Dream paralysis
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"PatC" <p…@comcen.com.au> wrote in message news:3fe1a3f3$1@nexus.comcen.com.au…
[....] You may want to look up "cataplexy" – it can combine hallucinations with sleep-paralysis… DR
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dreams can mean diffrent things but also we got to realize that we control our dreams.anything is possible in a dream.sometimes a dream is a representation of something in real life.but remember only a dream. kirk – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -PatC wrote: >Hi >If any one can help I would be very grateful! >I have occasionally had a dream that I am being sexually assaulted. >It involves being penetrated by I think a male? I am usually >sexually >aroused by this. >But at the same time I am really angry, I can’t explain why I have >these >feelings. > but it gets worse…… >I try to wake up but my eyelids seem to be ?possessed? I can’t think >of any >other way to describe it… I am aware that I am dreaming but when I >try to >awake my eyelids refuse to complete the task.. ie I start to open my >eyes >but am fighting for control of them.. sometimes I can finally open my >eyes & >then the dream? goes away. If I cannot manage to do it I go back to >the >same dream, & I start all over again. >The physical part of my dream is still there after I am awake, I can >actually feel the other person?in me. >Ie This morning I had a dream that I was being caressed all over by >something.. it didn’t seem to be a man, althoungh I perceived it as a >man. >He was arousing me, he had encircled my shoulders & had two fingers >in my >mouth,when I tried to wake up I could actually see my bedroom >ceiling, & I >actually felt his strong fingers in my mouth.. they were hard & >strong. I >perceived that I tried to fight with him? But after a few minutes I >was able >to finally stop my eyelids from closing & got out of bed. I felt >really >threatened by something? >I have had similar dreams were I was being penetrated vaginally, by >what >seemed to be a ? demon? I don’t know! >It was a physical sensation not a dream as we normally think of a >dream. >Currently unable to go to bed!! >I have been having this stupidity for some time, but thought they had >gone >away, as it must have more than a year since the last one. >Thanks >Pat
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -PatC wrote: > Hi > If any one can help I would be very grateful! > I have occasionally had a dream that I am being sexually assaulted. > It involves being penetrated by I think a male? I am usually sexually > aroused by this. > But at the same time I am really angry, I can’t explain why I have these > feelings. > but it gets worse…… > I try to wake up but my eyelids seem to be ?possessed? I can’t think of any > other way to describe it… I am aware that I am dreaming but when I try to > awake my eyelids refuse to complete the task.. ie I start to open my eyes > but am fighting for control of them.. sometimes I can finally open my eyes & > then the dream? goes away. If I cannot manage to do it I go back to the > same dream, & I start all over again. > The physical part of my dream is still there after I am awake, I can > actually feel the other person?in me. > Ie This morning I had a dream that I was being caressed all over by > something.. it didn’t seem to be a man, althoungh I perceived it as a man. > He was arousing me, he had encircled my shoulders & had two fingers in my > mouth,when I tried to wake up I could actually see my bedroom ceiling, & I > actually felt his strong fingers in my mouth.. they were hard & strong. I > perceived that I tried to fight with him? But after a few minutes I was able > to finally stop my eyelids from closing & got out of bed. I felt really > threatened by something? > I have had similar dreams were I was being penetrated vaginally, by what > seemed to be a ? demon? I don’t know! > It was a physical sensation not a dream as we normally think of a dream. > Currently unable to go to bed!! > I have been having this stupidity for some time, but thought they had gone > away, as it must have more than a year since the last one. > Thanks > Pat
Ah ha! A classic description of an encounter with an Incubus. maybe you require the help of somone practised in the arts of fighting demons. <Kidding> !! Actually, you probably chose the correct interpretation in your subject title. Today’s most common interpretation of experiences during sleep paralysis is some form of "alien abduction" scenerio. However, we’re not that far removed from the days when, instead of aliens, an experiencer might interpret what happened in terms of devils, demons, ghosts or angels. Another form of interpretation, today, uses some form(s) of occult phenomena. In a Spiritul Alcheny e-group I gave up talking about the phenomena of sleep paralysis because there were so many who simply refused to accept the possibility that what they saw as a "mystical" experience might be a simple physyological process being interpreted by a mind of questionable astuteness. <sigh> The real question may be why you have given the phenomena that particular interpretation? Such an interpretation shouldn’t be viewed as a "problem," by the way, ("rape fantasies" are neither unusual nor pathologic) but its examination might offer worthwhile personal insight. — michael No matter how cynical I get, I’m unable to keep up. :^>
