Sleep Paralysis Victims...

Well I've only had one sleep paralysis lately that I was aware of having. I think until I found out about sleep paralysis I just saw it as a dream.

But after the sleep paralysis that I had lately I immidiately knew that I just experienced it.

I was lying with my head facing towards the wall (my bed is pushed onto a wall), and then I feel a presence of something standing on the other side of the bed. Then I realize there's some kind of silouhette standing right next to my bed, but I just couldn't move my head no matter how much I wanted to.

The worst part was still to come. All of a sudden the presence violently sort of like "slapped" me on the side of my face and made a very uneasing noise while doing it.

I always laugh when I tell it to someone, but it was actually really horrible. It's one of the worst feelings I've ever had.

Funny thing is that my friend who had been sleeping over walks into my room just a few seconds after I woke up from sleep paralysis. Made me feel a lot better, because I had that feeling of unease that you get after waking up from a really bad nightmare that you haven't fully recovered from.

[edit on 14-8-2008 by ZikhaN]

reply to post by MajorMalfunction


You hit the nail squarely on the head with that one. It's all too easy to give our senses the benefit of the doubt, when in fact that's the worst thing you can do if you want to understand what's happening. Our senses, by the very virtue of their ability, are intrinsically flawed when it comes to making sense of things we are unfamiliar with. It's my opinion this is where we get most of our ideas for "ghosts", "demons", "bigfoot", etc., which have since become ingrained in our culture, which makes us instantly think of them when we experience these strange phenomena, creating a feedback loop of superstition.

But that's my opinion

I have had 2 of these situations that I can remember, Both were very similar with only small variations.

I 'awoke' (lucid enough to know what I was doing) to find myself lying on my left side with my butt over hanging the edge of the bed, I tried to fidget back into a more comfortable position but couldn't move and couldn't call to my wife lying next to me.

The first time I remember it happening there was only what I can say was an oppressive feeling and then I noticed movement, I clearly saw a hunched over figure no more than 4 foot tall stepping behind me, I saw that it looked like a 'goblin' , grey skinned with a fairly rough but not warty or hugely deformed texture. It stepped behind my back and out of my view , not being able to move my head to check behind me. I didn't feel any pain just anxious , then I awoke fully when my wife shook me.
I snore quite loudly and breath quite heavily enough to wake her up sometimes.

The second time happened in the same circumstances , lying on my left side with my butt over the edge of the bed, and again I noticed the 'goblin' but this time he wasn't alone, as I watched him step behind me I saw there was a figure dressed in a black hooded cloak, with his face covered in shadow facing me with a light , thin glow around him ( he wasn't as tall as a average man, again there was the feeling of malevolence and anxiety. But this time I actually 'said' (in my mind) " You are not welcome here , begone from my sight", (sounds daft but thats word for word what I thought.)
Now here comes the really daft part , I envisioned a green force field around me , I remember it being green as it was a nice colour, and the 'goblin' started to bang on it as if trying to get in? the field lit up every time he hit it with his fist ( I could see his his fist out of the corner of my right eye. There was 4 flashes of white).
The figures then departed and then I awoke fully again, I was a bit anxious about getting back to sleep so soon, so I got up and had a drink of water.
I decided to keep a diary of these experiances and I'm (believe or not) trying to have another 'session' to see A: what happens and if there are any other differences. and B: to see if I can 'communicate' with the 'entities' that visit for lack of a better word..


I think that anyone else in these circumstances just need to not fear , as difficult as it sounds, you are in control all the time. You can stop it or continue it to see how it plays out.
People say they're demons , people say they're aliens , I honestly do not know what the are.
Are they a figment or my imagination ?, are they demons or aliens ? , all I know is , I want another go so I can see what happens .

reply to post by TheRepublic


I just had an "episode"... and it's not exactly the same as what I've been reading... it was like, at first I was trying to sleep and rather scary images and feelings kept floating through my brain, so I would wake myself up and try to sleep again. But as I progressed into deeper sleep, I would be thinking almost and certain words that I would come to would lead my body to feel immobile and I'd have to move or something but it kept happening and then I would not get up up, and then I heard my boyfriend's voice saying something... I can't remember now, my body was immobile again but it was like, in my head and then my voice answered (also in my head) and then I tried to get up but I just kept trying to sleep... and then finally I entered a dream-like state where I was clearly in a dream until I came upon a cat, which began to yowl and that sent my body into the immobile state once again and I tried to scare the cat but I couldn't move and I ended up yelling which woke me up and then... I was finally awake and I haven't tried to go back to sleep yet.

