Why Is Sleep Paralysis Always Scary? Sleep Expert Explains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Sleep expert Dr Baland Jalal explains what sleep paralysis is, how culture can affect how we experience it, and why the visions are always scary.
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What are your experiences with sleep paralysis? Leave them in the comments below! 🇳🇺
Never had it
I get it basically every night, it’s really unnerving.
@@corfieldthegreatestofalltime same its horrible
I get it whenever I go to my grandmas house
So I used to get mine once a week, and someone I knew was all into this and spirits and stuff. He said to not try and move but will your toes and fingers to calm yourself down and then try talk to it and ask who they are etc etc. Eventually I was able to get up and walk around the house following it but everything was in like slow motion and a real struggle. He also told me to put my hands together when it happens - no word of a lie..when it next happened and I was walking around the house in my dream I put my hands together and it was the most euphoric feeling and a white bird appeared. It was weird as fuck 😂😂
Predicting this will be our most underrated podcast of all time. 🇳🇺
These views will sky rocket imo
Sup Jack
When are you going to have a bad podcast? Everyone is unreal
@UCgWxan7SVQ6HmAAM6B4HRpA yeah was another great one
I genuinely don't think it'll be underrated tbf I've been waiting for podcasts I can learn something from
Really enjoyed being on the show - thanks for the chat, Jack!
Thank you so much Baland, it was a pleasure to learn from you!
@@HappyHourPodcast My pleasure!
This is definetely one of, if not the most interesting podcasts ive listened to, i love how this topic perfectly ties into the falklore that Jack and Stevie have spoke about before on the pod! Well done lads
so interesting to listen to !!!
Can I ask, what is the difference between studying psychology and neuroscience? I’m not sure which one to study at university, both sound so interesting!
Can you do more podcasts like this i think this is a very interesting thing to talk about
Didn't know Michael Jackson was an expert on sleep, fair play.
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really? I thought he was an expert considering how many sleepovers he had
@@beckyross3210 Can’t wait until Michael Jackson defenders get here
@@dmcd3895 i’ve arrived
Shouldn’t have watched this just before bed 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
hello
He talks in the full podcast about how he almost became a gangster and holy shit I’ve never seen a man who more looks like a gangster in my life
Definitely looks mafioso
This clip is very intriguing, great guest choice Jack and Stevie!
It’s interesting how people from different cultures see completely different creatures in their sleep paralysis
Because a lot of it has to do with imagination which is taking parts of stories they may have heard in that culture
Or in some cases the same thing
@@tp8615 why say things like this?
@@tp8615 it’s really a shame you think this way
There are almost always similar figures in sleep paralysis accounts. Shadow people is a known phenomenon almost single handedly from sleep paralysis accounts.
I've always wondered why we forget dreams so quickly after waking up, but remember certain dreams for years more than others.
This guy is so interesting. More guests like this
The first time I had sleep paralysis my parents thought I was having a stroke because I was awake but I wasnt moving and I couldn't talk properly
Dr Baland has a very easy flowing and unique way of explaining and story telling, perfect style for the pod. Loved this ep!! Good work guys
The only modern man that can pull off wearing a fedora
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😂
You not seen Bruno Mars 😂
Thought it was a female
Not even
Much prefer podcasts like this than just TH-camrs we already know about
this is the first video on TH-cam I have watched start to finish, listening to technicalities, no skips no fidgeting 😂 feel like this is gonna be one of the most underrated podcast episodes
I suffer with sleep paralysis but have never had the nightmare hallucinations. I just cannot move etc and the wake up and can even fall back into sleep paralysis. Not nice or recommended 😂😂
That's the annoying one. You think yes I'm out of it. Go to move. Oh bollocks
Same as me its got to the point where I'm just like "here we go again" its not pleasant at all but I find it very interesting how people see things whilst having it. I just simply can't move but I'm aware of my surroundings and can still hear things
Had it once, felt like a shadow was a over me looking down and also a shadow in the corner by my door, couldn’t move was the worst experience of my life
Me too. I have it chronically though. Almost any time I sleep long enough for it to take place. There is a cure though but it's not legal!
@@FlummoxedCartwrightweed??
This is a great clip, 100% going to listen to the full thing. As somebody who has on (probably) hundreds of occasions experienced Sleep Paralysis, it was interesting to hear and everything now makes sense, how it comes and goes in stints etc. Top class again Jack
Thank you sir!
