Paralyzed while sleeping - Sleep Disorders

mhie27

Nov 03, 2011

what happen to you guys is happening to me.
and the weirdest thing their is i really feel someone is hugging me, but im the only one in my room of course in my bed.
but i really feel this heavy thing on my waist and im keep on moving around the bed but its still the same heavy thing in my waist.
and actually this paralyzed thing while im sleeping is not the first thing happen to me but this one who i felt like that im with someone is my first time. coz before i just see someone beside my bed.
i realy dont what to to about this.
actualy it started when i was in college and until now.
im 20 i know im stressed sometimes but its weird it happen before and now most of the time.
i need answer can someone help me.
thanks in advance.

jinjerphish

Nov 04, 2011

This starting happening to me when I turned 16. The humming sound...it reminds me of electricity. The feeling of being weighed down or held down by something evil. It lasts only a few minutes or even seconds but it feels like forever. I suppose it could be hereditary because my dad has the same thing happen to him. I'm 30 now and married. When this happens at night, I yell at my husband to wake me up but apperantly its all in my head because he claims he never hears me screaming for him to wake me up. In my head I can hear myself yelling at him for help. He says the only reason he wakes up is because he can hear me whimpering like I'm having a bad dream. Sometimes he says he has to really shake me hard because I don't wake up. Of course when I do wake up, Im angry at him for not helping me sooner lol. It's really scary sleeping alone because it seems like it takes forever to come out of it. When he's there, at least he can shake me awake.

jinjerphish

Nov 04, 2011

One more thing...when I was 16 and it started happening, I started listening to music at night and that seemed to keep "it" away. But if if I forgot to put it on, it would happen like clockwork. I always joked with people that it was aliens trying to communicate. When I was 26 I had a horribly vivid hallucination and that was that I was being pulled off the bed and dragged across the dark bedroom floor and down the hallway. Usually I don't have hallucinations. When I awoke finally, I was turned sideways in my bed. I'm chalking it up to having a seriously restless dream. Obviously I didn't awake in the hallway so what else could it be? And yes, this usually happens when I am seriously exhausted. Lately I have been waking up gasping for air. No sleep paralysis, just the feeling of my air being cut off...almost for like a second after I wake up, I've forgotten how to breathe.

lisiqe

Nov 04, 2011

yesterday i found out about this forum and i felt kind of released to see that im not alone..because when i tell people they won't believe me...to me it always happens when i am about to get up in the morning...not before i go to sleep or during sleep. it began to happen early this year and the last month it happend a lot...now i am afraid to go to sleep because it is a very anoyng feeling...i always feel or hear something moving and i want to turn around and see what's goin on but i just cant move, and feel completly paralyzed..my eyes are always open and i always can see everything in front of me but just cant turn my head or body around...sometimes i cant talk to ask for help but sometimes i can. it is very wierd because i can feel when it is going to happen. one morning i was awake and just lying in bed waiting to get up and suddenly i felt that my legs were startin to be paralized and i said to myself..oh no it is happening again but this time i am not letting you paralyze me. i was sitting in the bed when it started and i was trying so hard to move and get up, but with no result and when i got totally paralized i found myself lying in bed. yesterday when it happened again i was shouting my fiance's name and was hitting and grabing his leg but when i told him later he sad that i never hit him or called his name or do anything at all....yesterday i read in one of the comments that this person didnt dio anything when it happend, not shout or try to move and it had gone quickly. so i decidet to do the same thing the next time it was going to happen to me....so this morning when i felt my body paralized and couldnt move or talk i just stayed there and didnt try to move or anything else.i just kept repeatin in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit and it released me and lasted only a few seconds....i am starting to be very frightened because this thing has became very often this and the last month and i have no idea what it is

phoenix184

Nov 04, 2011

To: all

i've been sitting here reading all these comments & they're fascinating. i've been sick for a couple of weeks & feel completely exhausted, i fell asleep this morning while watching tv.. i kept drifting then fell into a deep sleep, i then became aware of the sound of the tv , i could hear everything being said but couldnt move or open my eyes, this happened yesterday morning too, when i thought i could hear my son calling me but he was at school. this has happened severasl times in the past & used to last for ages & terrify me as i couldnt move or make a sound no matter how hard i tried.. i would then get the sensation that i had got out of bed & tried 2 walk but i would feel drunk & out of control.not sure what these episodes are.. i think it's a form of sleep paralysis & your mind can play tricks on you, saying that, although i havnt felt the scary presence ( thank god) i have had weird experences, i've seen my door change in front of my eyes & giant spiders on my wall, also found myself on the ceiling panicking a few times but i'm not sure these are related to the sleep paralysis. all i know is its like quick sand & the more u stuggle & panic the more u go under, now i just concentrate on moving my muscles calmly, this morning it took several attempts, i opened my eyes & could actually feel a 'switch' mechanism in my brain as they closed again. this happened several times before i mastered it. if ur afraid before sleeping ask for protection & imagine a bright white light all around u or a stong forcefield. hope this helps x

phoenix184

Nov 04, 2011

To: all

i've been sitting here reading all these comments & they're fascinating. i've been sick for a couple of weeks & feel completely exhausted, i fell asleep this morning while watching tv.. i kept drifting then fell into a deep sleep, i then became aware of the sound of the tv , i could hear everything being said but couldnt move or open my eyes, this happened yesterday morning too, when i thought i could hear my son calling me but he was at school. this has happened severasl times in the past & used to last for ages & terrify me as i couldnt move or make a sound no matter how hard i tried.. i would then get the sensation that i had got out of bed & tried 2 walk but i would feel drunk & out of control.not sure what these episodes are.. i think it's a form of sleep paralysis & your mind can play tricks on you, saying that, although i havnt felt the scary presence ( thank god) i have had weird experences, i've seen my door change in front of my eyes & giant spiders on my wall, also found myself on the ceiling panicking a few times but i'm not sure these are related to the sleep paralysis. all i know is its like quick sand & the more u stuggle & panic the more u go under, now i just concentrate on moving my muscles calmly, this morning it took several attempts, i opened my eyes & could actually feel a 'switch' mechanism in my brain as they closed again. this happened several times before i mastered it. if ur afraid before sleeping ask for protection & imagine a bright white light all around u or a stong forcefield. hope this helps x

Katiekod

Nov 05, 2011

To: all

Ive had a lot of these experiences. My first one was about a year and half ago. I was laying in bed (had only been to sleep a short while), and it felt as if something or some sort of pressure was pushing my head to the floor (my bed is very low). As i was struggling with this force, i woke up. I woke my boyfriend up to ask if this was him and he said no, and that i probably had a bad dream.......

Months on i continued to have these experiances. It got so bad that i dreaded going to sleep. I began to think it was my bedroom. So one night stayed in my mums bedroom, and the same thing happend. I felt like i was screaming for my mum to help me but no sound was coming out!

Another time, i was round a friends house sleeping. I drifted of to sleep and suddently could feal this 'force' coming on! I was sitting up (well i thought i was) in the bed with something trying to push me off the bed. To the right of me was the bedroom door and i could hear a little boys voice saying 'im only a little boy' .....as i tried to turn my head to look forwards to door, i couldnt. It was as if my head was paralized!!

Months past and i slowly stopped getting theses weird experiences. I then moved into a house with one of my friends. A couple of weeks in, i went to bed as normal with my boyfriend. Again, slowly drifting off to sleep, i found my self come out of my body and i was hanging in the corner of the ceiling looking down at myself and my boyfriend asleep. It was so weird! But at the same time i could see myself just danggling like on the ceiling!

I stopped having them for a while and seemed to forget about them. But then then it wasnt until about July this year they came back. This time, again i was asleep and could feel a force holding me down,i was trying so hard to open my eyes as knew it was 'one of those dreams'....trying so so hard but nothing was opening. I could hear a loud noise in my eyes as if there were lots of birds in a tree and all fluttered off into the sky, like a rushing of feathers and blowing in ym ears!! (sounds crazy)!! and i could also here really loud traffic jams, like you do in New York. I got up to go into my friends room to sleep in her bed, opended her bedroom door and saw her little boy was in her bed, so i walked back through the hall into my room, fell asleep as normal.
The next morning i told my friend about the dream and she asked 'why didnt you come and get into my bed'......i then replied 'i did, but Ollie (her son) was in bed with you'......she then looked at me and said he wasnt and that he stayed in he's bed all night!

I now have to sleep with my lamp on, and touch wood. No longer get them.

I don't know why or what these dreams mean. But they are freaky

Bianca313

Nov 06, 2011

To: U

I was just starting to call myself crazy before reading about everyone else's experiences. I have had plenty of these "epidsode's" But there was just something about this one that scared me to death. I closed my laptop at 1:39am Nov 6,2011 and within minutes i had fallen asleep. I remember i did fall asleep scared due to things happening in my apt. So in this dream i saw myself sleeping, someone was hitting me and they wouldn't stop, all i could do was pray for them to stop.. I remember my heartbeat was irregular and beating so fast. I was trying so hard to wake up, but everytime i thought i woke it was still happening and i was trying to figure out why i couldn't wake up. So then i finally pushed myself, and while i decided to yell for my dad my eyes opened and i was finishing the sentence calling my dad. It felt so real! i freaked out.. Jumped up.. grabbed my water and couldn't sleep the rest of the morning. Is this sleep paralysis?

emeraldskylight

Nov 06, 2011

To: Everyone

I am so glad that I found this forum and that I am not alone in these experiences. The first experience I had was about 2 years ago where it felt as if someone was sitting on me making it hard for me to get up or move and I dismissed it as just a bad dream. But ever since my husband and I moved to our new place about 6 months ago, I seem to be having the same experience at least once a month. It always seems as though I am in a deep sleep and i'm woken up by a loud screeching sound ringing in my ears. I can't move any parts of my body and can only open my eyes halfway. In my head i'm trying with everything in me to try and get any part of my body to move, but everything just feels so heavy and impossible to lift anything. I'll start to pray and ask God to protect me and then through my squinted eyes, I can see my dog just outside the bedroom door. I can hear myself calling her name, but can't feel my mouth moving. Then, I can feel her jump on the bed and i'm immediately released, but it seems right after I always fall right back asleep. When I do wake-up, I don't remember it happening until a couple of hours later and then I wonder if it was just a dream. It happened a few hours ago and when it came back to me this time, I found this forum. It's good to know that i'm not the only one.

lilcooker80

Nov 06, 2011

To: everyone

I am 31 yrs old, I Have had dreams every now and then in my life, where i have not been able to move, and have always fought to wake up, but this dream i had last night was like one i have never had before. It was short and to the point and i will never forget it. I was asleep for probably a hour probably dreaming and then it happened a unrecognizable face. A kind of a round face appeared and faded. As it faded, A voice spoke very clearly Let The Games Begin. I dont have clue of what it meant, but right after that a squeeling, ringing sound was getting louder and louder, so loud that I wanted to cover my ears. Then i tried to wake up but could only open my eyes half way, like i could feel them rolling up in my head .And i couldn't move, I struggled and fought the urge not to relax, Instead fought to wake up so hard that i finally woke up. I then looked around to see if anybody else had woke up from the loud sound then relized that it was only in my dream. but that voice is still just crystal clear. And just to mention, I am a born again christian, and don't know if this has to do with jesus or evil or i don't know what. but there ya go wierd right?

bigtight88

Nov 06, 2011

omg man that stuff is crazy! im sure glad im not the only one! i have this problem a least once a week. it scared the hell out of me the first time i had the experience nd the second time but te tird time i jus let it happen nd saw where it lead. it wasnt scary when i started lettin it happen but its gettin to the point to where it feels like in shaking alot and my body tryin to force itself up. idk what to think now because now after i done saw this movie insidous( corret me if im wrong) nd reading the divine comedy its done kinda freaked me out.

bigtight88

Nov 06, 2011

man i swear we had the same dream! i felt like i was up my eye were half open and i could see into my closet nd i swear i just saw something starein right back at me. it felt like my body was jus shakin and shaking casue it was scared of what it saw but in my mind are whatever it wasnt scared. it was like i was ready to take on whatever it was in mind but my body was scared to death. its been time were i was tired and just wanted to go to sleep but my body keep me up thru the night. #weird

cherrydp

Nov 07, 2011

i'm 16 and this has been happening to me for 5 or so years. I've always thought it was a spirit or something standing next to my bed watching me and they were making me feel like that to get my attention or something till I researched it. I found out that it's just Sleep paralysis. It usually scares me really bad and i cant move but i can open my eyes just cant move them. before I even go to sleep at night i can tell if it is going to happen then it does. i just try not to think about it. Is there any medicine or anything you can take for it??

