From: Jim Mortellaro <Jsmortell@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:05:02 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:45:59 -0400
Subject: UpDate: Re: Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction - Mortellaro


 >Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:11:45 +0300
 >From: Minna Laajala - UFO-Finland <ufofinland@saunalahti.fi>
 >Subject: Re: Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction
 >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>

 >>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:54:26 -0400
 >>From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@mindspring.com>
 >>Subject: Re: Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction
 >>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>

 >>>From: Elizabeth Hammond <lizzz@worldnet.att.net>
 >>>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:41:27 -0400
 >>>Subject: Re: Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction
 >>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>

 >>>>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 00:21:29 -0400
 >>>>From: Lesley Cluff <manitou@fox.nstn.ca>
 >>>>Subject: Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction
 >>>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>

 >>>>There is such a big difference between sleep paralysis and
 >>>>abduction, that I have trouble believing anyone could confuse
 >>>>the two or even suggest the first when the second is claimed by
 >>>>the victim.

 >Hi Elizabeth, Hi Joseph, hi list!

 >Abduction versus sleep paralysis ainīt a simple thing, I agree
 >with that. I wrote an article about in Finnish, will try to
 >translate it in English. In the meantime, I include a pile of
 >links you may go to read, although the majority of them are
 >familiar to you already.

 >My opinion (which is a result of writing the forementioned
 >article):

 >1) abduction-experiences arenīt always explained with sleep
 > paralysis.

 >2) Some abductions are definitely sleep paralysis
 >Sleep paralysis isnīt always total paralysis, thereīs part
 >paralysis and whole paralysis, and meny between them. One
 >hypothesis is, that you have "suffered" from hypocalemic
 >periodic paralysis, which is very similar with sleep paralysis.
 >But Iīm not claiming it was 100 % sure hypocalemic periodic
 >paralysis.

<snip>

 >>>The abject fear comes after the fact. The next day, when you
 >>>realize something has happened. Or, if you remember bits and
 >>>pieces, even more terror at what was done to you or what may
 >>>have been done that you are unable to remember. This was not so
 >>>with the sleep paralysis. I am not crippled with fear just
 >>>remembering it as I am with abduction memories. Once it ended,
 >>>it was over. A nasty incident, to be sure, but not one that
 >>>fills me with dread as my abduction memories do.

 >Funny, my abduction was a positive experiece. _If_ it was an
 >abduction.

<snip>

Dear Minna, Liz, Listerines and of course, EBK,

I am not an expert on Sleep Paralysis, neither am I a researcher
except for my own experiences. And so I can speak only about my
experiences here. I shall do that now, regarding the
approximately two times I have experienced sleep paralysis.
Perhaps someone who is more expert may comment on what I have
experienced.

The two times this happened to me I was wide awake. I simply
woke up and could not move a muscle. I was at first, extremely
freightened. But as soon as I determined that everything else
seemed to be working, that is I was breathing, my heart was
beating in my chest and I was able to see, I just lay there and
waited. I then determined that I would just stay where I was
until someone came to my aid. On both occasions where this
occured, it was daylight... the morning sun shining brightly on
my bed, lighting up the room with a reassuring brightness.
Within just a few minutes, maybe one or two, at most, I was able
to begin normal movement. My mother experiences the same thing
on occasion. She is the one who told me, each time, "it's
nothing Jamey. That happens to me too sometimes." End of being
afraid.

There were a number of occasions when I woke up, or thought I
woke up, with a bad person, an evil monster of some kind, in my
room. I had a feeling of doom. It was as if I were the poor
bastard in the horror movie for whom the shark music was
playing. On the three or maybe more occasions when this happened
to me, it became obvious, as I came more and more awake, that I
was sort of half asleep or half awake, and that I was coming out
of a really bad dream. There was also the extant condition of
not being able to move and worse, not being able to call out for
help.

And for all the times I perceive that I was taken by aliens
etc., I always am able to distinguish among the nightmares, the
sleep paralysis and the abduction scenarios. Always!

So to me, personally, I've always known the difference. This
hopefully and hopefully obviously, knocks down the association
which many folks make on sleep paralysis vs. the abduction
scenario. At least for me.

Does that make sense to you guys (and ladies?)?

Best personal regards,

Jimbo Mortellaro