Was this Terrifying Experience Just Sleep Paralysis?

About 12 years ago I had an experience with sleep paralysis. As far as I can recall it is the one and only time I have ever went through it.

I was in bed asleep and I woke up feeling a very heavy sense of terror. I mean I was freaked out, I felt so scared. I felt as though I had had a really bad nightmare but I could not remember anything about it. I know without any doubts whatsoever that I was completely awake. I lay there thinking, trying to figure out what my dream had been about when I noticed that some ‘thing’ was in the room with me. I somehow knew that it was over in the corner of the room but I couldn’t make it out. There was some light coming in form the window so I could see around the room but I couldn’t see what “it” was, all I could really see was a darkness. It wasn’t like a shadow with a certain shape, it was just darkness. When I say that I felt a very evil presence in that darkness I cannot exaggerate, it was bad.

Up until this time I was just laying there. I hadn’t tried to get up or move. But when I tried to raise my head up to look closer at the corner of the room I discovered that I could not move anything except for my eyes! There was a huge weight that started pressing down on me and it was getting difficult to even breathe. At that moment I became even more terrified. I struggled and pushed and then I thought if I could just speak the name of Jesus it would all go away. It took a lot of effort to get the word out. At first it was like I was yelling as loud as I could but no sound would come out. Finally I stuttered the name “Jesus” aloud and instantly the weight vanished and the entire room felt lighter. Just like that the ‘thing’ was over.

A strange thing about all this, and it could very well just be a coincidence, is that just a few days (or maybe it was a couple weeks I can recall for certain but it was definitely no longer than that) before this I was involved in the digging of a grave and we accidentally dug into an old grave that was unmarked.

I posted more about this experience here – We Accidentally Dug Into Someone’s Grave!

As odd as it may seem I never really made the connection that my bout with sleep paralysis happened so soon after the cemetery thing until just recently. As I have said it could just be a coincidence, but I think it was more.

Written by David Slone, Copyright 2009

Not So Sweet Dreams and Terrifying Angel Like Creature

This happened to me when I was 16 years old. It was mid summer at around 3 pm and I had just come into my moms house to cool off. I went into my bedroom and kicked back on my bed not laying down completely. I had my pillows propped up behind my head about the same way I would do when I would read a book. I was not really even tired just a little drained from the heat.

I had been lying there for only a few minutes when all of the sudden I felt the bed just sink down. It was not like a weight on my chest like I have heard some people describe with sleep paralysis. It was like I was being pulled down and when this happened my stomach felt kinda like it does when I'm on a roller coaster or going down a steep hill in a car. I even heard the box springs in the mattress make a noise when this happened.

I tried to move and I couldn't. I tried to speak and I couldn't but my eyes were wide awake and I could see straight ahead but I could not move them. Then it happened again. I felt the mattress under me just sink down about a foot and this time it sunk down a lot faster and a lot more violent than before. I tried again to move and again I could not move. I tried to yell and again I could not yell, and right about now I am getting pretty freaked out and I can feel sweat start to roll down my face. I am laying there scared and confused and all of the sudden I see something start to materialize in front of me, it is giving off a really bright gold colored light all around it.

It took a few seconds for my eyes to focus on it and when my eyes focused to say I was terrified would be a great understatement. What I saw looked like an angel, it had wings and it was made completely out of a gold colored light, but when I looked in it's face it had no eyes and it looked as if it was kinda smiling at me.

Then I felt the bed sink again and this thing had my ankle and it drug me out of the bed and across the floor really fast and when I got to the wall at the end of the room I snapped out of it. When I snapped out of it I was covered in sweat and was still sitting straight up just like I was when all of this started.

I have long since moved out of that house but I will not ever sleep in that bedroom again no matter what the circumstances.

Ryan

More About Sleep Paralysis:

Sleep Paralysis Stories

Is Sleep Paralysis Paranormal?

Sleep Paralysis ~ Scientific Explanations And The Old Hag Legends

Sleep Paralysis and Succubus Possession

To whom that could help me, This may not sound like a ghost story, which I hope it's not cause if it is then perhaps I'm in some deep grave. I've been suffering from what seems to be sleep paralysis but I fear that it could be more than just normal blockage of nerves to rest my limbs during sleep.

I've been reading some the articles related to sleep paralysis on this website. I'm a bit reluctant to accept this but there are some or many similarities of my sleep paralysis experiences with the "unusual" sleep paralysis I've came across in this website.

I'm hearing noises, speeches of foreign language, glass breaking screams, whispers of incomprehensible words during my sleep. I'll wake up when it becomes to unbearable but of course my limbs will defy my commands and not moving a inch. My voice will be lost as if my throat is blocked not allowing anything but air to move in and out.

Most of the time I'll have to purge my entire strength just to open my eyes and when I do it would seem to a different atmosphere overall. Not sure how to describe it but it's not my room, except of course my mattress below. I would feel as if the air itself is too heavy for my body as if trying to keep me still. Also, at times I could feel hands touching and caressing me. Sticks or cane of which I'm not sure poking my chest or stomach. But nevertheless, there are times of which I'll experience sensual sleep paralysis which once turned into a scary experience for myself and my fiancée.

On this particular night, I went to sleep earlier as I was tired from my gym workout and my fiancée was in the hall watching a movie. It was approximately 2 am (later told by my fiancée) that she heard me moaning in pleasure and after few second of listening it got louder than it should (me being alone). She hurried to see what has happened and slapped by mistress of shock when she saw me naked (we always sleep naked) with an erection moving my body as if I was getting "it" ). But to her dismay and horror all of a sudden my body began to vibrate in spasm like manner and ejaculating liquids of semen at least three times more than I normally do but at that I was moaning more in pain rather than pleasure and my body which arched upwards fell abruptly on the mattress. I gained consciousness after a brief moment but I felt all my energy been drain out of my body. I was so thirsty that my fiancée fed me 8 jugs of water continuously.

We decided to see a shaman (my fiancée's idea) who confirmed that I was possessed by a succubus. The shaman said he could put a barrier around but not sure how effective it will be. It worked well, at least till now but the other voices and images that I see during the paralysis state still there. According to the Shaman, those are the sins of my ancestors which is for me to bear. Besides, some of them are strong enough to destroy the Shaman himself if he ever tries to mess with them.

I've been going around trying to solve but always met with a dead end. The most terrifying thing is that the images are getting clearer and the screams,shouts,whispers are getting louder. I've seen a guy dressed in some ancient Indian war cloth to midgets with sharp claws. I'm still suffering from this disease almost all nights most of which unpleasant and in need of help from those who knows what can I do to stop this or where I could go to end it. Thank You and Regards Ashuran

Written by Ashuran, Copyright 2009