many experiences part 2
- I can have false awakening 3-4 times during sleep paralysis, and I can never wake up. At the end I usually fall asleep, but sometimes it happens again after dreeming. Last night, I thought I woke up from my sleep paralysis, but I didn't, and I saw for the first time a big shadow crawling in my bed. I screamed as loud as I could but nothing came out. Oh and I always try to call for my sister's name, but it never works even if I really believe I am. I also have experienced something pushing me behind my back and it woke me up. But all that was behind me was the wall... It can be hallucinations, I try to convince myself that it is not a demon or a ghost, but it really feels as if something terrifying is in the room. I try to talk about it with my family, but they think I am crazy or something. I wish there was something I could do to stop it from happening.
- —Guest chanelle
many experiences part 1
- I am 18, and I have experienced a lot of sleep paralysis. But in the past months, it has happened a lot more. It has been only a few weeks that I know it is called that way. It always happens when I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night(always around 5am) and then go back to bed. It's as if your body falls asleep, but your mind stays awake. I can't move anything, but I can breathe. My body seems like it's shaking, and when I try to move, it's like I'm frozen, or as if something is keeping me from moving. The first times, it would last 10 seconds and then I would wake up. But now, I experience also false awakening. When it happens, all I wanna do is go to my sister's room, which is next to mine. I picture myself getting up, but I feel weak and dizzy, and I would always fall down. I see myself reach her room, but then I realize that I am still frozen in my sleep. Then I panic and I feel like I am shaking again.
- —Guest chanelle
Unnerving Experiences
- My nephew was in his crib playing and I'm lying on my side watching him. I guessed I fell asleep because the next thing I know I feel a pressure behind me. I'm thinking its my nephew but how can that be because I'm staring right at my nephew who is still in his crib playing.I try to sit up but i feel this pressure pushing me back down. And no matter how hard I try I can't move nor make a sound.While this is not my first experience with sleep paralysis or my scariest it was my most unnerving.
- —Guest Jennifer
Horrific
- I fell asleep one night, listening to my iPod. I was about twelve. Then I woke up, but of course, what actually happened was sp. Anyway, I was certain I was awake, I was listening to one of my fave songs, and I clearly saw my room around me from my bed. I heard a random noise in the kitchen, shrugged it off, but for some reason, I was scared. My terror kept escalating, I tried to run out of my room but realized I was frozen. I could see out my window, I was CERTAIN I was awake which it was was really scary. Then, my music sort of distorted. It was the same song, but it went low, slow and demonic. I saw this entity, like faded light in the shape of a figure, enter my room. My heart was going to rip out of my chest. I was horrified. I screamed and screamed but all that came out was breath. It got closer and closer with the sound of horrible laughing and rushing wind. I felt it jump onto my chest, pressing me down. I mustered all my energy to rip the earphones out of my ear, and woke up.
- —Guest Claire
Sp is ok!
- It isnt fully scientifically explainable but yeah it gets studied. Ive had loads of sp experiences,in hospital my arm had been badly burnt, so tired but couldnt sleep, I guess my body fell asleep but my brain didnt, I couldnt move, as Ive had this before and had the buzzing in my ears and my whole body feels like its vibrating and sometimes I 'pop' out my body, but in hosi i just struggled and tried to lift my arm,its like moving through glue, couldnt feel any pain and i lifted my head up to have a look at what my 'astral' arm looked like because it's the most controlled sp episode i had had at that piont, there was a very faint outline, like heat when it rises from a road, kind of squigly outline of my arm. I was fine until I felt a bad feeling and looked in the corner of the room i was in (it was a single room) and seen a black cloudy mass, very dark, up in the corner by the cieling. Instinctivly I knew I had to get back to normal as quickly as i could.
- —Guest hoody
SP runs in the family part 2
- I have also had many more experiences now they usually happen straight after i have a horrible frightening dream which ends up me being unable to move in my dream then i appear in my room paralysed. The only time i've seen something was when i got it once but there was a bright flash when it ended there was like a freaky face that appeared, it is a horrible experience but i haven't had it for awhile now. My older sister shortly started getting SP after i did her experiences sounded the same as mine... then awhile after my little sister then started getting it.. she said "i woke up but i could not fully open my eyes, it was as if a massive fan was inside my room or like i was outside it was very windy, i couldn't move but then i just fell asleep again". I think it is very weird that it runs in the family but i do think SP is very interesting even though it is a horrible experience
- —Guest Lauren
SP runs in the family part 1
- My mum used to tell me stories of how my grandad her and my auntie all got sleep paraylsis, me auntie used to get the one where she felt as if someone was sitting on her chest. My mum is actually able to use her voice to call for help from my dad... not long after hearing these stories there was a night where i had already been shaken up by something that night, but as i was trying to get to sleep the tv was on but i could hear the news it sounded like horrible news and as i went to turn around to ask my sister if she heard it i wasn't able to i was stuck in my position, it suddenly felt as if my body was vibrating and it sounded like buzzing around me it felt so horrible and it gave me a feeling as if something was coming closer and closer to me as i tried to call to my sister and move it was just impossible it felt like it was a long time; as it felt like the thing was just by me i jumped up calling my sisters name.
