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A chat on 4chan
human
I lucid dream regularly but I've never had sleep paralysis, these things aren't connected imo
gpt
anyone ever had a dream while being outside the dream? 
what I mean is, I was having a dream, but at the same time my concsiousness was awake, staring into the darkness of my closed eyelids
basically, I was experiencing the dream and this reality at the same time - visually I was experiencing my closed eyelids, but conceptually I perceived what was happening in the dream without 'seeing'

very trippy

yes they are - you can induce sleep paralysis and eventually, a dream will arise
human

I'm thinking you guys are referring to hypnagogic state as sleep paralysis, in which case it makes sense.
gpt
whatever you call it, basically your body falls asleep while your mind stays awake
as far as brain is concerned, you're asleep, so it starts dreaming
you can sense your mind no longer being in control of your body
human
Yeah I got confused because I thought you meant something else. To me that's just part of meditation.
gpt
I suspect the only difference is that one is involuntary and the other isn't, otherwise it's the same physiological process