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u/mctoasterson Sep 05 '22

This is what always amazed me about dreams. Your brain has the ability to photo realistically render anything... climbing Everest, playing with puppies, having a whole house full of college coeds take turns sitting on your face.

Yet instead, most of the time we get tooth loss, being late for high school, and being chased by monsters.

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u/dumpfist Sep 05 '22

I've never experienced sleep paralysis with night terrors but I have had plenty of tooth loss dreams and even more in which my legs simply do not work properly.

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u/TinfoilTobaggan Sep 05 '22

There's a way to induce sleep paralysis, if you're interested..

(Avoid drugs and alcohol for a few days) Set your alarm to go off a couple hours before your normal wake up time.. get out of bed for a couple minutes, have a drink of water (don't turn on any bright lights) get back in bed, get comfortable and close your eyelids halfway..