Is it bad to experience sleep paralysis every night?

I had terrible night experience? Alien abduction, sleep paralysis? Connection?

• Around three in the morning I felt myself drifting off to sleep, but I do remember waking up and then I felt something lightly pinch my neck and I fell over as if i were unconscious, ...show more

• Answer:

  Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon well known to medical science, no paranormal explanations needed, and your make a classic description of it. The endocrine system excretes chemicals to keep us in bedwwhile we dream, and a bit too much results in exactly what you describe. Don't take my word for it, though, ask your doctor the next time you see him. I only remember dreaming once during it, otherwise my few events have been dream-free, though from what I see here I suspect dreams may be more common than not. . It's also possible to become conscious during normal dreams. This is called lucid dreaming, and is a fascinating experience I wish I could have more often. There's nothing paranormal in that either. . Rest assured that you aren't being abducted by aliens or attacked by demons, and everything you're experiencing is from your own subconscious, so you have nothing more to worry about than you would for any other nightmare. Read up on sleep paralysis and hypnagogia to learn more. .