Noreen1126

Nov 08, 2011

To: littlemermaid366

Read up on Naracolepsy and Cataplexy. Go to a sleep study Doctor. I am 51. I have lived most my life thinking I had seizer, or a little crazy. Bare with me jumping around here a little. My daugther again to have problems like mine a 13. She is now 29 we took her to alot of Doctors no one could help us.. Two years ago she went to a Sleep Study Doctor and found out she has Naracolepsy with cataplexy. She is on meds now and living a wonderful life and no more problems. For me I went to her Doctor a year ago. I am doing great. I went back to school. I feel like I can think again like my brian is back lol. Life is good. So read up on it. If it sounds like you go to the Doctor. God Bless

capburns12

Nov 08, 2011

Have your doctor check your vitamin B-12 level. I had the same thing and mine was low. That can me very dangerous if you let it go.

julykisses

Nov 08, 2011

I had that before many time in my life. To the point that I can't tell what the difference between a dream n what is real. Some are dreams and some are real when I wake up but stuck in a position where I cannot move. One day I have to put my baby sister to sleep. I fell asleep with her. After an hour she woke up and left me, I can hear foot steps n static coming closer to me. I try to get up but i was stuck. I couldn't move. I can scream or open my eyes wide when I know I'm awake but my body was too tire n weak. I can feel something feeling my legs. I was so terrify that I was trying to suggle free. After I could move, I look around me don't see anyone and I was still tired. As soon as I relax my body I got paralyze again. So I struggle free again and ran into my bedroom. I can hear that static power coming near my room. But for some reason it couldn't come through because from many experiences with this, my parents called a shaman person to put a special spell around my door. I don't know what people and scientist believe but this is what my culture believe and had try to chase bad spirits for many years. We still live and deal with spirits.

itsatrap1

Nov 10, 2011

It feels like sticking your brain in a bottle of seven up and shaking it up vigorously. Also... uh, anyone here start having these experiences after a week or so of doing Ecstasy? Just Checking...

jplolo

Nov 11, 2011

To: ahmed501

interesting of you to say that because this has only happened to me when i'm sleeping on my back

Djenn

Nov 12, 2011

To: Everyone

I have been reading everyone's comments and it is just shocking to see how many people are experiencing this...I have been having countless dreams since I was a child as well....I've even seen things too....Overall, I always felt that there is something more that we as a people can't really explain....For about a few years now I started seeing triple numbers such as 333, 111, 222...you name it I've noticed it...I've been doing massive research because this isn't just coincidence....I truly believe this is a spiritual calling.....Yesterday...was actually the first time I heard a deep voice in the middle of the night while I was in bed (and I was awake)....I honestly can't explain it, but as I tried to pretend that I didn't hear it, I heard it again...It happened quick but sounded like a different language andI couldn't comprehend it.......If anyone has any input in this I would gladly appreciate hearing, because right now I really do not know what to think of this....

sunshine2399

Nov 13, 2011

My experience is 2 nights ago I drifted off to sleep in my bed, nothing unusual, I wasn't stressed out. Just another night going to bed peacefully, must have been what seemed like 10 maybe 15 minuets, and I woke up, but not completely . It was strange,I was in that half asleep, half awake state. I suddenly felt this overwhelming pressure around my abdomen. Like someone was squeezing me tightly around the waist. It was uncomfortable, I felt uneasy and I tried to brake free of this pressure/force, but was unable to. I was paralyzed, I couldn't even speak. I tried to scream to get the attention of my sister who was asleep in a bed next to mine, but nothing would come out. I then realized I just had to go through the motions and I kept saying to myself "it will pass, it will pass" "wake up, wake up". I then felt a jolt and then the pressure released and i woke up completely.

I've had this experience a number of times since the age of 15, I'm now 26. It use to freak me out, but now I've sort of accepted it. However it never occurred to me to research similar experiences online until now.

It's refreshing to know that I'm not alone and I am very keen to continue researching, to find out what causes this sleep disorder/experience.

cracksnortxylenecokemeth

Nov 13, 2011

To: everyone

google - Sleep paralysis

cracksnortxylenecokemeth

Nov 13, 2011

To: everyone

google Sleep paralysis. lol.

cracksnortxylenecokemeth

Nov 13, 2011

To: everyone

before we all freeze up, we should google Sleep paralysis ...

mbaladez3

Nov 15, 2011

I'm glad I googled it and found the answers here. Last night my husband fell asleep first and I could hear him moaning like he's trying to call out to me. He couldn't move either. I shook him to wake him up and he asked me if I heard that loud noise, I didn't hear anything but I knew what he was talking about. He fell back to sleep and it happened again, I woke him up and prayed over him 3 times. The 4th time I did it with annointed oil and he slept fine the rest of the night. Just before it happened to him each time, I had my arm around him and I could actually feel the presence on him, I couldn't see it but I felt it. I had this experience at the beginning of the year when we had a bunch of crime incidents happen right by our house. It was frightening. I was laying on my stomach asleepand I was by myself at home, then I heard this loud noise like a train or booming, I could feel the booming in my head, like a vibration. I tried to move but couldn't, I tried to scream but it was like I couldn't yell out. I could see my body laying on the bed, like my spirit was hovering in the corner of my room on the celing. There was a black cloud over my body. I spoke Jesus name, and said leave me in the name of Jesus repeatedly. Then I woke up and nothing was there. I prayed with annointed oil throughout the whole house, especially on my bed and my girls' beds. That night my oldest saw an angel-like figure kneeling down and praying in their room. There's definitely a spiritual thing about this. As to why it happens, don't know, but lauren makes sense. When these things happened, it happened during a time when our spirits are crying out for peace, or when we do negative damage to our souls that day. Yesterday my husband was picking in the past and throwing it like fireballs. He came home in an unthankful state. I think it's our own inner darkness that's trying to keep us trapped and when we sleep our souls try to find an escape for healing. Praying healing for the days damages before bed sounds like a good idea. I'm going to try that.

wanda82

Nov 16, 2011

Hi, I'm 34 years old and last night I had this experenice and I can not explain it it all seem so unbelievable. I was downstair watching t.v. and I had dozed off to sleep I got a phone call that woke me up we talked about five minuits and I placed to covers over my head I could still hear the tv on and I wasnt fully asleep yet. All of a sudden I felt pressure on my chest and arms I was able to move my legs and it seem I kept trying to jump up from the couch I was yelling help me Jesus help me to me it seem I was really loud. I was fighting real hard and I no longer the tv it was absoluetly silent. Then it felt like I was turned on my stomach and i couldnt breath then I started begging again asking Jesus to help me then all of a sudden the pressure was gone but it still took a minuit it wake up afterwards when I finally woke up I went upstairs and everyone was sleep I was too scared to go back to sleep so I stayed up all night. this have never ever happened to me in my life

IngnoranceIsDangerous

Nov 16, 2011

To: dreamcatcher1

What you and everyone else is dealing with is a demonic experience! It's not "aliens", not "sleep parlaysis", does not need "meds". It's what's called an Incubus and Succubus spirit. The demon sits on your chest usually choking you and or paralyzing you. That would explain the darken room for some. The outter body experience is your actual spirit man responding because it's an unclean spirit it attacks in a spirit realm. It attacks during your most weakest times and that's when you are drifting to sleep or sleeping. Keep repeating the name of JESUS over again in your mind until you again the strength to speak and keep calling on JESUS. The cross the some folks mock...JESUS died to set us free from these things over 2000 years ago.

curiouskillsthecat

Nov 18, 2011

today i came home from hunting, grabbed something to eat and went to lay down, i awoke to my mom telling me my food was ready. I ate pretty fast cause i wanted to sleep. I went to lay upstairs where my friend was and i was on one couch he was on the other, i got off my couch and moved to the floor considering wasnt comfortable. Later i heard my brother approach me from downsatis, he was yelling my name and walked up to me and told me to get up cause we had to go, the repeated himeself. i cound hear everything he said but i could not move my body nor speek. all the sudded i knew i couldnt move nor speak and my breath started getting deeper and harder to connect with. I remember thinking that i wanted him to like grab me and shake me but i couldnt speek. i thought to myself that i was going to count to three then try my hardest to move my body. i did so but it did not work, then all the sudden i awoke and was able to move and felt fine. This scared the **** out of me and i have no idea what it is. Please help.

niamh110

Nov 19, 2011

To: niamh101@gmail.com

I am so glad to here that I am not on my own threw this experiance i have had several. From the age of 12 I have had these experiances where I would wake up from asleep an the room would be all dusky an I would try to turn an I would here this realy lound thingling in my ears and my heart pounding so hard and fast I would also not be able to move one part of my body I would try and try but nothing would happen id feel so much presure on my hole body I would try scream for help but nothing try griping the blankets and still I would have no strenght.This would last two mins then i would awake an everything was normal.My most recent experiance was i went to a hotel with my fiance to celabrate our engagment and we went to our room for a sleep and just as i was about to drift apart I hard someone out side the room saying let me in so i tryed to shout at my fiance theres someone outside i noticed the room was all dusky i could not move and there was no sound coming out of my mouth. I also had my hand placed on my arm and i was clenching so tightly to try awake myself when the few mins were up I woke up and had a cut on my arm from were i was tryn to clench with my nails.i feel like i am going to die when this happens because my heart rate goes so fast and hard I dont no if this is a demon or i need to seek medical advice

candacebinion

Nov 20, 2011

To: bmttbrandon

the same thing just happened to me but twise in one night i was so scared

Pennyb3

Nov 20, 2011

To: yvonneb3

I can honestly say this kind of stuff has been happening to me for 40 yrs, I am 58. But they had all stopped when I got together with my husband in 2006. I've been told that when I've been paralyzed in bed and couldn't move that it is not an evil demon but just my soul or spirit trying to get back into my body. Astral projection, I seem to have done this most of my life. When your spirit leaves your body after you fall asleep and you travel the universe or where ever but there is a gold cord that stays connected to you so you can enter your body again. Sometimes the spirit cannot easily get back in so you start panicking until it does. I"ve read that when you die, the gold cord breaks. Anyway, my husband passed away 3 mo ago very suddenly and I've restarted seeing the dark shadows moving all around my bedroom. I look above me while in bed and see dark shadows which look like they are someone reaching down to me, but nothing happens. But now there seems to be a low light that precedes the shadows and its the light that wakes me. I've felt touches to my ankles and my back and for awhile I thought it was my husband. One night I felt the light, woke up and heard a female voice say, "Hello". I wear ear plugs so usually everything is muffled if I do hear anything but her voice was crystal clear. I turned away from the sound and started praying the Our Father and then asked the Holy Spirit to surround me and protect me from what ever was there. Nothing else happened and though I was scared to death, I easily fell back asleep. I'm a mess right now with these new occurances and still mourning deeply the loss of my husband. I am getting a reading done with a psychic I've dealt with before and hope she can give me some answers.....good luck to you all finding answers.

niamh110

Nov 21, 2011

To: candacebinion

Hi I just want to say to you that you might need to go see a doctor this has happend to me twice also and you could be having panic attacks if your heart is beating so fast while you are only awaken from a sleep .I went to my doctor today and I have had blood tests done so maybe you should do the same . I dont really think it could be a spirit I really dont no but it is a frighting experiance . if it is a spirit what you should do before you go to sleep at night is ask your angels to protect you with there wings and ask all the bad enrgys to leave the room and they will it dose work also say a prayer and then thank your angel the next morning . I hope this works for you :)

niamh110

Nov 21, 2011

To: Pennyb3

Hi I just want to say to you that you might need to go see a doctor this has happend to me twice also and you could be having panic attacks if your heart is beating so fast while you are only awaken from a sleep .I went to my doctor today and I have had blood tests done so maybe you should do the same . I dont really think it could be a spirit I really dont no but it is a frighting experiance . if it is a spirit what you should do before you go to sleep at night is ask your angels to protect you with there wings and ask all the bad enrgys to leave the room and they will it dose work also say a prayer and then thank your angel the next morning . I hope this works for you :)

shoons92

Nov 21, 2011

Ok, So I have a few experiences with this so I'll start at the beginning!! Im 19 now, but I must have been about 5 or 6 when this sleep paralysis start happening, I would be having wild dreams about walking around and heavy objects pressing down on my shoulders (such as elephants, planets anything you could imagine, strange i know) with such force it would be so uncomfortable, then suddenly wake up, but not really wake, I know my brain is awake and my body is asleep but at the time it was as if someone was sitting on my chest and i couldn't move or talk, and wake after a few minutes. My dad used to experience it too and he called it the old hag! Anyway this happened lots of times over the years. But it hasn't happened in about 4 years and last night was one of the scariest because I don't know if I was awake / asleep or half and half!!!! I got into bed and was tossing and turning for a few minutes, and that is where it gets fuzy, I don't think I fell asleep, but I could hear loud footsteps on the wooden floor on my boyfriends side of the bed, and then like someone jumped and all of a sudden I was overwhelmed by a sudden fear, I could hear my heart beating so fast it was painful, it felt and sounded as if I was being electrocuted or something, buzzing sounds n feelings, I was so hot! I tried to call my boyfriend but my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth and I just sort of groaned, i felt as if i was being blown back into the bet by a magnetic force/feeling!!! i tried to kick him but nope, i was paralyzed too ! Im not sure how long this lasted as I think your senses are blurred when this happened but it couldnt have been anymore than a minute! I seriously thought I was having a stroke or heart attack or that i was going to spontaneously combust! I was so fearful at that very moment. but all at once i felt sudden release and everything lifted, my heart resumed normal rhythm, temperature went back to normal and the room seemed brighter than normal. I don't know if this is related but a few times over the last few weeks I have woken with a jolt after 'forgetting' to breath!!!!!! Im ******** myself tbh

John_jb1

Nov 21, 2011

Sleep paralysis is common, everyone gets it at some point in their life - though usually it isn't longer than a few seconds. I get them and I cannot move for about 15 seconds, though I read some of you guys had minutes of it, that must have been terrible! Very scarey!
But yes, people very often hallucinate such things as ghosts sitting on their chests, or things going on around them in the room - it's a theory of why some people believe in paranormal nonsense and claim to see ghosts.

It's due to the fact that our brain paralysis our body during sleep to stop us from acting out dreams and rolling off of the bed etc. When our brain doesn't 'un-paralyse' us, we experience total paralysis.

That's the basics anyway, there's not actually a full known reason for why ewe get it.

