I'm afraid to go back to sleep. Someone please help me understand what the hell just happened!

I just want to thank everyone who responded and shared their experiences and kind words. I wish I could reply to each one individually but I'm very short on time.

I have not slept well since then, but I am becoming less and less fearful. I do believe everything happens for a reason, so I take it as an opportunity for growth.

I am not a religious person at all, though I am probably more "Christian" in action than many so-called Christians. Many people have suggested calling out to Jesus. I'll admit it feels a bit contrived to me, but I will try it next time and report back here on the results.

I've had sleep paralysis for 20 some years now, stating from when I was 6 or so. I finally beat the "old hag" this year by understanding the power of love and light, which is what Jesus is all about. Sleep paralysis would pull me out of dreams with a wave of cold, and I could feel a presence nearby. I came to understand that it was because I am very sensitive to energy fluctuations, particularly at night time when everyone is sleeping. A psychic man told me about the shielding technique when I was in my teens, and I would use it if I felt a presence when I was about to go to bed. Just imagine a bright light coming out of your heart, surrounding you and creating a perimeter. When it pulled me out of a dream, it was already too late, but I was able to breathe heavily enough for the hubby to wake me out of it for the last 10 years. I have had experiences in the last few months that just a year ago would have thrown me into paralysis, but now I am able to experience these fully awake, between sleeping and waking state. I even woke the hubby one time and he could not see what I was seeing. Always being in a state of love is what did the trick for me to experience these things more fully. The only thing I can compare it too is being on a roller coaster and finding your inner peace, zen, that you are safe and whatever is meant to be will be. Enjoy the ride. There is nothing to be afraid of except fear itself, the favorite tool for control. We are unlimited sources of love and light, don't forget to you let your light shine!

I had the thing grab me and take me back to bed too at one point in my life. Yeah, I thought I was awake just like you did too. It happened 3 times where I kept running to the bathroom, looking at myself in the mirror and slapping my face to make sure I was awake, only to be dragged back to the bed by that demon. The only way I was able to escape was to move to a new residence. There were too many weird OOBE's at that residence. Yeah, it was when I first started experimenting with that, but it still took an entire move to get it to stop. The biggest thing I learned was not to project unless my spirit guide was there. I think I was projecting without my guide is what happened. For real! I have more stories that go on for decades about the supernatural in my life. I finally gave it up in 1998 when things were just too weird for me to handle. In other words, you are better off not knowing and stop trying to fly around in your dreams.

Be it known also that at one point at that residence my supposed "spirit guide" manifested itself in the form of a very cute puppy in my lucid dream....but be careful...somehow I think that was a trick. It was directly after I trusted that puppy-spirit-guide that the weird, demonic stuff started happening. Your true spirit guide will guide you without a doubt. In my case, there was competition, and perhaps your spirit needs strength as well. Do not be deceived. When in doubt, get out! Just move!

I have sleep paralysis at random intervals of my life. It usually happens when I am away from home.

OP your experience sounds familiar, when I experience sleep paralysis, there is a primal fear that I cannot explain, it courses through my head. Almost like a mental scream.

I will try to move, and for an instant, my mind fools me into thinking that I have moved, but when I try to move again, I realized that I am still locked down.

Though, I have never been dragged around.. in my astral body (If that's what the moving part is). That sounds truly terrifying. There are theories that when we are in sleep paralysis, our astral bodies are starting to wander in different realms/dimensions. Perhaps, there is a being in another dimension that you drew attention to? Who knows

One thing I know for sure, when my cats are around me, I never experience sleep paralysis. Maybe I just feel safer around them.

Hopefully everything goes well for you.
I've had night terrors before and they are not fun.

Cheers

One thing I learned to do to get me out of it was to inhale FAST and deeply through my nose, enough so that it would vibrate my head and wake me up...SNORE OUT LOUD! I used that trick and it worked every time I really wanted out of my conscious dreams.

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I see you have just joined ats, i am interested in hearing some more of your experiences with the supernatural. I hope you get round to writing more of them down. I look forward to reading them.

Everyone who is giving you the advice to Pray is correct imo! I used to practice gnosis and consciousness/astral travel and have had some 'interesting'' experiences. Anytime I've ever been attacked by negative entities I have yelled for God and EVERY single time have been immediately taken out of the situation and thrown back into my body...woken up completely fine. - will power & faith

On a side note, get right with God because alot of astral or chakra teachings are wonderful until you reach a certain point, 'the point of no return'

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Hi Erowynn, I've had this condition for a long long time, the worst bout lasted for over two solid weeks, I even had an episode whilst I was completely awake, I know I was awake because I was in the shower at the time, and that energy you spoke of was behind the shower curtain.

