 Sleep paralysis is when your body paralyzes your muscles so that you don't act out your dreams during the night But if you wake up during that process, it can be terrifying. Now in this video I'm going to tell you 10 things that you should never do during sleep paralysis These are sleep paralysis dangers, if you will. Things you should avoid doing and You really need to pay attention to these things and make sure that you don't do them because otherwise It's going to be a lot more scary than it needs to be. It's going to be terrifying Okay Now sleep paralysis is actually nothing to worry about if you follow these steps And if you make sure that you just don't panic But before we get into this video make sure you do subscribe to the channel because I do share regular lucid dreaming tips and tutorials As well as sleep hacks and methods as well So number one the first thing you should never do during sleep paralysis is panic It's so easy to just panic and think oh my god. I'm stuck in this state I can't escape it feels terrifying and you just want to be able to move But if you panic you actually make it worse. So just remember to stay calm stay focused on just avoiding the panic stage and just remaining calm try not to move This leaves me nicely onto number two, which is just don't move try not to move During sleep paralysis if you wake up and the first thing you think is oh my god I can't move and then you try and like twitch of your hand or move your leg or something like that And it doesn't move that's just going to make you panic even more and that's going to keep you in the sleep paralysis state It's going to keep you in that scared Experience which nobody wants to really have so remember don't try and move during sleep paralysis. It's a big mistake Number three and this is kind of don't get too scared by this But try not to scream if you end sleep paralysis and your first thought is I can't move I want to escape this and you then try and say something you try and shout out You know asking for help or if you're sleeping with a partner or even just screaming out for somebody that's in the house To try and help you that's just going to reinforce the scared experience that you're having It's going to make it even more terrifying than it needs to be So don't try try not to say anything or try not to shout or scream out or anything like that Now in a couple of minutes I'm going to explain how you can actually use sleep paralysis to reduce a dream But let's just stick with this for now So number four the fourth thing that you should never do during sleep paralysis Is to try and escape if you try and escape the sleep paralysis state You're going to be fighting against your own body and your own mind which is a losing battle You're not going to be able to do it now. There is actually a purpose to sleep paralysis It's designed to help make sure that you don't act out your dreams during the day and during the night By trying to escape that state too soon You're going to be interfering with your natural process and your natural sleep cycles So don't try and escape there's no need to because it's not it shouldn't be scary It won't hurt you and it can't do you any harm So there's no point trying to escape especially when as I'm going to explain in a minute You can actually turn it into a lucid dream very easily So number five try not to stay in the sleep paralysis state for too long Okay, I know this sounds a bit controversial But if you stay in the sleep paralysis for too long, then you might find it Increasingly scary and uncomfortable as time goes on If you just stay in the state for a few minutes and you know You tell yourself that you will soon turn it into a lucid dream That's fine, but if you stay in it for 10 minutes or even 15 minutes It's going to start feeling more and more uncomfortable and you're going to experience things like the sleep paralysis demon And various other scary things, you know vibrations. It can feel like there's a crushing feeling on your chest You don't want any of that So try not to stay in the state for too long and I'm going to explain in a minute how you can escape The sleep paralysis experience and just turn it into a normal lucid dream Which is going to be much more fun. All right, so number six try not to get frustrated Okay, I know it can be annoying. It can be very frustrating But if you just try and stay calm and just remind yourself that the sleep paralysis is a fairly normal thing everybody experiences it And just try and remain calm. You're going to have a much better time It's really going to be So much easier to deal with if you just try not to get frustrated at it and just tell yourself that it's normal That you can't move All right, so number eight try not to lucid dream too soon at the end of this video I'm going to explain how you can actually lucid dream as a result of sleep paralysis But if you try and lucid dream too soon before you're ready Then what's going to happen is you're going to be unable to lucid dream You're going to be more aware of the fact that you're in sleep paralysis And that's just going to what that's going to mean is that the whole thing is going to be more uncomfortable for you So try not to lucid dream immediately. You can you can lucid dream but not straight away What