Here's some further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html
http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/A6092471
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1740

Cheers,

- John -

ab58lon

Nov 21, 2011

To: dreamcatcher1

what dreams or state we experience when we are asleep is an extnsion of what we focus on when we are awake. It's like these feelings stick to us in sleep like glue. Focus on what lifts you, your girlfriend, laughs with friends, watch the trees on the way to work..etc and then think about them before you go to sleep. If you have a religious focus like Jesus , or living example of a positive person..think about their kindnesses before you go to sleep. Above all don't watch movies that just repeat or reinvent the actions or thoughts of those stuck on the dark side... it sticks to you at night... use bright, constructive, happiness to liberate you.....sweet dreams and above all blessings...and remember pass them on !

ab58lon

Nov 21, 2011

To: mbaladez3

best idea I've heard so far..thank you and god bless

ab58lon

Nov 21, 2011

To: PennyB3

sincerest condolences for your loss, blessings and best wishes..

rivamoller

Nov 21, 2011

To: dreamcatcher1

I did have somethin similar to what u say since i was 12 years old and now i am 23, just kind use to it, it's spirit which assigned to people when they born (not ur spirit) n it's not other human spirit, with some people it's very worse than ur case where they ll scream and trumble in their bed, for other it's matter of 1 minu, for me it's like that my body start to paralyse and i go in deep sleep and then it holds me tightly pushing me in crushing way my heart beat faster but because i am use to it i relax myself when it comes and i fight it back and trying to twist it break it, even if i wake up and sleep straight away it will come back like 9 times in one night I have to totaly get awake and change my sleeping position, look if u have it in bad way and u scare to get u worse ask for someone who have big knowledge in islam only a man of religion but a scholor as for muslim they have big knowledge about spirits and devils but as I said search for scholor in ur place u dont need to convert of belive in different believes but they can help u a lot I wish u the best and that u ll over power it. thanks for sharing

opg360

Nov 24, 2011

I had something similar to this as well. One night I was trying to go to sleep but i couldent i was trying to force myself to go to sleep because I have to go to school the next day. After couples of hour moving back and forth i finally fell asleep i remember when i woke up my eyes were twitching really fast and the time I woke up it was 2:35 am in the morning and i was mumbling out some words I tried getting up I couldent I tried yelling for help but i couldent so i tried to mumble prayers and it got better and after I felt that I can move and so i got up took my blankets and went to sleep with my brother and I woke him up I was scared as hell wat i just experienced so I was telling him and hes like this is not the time for ghost storys.

niamh110

Nov 24, 2011

I had another night of it last night second time in two weeks.I was stayn in my sisters house an my sister left the bedroom to go out side for a smoke but she was gone awhile so i drifted of and i herd sumone walkn around the room and i thought was her so i went to sit up and say hello but i could not move i was lien on my side an i felt it was been crushed the pain was unreall. I called for help but nothing and i could here my sisters voice from out side the room on her phone so it was not her in the room was something elese i could not open my eyes nothing . I snaped out of it an my hip bone was really sore it felt like somone had me crushsn me to death. So i ran out to my sister an we would not sleep in the room at all last nite but after this happend i felt like so weak an the life had been sucked out of me

rose_potatoe

Nov 24, 2011

i was in bed, it was very late (like three in the morning) and i had just started to dose off. i right away i start to dream in very bright, very colourful dream "clips" -i guess, and for whatever reason i feel the need to wake up. i open my eyes. one sees my blurry bedroom in the darkness and the other is still receiving moving images that are my dream. my heart begins to beat loudly and i'm completely frozen. my body can't move and i start to freak out a little more. after an eternity (three seconds) i've had enough with my helplessness and jolt out of whatever the hell that was. i try to explain what happened to my cousin but she doesn't understand. i'm not the first, right?

niamh110

Nov 24, 2011

To: rose_potatoe

This happens to me all the time its very weird experiance

tdavis_

Nov 24, 2011

I am 20 years old and I have had these things happening to me for many years now. Sometimes they are frequent and then it wont happen for a few months. Today, Thanksgiving, I was napping after having dinner and woke up suddenly .. However, I am awake and fully aware of what is happening around me I cannot breathe anything but short breaths, I cannot talk or move and I always try to help myself breathe by touching my chest which I obviously cannot do. This always becomes a panic and I'm stuck like this for seconds longer but seconds feel so long when you feel paralyzed. I have no idea what to do but I want it to stop

slurn68

Nov 25, 2011

Ive had this happen to me in the past many times....the buzzing sound and feeling of being lifted or pulled from my bed, at times paralysis..sometimes the sound of a wind tunnel and then bang, back in my body. I was scared when i used to get this but after much reserach and reading i realze that it is simply your soul/spirit leaving your body at night when you sleep. This is normal and what you experience in strange sensations is your spirit slamming back into your body. Its all ok...nothing to fear.

melaniexx

Nov 25, 2011

i dont have a account on here and ive looked for answers for a very long time now and i cant find any.. apart from when ur half awake and half asleep ur in both worlds'' spirt the first time it happend to me .. the night before i was reading this mag and i came to the page about this woman who can talk to animals dont ask... lol it said if u picture a gold thread going from ur heart to an animals and bit by bit u go closer to the animal u can talk to it... {yeh i know} i was only 19 so i fell asleep i woke really early half asleep still, my cat was on the top of the sofa because at the time i was visiting my mother i tryed it .. rememeber i was half asleep i wish i never... i started to hear a moaning sound from across the front room my body went really heavey and i couldnt move my heart was going soo fast i was seriously scared then the buzzing started all round my head and i heard about 100000 peoples voices all going at the same time i can only describe it as if they was in a very large hall and there was a echo every one trying to speak at the same time by this time i was trying my hardest to move i even tryed to scream with no luck nothing would come out i saw the cat with its hair on end fly out the room and i remember thinking gee thanks... i know i wasnt sleeping because i rememeber trying to keep my eyes open as hard as i could because they was getting real heavey and i thought to my self if i can hear people i sure as hell dont wanna see them! next thing i heard as loud as day right next to my ear i wanna tell u some thing'' in a old mans voice well that did it with all my might i flew up ran out the room went to my mums room and cryed my eyes out lol my mum still doesnt believe me and says i had a bad dream i just know every since then i get it now and then when im really tired and as soon as the buzzing starts i put the light on and it seems to stop but if im unlucky and i fall sleep i dont know im asleep i think im awake trying to turn the light on!... so i have to push my head up in my sleep because i know its not real then turn the light on but after it always feels like i have about 300 eyes on me and it gives me the creeps every time

lindsey1985

Nov 26, 2011

i was alseep and woke to being pushed down on and i felt stuck to my bed it felt very heavy i also got a feeling that something eveil was in the room with me, i have two windows in my room with curtains on both windows i felt a daft and above my head could see the curtains moving like a window was open blowing them but after i woke no window was open on either of them, it was really weird, then not long ago it happened again i was in bed and i woke to feeling like i was being ragged about like being shaked it was really weird dont no what this is but i feel like its evil

Bryanlovespickles

Nov 27, 2011

Come on, this happens to everyone, ur sleeping and boom u can't move...the first time this happened to me I was omg so scared!! Like I was screaming mom mom but I couldn't hear myself lol. When you force it, it'll take longer for ur body to respond. So If this happens again just relax, don't force it, as in don't try so hard to move. And I wouldn't call this a sleep paralysis because u can still move ur fingers and feet I think and when ur paralyzed you can't move any part of ur body. so I would call this a late reaction ;) Just trying to cheer you guys up, cause you all seem scared!!! So yeah peace!!

niamh110

Nov 28, 2011

To: Bryanlovespickles

ye i have to agree dat wen ur asleep sumtimes ur brain is stil asleep and you think ur awake but really u are dreaming and ur body reacts an goes into a spasem and it takes you awhile to come around but for me an sum people ur heart can increase an dat is the problem because im now on tablets for that because i was haven panic attacks threw my sleep an dis cud very well be the problem not for all but for some of u guys

kickkid7

Nov 28, 2011

The first time this happened to me .i was at a friends house fell asleep then all of a sudden i heeard a swirling of wind obove me i was asleep on my back . then, one at a time four things swooped down on me a grabbed each one of my limbs both arms and both legs and one of the things covered my mouth.and the fifth thing started punchng me in my sides really hard .i tried yelling but it was a mumble or groan my friends name was amanda and was sleeping on the couch caddy corner to me ..i tried to say her name over and over and was using my fingers to try and drag my arm over to her and touch her ..i finally after about two mins started pronouncing her name. she woke up and started freaking out and i was saying help me amanda .. and i could hear her ,saying whats wrong and could tell by her voice she was freaking out but i still couldnt open my eyes..i said touch me ..she did and one by one the things let go and flew away and let me open my eyes..that was about a year ago and since then its happened at least thirty time but it never things holding me anymore it feels like it slips into my body and wont let me move so i instantly start moaning my girlfriends name until she either touches me or i fight it and wake myself it ***** so bad cause i know what ever it is it not doing anything good to my body or soul i feel like i brought something into my home and one day it will start messing with my daughters.. i will freak out if this happens ...another thing has anyone heard that they feel like they are falling in their sleep but wake up before they hit the ground because if they hit the ground you die ...? well i ******* hit the groung everytime and bounce and hit it again ..and everytime wake up feeling like i just fell off the world ..

jackie2324

Nov 29, 2011

they say dont keep Jesus picture in your room or the demons and evil SPIRITS go in it and will try taking over you so keep any pictures out ur room and pray every night keep a cross next to u i had a horrible night mare last nite of a demon tryin to get into my body and i couldn't move it so can be someone that hates you and is jealous of you and had a spell on you with dARK magic i hope this helps you cuz im going to church only waY TO MAKE THIS STOP ;[

jackie2324

Nov 29, 2011

they say dont keep Jesus picture in your room or the demons and evil SPIRITS go in it and will try taking over you so keep any pictures out ur room and pray every night keep a cross next to u i had a horrible night mare last nite of a demon tryin to get into my body and i couldn't move it so can be someone that hates you and is jealous of you and had a spell on you with dARK magic i hope this helps you cuz im going to church only waY TO MAKE THIS STOP ;[

ReneeLease

Nov 30, 2011

To: many of you

It sounds like many of you are experiencing Sleep Paralysis. This link is very helpful, and describes what many of you are experiencing. I just looked it up because of what my son has been experiencing. Click here: Ask the Brains: What Is Sleep Paralysis?: Scientific American
I hope the link works!

purelightwhitelight

Dec 04, 2011

To: everyone

what you guys are experiencing is the beginning  of astral projection, you can actually do this while awake, you get so relaxed to the point of your body paralyzing and then you can lift out of your body, i noticed all the bad experiences is when you fall asleep then wake up and your paralyzed,
the first time i had sleep paralysis was when i had made a piece for the Ouija board   because i had lost the piece you put your hands on to point at each letter or number, i had actually went to another city for the weekend to visit my sister, my brother and his gf at the time used the board and in the same night they used it was the same night i woke up  with this horrifying feeling, a pressure started at my toes then moved up to my head and i couldn' t even scream for help, when i went home they were using it and then i just knew what was going on and they told me they used it that night, i read something years later saying this happens to lot' s of people who use the board or take any part in anything like that, so today i was learning to about astral projection since i have done it once and tonight i was starting to it again until this really deep voice in another language started talking to me, i broke out of it this time with ease. I was studying demons the day before, i believe i broke out of the paralysis because i am strong with god now it usually happens when you involve your self with darkness, when i think of god all the time and never think of evil nothing this never happens.

or it' s all just a coincidence and it' s all in your head lol
like the people who have never experienced this would say.

Jennarhea87

Dec 04, 2011

Since I was a child I have had these episodes where I have been pulled down to the bottom of my bed while awake, like someone or thing grabbed my ankles and pulled, it would leave me afraid to go back to sleep, also another time about 5 years ago I was sleeping on the couch with my daughter an I was Awaken by being paralyzed not able to talk or move my body, and I could hear a women's laughter as she shook me vigorously and I was awake and after the paralysis stopped I was unable to go back to sleep, I have read on it and it says I suffer from sleep paralysis but I don't think thats the case!

ankandie

Dec 06, 2011

To: Julykisses

You hit the nail Julykisses. We all get headaches but the pain is not always the same, yes we all experience the same thing with a little twist in our mind of what we think it may be. I also had this from the age of 5, I am now 38 years old. I always tell people that I am going to die in my sleep. I would often cry because I wanted to sleep but was so afraid to, I started working the night shift so I won't have to sleep at night where no one won't be around. When I fall asleep during the day it's only for an hour or less which my kids often wake me up because they needed something so it helps. One day I fell asleep and my 2 year old took her finger and stock it up my nose just to wake me up. I felt every pain of that, I couldn't stop her, I couldn't move, but I felt the pain cause she was just diggin in my nose. When I got up there was nothing but blood running down my nose and all I did was cry. There is someone in standing there in my sleep but I could never see their face, when I turned 14 I saw the face of my mom. I told my mom and she got mad at me thinking that I was telling her that she was the one that was doing this to me. To make a long story short, my mom just passed away in June and in October it has not happen to me since. Now I go to sleep in peace on my back, side and front. I just felt that whatever it was my mom took it away. Now I have to wonder that when I seen the face of my mom, was that person or thing tried to tell me that my mom is the one that can stop it.

Shamya

Dec 08, 2011

It's so weird bcuz as a little girl I used 2 wake up and not b able 2 move and wen I shouted 2 my mum or dad my words wudnt come out I used 2b so afraid 2 sleep there was this 1 time wen I was little a pink bubble came around my head and I cud hear evrything around me it almost felt like I was sufferc8tin!!! Now I am 25 and I stills find it scary it only happens now and again and I can hear myself talkin 2myself tellin myself 2 calm down without me thinking 2 even tel myself 2 calm down if it makes sense. Also if sum1 touches me whilst I am sleeping and my body is goin throu this strange thing the tighter my body gets for example wen I was little and I woke up and cudnt move my sista tried wakin me and the more she shook my shoulder the tighter my body got and again it felt like I cudnt move or breath!!!! It is a very distressing experience but can b very kwik even tho it doesn't feel kwik @ the time!

Epicdude123

Dec 08, 2011

To: Unnamed

This is the weirdest thing on the planet. I'm 12 years old and last night something weird happened. I was at my dad's house in gilroy, and I slept pretty good. My dad woke me up around 5 AM as that's when he leaves for work and took me to my mom's house. My sister slammed the door on me (she's 8) so I hit her lightly and I tried to go to sleep. Now I've experienced what all of you have just said. Basically I wasn't asleep yet but barely conscious, then I heard a loud ringing in my ears. This happens frequently whenever I'm about to enter a nightmare of some sort and stuff, but what was different this time was that it felt like something was applying pressure to my back/waist. I thought I was about to go into a nightmare but I was sick and tired of this so I decided to just open my eyes and try to think things to make it stop. I thought "**** this ****. I won't put up with this **** anymore. Do whatever the hell you want to me, demon, but I won't give a ****" and things like that (I thought it was some ghost thing because I read about things like that which put bad dreams into you. I also tend to swear alot when I'm mad and there's no adult around). The ringing in my ears toned down to nothing, and the pressure has come off of me. I get up. It's been only about 25 minutes since I got here (looked at the clock). I slept on the couch and everything was fine. But while it was happening I felt like some evil spirit thing was around as I could feel the presence, but it scared the **** out of me. I think it may be linked to when I was 10 or so when I was terrified of demons and hell and the devil and dreaded the afterlife and wondered if I would go to heaven or hell and what hell would be like and stuff like that and soon I had a weird dream. My friends and I were standing around a toybox outside of my room. I heard growling which got louder and grew to barking. I got sucked into this toybox and was flying down a metal passage with fire at the end shaped like a bull's head. I woke up, and after a few seconds of heavy breathing and extreme heartbeats, I heard a noise I shall never forget ever in my whole entire life. I looked into the corner ceiling of my room where the ceiling and walls meet, and I saw a punching bag shaped dark figure. "Utor" or "you tore" or something like that it said, in a deep voice. Then an evil laugh, a crack, and gone, no more punching bag. This was when I was 10 so it creeped me out like hell. Hopefully someone can explain this. Oh and I looked up Utor and it's Latin for "to use/to possess". I've never heard Utor in my life and didn't (and still don't!!) know latin words.

mmishell

Dec 09, 2011

This happened a few years ago, I was in my 30's.  I went  to bed for the night and at some point while I was sleeping I was woke up by one of my kids saying "mom".  I was facing my door that looked right into the hall, so I waited to see what child it was.  I called out "do you need something" assuming somebody needed a drink or something.  Well after waiting a few minutes and trying to listen for sounds of a child in the bathroom or sombody being up, I though I must have drempt it so I forgot about it and shut my eyes to go back to sleep.