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:32:22 +1100, "PatC" <p…@comcen.com.au> wrote: >Hi >If any one can help I would be very grateful! >I have occasionally had a dream that I am being sexually assaulted. >It involves being penetrated by I think a male? I am usually sexually >aroused by this. >But at the same time I am really angry, I can’t explain why I have these >feelings. > but it gets worse…… >I try to wake up but my eyelids seem to be ?possessed? I can’t think of any >other way to describe it… I am aware that I am dreaming but when I try to >awake my eyelids refuse to complete the task.. ie I start to open my eyes >but am fighting for control of them.. sometimes I can finally open my eyes & >then the dream? goes away. If I cannot manage to do it I go back to the >same dream, & I start all over again. >The physical part of my dream is still there after I am awake, I can >actually feel the other person?in me. >Ie This morning I had a dream that I was being caressed all over by >something.. it didn’t seem to be a man, althoungh I perceived it as a man. >He was arousing me, he had encircled my shoulders & had two fingers in my >mouth,when I tried to wake up I could actually see my bedroom ceiling, & I >actually felt his strong fingers in my mouth.. they were hard & strong. I >perceived that I tried to fight with him? But after a few minutes I was able >to finally stop my eyelids from closing & got out of bed. I felt really >threatened by something? >I have had similar dreams were I was being penetrated vaginally, by what >seemed to be a ? demon? I don’t know! >It was a physical sensation not a dream as we normally think of a dream. >Currently unable to go to bed!! >I have been having this stupidity for some time, but thought they had gone >away, as it must have more than a year since the last one. >Thanks >Pat
I agree with Gary. You should make an appointment with a psychologist. Before making an appointment, however, make sure the psychologist understands that you are asking for dream interpretation counseling. Not all psychologists perform dream interpretation. Primarily, it will be followers of the Jungian theory of counseling or maybe the Freud theory, but probably not as likely. Mostly likely, you will find someone who uses the best parts of both theories. Carl Jung and those who follow his theory of counseling are very into dream interpretation. Of course, Freud was one of the first well known psychologists to interpret dreams. But he has very narrow rules for interpretation. Carl Jung was a student of the Freud theory of counseling but took it a step further to look at universal thoughts that all people carry in their subconscious. In other words, Freud looks at your individual dream and interprets it based on what he knows of you as a person. Jung looks more at universal symbolism that all people share in their subconscious dreams. You will probably find most psychologists who interpret dreams will use the best from both theories. Here is an interesting web site that will a very brief over-view of psychological dream interpretation. http://www.rider.edu/~suler/dreamman.html I hope this helps you seek out the assistance you appear to be asking about. — Kiyoshi – The reverse side also has a reverse side
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Please go to a sleep doctor and get a referral to a psychologist that handles sleep stuff. I wish you the best. "PatC" <p…@comcen.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fe1a3f3$1@nexus.comcen.com.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi > If any one can help I would be very grateful! > I have occasionally had a dream that I am being sexually assaulted. > It involves being penetrated by I think a male? I am usually sexually > aroused by this. > But at the same time I am really angry, I can’t explain why I have these > feelings. > but it gets worse…… > I try to wake up but my eyelids seem to be ?possessed? I can’t think of any > other way to describe it… I am aware that I am dreaming but when I try to > awake my eyelids refuse to complete the task.. ie I start to open my eyes > but am fighting for control of them.. sometimes I can finally open my eyes & > then the dream? goes away. If I cannot manage to do it I go back to the > same dream, & I start all over again. > The physical part of my dream is still there after I am awake, I can > actually feel the other person?in me. > Ie This morning I had a dream that I was being caressed all over by > something.. it didn’t seem to be a man, althoungh I perceived it as a man. > He was arousing me, he had encircled my shoulders & had two fingers in my > mouth,when I tried to wake up I could actually see my bedroom ceiling, & I > actually felt his strong fingers in my mouth.. they were hard & strong. I > perceived that I tried to fight with him? But after a few minutes I was able > to finally stop my eyelids from closing & got out of bed. I felt really > threatened by something? > I have had similar dreams were I was being penetrated vaginally, by what > seemed to be a ? demon? I don’t know! > It was a physical sensation not a dream as we normally think of a dream. > Currently unable to go to bed!! > I have been having this stupidity for some time, but thought they had gone > away, as it must have more than a year since the last one. > Thanks > Pat
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Hi If any one can help I would be very grateful! I have occasionally had a dream that I am being sexually assaulted. It involves being penetrated by I think a male? I am usually sexually aroused by this. But at the same time I am really angry, I can’t explain why I have these feelings. but it gets worse…… I try to wake up but my eyelids seem to be ?possessed? I can’t think of any other way to describe it… I am aware that I am dreaming but when I try to awake my eyelids refuse to complete the task.. ie I start to open my eyes but am fighting for control of them.. sometimes I can finally open my eyes & then the dream? goes away. If I cannot manage to do it I go back to the same dream, & I start all over again. The physical part of my dream is still there after I am awake, I can actually feel the other person?in me. Ie This morning I had a dream that I was being caressed all over by something.. it didn’t seem to be a man, althoungh I perceived it as a man. He was arousing me, he had encircled my shoulders & had two fingers in my mouth,when I tried to wake up I could actually see my bedroom ceiling, & I actually felt his strong fingers in my mouth.. they were hard & strong. I perceived that I tried to fight with him? But after a few minutes I was able to finally stop my eyelids from closing & got out of bed. I felt really threatened by something? I have had similar dreams were I was being penetrated vaginally, by what seemed to be a ? demon? I don’t know! It was a physical sensation not a dream as we normally think of a dream. Currently unable to go to bed!! I have been having this stupidity for some time, but thought they had gone away, as it must have more than a year since the last one. Thanks Pat
