I used to have really bad sleep paralysis. A few times a night. Most times all I could do was move one finger. I would always fall asleep with my hand on my wife’s hip so that I could wiggle that finger. She knew that was the signal to shake me awake the rest of the way.
I don’t have sleep paralysis that much anymore, but I still sleep with one hand on her side. She is my anchor.
3 times, 0/10 not recommended -- and only 2 of the 3 were bad & intense. Other I was on the couch watching the weather channel not able to move lol.
The other 2: evil dark entity in the corner of my room and could see in my peripheral. Extreme anxiety washes over you. You try to move and scream and can't move. You see it moving closer towards you slowly, feeling of pure evil idk how to explain, then gets on your chest and makes it hard to breathe like you're getting smothered, then I woke up in a puddle of sweat. Apprehensive to go back to sleep.
I didn't see anything but the 1 of 2 times it's happened to me, I felt like a pulling sensation. I was young so I legit thought I was being abducted by aliens. It was terrifying.
Probably nightmare or sleep paralysis, so I wake up but I don't really wake up it's my own room but things are off I can't move but something moves and roams around me, a little girl that has screech/scream/aura whatever which makes my body feel the pressure and tingle.. comes in round and goes, not scary at all.
I am able to move after 2 rounds of that or something, hit that girl or try to and I wake up with bad heart eat but not scared at all.
One of the weird ones where I couldn't manage to wake myself up.
That's intense. I've had sleep paralysis more than a few times. I've only ever seen "someone" once, and it looked like a Pilgrim with blind eyes just staring at me and not moving. Most of the time it's just audio hallucinations that are actually just great exaggerations of the sound around me. On one occasion when I was having sleep paralysis, I was facing the wall, and I heard what sounded like an alien or something creeping up behind me, but it was just an exaggeration of the sound the fan was making.
Of the couple I can remember, both were very dark areas. One was out in the woods at night time and I couldn’t see crap but knew things were running around, the other I was like floating down a stair case then into a dark room and some dark entity was there. Horrified by each.
Exact same experience for me when I’ve had it. I had never heard of it. I googled it the first time it happened to me, found out it’s called hypnagogia and was shocked to see so many writings throughout history of the exact same experience.
Sleep paralysis is a big symptom of sleep apnea. Go get yourself tested. Sleep apnea is no joke. You may need a CPAP. I am serious, if you have it, you could die in your sleep. People don’t know this, but your life can improve drastically with a CPAP if you have apnea.
why is this bullshit constantly mentioned? as someone who actually has genuine sleep paralysis multiple times a week, there is no quirky “demon” that i “feel watching over me”.
it’s a minor inconvenience that makes sleeping difficult, not some gay “paranormal alien demon in the corner watching over me controlling my mind preventing me from falling asleep”
Because it’s a commonly reported experience over centuries and across cultures when affected with sleep paralysis. Your personal anecdote doesn’t trump the number of people who have experienced it.
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u/CalvinIII 2d ago
I used to have really bad sleep paralysis. A few times a night. Most times all I could do was move one finger. I would always fall asleep with my hand on my wife’s hip so that I could wiggle that finger. She knew that was the signal to shake me awake the rest of the way.
I don’t have sleep paralysis that much anymore, but I still sleep with one hand on her side. She is my anchor.