It was just a few moments later when I felt a hard tug (very hard and very deliberate) on my pajama  sleeve, so I thought it was the kid that was 'up' on the side of my bed pulling on me, I was going to roll to the side to see who it was but as I tried to roll ...

...... something or someone was holding me down.. I could feel the pressure on my chest of being held down but it was even more than that, I was totally paralized, I couldn't move anything, I could not even lift my head up at all.  I considered screaming out but I was terrified so I just layed there until it stopped.... It only lasted a minute or two and has never happened  since.  I considered that I was asleep but I know I wasnt', I was totally awake and very aware as to what had just happened.  I just laid there all night long, too terrified to even move !!!

sara115

Dec 09, 2011

I have always felt spirits around me growing up, and i always seem to have very realistic confusing dreams. Last night for the first time I had a very vivid dream but in my dream at the end I was in a room doing some light thing, im not sure what and a huge spirit came out of this closet and the light wouldnt turn on. I was with someone Im not sure who and I was asking them to take it and then all of a sudden the spirit lunged forward into me and I actually physically felt this spirit inside of me. I could move and I couldnt breath but my eyes were open. Then I immediately woke up and my body still felt tigly. For some reason when I woke up I felt a sort of freedom like a weight had been lifted off myself and I was sweating. I woke up scared though and couldnt fall back asleep until it turned a little lighter outside.

borgetto

Dec 10, 2011

I've had similar things happen to me throughout my life. Many in that half asleep/half awake/half conscious state. There are a lot of things in this universe that act upon people that we don't fully understand. Being native, I grew up in a culture aware of these things. Among other things, I use sage to clear the negative energy when this happens. It is, also, a good protector. I prefer the desert sage, but they all work. Imagining light all around you as often as possible is helpful too. As is asking the light spirits around you to protect you.

allie1214

Dec 10, 2011

To: everyone

FINALLY i feel like im not alone. ive been having these weird episodes of feeling like my body is paralyzed, im choking, i know im trying to move but it feels like my fingers weigh like 700pds each! when im sleeping. This all started happening to me when i was 16 and got the flu shot which got me REALLY sick. I started getting high fevers for days and thats when i started having these episodes of feeling like i cant move, cant breathe, cant scream for help. I have no idea if these fevers damaged me in some way? or if its a sleeping disorder? at first i thought to my self it might just be my asthma but nope its nothing like it. i told my mom n she says that i need to lose weight maybe thats the problem which i know is not the issue. i talked to my doctor about it and she said "you just need to relax before going to sleep it might just be a nightmare" so they both made me feel alone...like it was all in my head. i just had an episode and woke up and now im scared to go back to sleep. its a horrible feeling...

D_KiD95

Dec 12, 2011

To: D-KiD

ive been having these kind of dreams since i was like 9 years old.but i have never known what it was till today that i searched it up.every time that i feel like this its not the same.like a month ago i went to sleep and when i woke up i just couldnt move,then when i opened my eyes i can see a guy on top of me grabing my arms and holding me down,he kept telling me to calm down,what i do when i have these dreams is,i try to fight it off and i cus at it as if it was a person then i act like i give up but really quickly i use my force against it and thats when i wake up.the first time this happened to me i was sleeping with my mom and i was trying to wake her up but offcourse i couldnt and i was scared.but after that i now understand how to make it stop when it happens and i really done care!but hopefully this will stop forever some day!good luck to all you

ninimixmamii

Dec 14, 2011

To: everyone

I have the same thing happen to me but the weird thing is that i can leave my body and see my self sleeping or if someone else is sleeping next to me i can see both of us sleeping or i see evil things one time i saw a women standing in my room and i tried to move to run but i couldn't and the other two times i saw the devil head. Every night i pray to see if it would help sometimes i yell for help but no one can hear me but last night it happen to me and i keep trying to wake up and i woke up for a sec and then i ended up still out of my body i got so tired of trying i laid on the floor and started crying for about 5 minutes and then i woke up this is the third time getting out of my body..this really scares me sometimes i wounder what if i leave my body for good and cant come back.

intitek

Dec 14, 2011

To: all

so far all my episodes have happened in the U.S. right now i am in thailand, i checked in this hotel room 318(whats odd you might ask) and my first night there i started to fall asleep when suddenly i felt it starting to happen to me.......you know, first with the weird sound in your ear going to your brain; anyway, before it got any further i tried to wake up myself before it got out of hand like you all know it can get and as i was making a motion to lift my body out of bed i felt paralyzed midway up and for that split second i fought it with all my strenght, i felt the tingling feeling all over my body and i started to see the room get darker, i also started to see an very dark presence in the ceiling falling over me and wanted to take control, but some how i was able to get out of it and i think it was due to the fact that i was able to recognize that it started with that strange sound in my ear, which is not always the case, but as soon as i knew it was going to happen i tried to get up, and maybe that can help you stop it if you recognize it soon enough. i stay there 2 more night, and i left to Cambodia for 2weeks only to return to the same hotel and to my surprise; which actually i wasn't because i knew this had to be more than just a dream; when i ask for a room, the person gave me the same room!!!!!!!!! what are the odds? and when i mentioned to him that i had a feeling that the room was waiting for me, he just smirked. what i really wanted to ask him was if someone had died in the room. my feelings in this whole thing is having a stronger connection with the other world(?) the spirit world. today i am going back to the same hotel, since i left to another city for a few days, but i can bet i will get the same room, but this time i will ask if someone died there...will they tell me? i don't know yet but i will let you know!!!!!

joebr2012

Dec 15, 2011

To: Whoever?

My stories almost match these except, I'll be in a dream..for example i was takin a **** in a stall and my friend was in the one next to me.. then we were talking and i became conscious in my dream and started to think. I was like. wait a minute, how did i get here? Oh im asleep right now in my dream. as i started to realize it was a dream, everything around me went black and my perception was no longer in my head but at my eyes, with my eyelids closed, i am unable to move, i feel a vibrating sensation that is fallowed with a humming noise. I can feel the presence of someone or something and on different accounts that someone or something has done different things. the first time this happened to me i was about 14 and i can still picture the evil demons face. it was an outline of his face in white, it was like i could see him through my closed eyelids in the white lines that you can see when ur eyes are closed, he had horns and he was just in my face and it was warm. then he started laughing and his mouth morphed into the mouth of a dog with alot of sharp and pointy teeth, and his jaw was bouncing up an and down and he said "were guna have fun tonight" with a deep voice. I try and try to move nd i can only explain the effort needed to move by giving the example of trying to do a push up after you've done about 50, your trying and trying but ur muscles wont work. humming noise, and demon in ur face. prettty damn scary. I was so scared i ran to my moms room and slept next to her on the floor. One time i was paralysed and i felt it walking on my bed, another time i fell asleep in a chair and i just stared at me looking down at me from behind me. another time i felt it pulling at my heart and the sensation of my chest rising and being tugged at. It happens at random, it hasn't happened for a while, but its unexpected and scary as ****, i don't know...if its a sleeping disorder, maybe im having seizures in my sleep? I don't know, but I've tried to not get scared and talk to it. but the longer i stay in that staight of paralysis, the humming gets louder, my fear increases each second and i feel as though my soul is being removed from my body through my eyes, like something is sucking me out. so i can't help but try to move, i never had allowed it to happen for more than 20 seconds

exile1011

Dec 16, 2011

To: ALL

i just now had this happen to me, it happen before a couple of times but i just shrug it off and forget about it. but today was weird....i was sitting on a couch about 10 feet from a window in front of me. i knew something was out there but i couldn't tell what...it was to dark. next thing i know something asked me did i see them in a voice i didn't recognize. i tried to move but couldn't. so usually when i have a scary dream like that i can wake myself up.. well this time i only opened my eyes and could see i was laying in my bed then i heard the voice again asking me if i see them and it was like a giggle in there voice now. well knowing i wasn't wake i closed my eyes again and could see the window and the voice asked if i could see him. well i started to follow the voice to the right of the room and there was a door. the sound was right beside it but didn't come in yet. so i opened my eyes once again and started to try and move at first i could only lift up my arm but it would always drop back down. then the voice said u seem me now as if it was standing right beside me. i was curious to see so i closed my eyes again but i couldn't go back to the room to see what it was. i could just see the inside of my eye lids. so i opened my eyes up freaking out and used every thing i had and began to set up while the voice kept asking me do i see him now. it was like i had weights evenly over my body holding me down. i was so close to setting up i was looking around my room. then my phone ring and the feeling in my body fully came back to me. it was like the voice new i was trying to wake up but didn't wanna let me do it. i have never been so freaked out in my life. and the feeling of being in a dream went away.

z4ky

Dec 16, 2011

To: mhie27

WE are put on this earth as way to test us, maybe your being warned your heading the wrong way. See if ISLAM helps...believing in the one true God can relieve you from these things. I swear to you. Good luck.

popeziggy

Dec 17, 2011

To: All

This happens to me too. I always read psalm 16 before i sleep or when it happens to me, and i'm ok

larsj

Dec 19, 2011

To: larsj

I have had similar experiences for a long time now in many different locations. I experience the same thing every time, I have just passed into sleep and am surrounded by an extreme buzzing sound(like electricity) and cannot move and my body is surrounded by red electricty in lines and bolts. It is very scary and I have to will myself to wake up. Recently I have started hearing the electrical buzzing sound in short bursts that progressively get closer together. This happens while I am still awake and aware of my surrounding and I know an "experience" is imminent. It makes me not want to go to sleep. I use drugs and drink and this seems to happen most when I am using heavily and I have wondered if it is possible that I am actually dying and trying to fight death, as that it what it feels like when it happens.

dreamcontroller13

Dec 19, 2011

This happened to me last night. This is not the first time it happened, but since I am aware of it, it doesn't bother me anymore.
First time it happened to me 14 yrs ago, I was sleeping, suddently, I felt long arm hitting my body, I couldn't turn my head but I was able to see the seeling, the window, and the arm from my righ side of the bed. I paniked. I just closed my eyes thinking I may be dead and my soul is coming out of my body lol. so I relaxed and started reading the word of god. few seconds later, I woke up.

I asked few people about it and they explained that the brain was awake and the body was a sleep. it also happened to my girlfriend when I heard her trying to talk like she is having a nightmare, I smiled and I knew she is experiencing the sleep parylizing. so I woke her up and she was so thrilled and scared at the same time.

Last night, I had the same problem, only this time I felt someone squeezed my body sooo tight. I tried to move, I felt I couldn't and I said, well here we go again, I just relaxed and it went off right way. it doesn't scare me anymore.

All you guys have to do is, when you feel you can't move, don't panic, don't even try to call someone. Just relax and let your muscles relax, and and and DO NOT be scared, b/c that how you keep having dreams of an evil trying to take over your body. it is not that bad. it could be a pillow problem b/c sometimes I feel my head is numb, and pillow can affect it and also stress in life. So do not panic. read your bible when u feel u can't move and don't think of spirit trying to take over you.

delaram222

Dec 20, 2011

Hi dear friends I'm very happy that I'm not alone with theses bad experiences.
I have this problem since I was 8, I always thought maybe it ends up someday. But it comes again in new and different styles, Now I'm 20, and it is getting worse. Sometimes I think maybe I never wake up again, I feel I'm going to die, The huge signals energy comes to my brain, it hurts me too much, I hear the sounds in my ears, a alien whispering something, sometimes he calls my name delaram, delaram with laughing!!!

I'm in doubt maybe somebody is trying to control my brain by the Harrp Energy!

delaram222

Dec 20, 2011

I was forgot to say, I don't scare of it at all, and I don't believe in evil, I just believe in god,....

Sometimes this kind of sleeps is very interesting and enjoyable because you see something that you never saw before, and It refreshes your soul!!

But I'm just worry about the signals and the harrp energy.