.*told that being “primed” can cause a more severe sleep paralysis experience*...*watches 15 minute video about it*
I can teach you how to control it
I experienced this quite recently actually, I experienced a lot of what he said, but the worst part for me was hearing something scratch my pillow right next to my head.
It is terrifying but if you know what it is, like I did, it's not as bad.
I can’t stop thinking of inspector gadget but really I hope this isn’t an underrated episode because it was genuinely one of the most interesting! Loved hearing about Baland’s story as well as his incredible knowledge on sleep
Its the hat! N ironically ppl see a "hat man" sometimes wen experiencing SP!
Best guest they’ve ever had , literally so interesting , need more similar guests to baland!
Jesus this podcast has gone up levels bringing Micheal Jackson back from the dead
Thanks for listening to the full ep Trav!
The question is who is smarter?
@@jaack the England team are shit
😂😂
this was such a interesting episode, would love more guests like this in the future!
Enjoy seeing these types of guests that make me learn something new! Please! More if possible jack
I quite literally had sleep paralysis; somehow managed a C2 & C3 compress fracture in my neck while turning over in bed whilst asleep. 🤦♂️ I think I aced the moron test that night 🙄
This made me laugh, get well soon
Was it accidental or did you try sleep paralysis on purpose?
@@Kyxul complete accident. My missus heard the crunch
@@has5587 thanks man, all good now. 👍 my pride hurts more now 🤣
@@Kyxul how’d u do it on purpose
Just hearing this guy talk, you know he is smart
JaackMaate is making huge moves, don’t know how he’s managed to get Michael Jackson on the podcast but I’m not complaining.
😂😂
Very interesting, definitely an underrated pod this one! 👑
I like the episode even more now he slightly reminds me of a non noncey Michael Jackson
I still don't trust this man
Dunno about non noncey
Watch the documentary 'Square One' on amazon
@@aaaa-xf3hx 😂😂😂😂
@@anycolouryoulike1275 why
Just listened to the whole podcast, it was really fascinating. Hope he comes back in the future.
I've been having these since my early 20s that I can remember. I'm 42. For years the paralysis dreams involved things going on in my room, snakes, people trying to break in through my window, once a small boy was standing in my doorway with one leg and no arms. All terrifying. Lately, it's been something in my room. Last week it was trying to pull me out of bed which is not the norm for me.
Reading that comment was a mistake☠️☠️ you giving my mind ideas🗣️🗣️
Say this next time it happens "Jesus is the son of God"
@@Savvyriri you can't say anything when it's happening, that's part of the terror.
I get sleep paralysis when I'm super tired. I don't see demons. My best recovery method is to remind myself not to panic and let the paralysis take its time. In seconds, the madness stops and i resume normal sleep. The more you panic the longer it lasts. If you're super tired, take a minute nap then continue your normal in your normal bed.
Love these type of podcasts.
Amazing episode!! So entertaining to listen to. Makes me so excited to study psychology at university next year 😊
I respect this mans intelligence but I believe it something more than just science. I’ve always questioned why it’s always evil. I’ve had it many times and it always seems to be when I’m most vulnerable. Last time I’d been awake for 2 days in a hotel room and there was a scary little girl laughing in my ear. Horrible experience.
i’ve had sleep paralysis a few times and i do find it scary. but there is never anything scary in the dreams it’s just like a normal dream that i can’t control but i’m fully conscious and then next thing you know i can’t move.
I can control it now. I can feel it come through my body when im really tired and relaxed
i experienced sleep paralysis last night for the first time and had never heard of it. it was absolutely terrifying.
Its not that ive SEEN anything as per se but i can FEEL bad energies n i call out but cant phisically move my mouth! Hate it never wanna experience it ever again!
I’m now convinced I have experienced this when when I was younger and didn’t know it. I used to often feel myself getting tickled and couldn’t do anything ,was so scary
I get sleep paralysis all the time and lucid dreaming experiences where I can control the dream. When I become aware that I am dreaming, I can also control the dream. I can control the dream by predicting what’s going to happen next. You see negative things during sleep paralysis, because that’s what you were looking for. Is there an intruder in the room? Yes! Is there a monster? Yes! The answer is always yes.
It's interesting, during my first episode of sleep paralysis I heard a lot of white noise first, then saw a shadowy figure of a man who paced around my bed, it ended after a sensation of a knife to my throat.
But I thought during other episodes if I refused to see the figure then I'd be less scared, but the feeling of dread or like someone is there just stays even if you don't see it.
