Sleep Paralysis

Contrary to popular belief sleep paralysis, or "old hag syndrome" is not a sleeping disorder. The entire experience is actually a dream state that symbolizes how paralyzed you are in waking life by problems, or negative thinking patterns you have. Feeling trapped living with a decision you made. Feeling trapped in an illegal business. Feeling unable to safely or smoothly transition to a new way of living. Feeling trapped in a relationship.

The paralyzed state represents your awareness of problems in your life that you are powerless to change. The old hag that often pushes down on persons chest represents an intuitive aspect of yourself that is negative, yet knows better. This part of you suffocates the real inner you, or paralyzes your ability to progress in life due to negative thinking patterns you see no benefit in changing.

Sleep paralysis is a sign that you need to begin to process negativity in your life. First, you need to stand up to fear whenever you feel it and make time to face fears that you know you have. Speak to people about your fears and troubles. Next, you need to resist desire for attractive people and material things that you don't believe you can ever really have. You also want to give up a need to have something at all costs.

The next thing you need to do is to begin to apologize for everything wrong you ever did in your life and take responsibility for your actions. Then you want to forgive anyone who ever did you wrong and learn to let go of the past. Jealousy, guilt, and bitterness should also be addressed.

What all this does is help you to clear your conscience and raise your level of consciousness and awareness of what you are thinking.

It's also recommended that you begin to monitor your thoughts and begin to ask yourself why you are thinking about everything you are thinking. What motivates these thoughts or feelings?

Lastly, you may want to begin to seek professional advice, or help from more experienced people so that you can gain new perspectives into your problems.

Example: A man dreamed of being paralyzed on his bed while sleeping on his back. A translucent ghost-like old hag woman witch appeared on top of him and pinned him to the bed. He swore at the woman and saw the energy from his swear words being absorbed into the old woman as food. In waking life he felt trapped inside an illegal business which he started when he was younger. He felt like the worst person in the world and that it was impossible to transition to a new form of employment because he had run the illegal business for so long that no company would hire him because he couldn't explain his previous experience to any potential employers.

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Wake

To dream of a funeral wake represents a need to feel closure in a situation you are experiencing. Directly and openly confronting the prospect of never experiencing something ever again. Negatively, a wake may reflect difficult letting go. Making excuses to keep talking to people you should stop talking to. Creating or prolonging confrontation that is unhealthy.

Alternatively, a funeral wake may reflect your difficulty grieving or accepting the loss of a loved one. Difficulty accepting the end of a relationship. Repeatedly discussing deceased people's lives when it may not be healthy to do to.

Example: A woman dreamed of having to attend a funeral wake for her dead mother (alive in real life). In waking life she had broken up with her boyfriend and had to meet him once last time to have a final discussion.

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Awaken

To dream that you awaken from sleep represents new insights into a problem. Alternatively, it may reflect your motivation to finally take action with an issue.

Coma

To dream of yourself being in a coma represents helplessness, total dependency on others, or an inability to function. Feeling totally impotent to take action or do things for yourself. Feeling cut off from others or that other people are so busy that they can never listen to you. Feeling cut off from the world around you. Feeling that you are boring to other people.

Dreaming of a coma may also reflect a feelings about being emotionally distant or unresponsive. Threats that neutralized, but still possible to return.

Negatively, dreaming about a coma may reflect feelings about someone ignorant in your life being too empty-headed to be aware of their ignorance. Feelings that someone is so crazy, corrupt, or over-emotional that they will never "wake up" to rational thinking. A threat of violence from someone whom you are confident can't get you anymore.

Alternatively, a coma may reflect some area of your life that has been permanently sidetracked or delayed until further notice. Feeling an unbearable sense of uncertainty while you wait for something to be restored to normal.

To dream of waking up from a coma represents a new sense of control over your life and gaining powerful insight into your problems. You are relying less on others and dealing with your own problems. A long period of being sidetracked or powerless may have come to an end. Insights that shake your entire belief systems or outlook on life.

Example: A woman dreamed of her ex-husband in a coma. In waking life she had a restraining order placed on her ex-husband. The coma in this case may have reflected her feelings about the threat of violence from her ex-husband being neutralized by the restraining order, but still obviously a problem. He ex-husband was unable to harm her, but still obviously very angry at her.

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Names

To dream of your name may reflect feelings about who you are as a person. Negatively, it may reflect feelings of not being good enough as a person. It may also reflect total arrogance that you are better than other people. Too much focus on yourself being important. Consider how a name makes you feel when you hear it for additional meaning.

To dream of someone calling your name represents some aspect of your personality that desires attention or power. Feelings about being special.

To dream of a name that you've never heard before represents an aspect of your personality based on how that name makes you feel. Ask yourself what thoughts or feelings you have you hear the name.

To dream of people you know with the names of other people represents aspects of your personality that influenced or controlled by other aspects of your personality.

To dream of people whose names you never know represents your feeling that something in your life is unattainable or "unknowable" for you. You may think that a goal can't be secured for good. It may also reflect feelings that you are unable to know what your problem is or why something keeps happening to you.

Example: A man dreamed of being called the name "Chad." In waking life Chad wasn't his real name. He felt that people named Chad were easily liked or always viewed as a winner by others. In waking life around the time of the dream he was experiencing an unusual amount of attention and popularity.

Sleepover

To dream of a sleep over represents awareness that you are doing what you're not supposed to be doing. Noticing yourself being negative. It may be a sign that you are fully aware of your self-pity, jealousy, or that you're breaking a rule. You may be having a problem integrating a new development into your life. Difficulty accepting something,

Alternatively, you may be experiencing insomnia or have been staying up late thinking a lot.

Example: A girl dreamed of having a sleepover with a cheerleader. In real life she was jealous of a friend who had a boyfriend and was moping around the house struggling to be happy for her friend. The sleepover reflect her self-awareness of her jealousy as she sat around bored without her friend. Her difficulty accepting her friend's new life.