I was being physically dragged out of my bed into the living room almost every night for two weeks, I was at my wits end and scared $hitless. I hated having to go back to the house let alone the bedroom, I ended up sleeping on the sofa for over a year before eventually moving house.

This was not a friggin dream, it happened,

I am not a religious person, somewhat spiritual but only recently, just a normal guy
I had to find out what was happening to me, my search led me to the world of the paranormal, demons & demonic possessions, inter dimensional beings, OBE's astral projection, the chakras, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and last but not least THE OCCULT.

My nightmare finally came to an end after two weeks of sheer & utter hell.
The bedroom lights were on as were the hallway lights and the living room lights. I had just laid down and as every other night I felt "electric" every pore on my body was literally "buzzing" I then went through the repetitive routine of closing my eye's and just as I realized I was dropping off to sleep I would get a bucket of adrenalin thrown into my chest cavity and I was fully awake again...trembling.

I was burnt out, not just physically but mentally, my eyes began to close, I remember that I could still see the light as a rosey pink color through my eyelids, and I could feel myself beginning to relax, I then felt a hand press against my side and came all the way around my waist, shocked I immediately opened my eyes and the bedroom lights had gone out.

I tried to get out of bed whilst punching with my fist at the light switch on the wall, it didn't work, all the lights were out, I was then violently grabbed by a pair of hands on both ankles, I say violently because it was very powerful grip they had on me, the right hand on my right leg keeping a very firm grip began to move up towards my knee, I was shouting "Jesus Christ" and I found that it did not work for me...no I am not a follower of Jesus, but when I was shouting his name I did so with every FIBER IN MY BODY.

I screamed " %&$? OFF!" ...they immediately took their hands off of me.

My eye's were closed and as much as I tried I could not open them, then I realized that I was laying down on the bed staring at the bedroom wall and all the lights were on. After that I slept like a baby,
I still get it from time to time but now I usually end up going to sleep with a smile on my face, tonight will be interesting it's been a while since I have thought about this.

I hope this has been of some help, make of it what you will, I am 99% absolutely positively certain that I not only suffer from sleep paralysis but my emotions tend to over react to situations that are only in my mind.

As for the other 1% WOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Hi Whos,

I believe that it was a good spirit who saved her.

I call this good spirit Jesus.

That is just my personal belief.

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Hi Ero,

I just want to say that all you have to do is call upon the good - I call that Jesus, Buddha, the angels, and especially the prophet Ezekiel.

But all you have to do is call in the good, and banish the bad.

Put a ring of angelic light around yourself.

I have had night terrors for so long that a great deal of the time when I have them I just attempt to scream out.. .... I eventually wake up and have a drink or a pill or maybe a few pills and a couple of drinks and get on ATS until the sun comes up and and maybe sleep a couple of hours... I recently went 10 day where I averaged 2 hours sleep a day... Other time I don't wake up or remember anything strange occurring while I am asleep but my wife will tell me about how I was making spooky sounds while tensed up and suddenly go limp and start breathing heavily and then normally without waking up.... My problem was diagnosed after I was observed by the deep night crew at a VA hospital post traumatic stress unit for a 10 week program.... I could take the medication that is prescribed to help me sleep but then I sleep for 14 to 16 hours a day and am too zoned out to enter my passwords for websites I frequent and what I post I usually delete because they don't make any sense..

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I know what you mean but heres the thing I have 4 demons and one angel watching me last night 2 of the demons hekd me down and carved there names in my back theres another girl I know who has one demon and one angel the demon cuts her evrey night he demon um **ped her 2 nights ago this other girl i know takes all my pian because "i have more to live for " she can cast spells i cant, but im stronger then her.

Erowyn, praying etc can never hurt. But I hope you have seeked medical help. The body may be spiritual and what not more, but´s a chemical factory first and foremost. The better you sleep due to those ol´ sleeping pills the better you will feel. I don´t want to push you, but sleep is essential. Best of luck!! If you want to talk to me personal, do u2u me.

its possible it was a number of things... dont feel afraid, but it was a spirit trying to get you out of your body so you can evolve become more of what you are doing now.... NOW you can leave your body when ever you want and do what ever you want. LUCID dream anything is possible now, please listen to me. next time you have sleep paralysis ask if any thing is there... and thats when it gets realy intense, i would actually like to talk to you more maybe we can talk IM? this is also happening to me but im in a different stage we can help eachother

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call out to your self...

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wow, i haven't ever experienced this except in nightmares where i cant move... i had a dream since where i could either wake up or stay asleep but i couldn't wake up really i didn't have a choice....but the dream was weird there was a dead man with no arm;.. a bit like its been ripped off or bit off....i always have weird dreams.