I've had a few similar experiences too. They seemed to happen for me most back when I was drinking heavy. They were semi-lucid dreams and very intense.

I would be aware I was dreaming but had little control. If I fought the feeling I'd usually wake up but if I was curious and decided to go with it, it would get more and more intense until I couldn't handle it.

This has nothing to do with what you described. But my one friend had told me the legend that sleep paralysis happens after youve been abducted by aliens. Obviously sounds a little crazy however I am a believer of aliens (billions of stars and planets has to be one more with intelligent life) so maybe it could be.
He told me when they abduct you, they basically freeze your muscles and erase your memory. I have once had a reaaaaal scary version of this sleep paralysis associated with abudctions (I dont claim I was abducted though lol) It was suppppeeeerrr scary. I felt paranoid something was in my room with me. My body could not move no matter how hard I tried. I was screaming in my head for my family to come and help me but my lips wouldnt move. It was like I was in acoma but was concious.
Eventually I finally did let out a yell and my body came back to its self. Thank god ive never had that agian, it was honestly the worst thing associated with nightmares/sleeping that I think could possibly happen to someone.

This has nothing to do with what you described. But my one friend had told me the legend that sleep paralysis happens after youve been abducted by aliens.

There was an article on yahoo about a woman who researched this.

She thinks sleep paralysis can bring on hallucinations (and it's not new, it's been known that such states can).

She realized that she could decrease the experience by focusing on a body part and trying to become aware of it and maybe moving it...if I recall what I read...

Then you also have the out-of-body theory which says that sleep paralysis facilitates out-of-body experiences. But you really have to try to discern between hallucinations and actual projection.

A woman on the thread mentioned Robert Monroe. He seems to have experienced both hallucinations and actual out-of-body experiences.

But don't worry too much. When it happens, concentrate on your body, try to move it, etc, it could end the whole thing.

Forget about possession and other superstition. Having wild experiences are possible both as hallucinations and out of body travel-if the latter really exists.

Everything is "an hallucination."

Reality is a perception of consciousness. It is basically an "illusion." (albeit a persistent one.) ~ Einstein.

Uh that was kind of pointless...

The truth is never "pointless" unless you just don't care about the truth.

There are many levels of perception and I'm sure several 'explanations' for 'sleep paralysis.'

All a person really needs to know is how to break out of it.

Most people don't care about the truth of what it is or why it happens. It freaks them out.

(As is should.... we live in a very strange reality.)

You missed my point.

I meant that it was unnecessary to point out that all experience is a recreation of reality, therefore illusory etc.

The fact still is that there is hallucination, and there is reality. And in the states - physical and mental - that we're talking about, it is very easy to create a totally false reality.
Like a dream. Not to imply that all dreams have to be completely made up, imaginary.

But then, there might be other possibilities. Maybe some do go out of their bodies, experience ESP or whatever.

I was just saying that one has to be particularly careful in these states and not jump to the conclusion that they experienced demons, or that conversely, there's no paranormal.

The fact still is that there is hallucination, and there is reality.

And in the states - physical and mental - that we're talking about, it is very easy to create a totally false reality.
Like a dream. Not to imply that all dreams have to be completely made up, imaginary.

But then, there might be other possibilities. Maybe some do go out of their bodies, experience ESP or whatever.

I was just saying that one has to be particularly careful in these states and not jump to the conclusion that they experienced demons, or that conversely, there's no paranormal.