First had it in my teens up until I was in my 40’s. terrified the shit out of me! Was always accompanied by a ringing in the ears, similar to a DMT trip. In the latter years I leaned to enjoy it. If I relaxed and fought the fear I could turn it into a lucid dream or a couple of times into astral projection. (None of which I believe to be a real or spiritual thing)
I did notice that if I’d been out partying hard and had a lack of sleep, this would sometimes be the trigger a day or two later. I did also notice that during the day leading up to an episode, if I closed my eyes I could experience what I can only describe as a ‘third eye vision’. A high definition scene would just appear, usually of some random landscape with complete clarity.
The brain is a weird and wonderful thing!
Also started for me in my teens and still happens now in my 40’s but learnt along time ago the scary part was in my head. Now I just think oh ffs I’m stuck again 😆,always triggers when I try to sleep on my back 🤷🏻♂️✌🏻
@@Truelegend86 yeh noticed it was usually when I slept on my back too. Always that dark presence in the same corner of the room every time. Some visual and loads of audio hallucinations. Sound of people stamping hard around my otherwise empty house.
Been 5 or 6 years since it last happened to me. In a weird way I kind of miss it!
The last time i almost had sleep paralysis,felt it coming on when about to fall asleep which was in the past 2 years, i called god for protection & it immediately went away & i fell asleep
Had the same happen to me, crazy
So, so interesting this. Good work lads.
Absolutely love this guy, so interesting. Hope too see more videos 🤞🏼
This is my favourite pod yet. Smashing it
I have sleep paralysis quite often, few times a week when I have a bad spell of it. Can't sleep on my back because most of the time it leads to it. had very different Experiences. Seen shadowy figures, grim reaper coming out of my wall, felt like I was being resuscitated by faceless people and other weird stuff. Also have it alot more with out hallucinations, just trying too move and I scream and yell sometimes feeling it hard to do that in paralysis. Other times I can kick out of it and roll over and go to sleep. Just got use to it over time but it is so bizarre, frightening, odd and crazy. Started in my early 20s 12-14 years ago. Never had it after a heavy night out though that I can remember, read it can be a cause.
This has been up there with the most interesting clips from you I’ve ever watched. I used to get sleep paralysis when from when I was like 6-11 (roughly) and now I still get it occasionally however most of the dreams that I remember are lucid dreams. I didn’t ever think it could be connected. Great watch
I used to get sleep paralysis all the time when i worked nights... So makes sense when he said about traveling, as its similar to being jet lagged. when you work nights then go into days and the sleep cycle is out of wack... I had the feeling of being straggled and sometimes worse like he said!
After it went on for a while i started to understand it turn it into lucid dreams like he said and i could pretty much do anything i wanted in my dreams, fly, steal anything, sleep with anyone lol it was mental I used to love going to sleep after a night shift as I knew i could get into a lucid dream and have the a great time haha... never happens anymore now i work normal hours and im tired from family life
should get him on again, it's interesting to listen to
Very informative and I’m looking forward to listening to the full pod, however it’ll have to wait until after the footy 🇫🇮🇧🇪🇷🇺🇩🇰
Footy???
@@mikahong football
Im not going to sleep now, thanks you guys.
I'm 53 and have had this all my life but never studied it. My mom did it also. I just decided to figure out what it is a few weeks ago. This is the best explanation I've heard, thank you!!! It makes so much sense. haven't heard anyone say that they screamed though? I'm always trying to scream to get someone to shake me to wake me up. I finally scream and wake myself up if no one shakes me. Its pure terror. It doesn't matter what the vision is, it's usually a person but the terrifying part is the instant feeling of OH GOD IM PARALYZED AND I CANT SCREAM. And if it happens once I know it's gonna happen every time I start to fall asleep that night. My mom would scream also. Anyone????
I get it very often.. never knew sleep paralysis was a thing and mentioned what was happening to my doctor and he said what it was… I start panicking because I can’t move and the only thing I feel like a can control is breathing and eye movement so I start panting trying to get someone’s attention to wake me up because I feel like something is just outside the door and going to come in any second and attack me.
The people who’ve seen me doing this say I just look like I’m sleeping but having a nightmare.. no heavy breathing.
I don't know why but this video triggered me and now I'm reliving a sleep memory
I’m a Spotify listener so I don’t usually comment, but I really enjoyed this episode! It was extremely informative and interesting. I love podcasts that can combine science, interesting facts and comedy. (Although don’t get me wrong, I love happy hour when it’s just jack, stevie and robbie fucking around lol)
Thought this guy was great, would love some more science/medical type content.
