PeteByrdie
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What's a sleep app?
In this case, a sound activated* app for your phone, to record nocturnal noises - sleeptalking, etc.What's a sleep app?
I don’t think I could use a sleep app, then. I'd be terrifies every day of hearing an old hag like voice whispering something.In this case, a sound activated* app for your phone, to record nocturnal noises - sleeptalking, etc.
I'm going to suggest a more prosaic option @Robsocks (I don't mean to trivialise or offend, or get to into the specifics of the sound quality one way or another), but one of the things that popped into my head listening to that clip... nocturnal flatulence.
I know, I know!
*I assume its more a rolling recording that self deletes as it goes, leaving only portions with actual sound intact.
Yeah, that would be quite a shock. Even IF it was your own sleep paralysis distorted voice!I don’t think I could use a sleep app, then. I'd be terrifies every day of hearing an old hag like voice whispering something.
Wouldn't you have to spend just as long listening to the recording as you did sleeping? That's a lot of the day devoted to the night.
Wow, that's a lot of tech to record a fart!
I know, I know!
Don't get married and you won't have to worry about that!I don’t think I could use a sleep app, then. I'd be terrifies every day of hearing an old hag like voice whispering something.
There are loads of sleep talk recording type apps on the Playstore. The one I use is called Dream Talk Recorder and it only records sounds. So there may be only 1 recording in the morning, or there may be many, it's unlimited dependent on how noisy it is at night (how much chilli you've eaten for dinner perhaps )
I've just looked at Dream Talk Recorder. I am curious, having been told frequently that I talk in my sleep. I see it contains ads. I assume I won't be sleeping happily only to have my phone inject subliminal advertising for Raid Shadow Legends into my dreams.There are loads of sleep talk recording type apps on the Playstore. The one I use is called Dream Talk Recorder and it only records sounds. So there may be only 1 recording in the morning, or there may be many, it's unlimited dependent on how noisy it is at night (how much chilli you've eaten for dinner perhaps )
I sleep with audio books running to keep me asleep and, quite frequently, passages or topics from the book make their way into my dreams. When I wake up I think the dream was odd, then remember what I was listening to and think 'oh, yes.'Yeah, it was pretty creepy!
I put it down to being able to hear, in the hypnagocic/hypnopompic state, the voices of my parents and their friends talking downstairs. My mother can't remember the incident, but I'd be willing to bet her American friend was visiting.
I think it's safe to say I was not, at the time, familiar with The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Very interesting. I could never imagine doing this myself because I have insomnia and any noise will keep me awake. Do you play specific types of books so you can have more pleasant or interesting dreams?I sleep with audio books running to keep me asleep and, quite frequently, passages or topics from the book make their way into my dreams. When I wake up I think the dream was odd, then remember what I was listening to and think 'oh, yes.'
I used to wake in the night overthinking and panicking (about stupid stuff usually). I found that running audio books during the night means that, if I do wake, my brain sort of 'hooks into' the book rather than overthinking. I normally listen to non-fiction; a lot of prehistory like Alice Roberts and Francis Pryor, and some Dan Snow. But I also like listening to very well known and loved books (so I'm not kept awake to find out the end), like Terry Pratchett and Miss Read, and also children's books. I used to think it would keep me awake, but it doesn't!Very interesting. I could never imagine doing this myself because I have insomnia and any noise will keep me awake. Do you play specific types of books so you can have more pleasant or interesting dreams?
I know someone in their early teens who has sleep paralysis almost nightly. It can last multiple HOURS according to their perception of the clock which can be seen with open eyes. Horrifying. Any idea what can be done to remedy? They experience it while side-sleeping just the same as on their back.
I sleep with audio books running to keep me asleep and, quite frequently, passages or topics from the book make their way into my dreams. When I wake up I think the dream was odd, then remember what I was listening to and think 'oh, yes.'
Very interesting. I could never imagine doing this myself because I have insomnia and any noise will keep me awake. Do you play specific types of books so you can have more pleasant or interesting dreams?
I would suggest that they train themself to recognize that it is SP and then have a planned recitation they can say in their head. I myself thought the words to The Lords Prayer, though am not overly religious, which is why I suggested any recitation they are familiar with. It seems to break the paralysis aspect.I know someone in their early teens who has sleep paralysis almost nightly. It can last multiple HOURS according to their perception of the clock which can be seen with open eyes. Horrifying. Any idea what can be done to remedy? They experience it while side-sleeping just the same as on their back.
I USED to be very very sensitive to noise. But as the children got older and there were less 'having to wake at the slighest grumble' and more 'let's party and watch TV all night while Mum is in bed' moments, I learned to sleep through a degree of background noise. Nowadays, because I live in the middle of nowhere, the sound of birds cheeping at 4.30 am doesn't disturb me in the slightest, but I find it hard to sleep with any amount of passing traffic.I too am sensitive to even the slightest sound when I'm asleep - it has been known to annoy my partner when I've been disturbed in the night by some random sound (to which she has been oblivious, either because asleep or not heard it) and have to get up to investigate/complain/put a stop to it.