Josephescalante

Dec 20, 2011

this is my first time its happend and it happend 30 minutes ago. im not realy religious im kinda agnostic but i belive in spirits. i was told when i was little that it happend to my mom when my grandpa died. and all i know is i went to sleep on my futon my dog and cat are here in the living room as i sleep and i open my eyes and i can see the computer im on currecntly since its in my living room and i can see my tv was still playing the video i was watching and i hear some one whispering things and i see some one super close to me like hovering over me kind of then i feel like i cant move at all only roll my eyes. i start realizing quickly im geting scared and i feel a huge amount of fear unknown to me and what ever is happening the whispers in an odd language . so i yell but nothing comes out its in my damn mind i realized it instantly also i said to myself eaither some ones about to kill me or im encountering that thing that botherd my mom when she was younger. i looked over to my basemnt door and my cat is sleeping by it he sudenly wake up and starts hissing at me and now i hear these whispers as if there trying to calm me like re assure me but i dont understand em. but once my cat hisses my dog is under the futon he wakes up comes out then starts growlling and barking he then jumps up onto the futon climbs on me and makes a snaping bite motion. but at this time when i saw my dog going for what ever it is i was mad the most i ever been in my life and all i wanted was to kill what ever doing this to me so my dog wouldent get hurt i was fearing for my dogs life. so once i felt my anger and rage the whispers stoped in mid word and with out second thought i some how swung my body up and threw a fist at what i thought was maybe a person but there was nothing. my pets dont seem to want to leave my side at the momment my dogs at my feet and my cats sleeping on the desk at my keyboard i woke up my gf grabing my grandmothers cross figured if it was a spirit here to bother me that the only person i know who didnt give a **** what was in her face weather a human being or a demon she could be the one to drive it away lol. so yea for some it may be a sleeping dissorder and for other something ells and for the people that have something ells u dont fear it but u tell it to **** off and dont let it scared, i was geting scared but once i felt my dogs life in danger it let me go when it senced my anger for it

StillPushingForward628

Dec 21, 2011

To: mhie27

Your experience is very simpler to what I've been experiencing for the last two years. Unfortunately I do not have a pet to let me know something is actually present. At one point thought I was losing my mind until my son told me he heard something moving around in my room one evening while I was out and went to investigate with pistol in hand but he did not see anything disturbing. I Read about this sleep paralysis and thought that may be the problem but now have my doubts. Last night while attempting to go into a deep sleep I felt a slap on my right hand and then saw an old woman holding a child - she looked very old and could hear myself shouting at this image to get out of my house but she walked to the other side of my room - then I woke up with my right hand stinging and feeling very angry. I immediately cited Psalm 23 and felt calmness. I feel a little better knowing I’m not the only person going through these strange and frightening experiences.

nboyer53

Dec 22, 2011

hello my name is Nathan, i am 16, last night at 4 o'clock i was awaken after feeling a heavy force inside me or on me, i was unable to open my eyes or move for a second but i ignored it and went back to sleep, next i was woken to feeling something in front of me speaking not English, i was again not able to move or open my eyes but for what felt like much longer, i wrote down what happen and what i heard right after. when i wrote in what i heard in multiple ways and multiple langues until i found it, in Latin it means less then the hope of god. its only what i could remember but this is something at least.i am scared and i f any one has anything that could help me please email me at ***@****

intitek

Dec 23, 2011

To: mhie27

hey would love to talk about certain things if you dont mind. write to me at ***@****

kalypso8484

Dec 23, 2011

Ok when I was about 7 this weird thing happened to me for weeks and I would like to know what it is. I would lay in bed awake looking at the ceiling, because I wasn't able to sleep. Eventually at a certain point in the night I would start seeing these things. They looked like little monsters but they all looked different, when I closed my eyes they were still there. I was so scared I couldn't move. Eventually I mustered up my courage and went to my mom's room. I layed down with her but I still couldn't go to sleep. One night I found out if I turned on the light they would go away. Another night I slept on the couch while my dad was on the other one. I started singing Mr. Roger's neighborhood and the started to die. Then these tornados formed and sucked up the bodies and spit them out healthy again. I haven't seen them ever again but I would really like to know why I saw them. If anyone has an explanation I would be glad to hear it.

kalypso8484

Dec 23, 2011

To: mhie27

Have you ever though of the possibility of it being a ghost?

dara5

Dec 24, 2011

To: Manith

My name is Manith, and why in my body so afriad when I meet new things. What happend with me, and the end who can help me, and I will waiting your answer.
Thank you.

Amishlover

Dec 25, 2011

To: Everyone

Alot of this has happened to me I'm christian so I have trouble accepting it but do any of you think maybe were psychic and seeing spirits some evil?

Bri3782

Dec 25, 2011

I'm glad that I am not alone. Until today, this hasn't happend to me in months. It happened to me twice today while I was trying to nap. I'm sleeping, but feel awake. I'm gasping for air,and trying so so hard to move my hands and legs but I can't. I can't open my eyes, and I can't cry out for help. I used to live with my boyfriend and when this would happen, I would reach out to him to wake up me,to help me, but apparently when I finally awoke, he would say I never stirred or I never said anything. I don't know if this is paranormal or what???

dezza112

Dec 26, 2011

To: Dezza112

Interestingly everyone's experiences tend to be a bit different than mine. I'm 27 now and I've had these experiences ever since I was 6 and I still remember the very first time it happened because it was the most terifying experience I have ever witnessed. I remember drifting of to sleep then being suddenly woken up paralysed and right in front of me was what I can only describe as a ghostly face of an old lady. It kinda looked like a smoky/whitish outline of a face if I had to describe it but i could definately tell it was an old lady's face. While I was paralysed for what seemed like eternity I just remember basically all I could do was stare right at it's face while it screamed right at me. I can only explain the screaming as being similar like when you drag your fingernails down a blackboard but alot worser than that kinda like it was "otherworldy" To this day I've continued to have these experiences but none of them have been as horrifying as the first experience. I was really shocked to see the term 'old hag' being used because that term describes exactly what i saw that night and I have no explanation as to why something I experienced seems to have been experienced all over the world and yet also throughout history. I can understand some people saying it could be evil spirits or others saying its just a scientific condition because over the years I've experienced different kind of paralysis like sometimes when I do actually feel an evil presence but there have been times too when it happens and my mind seems clear and I easily can get out of the paralysis by thinking rationally and gradually moving my body to get out of it. From what I have read from people's experiences in this forum it seems that although similar to each other that they are also different and that some people have totally different experiences and also the methods that some use to try and stop S.P from happening are different to each other....it's really weird..

Hannah0000

Dec 27, 2011

I'm 12 and ever since I was about 9 I've had this. About every 3 months like you said I'll have a "paralyzation" experience. I thought it was because I could lucid dream, which I taught myself to do right before the first experience.
It is important for you to know I have been studying dreams and the stages of sleep for 2 years now. What can I say? I'm a bloody genius.
Anyway, I found out it could be hereditary, do I asked my parents if they had every experienced it. My mom said she hadn't, but my dad said he had it a lot and always wondered what it was. I then further researched and found it could be caused by high blood pressure, which my dad has and I could possibly have. I might have been having a dream that got my blood pressure up, and, upon awakening, my body would not move because of it.
What I'm trying to say is have your blood pressure checked.
Either that or I'm just a weirdo Also I read that normally a person experiences this only ONCE in their life. I'm 12 and it's happened to me way more than 1 time.
The first time it happened I saw a dark hooded figure standing in the doorway. The second time I saw a witch kneeling beside my bed looking at me. One time I just heard a guy talking, saying he was sorry he left me like this and from now on he'll be there for me. Another time I heard someone say, "I love you." When I was younger I remember seeing a woman sitting on my chair in my room. She would watch me sleep and when I woke up I would see her walk out of my room. I could move during these, I wasn't paralyzed. I wonder if she has anything to do with this occurrences, if they are supernatural. And yes, I'm 12.

Hannah0000

Dec 27, 2011

Sorry I'm commenting again, but now that I think about it right before the first experience was the first time i used an Ouija board.. Maybe that was it!

jillylaine

Dec 29, 2011

I'm not ever paralyzed, something is holding me down.
First it was a playful tug on my comforter.
Then it tried rolling me out of bed, again it was playful.
It rolled over me while I was laying on my back and laid down on the side of me and the bed went down where it laid.
It also sat on the edge of my bed and was so heavy that when the bed went down, I almost rolled off the bed.
Tuesday night, 12/27/2011, an arm with a fist at the end came around me and I tired hard to get free of it, then was able to slap the fist. I kept yelling "God you said you would help me!" over and over until it went away.
Things don't happen every night, but they always happen between 3:00 and 4:20 and always in the dark and always at my brother's house.

airbourne101

Dec 29, 2011

Well, I have had sleep paralysis before. It was the pressure on the chest. I wasn't too concerned as I was having insomnia at the time. Something very different happened about two weeks ago. I was sleeping, having a dream about death..I lost someone recently. There was crying in the dream. Then it stopped and someone was "holding" me. A long hug. I was sleeping on my side. I could actually feel a person (male) and it was a very nice peaceful experience. I woke that morning feeling happy.

tgiii

Dec 30, 2011

To: Readers of the like

From:TGIII

Wow! Reading everyone's comments makes me realize that I am not the only one experiencing this strange...dream ordeal. It happened to me last night, Thursday, December 29, 2011. I had just taken off my glasses and placed on top of the book beside my bed. I fell alsleep only to be awaken by a loud thumping sound. I immediately opened my eyes and reached for my glasses but I could not moved my hands. I could see my glasses and the book so clearly. I could even see the clock that was reading 2:24 a.m. I heard the footsteps go around the bed where the back of my head was. Then, I felt the person sit down on the bed beside me and began to pull on my shoulder. I tried so hard to turn around to see this person is. The only thing I know is that I am in this house by myself and I do not remember hearing the ADT alarm system go off. Anyway, after pulling on my shoulder for some time, the person got up and just started walking around the room. Still, I tried to move but I couldn't. I could see everything in front of my as I laid on my side but I just could not get myself to move. If only I could put my hand in front of my face. I felt like I was frozen stiff. Suddenly, I heard more footsteps in the room and felt more people sit on the people. What is getting reading to happen to me I kept asking myself. In fear of my life and my not being able to defend myself, I started to say the Lord's prayer and I immediately was able to move my hand slowing as I felt the persons quickly get off of my bed and heard the footsteps scatter away from out of the room.I sat up and looked around to see if anything was out of place. It was not. The strange thing is that this episole happend two more times once I went back to sleep that same night. After the third time, I just stayed up for the next 2 1/2 hours until it was time to get ready for work. Strange......I am 44 years old and physically fit and in excellent shape and yet I felt so helpless as I laid there in my own bed unable to move or do anything except listent to and feel the presence of this person on my bed pulling on my shoulders.

delaram222

Dec 31, 2011

In 3 years ago I saw a strange thing, I were in sleep and seeing dreams, A fearful dog was following me,I was running. Suddenly, I opened my eyes. I just could see everything around my room. I watched the clock it was 6;00 am, I couldn't move at all, I heard the footsteps sounds from our yard, It seems like somebody is coming hurry. Then I heard the sound of bird wings. It was a loud sound in my ears, I looked up my head, I saw A girl in flight with huge wings and long hairs and there was a little White pigeon beside her, she comes to my body, my eyes was blinking so fast, I've suffered much pain in my body, I screamed,...

I think maybe it was my souls or something in my mind,

jesse2129341

Jan 02, 2012

just had my first ones last night. i thought i was having a stroke. i could move my eyes but nothing else, i tried to scream for help but all that came out was a quiet grunt.no haluciations thank god, but i did forget how to breath at first and then it was really hard to do so.i thought i was gonna die...after a few minutes i suddenly was able to move again. i went back 2 bed and woke up an hour later with the same problem. thank god im not the only one..

jesse2129341

Jan 02, 2012

btw im too scared to sleep now.lol...

dionne9999

Jan 02, 2012

To: Readers

My name is Dionne and I have been having these experiences for about 10 years now. It use to scare the crap out of me to the point that I will stay up for days. I learned that although I can't really speak, I can hallor from the back of my throat (like a loud humming sound). Of course this only works if someone is in the house with you. However, I have found a few things that help me during the night so that I don't have one. I try not to sleep with heavy coverings, and I sleep on my side at the edge of the bed with my airway open. I also do not wear socks to be because it usually happens when I am very tired and over exhausted and overheated. My family are kind of use to it now but they are sometimes scared because it takes a lot of pulling and tugging on me to come out of it. I have never had a seizuer but I think this is what one feels like. I had one of these episodes the night before last and my family called 911 because it took to long to wake me up but I keep telling them I am woke darn it just snatch me up and open a window to let the cool air in. I have found that if you are really scared to call on a higher power, stay calm and let your brain go back to sleep and the next time you try to wake you can at least struggle to pull yourself up. This really works! However, you will be extremely tired afterwards and it may be out of your controll that you have to go back to sleep to be able to function properly but before you do make sure you at least try my suggestions.

Malicee

Jan 03, 2012

my experience has been similar but the main difference is that im not asleep, i'm awake. it happened last night, when i turn on my stomache, it feels as if the covers are being pushed down so i cant get out. i've always felt an evil pressence in my room or the rest of upstairs. i heard a voice outside my door, that sounded like my mums voice calling out but she didnt call out. it sometimes feels like somethings sitting on the floor beside my bed watching me sleep. i heard a low murmurring sound and sometimes it would skreech.
i would like to know if theres a good way of getting rid of this spirit..

welljustme

Jan 03, 2012

Ok guys this a spiritual thing.That heavy load you cant move and other experiences its not med related and this my first time of searching about it and comes to seemuch on it as sleep paralysis I often have it myself and I blame myself why cant I get to hold or see that thing so that I could straggle it to death.Its very horrible feeling but one thing I know for sure is when ever it happens shout blood of Jesus instantly it leaves you and thats why I know its spiritual.Ok again I started leaving the holy Bible under my pillow when everynight being a victim and believe you me for years it never visited until of lately maybe it found another way or maybe my spirit that that bible was building up through the years maybe needs recharging thats what am still thinking anyway just yesterday I had it again so I went to my local Catholic church and got holy water after it started again from the batism pot infront of the church meaning its blessed and just yesterday I sprinkled it in the whole house including my childrens room and nothing happened to me except by about past 6 this the morning I was lying on my side and it happened again just for about 1 or 2 seconds so I shoved it off and took that holy water and sprinkled it again and hugged it and slept.Thank God am not alone in these seeing all this writings sometimes Ilaugh because its like almost the same thing happening all through.All am telling you all out there is to have more faith and remember to shout instantly blood of Jesus and it leaves you.I heard early on years ago that this things are bad spirits /witches call it anything you like and they feed on the bodies ectoplasm which is in real sence your blood and it makes them stronger whereby they make there prey weak.Also I dread to say some of this could be friends which we talk with on daily basis in the night they turn into something else.First of all apart from having med for bath and rubbing unfortunantely mine has finished so always remember to call on Jesus for you believers out there and those that does not believe but are experiencing this well you dont really have a choice also keep your bible beneath your pillow.I will keep you guys posted have faith.What I dont understand also is why some people are affected while some are not when we were small I have always experieced this while my twin sleeps like a baby maybe its wicker me in me or maybe my blood is juicy well I have said nomore and thats it.Another little tail when we are a bit younger this things kept on and I was so angry that in real life those cowards which they are couldnt challenge me why sneek in the night to disturb me anyway so I told a friend and I friend that knows a bit more adviced me that if I want to find out whos behind that I should just wait when it happens again and you break loose go to the nearest wall and hit with your palm on wall and you see the face of the person doing that to you departing and guess what I tried it once and I was shocked the face I saw anyway my friend adviced me when I told him who I saw and he said most comes with other peoples faces so dont realy on what you see because if you comfront that person you might start having foes and most could be loved ones but if you doubt this when next time when you break loose slam one of your palm on the nearest bedroom wall and you would see the face.Anyway I will leave it here for now but will write back if I could get my hand on that lotion for bath etc but meanwhile dont forget your bible/holy water the name Jesus/chaplets on your front door or windows because at times when you shout the name Jesus Christ they rush off through the front door thereby making a slite noise when leaving as if the front door shifted maybe most of you might have noticed without noticing and at that same time the light might deem slightly.Sorry for scaring some of you but thats the evil world we leave in and again some maybe sexual in nature making you have wet dreams but this time its more like a little bit in real life so whenever you notice a presence beside you while sleeping just dont forget that name.I am rather dissappointed because nobody here could even help me more and thats why I visited these place in the first place but if you guys can learn one or two from me today am glad.I will keep on searching for solution cheers