I get sleep paralysis quite often when I'm tired and sleep on the sofa but I never get these scary images. I always say in my head "here we go again" as I've had it so often then I try to struggle out of it. Does anyone else have sleep paralysis like? Maybe my fear is never getting out of sleep paralysis? 🤷
I’ve had all of it, hallucinations, chest pressure, feeling someone on top of me, noises, out of body experiences, I’ve got more used to just waiting for it to pass since I realized what it was, but the first few times I thought it was like a seizure or something
I was mauled, asphyxiated and rped for what seemed hours.
He wasn't a dark silhouette or a mythical creature, he was a greasy overweight middle-aged man who didn't say a word. He crushed me and crushed me, I felt all his weight on my chest. I still remember the smell of him, while he was breaking my ribs and choking my neck.
I woke up terrified, soaked and shaking. I felt traumatized for a couple of days and was afraid to go to bed lol.
Never happened again, but yeah, this was my encounter with sleep paralysis.
Wtf are you sure it wasn't real maybe you were drugged
I love this guy, personally one of the most interesting podcasts in a long time
Nice break down
Always have dr jalal to ask questions regarding sleep paralysis and the reasons to affect.
I woke up on my bed and couldn't move anything but my eyes, heard my front door bang of the wall and something or someone running up the stairs, and felt a presence at the door of my bedroom, I couldn't see it though, about 10 mins of this then I started to move or wake up. Scariest night of my life , never again please.
bro pretty much exactly the same for me, the footsteps are always the worst
I get sleep paralysis fairly often for me I always close my eyes and try to move my index finger to get out of it I always almost hear a girl screaming when I experience it
More of these types of guests please
I think hes my fave guest so far!
this was fascinating and hes so well spoken! i would love to hear him talk about why different people can see the same figures/ creatures during sleep paralysis?? I hallucinated a tall silhouette of a man with a cowboy hat (didnt know anything about sleep paralysis at the time) and later found out that he is a very common hallucination (and also a bad omen lol). ive also heard about the grotesque old woman that like, sits on your chest. weird stuff, but incredibly fascinating.
The start of my paralysis is actually the worst, I just had my worst episode. The dream was so real that it was even set in the morning. I could see, hear, even move my head! I also had to wake up through 10 different sleep paralysis dreams
Patiently awaiting a new JaackMaate video of him absolutely ripping into this years new islanders 😌
I have sleep paralysis on a regular basis. Especially if I’ve been drinking the day before. I have never seen any form of creature. I simply cannot move or speak but I am fully aware I am in a paralysis state. It’s still extremely scary not knowing if you will ever come out of the paralysis state. Weird.
I get it often too I always close my eyes and try move my index finger back and forth I always hear a girl screaming it sucks
@@Mitchlom That’s weird also! I’ve never had any visions nor have I heard any sound. I just panic because I think I’m stuck forever!
@@partlett123 bruh you get lucky then you feel like a kinda drop in your stomach and then hearing the screaming just makes it more scary
Me too I’ve never seen anything but get it almost every day after I’ve been drinking , sometimes multiple times a night, pretty used to it now
@@franciscoybighartson8854 I’m the exact same. I’ve even had it multiple times when trying to get to sleep. I get to a point where I’m to scared to try and sleep because I know I’ll wake up in paralysis again.
i've only had it once when i was like 15. woke up in the middle of the night, with a large silhouette in the corner of my room. i couldn't move or shout. It started moving closer and closer, so i just shut my eyes, and that was the end of it. never happened again.
the best episode no cap
I loved this clip! Really interesting guest
Had this 100s of time now , never seen anything but always hear something come up the stairs but never arrive . I’m used to it now and it’s not so bad now I’m aware of what’s happening
Had it a couple of times recently, usually after late nights on a session.
Absolutely horrible yet fascinating! Felt like there was something in my room, something sitting on my chest, so weird!
Sleep paralysis is fuckeddddd! Had it after a long weekend with very little sleep at Uni.
This guy is really an expert
I get sleep paralysis a lot and I’ve only had one time where my mate was in the corner of the room cracking jokes and I was vividly laughing but in reality was unable to move or speak.
