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What are paralysi dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like paralysis.

Paralysis in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.5% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 65 dreams.

What are the major highlights of paralysi dreams?

Paralysis is a normal dream symbol. Having paralysis in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Dreams with paralysis might be a nightmare

Dreams of paralysis are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain paralysis might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with paralysis are not nightmares. But, dreams of paralysis are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include ears, green eyes, turning, Philippines, walls, hunger, abyss, noises, chemical weapons, and car crashes.

Paralysi dreams have a surprising lack of characters

Dreams of paralysis usually contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This does not mean they do not contain characters at all. Rather, they simply contain less characters than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include abscesses, sleeping, going to the bathroom, fevers, insights, recurring dreams, rockets, Donald Trump, Indonesia, and hurricanes.

Paralysi dreams are associated with lucid dreaming

Dreams of paralysis are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of paralysis are lucid dreams. But dreams of paralysis are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include purgatory, Darth Vader, comas, magnifying glasses, medicine, rectangles, orange eyes, faires, fun, and loss of speech.

Paralysi dreams are scary

Dreams containing paralysis are more related to fear than 90% of all other dream symbols. Of course each dream is unique and this does not mean that all dreams of paralysis are about fear. It simply means that if you dream of paralysis, this dream has a great chance of being scarier than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include Kuwait, closed my eyes, weakness, darkness, jackals, evil, glowing eyes, abscesses, psyches, and cannibals.

What symbols less present in dreams of paralysis?

What are the symbols that help define paralysis?

The symbol of paralysis in dreams is highly related to sleep_paralysis.

How does the dream symbol of paralysis affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of paralysis

Who is in paralysis dreams?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are much less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to different roles.

Animals

much less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

much less than usual

Fantastic beings

more than usual

Distant people

much less than usual

Close people

much less than usual

Family

much less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in paralysis dreams?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are much more related to fear than dreams in general. They are much less related to happiness, much less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

Happiness

much less than usual

Sadness

much less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

less than usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

much more than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

less than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

much less than usual
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Who is in paralysis dreams?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are much less related to home, much less related to work, and much less related to human places.

Home

much less than usual

Work

much less than usual

Human places

much less than usual

Transportation

much less than usual

Natural places

much less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in paralysis dreams?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are much more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are less related to aggressive interactions, much less related to friendly interactions, and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

much less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

much less than usual
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How do paralysis in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are much more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are much more related to lucid dreams, much more related to nightmares, and more related to recurring nightmares than dreams in general.

Lucid dreams

much more than usual

Nightmares

much more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

more than usual

Sleep paralysis

much more than usual

Sleeping

much more than usual

Waking life

the same as usual
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How do paralysis in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with paralysis are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of paralysis are much more related to hearing than dreams in general. They are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

Hearing

much more than usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

the same as usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of paralysis in dreams?

Paralysi dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things paralysi dreams are normally interconnect, nightmare, lack characters, are associated with lucid dreaming, and scary.

Do you think this is true for your dream of paralysis? How might your dream of paralysis be different?

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience paralysis in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about paralysis in dreams. See how you feel about paralysis now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of paralysis?

Paralysis in a dream can be a physical representation of a situation where you can’t act or make a move. You are paralyzed by doubt or fear, for example.

Dream paralysis can be an exaggerated way of saying you have difficulty moving, such as when pregnant, obese, or infirm.

Paralysis can symbolize lack of power or control, or paralyzing fear or doubt.

Paralyzed means you can’t move a part or parts of your body, and movement in dreams is associated with movement in life, getting to where you want to be, reaching your goals and ambitions. Being paralyzed can symbolize being unable to move forward in life. It can be because of a situation that’s holding you back, or something about yourself holding you back. Depression, panic, stress, and character flaws are common causes. So are lack of options, heavy restrictions, or a controlling parent.

For some people, paralysis is their worst fear, so for them it can symbolize a worst-case scenario. Keep in mind that the dream can express a fear that the worst case could come true, not that it has or will.

A final possibility is that paralysis in a dream can represent a physical condition called sleep paralysis, or REM atonia. See: Sleep paralysis

See also: Comas, Crashes, Sleep paralysis, Wheelchairs

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet.