Beautiful19

Jan 04, 2012

To: lisiqe

Hi my name is Alexis and I have experienced the exact same thing. What I do is call on the name of Jesus and it goes away. What I really want to know is, why does it happens in the first place. So i'm going to pray about it and ask god what is going on with me because only he truly knows. I know that i'm a very spiritual person and you might be more spiritual then you know and that could be the reason why this is happening to you. I have a strong decerning spirit, which alerts me when I come in contact with people who have evil spirits or bad intentions. So the best thing to do is find out what it is and why it keeps happening so you will know how to deal with it and one day possibly master it.

spiritualsupport

Jan 07, 2012

To: mhie27

Yes, what most people are describing in this forum is that an evil spirit is trying to take possession of their bodies whilst they are asleep, and this can cause paralysis, inability to talk, or open ones eyes, and even breathing difficulties. What you all need to do is order the evil spirit out of your body by saying, "In the name of Jesus leave my body," and keep repeating this over and over until they leave. However, they appear to be stubborn then it is best that you call upon Jesus and aske him to do it for you by saying, "Jesus get this spirit out of me!!!" and keep repeating this until he hears you and removes it immediately. Although if you do this it can take up to 3 to 4 minutes, it may seem much longer to you if you are desperately struggling with this evil spirit. However, do not give up because I know from experience that it works and that Jesus will not let you down. Make sure to keep your sentences brief and straight to the point and call out to him desperately, because he will not disappoint you when he sees for himself the trouble you are in.

eliza44

Jan 08, 2012

To: neliza

like all of you i have the same experience the only difference is that this only happens when i sleep with my boyfriend never when i'm sleeping alone. he works during the night and most of the week i sleep by myself except during his days off. all of the times we take a nap together or sleep together i have this weird dreams i know i'm not asleep because i see everything that is going on around me i can even hear his heavy breathing but i cant move or talk i try to scream and move my body but nothing happens i try to touch him so he can wake me up but he wont feel me i feel a heavy weight on top of me and this electricity noise going between my hears and then i wake up screaming and scare, i ask him if he felt me touching him he said no that he wake up because i scream very loud. i know this is not any type of sleeping disorder because it only happens when i sleep with him and i'm truly not afraid of sleeping with him to me this is something way different. the first time this happened was when we move together i fall to sleep and in the middle of the night i wake up and beside my bed i saw this man of about 60 years old with a damage face like if he gat burn in a fair he was standing at the edge of the bed beside me looking at me with a curious face of who was i and what i was doing their. like if i was a strange person to him. i try to wake up but i current and i try to wake my boyfriend up but he didn't feel me and when i finally wake up i scream loud and scare. we now live in another house and it still happens i am not afraid of the house or to sleep with him but i just wander why it only happens when i sleep with him ?????

intitek

Jan 09, 2012

To: eliza44

maybe there is a spirit following him, why dont you ask him if there was someone in his family with the description of the man you saw?

mingtauw

Jan 09, 2012

I had a first experience with something like this last night.  In the morning I was dearly afraid for my life.  After having read a good deal of these comments, I have a question - it seems like most of these experiences are happening to women.  Am I right?  Either way.  I'm a male - 20 years old.

My experience was FAR more sinister than what I've read here so far.  I have never encountered anything so evil in my life - and if things went differently, I am SURE I would be dead to some extent perhaps merely braindead but dead none the less.

I went to bad late last night - around 3:00am.  I had napped from about 7:00pm to 11:00pm so at 3:00am I was not exhausted or overly tired.

I went to bed and fell asleep.  Everything was fine.  Everything was normal.  As best I can estimate, about an hour later, I slowly awoke.  I was lying on my side.  I'm not sure what awoke me, but I was groggy.  There wasn't anything out of the ordinary.  I lay there for about a minute wondering why I was awake.  I looked across my room as I lay on my side to where my closet doors were.  They were closed.  However, they were bathed in a light which slowly moved across the doors.  It was very similar to how light washed over your darkened room when a car drives by at night and the headlights shine through the window.  However, this light had extremely intricate patterns woven into it which moved and danced as the light moved across the doors.

I lay there just staring at it in my groggy state thinking it was simply a car's headlights.  I didn't think of it at the time, but the way my room is situated on the property, there is absolutely no way in the world it could have been from a car.  Anyhow, I didn't think much of it and peacefully fell back to sleep.

The very next thing I remember was this. I was conscious.  I understood I was still very much asleep - in a very deep sleep, but I was in a vivid dream.  Everything was pitch black.  I was suspended in space and I was aware of only my body.  Only my body and the fact that I was being restrained by two bony hands that had an iron grip on my wrists.  I was unable to move at all.  I was completely paralyzed.  Completely.  Struggle as I might I could not move.

The Thing which had me by the wrists was at my back and was slowly digging an extremely sharp, long fingernail into the bass of each of my wrists.  The pain was very, very real.  It was equivalent to being stabbed by a dull pointy dagger in each wrist.  The grip was iron - unbreakable.

The pain was the first thing that alluded me to there being something horribly wrong with this dream - that this wasn't just an ordinary nightmare.

I've had nightmares, where I've been shot, stabbed, bitten by dogs, etc, but throughout all those dreams and all those wounds, I never even had felt any pain before in a dream.  This time, the pain was real.  Very real.  I knew something was completely wrong.  I knew that I had to do something.

I knew why I could not move my body.  Whatever this Thing was, it had some kind of control on my mind.  I knew if I could break its mental attack, I could break It's grip on my wrists.  I tried to conjure up every single ounce of strength in my brain.  I never ever thought SO hard in my life.  I never ever had used my brain so hard, and probably never will again.

I flung all that mental energy as hard as I could at this Thing.  My assault lasted maybe 5 seconds.  The grip did not falter - but I felt stronger, and confident that I could break It's grip.  With more might then I thought was possible I wrenched my right arm from It's grip, elbowed in the direction of where It's gut should have been, and grabbed It's other arm - the arm that was still deadlocked on my let wrist - and with all my strength squeezed and bent the arm backwards, breaking it.

I was now completely free of It's grasp.  I moved about a little making sure I was free and I was aware this entire time that I was still quite asleep and that this was indeed a dream.  I do not remember if I then turned around to face the Thing on my own or if It somehow turned me around Itself.

As the 180 completed, two things happened simultaneously.  The first being that I saw It's face.  I do note remember seeing a body.  I was still surrounded by impenetrable blackness.  But staring back at me out of the blackness was a face.  It was flat, 2D - much as constellations appear in the sky.  It was made of straight lines no more than 5 inches a piece.  The never intersected.  Together the lines formed a face.  Aside from the lines which were a deep, deep shade of purple - barely visible in the blackness surrounding it - everything else was as black as the space around me.

The face I concluded was feminine - but incredibly evil.  It did not glow.  I felt power somehow radiating off of it.  I had never been so deathly terrified in my life.

In the instant I took all this in, I felt myself caught again by this Thing - except this time not by it's hands.  It was not physically touching me.  I was paralyzed in place by the power that this thing radiated.

And a millisecond later, I felt myself rotating and being drawn toward the thing through the blackness.  I was still aware that I was asleep.  I was still aware this was a dream.  However I was aware of three more things:

1) My body still lay snug in my bed.
2) My body was held locking in place, not having moved from the place I first turned and looked at It.
3) I was moving toward it all the same.

mingtauw

Jan 09, 2012

(Continued from above)

It was a twisting - pulling sensation.  I felt like I was being torn from my body in the same way you might separate two pieces of paper that had half dried, tacky glue holding them together.  It was terrifying.

I don't know if I realized it then, but I'm certain the Thing was pulling my consciousness or my soul from my body.

I knew at that instant that this was bad.  Very, very, very bad.  I knew that unless I did something fast, I would probably die.  I was sure of it.  I have never been so sure of something in my life before.  I knew I was still asleep.  I thought if maybe I could force myself to wake up, I could end this once and for all.

I remember that I had learned that a person can not remain asleep while falling - it messes with their inner ear and forces them to wake up.  So with the same ferocity as before I concentrated all my mental power on imagining that I was falling out of bed.  I concentrated SO hard on that thought that I believed it to be true.  I rolled out of my bed, fell to the floor, and awoke.

I awoke.  The Thing was gone.  I awoke, not on the floor but in my bed.  The sheets had not been disturbed in anyway.  I awoke in the EXACT same position as I did when I fell asleep after having seen the light on my closet door.

I dared not move.  My skin was white hot, I was sweating a torrent - so much I felt drops roll down my back.  My heart was beating 4 times its normal rate.  Adrenaline was coursing through  my body.  And I did not dare move a muscle.

I studied my surrounds with a mammoth level of awareness.  I was aware of everything.  I could see almost everything as clearly as if the lights had been on in my room.  And yet it was pitch black.  The lights were no longer present from before.

As soon as I convinced myself I was no longer dreaming, I prayed.  I prayed and prayed and prayed.  I must have prayed for 20 minutes or more.  I'm religious.  I believe in God.  I have faith in God.  Yet because I have an engineering mind, I usually will try to find an explanation for things before I chalk it up to being divine.  I pray when I feel I have nothing left to turn to and that's what I felt here.  So I prayed.

When I was done.  I wiggled my toes and fingers a bit to keep me from falling asleep.  I remember thinking to myself, what if IT comes back.  And I comforted myself by thinking that I already defeated it once so I could do it again.

As I lay there, I began to review everything that had happened.  It was obviously a dream.  Maybe that's all it was.  Just a dream.

I was still wide awake.  WIDE awake.  I've rarely been more awake in my life.  I then remember that I had seen It's face.  As soon as I recalled what It's face looked like, a fuzzy, paralyzing, cold shadow slowly started crawling over my body.  It stared at my right foot and swept upward diagonally.  I could not fight it.  It took 5 seconds to reach my head.  Just before it did I heard a loud "g" note ring in my head - not in my ears, but my head.  Its tone was that of a hard dance synth and was incredibly loud.  Louder than any concert.  It lasted a tenth of a second and then the crawled through my head completely paralyzing me.

AND I WAS AWAKE!  I was completely awake.  This was as real as you could get.

And a fraction of a second later, I felt that pulling, spinning sensation again.  I was being pulled away from my body in bed in a slow twisting motion, just like before toward this Thing - and it's face.  And I'm awake.  ****ing awake.

This was bad.  This was really bad.  I'm awake.  This isn't a dream!  It's real.  I began to panic.  I couldn't fight it as before because then my victory relied on the fact I had been asleep.  This was bad.  I had no idea what to do.  I was being sucked farther and farther out of my body and I was still paralyzed.

Then I prayed.  I could do nothing else.  I prayed.  I said the first 5 or 6 words of the "Our Father,"  and the Thing relented instantly.  It was gone in an instant.  I was back in my body.  I had full control of my limbs.  And I was still awake.  I have never, ever been so terrified in my life.  Throughout the whole time I was aware of a soft almost sweet intricate melody playing in the background.

I continued praying off an on through the night.  I think the Thing had 1 or 2 more goes at me, but each time I felt the slightest presence, I prayed and it retreated immediately.

I lay in bed awake until 6:00am when my sister woke to get ready for school.  I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to eat breakfast.  All of this, from beginning to end took no more than 3 hours.

My senses have been extremely heightened all today.  I can hear the littlest sound from a great distance away.  I see everything in massive detail.  And moreover I am terrified.

This was not an ordinary dream.  There were two things that immediately tipped me off that something was deadly wrong.

1) I had never felt pain in a dream before even-though I had been in many situations when pain would have been expected like getting shot.

2) The second time It attacked, I was WIDE awake.

I mean seriously - wide awake.  Adrenaline pumping though my body still.

Whatever this thing was, it was evil.  Pure, pure evil. Its intentions were to kill me or to steal my soul.  Those were It's goals.  I have never encountered anything so terrifying in my life.  All my other nightmares seem laughable compared to this.  Dear God.

If I hadn't found the power within my mind to fight the thing off the first time, I'm sure I would be dead now.  I'm 100% sure of it.

Has anyone ever experienced anything to this degree before?  I need some advise.

strangeluna

Jan 10, 2012

I'm 14 and I experience the same way. I'm so glad that I'm not alone.. but I think I'm the youngest one here... I've been experiencing this since I was on third grade... When I was like 8 or 9 years old... At first I thought it's a nightmare.. but every time I experience this, there's no story or dreams...I just can''t move (everything is jsut dark but sometimes I just see the ceiling) and I just know I'm awake,... as simple as that..but freakin' scary.

niecy12

Jan 12, 2012

To: lisiqe

Anoint your house with holy oil….Pray over your house constantly, this is a spiritual fight and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise… Anoint yourself as well… I had this happen once to me. I was laying on my couch and I woke up and couldn’t move…I looked up and saw the shadow of something with a lot of legs or something coming out of my kitchen…I started screaming for help, but no one could hear me. I couldn’t think of anything else but to call on the name of Jesus over and over and try to break it. I kept calling and trying to move and I started to be able to move my fingers and then my hands and during that time the thing started going back into the kitchen…I kept calling on Jesus until I jump up…Scared out of my mind. I went to ask my friend why she didn’t come when I called and she told me I never called her… I was soooo afraid. I always hear that it happens when your laying stomach…

ministeralicia62

Jan 12, 2012

To: lilcooker80

If it is not sleep paralysis, then it is demonic activity. I too am a born again believer. Satan comes to buffet us as the word says. Born again or not. But we as believers have the spirit of God to fight for us. I feel that these attacks as I will call them, are to put fear and doubt in us and/or to cause us to lose our minds, but I rebuke it in the name of Jesus. The bible says that the weapons of warfare are not carnal but mighty, for the pulling down of strongholds. Satan wants to get a stronghold on us to pull us away from God, but let us agree in prayer that no weapon formed against us shall prosper. Let us pray for ourselves and everyone on this forum that this potential demonic activity will cease. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. This has been happening to me since I was about 17 years old, and has continued off and on up to now, including just last night. If anyone is having this problem and does not have a born again relationship with Jesus Christ, then I highly recommend it, he is our weapon against all evil. I am concern that some of you may have negative results that will affect you mentally if this continues. How are you born again? Confess with your mouth: God I believe in you and your son Jesus Christ that he died on the cross for our sins, so I repent of all my sins and ask you to come into my life teach me how to live according to your word.(the bible) Then pray everyday read your bible. Go to a bible believing church that acknowledges the father, son, and the holy spirit, they are one in the same. Let God change your life and become your keeper. Sincerely, Minister Alicia Feagin

FunkyPhil

Jan 12, 2012

Hey Guys,

I have been getting these attacks for about 10 years now.  It almost feels like this only happens when I am really tired and relaxed, and just before I fall asleep, BAM!  I am frozen.  It's weird because it almost feels good and relaxing at first, but then I realize I am in fact paralyzed so I fight it and finally come out of it.