- —Guest Lauren
It's not the devil..
- I experience this horrific ordeal on a regular basis. The stories of "ghosts or scary objects" are hard to believe, I think you've just woken up from a bad dream very frightened or possibly in shock. When I experience this sleep paralysis it goes like this; I wake up because I feel like I desperately need a gasp of air. Upon trying to breath, I realise I cannot. This immediately sends me into shock. Any attempt to move my lower body (from the neck down) is impossible and excruciating. I cannot talk, sit up or breath. I've tought myself to snap out of it by shaking my head or physically and mentally forcing myself to move. It's the worst experience and I recommend it to no-one. I would like to be treated for what I believe is more of a unexplained condition, rather than a paranormal activity.
- —Guest Tom
first time. strange night
- Not really scary.. just really strange. i didn't see any hallucinations but i could not move my body at all. So i figured if i closed my eyes for like a minute it would stop.. and it did. I opened them and i could move fine. then i decided i was still a little sleepy so i closed my eyes for maybe 15 seconds and i felt like something was in the room and i opened my eyes and couldnt move again.. this happened 3 times in a row. the reason i would close my eyes again is to see if it would happen still and to see if i could overpower whatever was making my body not move. i was only able to move slightly each time and i couldn't say a word. the 4th time nothing happened and i fell asleep for 3-4 hours. what a weird night.
- —Guest Alex
SP
- Well I've heard of SP before but never thought I'd experience it, until last night. I was sleeping, then woke up in a frenzied panic where I had a sore head and dry mouth. I tried to move my limbs but it was impossible. I felt an eerie strong presence in the room, like it was behind me standing in the door watching me. My bf was next to me the whole time and he said how I was whimpering and crying. Then I went cold and felt a cold hand run it's fingers through the back of my hair very slowly and firmly, this must have took about a minute to reach the top of my head, and when it did the fingers began to press down really firmly and held me in place. I then let out a pathetic moan and 'woke up' in the normal sense feeling very disturbed. iv heard that SP is more common when u lie on on back? I had implants 3 months ago and iv been sleeping on my back ever since. I'm scared to sleep now!!
- —Guest Fox321
Sounds of Humming
- every now and then I have nights were i hear whistling sounds are humming sounds right in my ear sometimes I sleep into 10am and find my self looking around my room not seeing anything that seems scary just looking at the trees outside the window are looking around my bedroom but not being able to fully wake up and get out of bed there was one time I had a big attack that I can remember It was like I was going into shock and I blackout with high pitch sounds ring into my ear that lasted about 1 to 3 minutes then I woke up and was so scared that I did not move a muscle for about 30mins and I was scare to go back to sleep for almost 1 hour
- —Guest me
sleep paralysis
- I have experienced "sleep paralysis" only once that I am able to remember. I remember I was dozing off midday, and suddenly felt like I was being held down. I felt as if I was being electrocuted, but that is not exactly the feeling. It is very hard to describe, it was not painful, felt like my body was buzzing, and was cold. I was so frightened I could not bring myself to open my eyes. It lasted for what seemed like forever. When it stopped, I was so frightened I turned on every light in my house. I was unable to sleep with the lights off for about a year after, even when my husband was there to sleep with me. The worst/scariest thing about my whole ordeal was the fact that I had bruises, almost in the shape of fingers, on my legs and wrists where I felt I was being held down. I am so scared that something will happen again, I refuse to talk about this, especially after dark. :c
- —Guest Jessica
weird
- I guess I was asleep and became stuck to my bed I felt like I was being electricuted and and I also heard a loud buzzing and there was a dark figure hovering over me,i thought I was being killed by a ghost or something, I started to try to struggle to get up and leave and as I was something ran across the ceiling and down the wall to my head I couldny exactly make out what it was but It came from the figure above me
- —Guest John
I experienced this last night
- I got into an arguement with my girlfriend and it was about 2:30 am and I started falling asleep...& while I was sleeping I felt something holding me down and I couldn't wake up....my eyes tried soo hard to open and I couldn't move my arms...I tried saying something but I don't know if I said anything or not...I could hear my parents talking in the room next to me...I then started having a bad dream....& this morning I feel soo like idk...not awake...I still feel like I'm dreaming o.O
- —Guest Guest Kevin
ME TOO!
- It has happened to me twice now. The first time was in high school (when i never really got enough sleep) and i woke up in the middle of the night and thought i was being held down by a rapist or burglar! I saw a dark figure at the foot of my bed and tried to scream for help. My mum's a doctor so when i awoke i asked her what it could be and she said it was sleep paralysis and that it can be caused by anxiety and stress or even from sleeping with ur neck in a funny position (i had been sleeping so that the pillows were vertical and my neck was cricked). It happened to me again last night so i thought id check online. I had a dream someone was breaking into my room and heard the window bang, then it felt like someone was climbing into my bed and i felt the covers move. I tried to scream again because i knew what it was and wanted to break free. Id been sleeping with my neck in a funny position, so i don't believe it is the work of demons but its good to know im not alone :]
- —Guest Jem
