake our body up completely. Some experience it as aliens, some call it demons, for others it's vampires. I have yet to hear or read of anyone who was physically or mentally harmed by SP, but it's not a pleasant experience. [/QUOTE]

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