In the past I have heard what seem to be loud gun shots or even bombs exploding.  Lately I have been hearing loud whispers and last night it felt like an evil spirit was trying to pull me away.  I am not sure where it wanted to pull me to, and didn't want to find out.

Now what if I were to just stay frozen and not fight it.  I am reading all these comments about people calling for help or trying to yell.  So I ask myself "WHY"?  What if we didn’t fight it? I almost want to try, but I always think I will end up in a coma, or even dead...

Truth is, nothing can touch our souls if we are born again.

sjmd123

Jan 13, 2012

To: FunkyPhil

THIS IS ASTRAL PROJECTION-look it up, its actually very common. It sounds crazy but its your 'spirit' or 'being' outside of your body while your waking up from a deep sleep. The feeling of paralysis or vibrating is it coming back into your body. It feels scary but once you know what it is it isn't so bad. Some may associate it with some weird religious or spiritual ritual but it is a natural occurrence that happens to some people. There are different vibrational planes which would be the cause for loud bangs sounding like gunshots echoing at times. You shouldn't fear it. Research it.

help_me_god

Jan 13, 2012

To: everyone

please help!!!!!!!!!!!!! this isnt what you guys are talking about but i cant find any answers anywhere!!!! god someone help as this is frightening and im scared to sleep.about once a month as i start to fall asleep in the middle of that starting to dream part and the falling asleep part, ill have a bad dream and ill be paralyzed. in my dream not awake. it is extremely real. i hear a high pitch noise and i cant breath. ill try to call out someones name but its just tiny puffs of air while i suffocate. then ill snap out of it and wake up to find myself gasping for air and my heart pounding. another time as i was falling asleep i heard a loud boom like a sonic boom at the same time as a very bright flash of light that snaps me back to reality. its sooo violent that im wide awake after it happens.all of this happens within the first 15 minutes of falling asleep. please someone help. im terrified of sleeping and im starving myself of sleep now because of it.

klittle200

Jan 13, 2012

To: mbaladez3

I had things happen to me just like you said,but I say and hheard the sounds of them-- demons as I call them (some will think I am crazy) but after my encounters I believe in them.. Do not know why it happen a few times but I called out to Jesus, I bleed the name of Jesus everything I could do to get them out of my house, I prayed over my husband and child and family house you name it I rebuke this evil spirit. Those who do not know the lord..when this happen to you call Jesus name and he will protect you. I am not afraid of it because I understand it is something bigger than me and it is in Jesus hand to protect me with his angles.

klittle200

Jan 13, 2012

To: niamh110

this is a demon. The time it happen to me.It was like my heart and I was trying to get it off. we I recognized it was a demon I called on the name of Jesus and I kept doing it until I got it off of me. I heard a loud sound as it left my body. Then it tried a couple more times and I called on the name of Jesus again. Just last night, it happen again, but I called on Jesus, but this time my Uncle had pass at I was having this encounter and I had just awaken before I got the call. When it happen call on the lord.

klittle200

Jan 13, 2012

To: ministeralicia62

YOu are right on point..Thanks you..thank you

bookworm79

Jan 13, 2012

help me god - this and the majority of the issues are sleep problems/disorders. You need to go see your PCP and/or a sleep specialist for evaluation. Most can be explained/understood very easily.

sjmd123

Jan 14, 2012

To: KLITTLE200

ITS CALLED ASTRAL PROJECTION!!!!!! RESEARCH IT!!!!!!!!! ITS BEEN KNOWN FOR CENTURIES AND IS VERY COMMON!!!!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEMONS, IF YOU THINK THEY ARE AFTER YOU, YOU NEED TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP!!!!!!!!!! IF ANYONE IS HAVING THESE SYMPTOMS: TOTAL BODY PARALYSIS,UNABLE TO SCREAM/TALK, HEARING LOUD BOOMS, FEELINGS THAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS ON TOP OF YOU, A STRONG VIBRATION- BEFORE YOU WAKE UP, -PLEASE LOOK AT ASTRAL PROJECTION. THAT IS ALL IT IS. IF YOU THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH AN EVIL ENTITY, YOU ARE LETTING YOUR IMAGINATION RUN AWAY WITH ITSELF AND WILL SOON FIND YOURSELF IN A MENTAL/EMOTIONAL INSANE ASYLUM. IT IS ASTRAL PROJECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT FEAR IT--EVEN THOUGH IT DOES FEEL SCARY--IT IS NOTHING TO FEAR. RESEARCH IT--KNOWLEDGE IS POWER PEOPLE.

Lakedra

Jan 14, 2012

To: Lauren

When it happens to me i just focus on one thing and try to move it like my leg or hand. Sometimes it work and even though some one said it will be over soon im still to scared to just go to slp. It started as a child off and on but now at 27 every other week.

xJgreeNx

Jan 14, 2012

To: All

This all seems very close to what is happening to me. I'm 28 now, It started when i was 21-22. Just got my licence to drink and boy did I. After a long and hard 30 day bender or so, I got really sick. Go figure. Two days or so later I started to feel better and took my dad’s bridge card to get food for the house. I then smoke a bowl with some friends and then entered the store to get the food as planned. I started to feel a weight over me, and then noticed stars in my vision. I shook my head and tried going on with my tasks. I hit the register and the feeling started to really take me over. Every item she rung up was taking forever and I was feeling like I needed to lie down more and more. I handed her the bridge card on my knees and muttered something to the effect that I just needed a second. That was all I remember, next thing I knew I was in this unfamiliar state. I felt as though I was sleeping and had this force over me making me unable to move any limb in my body. I just focused on my eyes at least if I could open them I could get myself out of this position. After a few moments fighting with my eye lids I was able to awake myself and get out of the store with minimal explanation. On my way out it started again, so I ran to wake my body up. This was the last I’ve seen of this till the last two years. Now in the last few years it’s become almost a nightly thing. To be honest it scares the crap out of me. I think it feels like how you’re supposed to feel when you’re dying. I can feel everything around me, it’s dark, and I am unable to move anything eyes included. It always lasts for only minutes, five at the most. Phoenix184 Stated comments very like what happens to me now. I fall asleep watching T.V. and I start to become aware of what’s going on around me. Instead of just being able to awaken normally, I have to fight for control of my body. I feel almost naked to the world around me, surrounded by blackness not knowing what is going to happen next. I fear for the day I am unable to regain control. I am not sure if my breathing has changed I am always more concerned with the aching feeling that I am dying and instead of studying this weird phenomena I fight my way out of it. It’s now gotten so bad that it is almost a nightly thing. The really weird thing about it is when I regain control, if I remain in the same position and don’t wake up, so to speak. It happens again, but this time my eyes slam shut and I’m right back in that state fighting for control. I’ve even played with this some, by staying in the same position, waiting for my eyes to slam shut, but stopping them before they do. It’s so weird; I don’t understand how my body has that much control over me. I even get *spin* like feelings when trying to re-open my eyes after. Which if you’ve ever mixed weed with alcohol is the feeling of forces pulling you and spinning you all over. Kind of like riding a roller coaster but way more crazy twists and turns. I know my past isn’t great and I know this may be some of the reason this is happening now. Please save the nasty comments on that aspect. I’m just trying to figure out what is going on right now with my sleep. It’s very hard to fall asleep when you’re not sure if you’ll be able to wake yourself when the *force* comes. As far as the spirit aspect goes. I am really not so sure, because I’ve never asked for help, and it’s always lasted the same amount of time. Although I do admit, it does feel as though something beyond this world is affecting me. To me though it feels reassuring, that there is life beyond death. When in this state I definitely feel one step closer from whatever death holds. This I know for sure because something else is controlling, forcing my eyes shut. These are not the commands of my body/mind. I got a question for those of you who have used prayer and religion to help fight these “demons” off. Have these attempts helped you in any way to even shorten the experience, or lighten it up maybe? Instead of darkness surrounding you, do you see the light? The only really good advice I’ve heard yet is to see a doctor. Maybe this is god’s way of saying you need more B12 dummy, and you need to talk to me more. Who knows, but any input would be great, thank you all for listening.

JDiggla

Jan 19, 2012

To: jinjerphish

are you on or recreational take oxycodone?

JDiggla

Jan 19, 2012

this happens to me on a regular basis when i first go to bed. i feel a tingly sensation then all of a sudden my body will freeze with my eyes open i cant move, but can control and hear myself breath. it goes on for what seems forever but its actually only a min or less. no matter how hard i try i cant wake myself up.. my doctor says its a side effect from m medication and that im taking more than i should...as much as i deny it...shes absolutely right..

sillywill

Jan 20, 2012

To: mhie27

In Tucson, AZ about six years ago is when something similar happened to me. The sound of the room changed like a hallow whhhhhsh sound and i heard a man whispering in my ear but I couldn't make out what he was saying, like it was another language. Tried moving my arm to waik my boyfriend up and I couldn't move. I tried to call out his name and my mouth began to chatter as if I was cold and I couldn't do anything so I laid there listening and as soon as I began to close my eyes my 2 year old was at my bedside. Since then It has come and right as I am begining to fall asleep it holds me down all I can do is pray if that. Right as I begin an our father it lets me go and scared ******** I hid under the covers and go to sleep. Thankfully with my faith and growing relationship with Jesus Christ has kept whatever it is away. I know it's real because once before I heard the sound of a step on to a trash bag right before It happened and when I woke u p in the morning there was a sleeping bag on the floor. I skimmed your post and ready a few lines from others posts but I will bookmark this page and comeback to do some research on this.

Chris2015

Jan 24, 2012

To: Everyone

Okay i read about half a page of every ones story, a lot of them seem to be similar or the same, now scientifically it can be a sleeping disorder like sleep paralysis like most of u described where u can move and something is attacking or bugging you and u wake up finally but nothing is there. Or for some it can be a recurrence of a bad dream, which usually means something in your life is eating away at you and until you fix it, the bad dream wont go away. Or last but not least like my issue which ill tell you in a little bit, for those religious people it could be a stronger force like a type of demon haunting you or a ghost, regardless of what it is, i suggest you call out for your God or something you feel will protect you, such as a dog, or loved one nearby. Preferably a dog if you have one, they are more likely to hear a faint sound in need from its owner rather than a boyfriend or fiance or husband would who is next to you. Some people will not understand or support you if you decide to say something, so chose carefully and wisely who you tell, good luck.

Now for my issue.....

It started when i was a teenager, not sure what age, i narrowed it down to a ghost or demon, me being born and raised catholic of course believe in God Jesus, Virgin Mary, and the Holy Spirit. It happens from time to time, sometimes days in a row other times not for weeks, narrowed it down to a male with the aggression it shows. when I'm asleep regardless whether its day or night, alone or with my girlfriend at the time, it either pushes on me punches me or sits there and watches me. There are times where i feel being punched on my head or a body part being forced to go a certain way especially my head shaking or my neck trying to turn more than it's suppose to. I usually ignore it till it leaves or i pray it goes away, also call me crazy sometimes i confront it with a stern voice telling it to leave me alone and let me sleep and till it leaves. There's a few times my current girlfriend of 8 months sees me shaking my head or hand vigorously and wakes me up to ask if I'm okay, so at least one person saw it with there own eyes. If you have any suggestions or comments or questions, feel free to reply back, thank you for your time.

HayesT623

Jan 25, 2012

To: EVERYONE!! READ!! READ!!

I wish I can reply to every single one of you but there are too many so I'll try responding to the recent ones. I've had same problems or episodes. I've see many drs and taken many test. It was frustrating. Yesterday, I saw one of my dr and I told him about this for the first time. It took him 2 mins to say these words.."Hypnagogic Sensations" Alas! this 'thing' has a name! you can also look up "Hypnagogic Hallucinations" They are closely linked together. You can determine which one makes more sense for you. If you feel like you need to see your dr for this, you should see a psychologist. Hope this helps!!