It was really scary. I don't know what to do... I have to get up early tomorrow... But maybe it's stress? It's only happened once before but it was a little less because I woke up completely a lot sooner and ran to my mom. But now I'm at college by myself. (I'm a freshman and I just got here a couple days ago) I live in a single dorm and my boyfriend is in a different building. But i can't run to him because they're all locked now. But... anyway... I guess it's just nice to express this to anyone...

Sleep Paralysis is a gift to me, I don't feel like a victim.

Yes some VERY scary things have happened to me while in this state, but when you put your fears away and take control of this situation, you realise your lucky to be in such a state like a trance that you can OBE/AP/Meditate etc with such ease.

Plus who doesn't like a bit of excitement?



[edit on 25-8-2008 by _Phoenix_]

reply to post by TheRepublic


I've experienced many of these. In one I had, I was having a normal dream and then all of a sudden It becomes some freaky thing , like the earliest I recall, I was in a swimming pool and I saw a fish and it was huge and it swallowed my leg, and when it did that, my leg became paralyzed first and then the rest of my body. A bunch of odd images flashed through my head. I did hear a female breathing close to my ears, like all the other sounds in the house shut off and only this female's heavy breathing right into my ears, was all I could hear.

The last one I had last week. It was morning time and it felt like my eyes were half open. I could somehow know where everything was in the room, I couldn't move, I was so scared, I felt like I had to get out of the experience or I would be taken away , like if I was going to be abducted if I did not escape from this paralytic state. I felt like a fan was blowing in the room, but it turns out it wasn't, and it did sound like the whizzing of a fan was in there. I also remember, before I got out of my dream, I heard my friend's voice, say something insignificant, it was like I had heard him say something with his voice, a quick thing, but he was asleep in the room next door.

I wonder how it was possible for me to hear his voice as if it was in the same room, for a quick 3 seconds, when he wasn't in there, and why was it the lat thing I heard before I was able to get out of this paralysis?


Everytime I have these paralytic experiences, I'm usually sleeping on my back and It's one of those nights, or times when I decide I'm really not going to toss and turn, and am able to fall asleep without moving too much.

basically they have been a part of my life my entire life even still the shows and stuff they will talk you just have to open the port of your mind that allows to to listen not everyone can.reason why we feel fear when they appear is because our body work like a like a radio picking up different senses instead of air waves and our body are setup to fear them do to all the horror films and crap to make you fear them that when u do sense them the brain automatically goes into a fear state not all the figures you see are demonic spirits.if they are it a completely different feeling ur heart rate will beat off key and your blood will run cold and the feeling of death will run threw your whole body as if you were actually dying.the reason why most of you have seen them as a child is because your more how could i put this."vulnerable" because the part of your brain that pick up these senses hasn't been developed so its like an open door to them as you get older the door slowly closes that's why some people never get it again cause they are prone to senses what we cant see.and those who do like myself the door remains open,i know Ive heard stuff of them speaking to the person and they cant understand what they are saying.may sound crazy but try to focus on their voice if you can do that you'll be able to understand them not in complete clarity but well enough you'll know what they are talking about..like i said sounds crazy but its the honest truth. my whole life Ive heard them and though i was crazy ever since the age of 8 soon after id see them they would appear in human form then dissipate and at 16 was when i started to understand them talking threw my pillow and calling my name.

reply to post by TheRepublic


I have encountered sleep paralysis many times within my life. I'm 23 and I've had SP more than 20 times and thats just the ones I can remember. One thing is I don't think I had SP as a kid or maybe I did and it was so traumatizing I forcefully / unknowingly forgot.

