[alan_n]

This just sounds like lucid dreaming awake imo. Kind of scary some of these people believe they're actually jumping dimensions or something. Wonder how much control they can exert compared to a lucid dreaming.

I've not managed LD awake/meditating yet , but I can fall asleep awake if my body is tired enough but I'm mentally awake, though it requires a lot of concentration. And doing it does not feel nice (you can feel your body paralyzing, feels like you can't breathe and you have to avoid reacting).

[elliekelly]

Every once in a while there are posts on r/LucidDreaming from people who are beginning to believe they’re time traveling or dimension hopping or the like.

[Waterluvian]

This touches on something I took away from Interstellar and Inception: our grounding in reality is deeply important and surprisingly brittle.

[sleepapnea]

That sounds like hypnagogia. Have you gotten checked for sleep apnea?

[alan_n]

Part of it probably is hypnagogia though I was so alert that it did not feel like that normal transition to sleep. It felt more like I had meditated myself into a lucid dream. There were some stray thoughts but none of that cloudy brain fog with senseless thoughts I would normally get going to sleep.

Also from what I understand the feeling of suffocation is quite common for people who experience sleep paralysis. You're not actually suffocating. Given I induced it, that's probably what that was. The first time it woke me up, the second time I ignored it and a few seconds passed and then the sensations stopped and I was lucid dreaming. At least that's what it felt. I slept for slightly more than an hour most times (I've only managed it during naps) and lost lucidity at times. It felt like the dream started immediately but it might not have. Also at other times I could feel my body in the bed again but wasn't dreaming just asleep.

[vorpalhex]

Hypnagogia is the transition phase of the sleep cycle. You experience hypnagogia everytime you go to sleep. No, it's not a sign of sleep apnea.

[s5300]

> Kind of scary some of these people believe they're actually jumping dimensions or something

Every time I have thoughts like this about <insert whatever> anymore, I find myself coming back to “well, there are actual Nazi wannabes still, so I guess <insert whatever> isn’t too bad” - let them live their life.

Once Nazis are out of the picture… then maybe we can justify cracking down on others things we don’t like :P

[alan_n]

...um I didn't suggest we crack down on anything. Just personally I would think you're crazy if you tell me you're dimension jumping.