ssringo
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I suffered from sleep paralysis for several years in my 20s to early 30s. Likely related to work stress and poor sleeping habits. Luckily they died down and I haven't had an episode in quite a few years.
To answer the question most of the time I fell asleep with my tv/pc playing a movie or something (I need background noise or I can't fall asleep) and the sounds and visuals would "bleed" into the room. So audio might seem to be coming from right over my shoulder or near my ear but it wouldn't sound clear; more like a warped record might sound. And of course my own groans of fear as I was fighting to fully wake up would also be in my ears. Visually whatever was on the screen would leak out from the sides of the screen. Most of the time my eyes wouldn't be focused on the screen so I would see stuff stretching onto the walls in my peripheral. If you want something specific just go watch 'The Ring' and imagine seeing that shit creeping into your room.
Shit sucked and I'm glad those experiences are behind me.
To answer the question most of the time I fell asleep with my tv/pc playing a movie or something (I need background noise or I can't fall asleep) and the sounds and visuals would "bleed" into the room. So audio might seem to be coming from right over my shoulder or near my ear but it wouldn't sound clear; more like a warped record might sound. And of course my own groans of fear as I was fighting to fully wake up would also be in my ears. Visually whatever was on the screen would leak out from the sides of the screen. Most of the time my eyes wouldn't be focused on the screen so I would see stuff stretching onto the walls in my peripheral. If you want something specific just go watch 'The Ring' and imagine seeing that shit creeping into your room.
Shit sucked and I'm glad those experiences are behind me.
