Descartes Perceptions-Personal Narrative

One time my senses have deceived me occurred while I was awake watching TV late one night. I don’t remember dozing off, but the volume from the TV faded away and everything around me began to slow down. I heard voices and sounds of someone making photo copies from a printer. The voices were from relatives of mine who was asleep. The voices were just conversing with each other. I couldn’t see anyone all I could hear was voices. Next I remember calling out to my mom, but I couldn’t speak. I could only mouth the words “mom”. I couldn’t move as well. It was very terrifying. I snapped out of it. I thought to myself that this isn’t normal, so I had to make sense out of it. I began to research online if anyone else had experienced this before. I read that I wasn’t the only one who experienced this. I also read that what had occurred was something called sleep paralysis when I read up on this I began to correlate what I experienced and it added up for me.
I would by making the truth your own. As Descartes states he didn’t negate the fact of his existence because he knew what he was doing at that moment and that the fire he was sitting in front of was real and the paper in his hand was real to touch. Descartes didn’t let his senses take full control of his initial perception of things. He was full aware that the senses can deceive. Just because something of someone deceived us doesn’t mean we shouldn’t trust it. We should be more alert and know what to expect. For a madman they are not in touch with reality. As Descartes described a madman would be naked but think they are wearing a purple robe. Descartes used his method of doubt in using his knowledge and beliefs to determine what is