The point I was making darkflame was that the documentary I watched concluded that the majority of people who claimed alien abductions in their dreams were people who were suffering from sleep paralysis. As we are aware everyone has lucid dreaming, but I found the connection between sleep paralysis and recounting alien abductions very interesting.
When you do suffer from this form of paralysis during rem sleep it is a very intense and frightening situation as you are completely paralyzed, and in my own experience, because of this fear able to recount every small detail and feeling of the dream.
Here is an excerpt from one of the websites I visited readers may be interested in:
“Imagine the following scenario: A woman wakes in the night with a strong sense that someone or something is in the room. She tries to move but finds she is completely paralyzed except for her eyes. She sees strange lights, hears a buzzing or humming sound, and feels a vibration in the bed. If she knows about sleep paralysis, she will recognize it instantly, but most people do not. So what is she going to think? I suggest that, if she has watched TV programs about abductions or read about them, she may begin to think of aliens. And in this borderline sleep state, the imagined alien will seem extremely real. This alone may be enough to create the conviction of having been abducted. Hypnosis could make the memories of this real experience (but not real abduction) completely convincing.”
