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Originally Posted by kreg
i possibly wasn't clear in what I said. There are people out there who can project their consciousness whenever they want. Easy to find em on YouTube. When the subject comes up they all say sleep paralysis is the forerunner of the out of body experience -as I know from my own experience. But there could be other causes as well.
Because the person who is experiencing paralysis is in the condition where his consciousness is not linked to his physical body and therefore thinking all is normal he feels he is paralyzed.
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I'd not considered the possible connection/prelude to out of body experience - I'd always assumed that waking paralysis was some kind of unexpected exit from a dream state. It hasn't happened to me very often, but I recognize the described scenario of finding oneself clearly awake & alert, but unable to move or breathe - and yes, it was very disturbing.
At the time, I linked it to situational stress - but I also wonder if it may have been a manifestation of sleep apnea, which a sleep lab test later showed that I was prone to.