The first time is always the most frightening, well for most people,... OK so for me it was scary as Hell. I mean Republic you know what I'm saying. I remember sleeping with the light off(I'm in the basement of our 2 story house) I wake up in the dark and my obviouse instinct is to turn on the bed lamp beside me. I reach for it. 'Click' nothing... I try again 'Click' I keep on trying to turn on the light. I hear the sound of the fimiliar, clicking, noise I've become so accustomed to hearing, yet no light.
At this point I'm freaking out, just screaming at the top of my lungs, yet no one hears me? Im confused, lost, is this a dream? I ask myself.
And then I feel the Presence. If you thought I was scared when I found out I could only move my arms or when I was screaming and no one heard me, you`d be wrong. Every time I experience SP I always think theres something in my room with me. By far the most scariest thing Ive ever encountered (sorry if thats to weak sauce for you) and thats REAL TALK. I have some methods of breaking SP. Over the years I`ve perfected them.

However if SP is surpassed than the reward is truly awesome. Lucid Dreams.

Let me know if you or anyone else wants to hear some tips on how to get out of SP or anything related.

And the answer to your question of a benevolent presence. I sometimes wonder if the righteous people see benevolent ones and the damned see what we see. (just something to ponder)

-TheMeanSeen-

I have experienced it as well only twice a year. Mainly when I sleep on my back. Last night I noticed it happen I didn't think much of it, but flipped on my side. I awoke again on my back not to much time later I tried to say Jesus the only thing I thought would shake it. I tried to wingle a toe, anything! I felt so powerless all I could do was look around with my eyes this time I saw a shadow of a black cape from behind. I can't say it was just taking my energy... I get a sense either wants to tap with dreams or read me almost. When I finally shook it I had a slight tingle throughout my body.

I have suffered from sleep paralysis for probably 8 years now. In all that time I have only ever experienced 2 beings. One was shrouded in grey at the foot of my bed. I was frightened but I feel that I was only frightened more out of shock than anything. The being didn't move or do anything, just stood there.

The second being I encountered was a young native american woman dressed in full regalia. She threw white powder dust in my face and it looked like a bunch of firecrackers going off. I was then surrounded in white light and felt intense feelings that I have never felt before. For the first time in all of my experiences I decided to go with the flow and calm my fears. Unfortunately the feelings were a bit too overwhelming and I ended up waking myself up.

The last time I experienced SP I decided to try and go with the flow again, instead of fighting against it. This time however, I was stuck in some sort of foggy grey mist. And there started a buzzing/hum in my ears that increased with great intensity. I tried to go with it but my ears were physically beginning to hurt. It was WAY too intense and I had to pull myself out of it. When I woke up my ears were still buzzing and felt funny for the rest of the day.

Though I do believe in sleep paralysis, that's not what I have. I have an incubus demon..three or more. Only one has ever come off 'nice' but he showed me his dark side last night. I left a description on here of what happened. My suggestion is to pray and if you're experiencing any sexual episodes to try and resist (they are really good in the sex department) other than that I don't know what to tell you. I'm in the process of getting my house cleansed so hopefully that helps. Good luck to you and always remember Jesus is with you!reply to post by TheRepublic

reply to post by TheRepublic


I think I had one. I had an experience at, in short, was nothing but a white light and heavy sensation pushing me down. It wasn't bad. It wasn't evil. But it was strange.

I was staying in a room for the night, one I stayed in a couple time a week for school. The building was known to be troublesome to those living in it. It was dank and cold and you always felt watched.

I stayed in the daskest coldest, strangest room of the bunch, so sleep was difficult. My solution was to move happy things into the space: pushed the bed to flank the window, cleaned, you know. I tried to put some comfort and good thoughts into it. But it just sucked it all up like a black hole.

One night, after finishing a bit of homework in the room (something I rarely did) I found myself ready to sleep around 10:30 so to be ready for an early class. I settled in somewhat more easily than usual- the usual being a skitzy night with strange noises and movement in the corner of my eyes, anxiety, etc.- I fell asleep quickly.

The next thing I remember is waking up to a white light. It didn't seem to have a source, just everything or the space between things. What ever it was from, it was bright. I was able to make out the time on a huge digital clock- 1:00 am.

I was awake enough to understand that that was not the time for daylight-white-light to be filling everything. I was very much awake, and pushing on my bed with my hands to sit up and look at that clock again, just to be sure. It was hard to rise up. I felt my eyes trying to close again, even though I was more aware than such lid behavior warranted.

