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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It seems terrifying. I've never experienced it, but anecdotally like 90% of the people who tell me they get it frequently have a weed habit. Don't know if there's a connection there.

[–] hoodles@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

I never had them frequently, but I haven't had a single episode since I stopped smoking.

Just adding another anecdotal data point

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I used to have them frequently before I ever even so much as tried weed. But it wouldn't surprise me if some things are more prone to trigger it in some people. I know that specifically back sleeping is a known trigger in literature.

For me, I used to get it very frequently in grad school when I was incredibly stressed out and sleep deprived much of the time. The sleep paralysis episodes were more vivid than my usual too. I even had one point where a shadow demon slowly walked toward me as I could only lay there in wait for it to kill me.

Since grad school, they dropped off a ton and I only get episodes rarely again, even if I'm very stressed out!