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@Mossy Thank you! I will look more into William Blake. Tyger! Tyger!

@Milk-Destroyer said in Sleep Paralysis Stories:

Benadryl trip.

When I was a teenager I tried the Benadryl thing (maybe 6-8 tablets) and occasionally took them to basically space out. You kind of forget where you're at. I was also really dizzy / slow. Then, lightning-like flashes were appearing when I closed my eyes, keeping me up late. Auditory noises that are probably totally imaginary kept happening and you kinda crack out. Do not recommend.

I've had sleep paralysis somewhat rarely but it is not predictable. I haven't been able to connect it to foods but I think eating late and low exercise / movement / alcohol play a factor. I almost never drink and eat earlier now so it isn't common.

I've definitely seen shadow figures, but that was more when I was younger. I would wager that the "boogeyman" is really just the product of sleep paralysis in children. The eyes are adjusted to the darkness so I think it's a natural state of fear if you believe you're awake and unable to move, then see a shadow or coat-rack and intuit a fearful situation.

More recently if I had sleep paralysis I felt I was trying to turn back into the dream but can't. Then, several times I felt like I was screaming at the top of my lungs and/or crying. I think the screaming is related to not being able to breathe from some temporary apnea/blocked nasal passage. The emotional distress is hard to explain because there's no cause, just the effect of feeling instant pain.

A good movie for everyone to watch is Altered States.
The movie definitely freaked me out in real life so of course things like that probably influence people's unconscious. The idea of a sensory deprivation tank, or of being in one, is awful, in my mind. What if somebody locks you in it - a coffin filled with water, while you're on LSD? Anyways - or how about A Perfect Storm? You see where I'm going - I think maybe sleep paralysis is very personal and is playing into individual fears and experiences.

But usually if it happens I wake up or dream that I wake up and go back to sleep and don't remember it. One should also not read too much Pessoa - terrifying stuff.

@oliveoil Thank you 🙏

@highseabasch that’s the correct way to talk about people imo

@Alexander99 said in Is Caloric Deficit Peaty?:

My point in the above post was more that you should have a calorie deficit when losing weight, but this is one, albeit an important one, of many factors in losing fat.

The trouble with the idea of a "calorie deficit" is just how exactly do you figure out what that means for you? If you have dieted using calorie deficits in the past, your body can reset its metabolic rate so that you can withstand calorie deficit (=starvation/deprivation) better which means you would need to reduce the calories even further to get any weight loss. This also opens the way to lose muscle mass (from higher cortisol) instead of losing fat.

Foodwise, Its a good idea to put your avg daily diet into cronometer and then slowly change up foods to decrease PUFA if needed, balance out macros or reduce tryptophan etc etc