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Wake up seeing things???

I have, on SEVERAL occasions, woke up about an hour or so after I dose off (at night) to sleep and I think I see things.  Example:  I woke up one time swearing that there was a spider on the wall.  I woke up my husband and he said there was nothing there.  I feel like I'm totally awake, eyes open, speaking clearly, everything.  I just don't understand why this happens.  Sometimes when it begins, I tell him that it's not like before and I tell him that this time I really do see something.  So...I do realize what I'm doing at the time.  Then I go right back to sleep with no problems.  It's funny when it occurs because it's become a regular thing but I know this can't be normal.  Can someone please explain why this occurs?
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Hello everyone I'm Jean and I would see the spiders too and jump scream run!!! But I also would see big bright lights as well have dreams that would come true. I always seem to see things right when I wake up flowers paintings drawing etc.. so here lately insteady of me being afraid I try to understand it and look at it as a message.so I pray pray pray for understanding now I'm doing readings which is crazy even for me!lol but its free and I've always felt other people emotions.so maybe some of u may just have a gift if not all of u.
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Hi Guys! This is going to be my first time sharing this because it just happened to me a few minutes time... The samething happened to me, I woke up at around 3:00am, I started seeing like an ethereal blueish or purplish or violet glowing spider crawling onto my wall. My arm reacted and grabbed my pillow and then hit it.. I then switched on the light.. I ask myself, where did it go? And so it bothered me, and decided to search it now on the internet.

I really don't know, but the way I see it, it was like invisible, glassy glowy purple glow or an ethereal.. like a spirit... I then start researching this.. I searched Spider Spirit. And the search lead me to a Google with the result of Spirit Totem - Spider.... I looked at it... It is basically, our own Spirit Animal Totem.. It gives us guidance, they are giving us a sign.. It either shows, you are now learning to weave your own life. Or the spider is there to remove negative thoughts from our minds and only have positive thoughts.. We are like getting closer to the centre of the universe and finding the answer.. You guys can google this... Thank you so much for sharing your experience as well!! It was a great experience but freaked myself out a bit.. hehehehe! I loved the experienced I had. :) I don't have any problem going to sleep. I am healthy. That's all, I just want to share it. :) It sometimes gives you goosebumps, but it was nothing.
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This is INSANE that we all not only experience the same phenomena but SEE the same things.... those who say it is some sort of sleep paralysis disorder bs.... there's no way. I agree with a few other posts... this has to do with something else out there... maybe other dimensions we are coming into contact with? Mine started when I was 23-24 and i sawe giant masive spiders hanging form the ceiling, crawling up the walls... they were very real and they were there. It hasnt happened in a while until last night... and last night was one of the worst. I woke up screaming "NO!!!!" at something that seemed like it was pulling me and i couldnt pinpoint or describe exactly what i saw until just now reading a post and someone said a "reversed tunnel"... that is exactly what i saw, a black reversed tunnel through the ceiling... what the heck does all of this mean? Anyone who tried to say it is some sort of disorder is lying. I want answers.
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Okay, it all started a few months ago. I woke up and saw a huge fly/mosquito sort of thing. I jumped and tried to waft it away. After this I thought okay so it was just a bad dream. However, about a week ago I woke and thought that there was a giant snake on my bed (snakes are my biggest fears!), I jumped up and used my quilt to cover it. I remember staying there for about 10 minutes thinking that there was a snake underneath and if I moved it would bite me. Eventually, I put my quilt over the bed and shook it until I had thought it had gone. Waking up the next morning I realised that I was just being stupid. But last night I saw an outline of a man in the corner of my room. I was terrified! I am so scared of falling a sleep and then waking up and seeing a figure stood over me. Please any suggestions how to over come this or how to help? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks, 123_123_123
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I have been waking up ,for the past four days,,and every time I open my eyes in the morning ,,I see rips and tears ,,but it looks kind of like horizontal rings of fire ,,,but they are in my eyes ,,and I can see through them ,,I just got curious about it today,,but they are not solid shapes ,,more like outlines,,,
I am afraid ,,that its a medical thing,,any ideas or suggestions?
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Seeing things after I woke was something I had to endure for a long time. I was travelling alot so I was often in an alien environment, sleeping on cheap mattresses and not sleeping well at all. I learnt that with REM before I went to sleep (too much time on the laptop!) my brain would go into overdrive and I'd dream extremely vividly and I'd often keep these images as I woke up. One thing I would really recommend is taking down posters etc off your walls. I found this really helpful as I'd often dream of things that I'd have up (being a student, there were lots of odd pictures around) so by simplifying my sleep environment, I definitely felt calmer as I slept, relaxing my brain and making me less anxious
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