you need to do is just let the sleep paralysis run its course and naturally shift into a lucid dream This will take anywhere from one to 10 minutes. It really depends on, you know, how deep you're in the sleep paralysis How much your mind is awake But as I said try not to lucid dream before it's before it naturally feels like you can enter the lucid dream If you've watched my other videos about techniques like the wild this is very similar to that you want to try and Wait until the perfect moment before you jump into the lucid dream and actually enter that state And number eight, this is quite an important line. Try not to forget that it's actually not real So the sleep paralysis state can feel scary Especially if you have an experience with something like the sleep paralysis demon, which is really just all in your mind But if you forget that it's not real and you actually take it for real and Believe that it's actually happening to you it can feel scary It can feel like, you know, it hurts in some cases if there's something pressing down on your chest So try not to take it too seriously try and constantly remind yourself that the sleep paralysis experience Is not actually real. It's just in your mind And your mind is paralyzing your muscles so that you don't act out your dreams There's nothing else to it. You know, there's no secret hidden danger of sleep paralysis that I'm not telling you That's literally it. All right So number nine, which you'll recognize this tip if you watch my other video about the wild technique Try not to tense up your throat too much If you're in an experience where Mainly in sleep paralysis, but you know, you can have this also when you're trying to do the wild It can be very easy to tense up your throat and to try and say something or to try and you know Go as if you're going to move or breathe in a different way But all that does is it makes the state even harder to escape And it's just going to make the whole thing really frustrating and uncomfortable So try not to tense your throat up too much We hold a lot of tension in our throats in our neck and in our jaw as well So I'm just about to explain how to actually turn it into a lucid dream But first on I tell you the last thing you should never do in sleep paralysis, which is number 10 Don't get discouraged If you experience regular sleep paralysis, it can be very discouraging and it can stop you from wanting to learn more about lucid dreaming It can stop you from Even being excited about dreams in general You know, you might even be scared to go to sleep Which is really not what you want to be having as an experience So try not to get discouraged Remind yourself constantly that sleep paralysis state is natural. It's safe It's not going to hurt you in any way and it's actually a good thing You know, if you didn't have sleep paralysis, then you would be acting out your dreams You'd be doing things like kicking the bed or rolling out of bed Sleepwalking and causing harm to yourself in the real world So sleep paralysis is actually a good thing And so lastly I want to explain how you can turn sleep paralysis into a beautiful lucid dream This is a really easy thing you can do and it basically you're just going to follow the steps of the wild technique So the waking lucid dreaming technique involves keeping your mind awake while your body goes to sleep And actually one of the stages in that technique is to go through sleep paralysis It's a very simple thing you can do So all you need to do is just focus on not moving like we said Not panicking but also not trying to wake yourself up You know, you want to keep yourself in that state So your body is still asleep, but your mind is going to be kept awake This is really important and this is essentially how you do the wild technique in the first place You know, you keep your mind awake throughout that So as you experience the sleep paralysis, you will slowly start seeing what's called hypnagogic imagery This can be patterns, it can be lines or shapes, it can be colours It can even be flashes of light that you see behind your eyelids But what happens is if you keep yourself aware and awake during that stage Slowly you'll start to see pieces of a dream scene forming You know, you might see like the quick a quick flash of a skyline or a tree line or even you might see As if you're walking down the street You'll just see a flash of a dream scene and then you'll go back to seeing the shapes and colours Now to actually enter a lucid dream during that what you need to do is constantly remind yourself As we said in the other tips that the sleep paralysis stage is not real It's not going to harm you and it will be over soon. So remind yourself of those things But then also keep telling yourself I will lucid dream any moment now. I can control my dreams these positive affirmations Which if you look around on my channel, you can find some other videos that I've made about this this sort of thing But just keep reminding yourself that you're going to enter a lucid dream. You're going to be able to control it So if you enjoyed this video guys, please remember to subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications Because I make almost weekly lucid dreaming tutorials. 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