On the otherhand, playing music or having the tv on in the background - at very low volume, but not so low it becomes indistinct 'noise' are sufficiently soothing that I'll fall asleep to/sleep through them no problem, although yes, that does mean I may pick up theme's for dreams from them, too.
Woah. Creepy and interesting common themes. Thanks for posting that.The Horror Of Sleep Paralysis Hallucinations Revealed In 46 Dark Drawings
https://www.boredpanda.com/drawings-inspired-by-sleep-paralysis-hallucinations/
Here's a question for all of you. It might come across as a bit odd, but I'm serious in asking it.
Has anyone here discovered a reliable way of inducing sleep paralysis?
I don't think sleep paralysis can intentionally be brought on. It occurs when your mind and body are between waking and sleep. The paralysis occurs because your body is in a state of deep sleep where you (sleeping) do not move so as not to physically act out your dreams. Your mind is closer to an awake state and, at least with me, my eyes briefly flutter open and I can see my room, but I immediately go into a dream state that involves the brief glimpse of my real world. These elements incorporated, cause the hallucinatory aspect and inability for you to recognize that you have not fully woken.Here's a question for all of you. It might come across as a bit odd, but I'm serious in asking it.
Has anyone here discovered a reliable way of inducing sleep paralysis?
I ask this because I used to experience SP quite regularly as a teenager, but as I grew older it gradually faded away, and it hasn't happened to me for decades now. The long and the short is - I kind of miss it.
Maybe there was some kind of neurological difference in my experiences, because I never felt they were terrifying. Waking up physically paralysed was certainly odd, perhaps I'd go so far as to say confusing, but only mildly scary. Quite often I could get the 'ghost limbs' moving, while remaining aware that it wasn't my physical body responding. It felt like I was part way to an OBE.
It was actually the title that MorningAngel quotes above that got me thinking. - 'The Horror of Sleep Paralysis' - what horror ? I'd happily pay money to buy a vitamin supplement, say, that would trigger SP again.
So if anybody knows anything, please post it here.
I find sleeping on my back is more likely to result in sleep paralysis than sleeping on my side, enough that I intentionally avoid sleeping on my back.Here's a question for all of you. It might come across as a bit odd, but I'm serious in asking it.
Has anyone here discovered a reliable way of inducing sleep paralysis?
I ask this because I used to experience SP quite regularly as a teenager, but as I grew older it gradually faded away, and it hasn't happened to me for decades now. The long and the short is - I kind of miss it.
Maybe there was some kind of neurological difference in my experiences, because I never felt they were terrifying. Waking up physically paralysed was certainly odd, perhaps I'd go so far as to say confusing, but only mildly scary. Quite often I could get the 'ghost limbs' moving, while remaining aware that it wasn't my physical body responding. It felt like I was part way to an OBE.
It was actually the title that MorningAngel quotes above that got me thinking. - 'The Horror of Sleep Paralysis' - what horror ? I'd happily pay money to buy a vitamin supplement, say, that would trigger SP again.
So if anybody knows anything, please post it here.
I found myself having a rash of sleep paralysis occurrences when I tried sleeping with an eye mask. I think the mask would slip down a bit over my nose and perhaps cause enough of a gentle suffocation to bring on the paralysis. It wasn't reliable though and I haven't heard of anyone else having this with eye masks but maybe worth a go?Here's a question for all of you. It might come across as a bit odd, but I'm serious in asking it.
Has anyone here discovered a reliable way of inducing sleep paralysis?
I ask this because I used to experience SP quite regularly as a teenager, but as I grew older it gradually faded away, and it hasn't happened to me for decades now. The long and the short is - I kind of miss it.
Maybe there was some kind of neurological difference in my experiences, because I never felt they were terrifying. Waking up physically paralysed was certainly odd, perhaps I'd go so far as to say confusing, but only mildly scary. Quite often I could get the 'ghost limbs' moving, while remaining aware that it wasn't my physical body responding. It felt like I was part way to an OBE.
It was actually the title that MorningAngel quotes above that got me thinking. - 'The Horror of Sleep Paralysis' - what horror ? I'd happily pay money to buy a vitamin supplement, say, that would trigger SP again.
So if anybody knows anything, please post it here.
I was driving yesterday and caught a bit of a book called Night Terrors by Alice Vernon on Radio Four at 9.45. It was an extract about sleep paralysis and incredibly interesting. I must listen on BBC Sounds to catch the rest of the episode - well worth listening to, and I might seek out the book too.
Should be recommended listening for all who think demons are persecuting them at night.
Up to a point. Except that sleep paralysis is an observable, quantifiable and reproduceable phenomenon. So we actually do know what these things are and how they work.I read it & appreciate it - up to a point. Thing is for me, all our "scientific" rationales for sleep paralysis and associated horrifying "hallucinations" are just as hypothetical (for the most part) as the legends of demons etc.
My longterm other half has suffered from SP & all the horror it can bring since he was a kid. Accepting we just don't know what those things are has been incredibly difficult to do - but also oddly liberating over time for both of us.
Once we realise there are layers of unknown reality beyond our senses or understanding then we need to find a way to be content with simply not knowing the why and how of much that we observe and experience. Something we humans find very hard to do.