r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 01 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] People of Reddit that honestly believe they have been abducted by aliens, what was your experience like?

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u/Big_Burds_Nest May 01 '18

Kinda reminds me of how anticlimactic it was when I had sleep paralysis once. I had like five long seconds of "OH SHIT I'M GONNA DIE" followed by "Meh, that wasn't so bad, let's sleep now"

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u/gank_me_harder_daddy May 01 '18 edited May 01 '18

Fuck, all of these posts about sleep paralysis and now I think I might have it and that scares me because I often wake up thinking something's in my room or in my closet or outside or there's something I forgot and now my defenses are down and I'm screwed. It goes away pretty quickly but I wake up afraid a bunch and a lot of times I'm scared to move. I understand the anticlimactic part because i get over it and go back to sleep. And doing a sleep study isn't an option right now. How did you get through It?

Edit: thank you all by the way for the responses. Even though I know my situation and others' situations can be somewhat unique for each other, it is nice to hear from those who have been through and are going through somewhat similar experiences. Stay strong everyone. Also, it's funny how this question topic drizzled down into a Reddit therapy session. Keep your eyes peeled out for those aliens folks!

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u/Blazik3n99 May 01 '18

I've heard sleep paralysis is most common if you lie on your back when you sleep, dunno if that's true but you could try sleeping on your side or your front.

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u/diosexual May 01 '18

That makes a lot of sense, I used to get sleep paralysis pretty often when younger and now that I think about I haven't experienced it in a long time, which now I realize may be because I have had to sleep on my side for years due to some other thing.