Here is the link for the sensations
http://srt-hypno.blogspot.com/2007/05/hypnagogic-state-hypnopompic.html

Here is the link for the hallucinations but there many other info out there. Just look it up.
http://www.hypnagogichallucinations.com/hypnagogic-hallucinations

OneSleepingBeauty

Jan 25, 2012

To: All

I I just spent the last two hours reading all these comments because I am so freaked out by what just happened to me! I have sleep walked once before and had sleep paralysis from time to time but I just experienced something that is a bit different in the way that I woke up actually screaming hysterically. I "woke up" feeling like I was being physically restrained in a sitting up sort of position with my hands behind my head like being arrested. I thought that I was being attacked by a real person and continued to scream for a maybe 10 seconds (which is actually a long time to be screaming at the top of your lungs for) until I felt myself being released. Although I could no longer feel or hear anyone around me, as soon as I got up and turned the light on, I half expected to see someone (or I guess something) in the house. Bizarre and scary.

magnum20

Jan 27, 2012

To: jinjerphish

It sent shiver down my spines to read what you wrote even right now as I write this. But just last year I fell asleep after watching some shows online. As I fell asleep I was laying down in complete darkness n could hear it pouring out side while i was still in my room. However the bed was on the oppisite side of the room. Anyways I felt something near my feet. It touched me n I kept saying in my head it's nothing don't worry there's nothing there. But then I felt it behind me n then all of a sudden it started slowly dragging me out of my bed (need I remind you I'm a 195 pound guy and it lifted me effortlessly) n then it was like it was putting me on the floor. Finally I snapped out of it woke up n it was braud daylight but the fear of it had me completely terrified and even now as I tell you it scares me. When I was younger I used to lay in bed n it felt like the room was slowly getting closer to me and I tried looking that up but nothing pops up for it however it did lead me here. Just glad to know I'm the only one who went through this.

josh707

Jan 27, 2012

To: all

Hi im 14 years old and i get sleep paralyzed at night , but i try to scream and wake the whole house but nobody can ever hear me.

ive looked up the scientific explanation which is close to what i get but they never explain the screaming, some say its the old hag/demon trying to force the life out of you?

im interested in both topics and love to know more, if any body knows anything else about the paralyses i would love to know. why the old hag chooses us? why do we get it?

thanks

lauraliejc

Jan 31, 2012

To: Everyone

My Sleep Paralysis (SP) consists of me "waking up" to find someone in my room (man, monster, whatever). I can see everything as it should be, except he is there, standing over me. I know I'm still asleep because I cannot move or speak and I believe I need to wake up or I will be killed. I try & try to move, but can't, so I start screaming. I scream forever but nothing happens. Sometimes, I will wake up and get out of bed, only to have another episode and find myself waking up still in bed! I have had this since I was a child and nothing seems to have helped much. The severity changes, of course, but I still have regular episodes. I was put on Prazosin and it has reduced the amount from nearly every night to an average of say 1 night a week. Those nights, I have them all night long. I take sleeping medication because I would go several days without sleep, fearing a recurrence. So now, I sleep every night, but when I do have an episode, I am too sedated to actually be able to get up and out of bed to stop the cycle. So, I'm in for a long, tormented night. And this, once a week, a minimum of 5 or 6 times a night. Sometimes, I wake myself up, or think I do, or my husband does. He says it's like when you hear a dog dreaming, and he knows I'm in trouble. Unfortunatly, because of my sleep meds, I fall right back to sleep and right back into my torment. I have tried fighting, accepting, praying, rebuking, bargaining and ignoring the intruder, all to no avail. I have even bolted upright screaming, I rebuke you in Jesus' name! I woke up, but what I went thru to get there was hell, literally.
But, let me share what brought me to this website. A week ago, the "thing" in my room actually got on top of me, held me down with his body, and attempted to rape me. It was as real as real could get. I felt everything. I was thinking, "This is really happening! I'm being raped!" I fought for my life but lost. Then, I woke up, wide awake! I was shocked. I totally thought it was real! Of course, I was relieved, but I was also completely traumatized. I felt scared, angry, sad, disgusted...violated. Fortunately, nothing happened the next couple nights, but then, it started all over. This time, my husband woke me up and I could still feel the attacker's body on me, every muscle, everything, after completely awake. I could not go back to sleep. That was Saturday. Sunday, I was a wreck, crying all day. I watched the clock, dreading bedtime. I didn't take my sleeping med because I didn't want to sleep. Finally passed out around 4 am and it started right away. I must have had a dozen attacks in the 4 hours I slept. Now, Monday night, it's already 11 pm and I'm a total basket case. I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO SLEEP BUT I AM SO EXHAUSTED. Soon, everyone will be asleep and I will be alone again. God help me...

lauraliejc

Jan 31, 2012

To: Everyone

PS, I fell asleep on the couch and a sound woke me from outside. I looked and saw a man's shadow on our deck, approaching the sliding glass door. I carefully picked up my phone and called 911. When I said I thought someone was on our deck, the operator said she couldn't send someone just because I "thought" someone was out there. So, I put down the phone and rolled off the couch onto the ground and crawled over to the kitchen and definately saw a man looking into a window! I crawled back to the phone and whispered that he was definatly out there! Just then, he looked into the glass door where I was laying and put his hand on the handle! I was terrified, telling her he was looking at me and opening the door! Just then, my teenage son appeared over me, looking concerned and asking what was wrong. I turned back to the door and the man was gone and it was light out! I had the phone in my hand but it was off and I was soaking wet. My son said that he had been standing there for a while, not knowing what to do because I was obviously scared but that my eyes were wide open, rolled back in my head and darting all over the place! Poor kid was scared to death and so was I. BTW, we have very protective dogs that were very much napping thru this so there absolutely was never anyone out there. I flippin hate this!!!

Murder_Doll

Feb 01, 2012

To: Everyone

The weight on my chest slowly pushes every last bit of air out of my body, not allowing the intake of any at all, paralized where I lay with eyes wide the figure always stands at my feet not touching me at all. It doesn't let up till I'm almost sure I'm never going 2 breathe again. Then it lifts, I'm free from the weight & choking for air. I always wrote it off as a sleep disorder all these years, I've never been a religious person a single day of my life & still really don't care for it, but what was found to be happening to me they called "The Devils Clutch" they were right 100% but I still won't sit here & praise god so if what I'm dealing with is also what's going on with you, seriously,& not a sleep disorder, I can only tell u what has been advised to me, seek help in the church. Like I said, I can't praise god & all that so there hasn't been much help for me,but I hear it works for most people.

christogooz

Feb 02, 2012

I see people reach out to me. Sometimes it feels like a person is pushing me into the bed violently. I am able to look at the clock, which is weird. But this morning I heard a rock song and it was crazy. Two humans, man and woman were reaching out to me. This happens to me often. The first time it happened someone was yelling at me and banging on my wall. It was 3:12, but then really woke up at 3:14. The hallucinations get more intense and scarier. I Mindanao don't mind it though because its something different

onenamilliongirl

Feb 02, 2012

To: antzjolly

Hi just wanted to say that I too have had the inability to move and in my mind I keep trying to reach the lamp and turn it on, or be able to open my eyes, or something and all will be okay, so then the light is on and I feel ok glad Im awake only to be back to the realisation that Im still asleep in my bed and now my mind is awake and I cant move. I have also had the times that I hear the loud humming noise in my mind and be paralyzed cant move, the only thing that has EVER made everything stop and I am able to immediately wake up, move, be okay is when I think or my mind does call on the name of Jesus. There has never been a time that I called on Jesus that I wasnt immediately relieved. I dont know why my mind or ability doesnt think to call on him at other times but when I dont I suffer in the paralized state a lot longer. Just wanted to let u know I have been tricked into thinking Im up and awake only to be back in that parylzed state. God bless all who suffer with this, oh and the explanation about being paralyzed so we dont act out our dreams sounds correct but what did the doctor say causes you to be awake but unable to move for long minutes at a time. Why does that part happen, did anyone have a dr explain that part of the problem?

niamh110

Feb 03, 2012

my nite time attachs had stopped but they have started again except because im on tablets for the panic attachs threw my sleep my heart dose not go into racing. this has hapend to me twice this week an i get the feeling of a pressence on top of me an i try real quick to move and i cant im paralyised i open my eyes only to see nothing but it freaked me out dat sumtine was tryn to open my legs but i cudn move i felt hands on my legs lightly pulling dem apart an den wen i kept tryn to fight it of i looked at the door in my room an seen a bright flash of light leave the room i dont think dis is a dream because its happing to often it freaks the hell out me sumtimes an sumtimes it dose not .if i let it do wat it wants it dosent scare me but if i dont it puts so much presure on me an i feel like i havent slept in months

Eric427

Feb 05, 2012

Wow. I get this often. I lay in bed and try to go to sleep. Next thing you know. I can't move. I'm still awake , I can hear the t.v. I can move my eyeballs but I can't move my body. I told my mom and dad about this and they gave me some advice. I use it and it works. When this happens and you want it to go away just simply relax and wiggle your toes. Then you'll feel control rushing back to your body. Science can't explain what is happening to us because it's a spiritual thing.

niamh110

Feb 05, 2012

To: Eric427

thanks for the advice i will try dis .it is a frigthing experiance and i would not wish it on my worst enmy .when i first went to my doctor she thought i was crazy ha ha but i do suffer from panaic attahs but they have stoped but the hole paralysis while going into a sleep or awakaing is pretty freaky and im sure its a spirtual thing

deathead

Feb 06, 2012

I experianced simalare things when l was around 17 it started until age early 20s.the room would go cold and i could feel the worst presence on top of me i was unable to move i would fight with everything i had to break free sometimes i would have scrathes on my back.Once as a child around age 8 i awoke late one night in my bed the bed was vibrating and next to me was a very tall dark figure i ran out of the room as fast as i could il never forget that experiance.

QueenKiwi

Feb 07, 2012

To: lauraliejc

Pray-- it always helps. BTW I have had all these experiences since I was about 8 years old. They suck! I am now 31. Usually it happens at night in bed well I just had one sitting asleep in my recliner. Can't move, can't talk ,and no one hears a thing but you! I have seen demons in my closet, been dragged out of bed, fought with demons. At least I am not alone, but what does it all really mean. I finally did some research and learned a lot on wikipedia.

QueenKiwi

Feb 07, 2012

Hey guys,

I never have this problem when I sleep with christian programming on the tv.

lamont23

Feb 07, 2012

my name is lamont i am 22 i been doing this for 6 years now off n on the 1st time it happed i felt some one holding me down pushing down on my cheast i tryied 2 fight it but all i end up doing was open my eyes i was scared as hell cuz i felt somethen evil around me i cant explain it i use to all ways yell for help when i couldnt wake my self up but no one could hear me i felt me yelling from the top of my lungs.two days i have a lot of crazy stories about when i sleep over the years it just get harder n harder 2 fight it i use to fight it by wiggling my feet hard as i can n i would wake up n stay up till i feel like i can sleep wit out happening again i think the doctors have it all wrong i believe its a like our soul is trying to leave or bod its like um...Astral projection or something.well i have a lot to say but im not good at explaining my self but if you do the same thing u prolly get the picture

lamont23

Feb 07, 2012

To: FunkyPhil

same here

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Feb 08, 2012

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LJ0508

Feb 09, 2012

To: My Lord

I have had this sleeping problem since I was 13 years old and at that time, I was going through a lot of family problems that put me through a lot of depression.. The first time I dealt with it, it didnt bother me as much, but just had me a little scared because I thought I was having just a bad dream.. Then, after it started happening gradually and frequently then I knew it was more bigger than which I thought was me just having an "Out-Body" experience, but it really wasnt, and knew it was an "Evil Spirit" that was trying to take over my body or try to attack it in some way.. When I would be sleeping and going through what I thought was just an "Out-Body" experience.. I felt like I was wide awake or like I was awake but my eye lids would try to close in on me and I'd try my hardest to keep them open but knew all along that I was sleeping.. I always knew in my heart that it is an "Evil Spirit".. that "it" tries to attack when you are at your weakest point or feel helpless, like when you are sleeping and feel like you cant do anything.. I can speak for all, that "you" feel frozen, cant move your body, arms, legs and the most important thing, your mouth.. When I try to call for someone or any one, it feels like a "hand" is covering my mouth and no sound is going out.. There is a heavy weight on my body that feels like "its" holding me down even when I feel like im trying to get up but cant.. When I do get up, I do notice that I dont have much energy for even though it felt like I was fighting with "it" the whole night, it really was just a couple seconds or minutes.. Make a long story short,.. I call out in "Thee name of Jesus my Lord and Savior" to get out of my house my room and my body for I know for a fact that I am a "Child of God", and I say that over and over again til I know its gone.. And the reason I say I am a "child of God" is because when the Lord is in you, you can not be touched or no one or "it" cant touch you for you know where your FAITH stands and the Lord see's your HEART.. I am 26 years of age now and I dont let "it" fear me or effect me in any way for remember that "it" has no soul and you do, so you will always have the upper hand, unless you let "it" get to you.. (Read your Bible).. GOD BLESS..( :

kiwi2012

Feb 11, 2012

Kan anyone help me I went to sleep last night in a white vest top.. I was in bed by myself and was definatley wearing the white top before I feel asleep as my mum seen it on. I woke up and the top was off and searched the house and it is nowhere to be seen I don't sleepwalk are anything soo I couldn't have put it anywhere and I checked this house it just feels like it has disappered.

amiciei

Feb 14, 2012

To: mhie27

I dont know if you believe but You will afterwards if you follow this advise. Next time you feel this or see this simply say this: I call upon the blood of Jesus, go away.

I promiss you it will work, then find a good church

kittycd

Feb 14, 2012

I have advice!!
I have experienced sleep paralysis quite a few times within the past few years. It's such a horrible and dreadful feeling. It did feel like something evil was on my chest. I understood it wasn't evil but the feeling of dark and evil surrounded me as something pushed on my chest, and my breathing faultered. I felt like I was gasping for air until I couldn't breathe anymore. I tried screaming my head off but it sounded weak and all the while my family and fiance never heard a peep out of me. I could see everything in my focus though, but i couldn't move.
I would wake straight out of bed panicking yet whoever was in the room with me said I was sound asleep. How crazy!?

WELL, I googled this one day and searched endlessly for tips on how to make it stop. I found a site, about a year ago, and I used a tip I learned. I thought I wouldn't remember the tip, but I somehow did in my sleep and it worked!!! I woke up immediately and didn't have to suffer through those dreadful things!
What did I do? easy. I focused on making a finger or big toe move, yes just like in Kill Bill. As soon as I focused my energy on moving a limb, it felt like I broke the paralysis and I woke up fast and didn't go through that ordeal again! It's been months since I've last had one *knock on wood*. Good Luck!

Also, google for tips and advice because there's more but I can't remember it all.

As for the person who responded Astral projection, that's a very interesting take on it so i will definitely google it but for future reference, there is no need to type in all capitals. It makes your statement obnoxious and people will not bother to read it so just saying, be mindful next time.

janine942

Feb 15, 2012

To: Bianca313

Yes it is sleep paralysis it happend to me once. i saw this figure he was taller than me he was faceless and he had long skinny arms.

bigmitch839

22 hours

To: mhie27

What I happening is that ur brain is trying to wake up but ur body still thinks its asleep nothing to worrie about i myself have been goin threw this since I was 8 next time it happenes jus try to relax until it goes away