So I looked out the window. It was light outside too. It wasn't exactly like the sun was up, no, more like the moment lighting strikes on a slightly hazey night. It was lovely actualy, but I was too stunned to acknoledge it then.

No bad guys, no fear, just .. good.

I feel back into the pressure pushing me down to rest.

Does that help?

Originally posted by TheRepublic
Anyone can post their thoughts here, but I am specifically intrested in hearing from people who have exsperianced episodes of sleep paralysis.

Frightening! First time i experienced it i seriously thought i was dying. I could not even make a sound, nothing!

Next few times after the first time it still scares the crap outta you. You hear voices, you see persons....

Thing is, when you are sleep paralyzed, you can induce an OoBE. Try to get over the fears you have and get out of that damned body. Its worth all the # thats coming outta your ass when it happens for the first few times.

Last night for the first time in years I half-woke. I was able to move after what seemed like minutes. I screamed out. "Be a man!" I was dreaming I was a processor on a circuit board. My heart pounded so hard. I still feel the helplessness.

hmmm.... this is interesting, i have experienced this
but it does seem to be a common event
perhaps u could try some meditation or some other spiritual things like that to try to understand these occurances because you sed that felt evil

I would get it when i layed down awake and tried to sleep,rare time where i would wake up,go get a glass of water etc then come back and get paralyzed,very odd


I remember one experiance strongly,where in the morning i was showing signs of sickness and by end of the day was very bad like no cold i ever experiance before.( i didn't take any medicine at all mind you)

By end of the day i couldn't handle it(first time any cold that progressed that fast for me that was so horrible it make me wanna go sleep to just not experiance it at all) As was laying down could see the clock from me that read 7:20pm,no sooner then my head touched the pillow,I was paralyzed wide wake,I remember seeing blurred white tanish figures by me while in bed,though kept telling myself it was the chair,As i tried to focus on one them?,I stoped and looked away not wanting to look at all.
I remember i experience some OOB moments.

Whats strange is by the near end of the paralyze i could hear sounds of someone in a breathing mask(like hooked up to machine,and other hums)
went on for couple mins and I was feeling impatient,just before was let out of the paralyze,as soon as i could move,I bolted to door but stoped and looked back and got strange feeling i should thank someone? Not only that,But my cold that made me feel so bad was completey gone,like it never happend.the clock i checked on the phone in the kitchen had read 9:32pm(around that time)



I would never forgot something so odd as that,

I didn't and don't get any evil vibes from most of my paralyze if you must know,It just an odd/strange/here it goes again..sigh feeling.

I would get it when i layed down awake and tried to sleep,rare time where i would wake up,go get a glass of water etc then come back and get paralyzed,very odd


I remember one experiance strongly,where in the morning i was showing signs of sickness and by end of the day was very bad like no cold i ever experiance before.( i didn't take any medicine at all mind you)

By end of the day i couldn't handle it(first time any cold that progressed that fast for me that was so horrible it make me wanna go sleep to just not experiance it at all) As was laying down could see the clock from me that read 7:20pm,no sooner then my head touched the pillow,I was paralyzed wide wake,I remember seeing blurred white tanish figures by me while in bed,though kept telling myself it was the chair,As i tried to focus on one them?,I stoped and looked away not wanting to look at all.
I remember i experience some OOB moments.

Whats strange is by the near end of the paralyze i could hear sounds of someone in a breathing mask(like hooked up to machine,and other hums)
went on for couple mins and I was feeling impatient,just before was let out of the paralyze,as soon as i could move,I bolted to door but stoped and looked back and got strange feeling i should thank someone? Not only that,But my cold that made me feel so bad was completey gone,like it never happend.the clock i checked on the phone in the kitchen had read 9:32pm(around that time)



I would never forgot something so odd as that,

I didn't and don't get any evil vibes from most of my paralyze if you must know,It just an odd/strange/here it goes again..sigh feeling.



PS:made a post by anonymously by mistake

reply to post by _Phoenix_


true, i don't feel like a victim for having had several episodes (despite they're freaking scary). i like to know i've had an experience that a lot of people don't, or don't recall having.

reply to post by ll__raine__ll


Not to pry, but what was your exp that was so different? Maybe it was like one of mine. Hopefully not.