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Hallucinations After Paralysis Being Fully Awake, Aware and Walking

Hi I'm 31 and have had I guess what some call sleeping paralysis since 13 years.


I got used to it, even controlled it and use it for good dreams but...
had all of the dreams I read about seeing things, melting arm, melting face, few shadows in room, flying, going inside the bed like living sand, body feeling weightless like can of coke, and yep most of those things are doing same holding you tight and trying to go in your mouth or suffocate you in a way.

One specific dream I like to ask. After knowing what will happen when this thing occurs I tried not to panic, stayed calmed
tried to move my toes and my fingers as usually to stop it and wake up.

In that period I did not open my eyes knowing what will happen as usual. Then I call it "this thing" :) put me to dreaming most beautiful dreams. Let's say like driving the most beautiful car but then running into a wall which by reflex will open your eyes which I did for a second and then i saw it in my room. Of course I closed them again.

Then another set up of dream started but even in the dream I start to realize the tricks he was using for me to open my eyes and every time I realize that, was in a second setting up another dream and me falling into it.

Then i start to count the dreams in the few seconds that I had of
awareness
in between the dreams was like around 140 of them.

When I finally managed to wake up ...and move... my head was like a balloon and my brain was working with a speed of light like overclocked pcu.

When I sat up I was watching the floor and started hallucinating seeing snakes all over my legs and the floor. Tried to touch it, and movie or not my hand was passing trough them. Went to the toilet
to wash my face and what to see after face was melting from the water I put. i knew it was not real and i continued to my room.

Then I decided to observe. I noticed that no matter where I point my look it started changing shapes or melting but all of it was like perfect holograms.

Then I lay down and I closed my eyes knowing all of it was consequence of the overdreaming.

Then i decided to experiment and do some calculations by multiplying a few random numbers in my head and the results were coming in a flash of light. I could tell you I did not have time even to calculate and the result was there. Was like that for at least half an hour until my balloon head shrunk down to normal I guess.

I did not sleep till few hours later, so I know for sure was not a dream. And all of it was in an aware state. It was a condition after the sleep paralysis. Just don't know in which sleeping disorder to put it.

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