Examples of dreams of paralysis

Read some real dream reports of paralysi dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

The Fallen Angel is in Aquarius

Last night my husband kept tossing and turning and whining as if he was almost crying at a certain point I realized he's calling me so I wake up and ask him what's wrong. He tells me that he had sleep paralysis and a really bad experience he looks terrified. He tells me that he had a dream of three women having sex with each other except they all had penises one of them was missing both her arms and another was missing both her legs only one of the women was actually full-bodied. The women were also wearing white mask with red lipstick on the lips of the Mask. for some reason this causes him to wake up and have a sleep paralysis experience and he tells me that during this sleep paralysis experience something whispered into his ear and told him to tell me that the Fallen Angel is in Aquarius.

Not sure what this means but if anyone can help me out.

Last night my husband kept tossing and turning and whining as if he was almost crying at a certain point I realized he's calling me so I wake up and ask him...

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How do you force yourself to wake up?

I’ve had this problem recently where a lot of nights i keep “waking up” only to find out i’m still dreaming. And it doesn’t just happen once, i do it for hours on end trying so hard to wake up, but i just can’t. I keep having false awakenings. Its so frustrating. Sometimes it even feels like i am half awake and i can feel myself paralysed in my bed while simultaneously faintly experiencing a dream where i’m desperately trying to move or wake up. And i think even when i do wake up i just end up in sleep paralysis then slip back into a dream and it repeats all over again. How can i stop this happening?

I’ve had this problem recently where a lot of nights i keep “waking up” only to find out i’m still dreaming. And it doesn’t just happen once, i do it for hours...

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Dark shadow/silhouette attack - sleep paralysis

Hey guys,

So I had a terrible experience. I don’t know if it was a dream or it actually happened. But here it is.
I was dreaming that a black shadow/silhouette was attacking me from behind while I was sleeping. The attack felt like it tried to enter my body through my back. As if it tried to posses me. I could suddenly feel a heavy weight in me. I was lying on my right side face toward the wall.
I got confused, because I thought I was having sleep paralysis, so I tried to wake up by moving my little finger. It worked and I woke up, but not completely. I tried screaming but my voice was too low for anyone to hear. Then I fell back into the paralysis and fought to get out.
When I woke up, I was confused and didn’t know if it was a dream or if it really happened. Still haven’t figured it out. It feels as if I was dreaming.
Somebody help me understand what is happening. Is there a demon trying to posses me or something?

Hey guys,

So I had a terrible experience. I don’t know if it was a dream or it actually happened. But here it is.
I was dreaming that a black...

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Sleep paralysis/someone having sex with me. NSFW.

So I have sleep paralysis since forever.
But I had this dream where someone was on top of me, I could feel their hands tighten around my ribcage and then release when I was about to wake up. It happened 3 times.
I am still confused as to whether there were false awakenings or not. Since sometimes it can be confusing in sleep paralysis whether you've woken up or not.
They mounted me and penetrated me repeatedly,I could feel the weight of their body on top of me and their hands were applying pressure on my ribs and chest, I could feel their genitals as I proceeded to help them penetrate me.
It wasn't bad I was really enjoying it. I could even feel the hair on their legs.
The thing that stayed with me most was the fact their grip would tighten and then release with every mount. I could feel each finger tighten around my chest.
I was turned over so I couldn't see their face and I couldn't really move either.

It happened a few days ago to, that time they were on top of me and choking my throat, again I was very aroused.

Has or does this happen with anyone else?
It was just too real for me to pass off as a lucid dream.
Or I'm wondering why am I having sex with my sleep paralysis demon lol 😅

So I have sleep paralysis since forever.
But I had this dream where someone was on top of me, I could feel their hands tighten around my ribcage and then...

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I talked to my sleep paralysis deamon

I just remembered last night I had a crazy dream and then woke up and couldn't move, so I started talking out loud about the dream cause I thought someone was around and someone kept talking back to me about it, I was like "that was a really cool dream honestly" then they'd be like "i bet, talk about everything coming full circle" and I was just like "right dude, nuts." Anyways this went on for what felt like 15min then I dozed off again. Im just remembering it now but holy wow, craziest sleep paralysis I ever had, my deamon low-key a g. But yea I live alone so it was weird.

I just remembered last night I had a crazy dream and then woke up and couldn't move, so I started talking out loud about the dream cause I thought someone was...

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