Sleep Paralysis

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night completely paralyzed? During sleep paralysis, you wake up from your sleep, usually in the middle of the night, only to find yourself unable to move. Interestingly, the eyeballs are the only movable parts of the body. This aberration lasts for a period of 30-45 seconds on average -during which time the person may experience hallucinations. There is a heavy weight on the chest or the back of the person, depending on which way they sleep. Some people feel as if they are being choked. Many people, including myself, feel as if there is a dark and sinister presence in the room while this is happening. Others hear footsteps by their bedside or feel some creature pulling their feet from the edge of the bed while they are paralyzed. This is similar to a night terror, only you are awake. I've had this happen to me quite a few times. I'll be honest, this scared the shit out of me in the beginning. After a while I got used to it and actually started to enjoy trying to fight the demon or whatever off me by wiggling since I can't do anything else. And yes you can wiggle, although I'm not sure if it's my physical body or my astral body that's wiggling. I decided to write about this topic because sleep paralysis is believed to be the best portal to lucid dreaming. Since I don't know what causes sleep paralysis, it is hard for me to connect the two. But I would like to hear more about the link between the two.