Most the time it is something evil but I’ve learnt to control what I see and it’s kinda cool lol
I'm so glad I stumbled in this podcast... This happens to me so often that I've learnt to deal with it and i do believe that it's connected to some form of evel
@@babalwavakalisa6142 just seems evil because usually people don’t know what’s going on and panic which makes them think it’s evil
Such a good podcast guest
i’ve never had sleep paralysis but i’m terrified from seeing things about it that’s it’s going to happen
Yeah me too, it sounds scary as hell
@@ramonfrancois9306 not even the hallucinations just the being awake and not being able to move scares the crap out of me
@@josh3306 yea exactly. I never hallucinate bad things. I just want to wake but cant. Not being able to move is scary
Josh, think you are lucid right? So that means you can control what you hallucinate, have a clear mind you'd have to hallucinate
I have Narcolepsy so I understand this so much.
If you know you know
More psychology related podcasts please! 🧠
I’ve been getting sleep paralysis for the majority of my life. This makes a lot of sense to me, as the years have gone by I don’t get as scared when it happens anymore and as I’ve gotten less scared I have stoped seeing scary things.
When I was around 17 (25 now) I was sleeping on my sister sofa and I woke up paralysed. The next thing that happened was the light turnt on (impossible) in the room, then a death type figure came in the room, sort of like a dementor from Harry Potter. It was floating above me screaming, and shaking the whole room, it felt like I was in an earthquake. I was screaming for help, but nothing was coming out of my mouth.
I don’t fear it anymore, I enjoy it. I only get it when I’m sleeping on my back. I can’t fall asleep anymore unless I’m on my side.
*+Connor B* it's enjoyable because you can control what you see, if you are in sleep paralysis and you imagine a car in your room it would probably pop up
Always try kick your legs when you have sleep paralysis it always wakes my body up when I’ve experienced it in the past
I get this occasionally, but I never see or sense anyone. I end up feeling like I’m vibrating. It’s horrible
You’re probably having a stroke bro
@@melancholyhill8574 surely he’d know if its a stroke or not
First time I had sleep paralysis there was something at the foot of my bed watching me sleep and it began crawling up my bed to me and started scratching at my bed trying to get to me. It had long fingers I can only describe as looking like the Grinch but fully black. Absolutely terrifying.
Then the next time I had it I heard it before I saw it so I knew not to open my eyes because of what I'd see. What I heard was a little girl laughing and skipping round my bed and the longer I had my eyes closes it kind of over lapped, over and over again and got louder and more aggressive, then suddenly I could move again.
I get it all the time now and I've learnt to embrace it, in fact now I have my best nights sleep when I get it because I just feel so relaxed like I can't feel my body at all its amazing. When you first get it and it's scary try moving your toes first, this always broke me out of it.
Also if anyone is interested in triggering sleep paralysis, take a high strength complex vitamin B tablet just before you go bed. Obviously be careful.
Very interesting thank you
Really Loved this video!
Much more interesting than all the TH-cam drama you talk about 😂
I’ve had it twice in the same night…the first time there was this silhouette of a tall man, I was trying to make noise to wake up my dog which was hard to do but was able to make the faintest noise and that woke me up. The second time everything was the same as the first but I recognized what it was and laughed it off and the feeling of laughing woke me up.
I've experienced sleep paralysis around six times in my life. For those who haven't had it, imagine you become a literal mannequin and it feels like it takes forever to will even your fingers to move.
Then all at once you unfreeze, you're covered in sweat and your heart is pounding out of your chest as you try to stay calm and tell yourself it's just your body waking up before your brain.
Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I used to get it all the time when sleeping during exam study. But I've had it twice on a plane flight. That was the weirdest. I knew I was in my seat, I just couldnt move or open my eyes. I just breathed heavy to get someone to wake me
You didn't mention the shadow people who stand over you when it happens.
I have had it. It can be terrifying. I am sure a lot of people who die mysteriously in their sleep have in fact experienced sleep paralysis. It can be that scary.
Speaking about the fear aspect of Sleep Paralysis. I used to get it a lot. So much so that I recognized it as sleep paralysis instantly. Now I don't fear it at all I rarely get it.
I used to have it almost weekly, used to really creep me.
That's what nightmares are made of
Ive had sleep paralysis three times and I only just heard loud voices, A trick I used to wake up was though my toes or trying to wave my legs, for some reason If I concentrate my brain to move my toes it actually works
I've had it on a plane flight. I tried to breath heavy so someone would wake me up
I had it for about a year and it was horrible. I don’t remember any creature or person but going to sleep was a loud buzzing and not being able to move at all. Finally was able to work out trying to rub my thumb and first 2 fingers together and break the paralysis. Hated it so much. Sent my panic attacks soaring. Sleeping was just as crazy.
this guy defo does magic.