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I'm Stuck, I Can't Move, All I Can Do Is Make A Soft Noise

by Lanera Brown
(Philadelphia)

I'm presently twenty years of age and since as far back as I can remember whenever I would wake up from a good night's rest and fall back to sleep I would get stuck and not be able to move. I feel as if I am awake and can see everything but can't move any part of my body, just my eyes. I can't scream or talk all I can do is make a soft noise.

I hate the feeling so much. I try to pray to myself during these times and sometimes that works but not often. The only way I can come out of this is if I relax and lye there and after a while I'm able to kick which is the only way I can get up which is hard when I feel as if I can't move.

I have waken up and scared people in the room with me by kicking the wall or jumping up. Once a cousin of mine was in the bed with me and she heard me make the noise and woke me up. This was the best moment I've ever had during one of these times. Now she knows if she ever hears me doing that, to awake me.

I used to feel like I'm awake because there were times when I would ask the people who were in the room with me if they did certain things and I was correct. But recently I discovered sometimes I'm dreaming because I haven't been correct lately. It's the scariest feeling in the world.


Kevin: Hey Lanera, thanks for sharing this. Sleep paralysis can be incredibly crazy and frightening, but if you keep learning about it you'll be able to understand it better, and that can help a lot. In fact, this book by a man who's studied and experienced sleep paralysis for almost two decades, is full of strategies and stories about taking control of these episodes, using them as good experiences rather than very negative ones. I hope it helps.

All the best,
Kevin

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Jan 15, 2011
 same thing happens to me
by: Anonymous

the same thing just happened to me a few minutes ago when i was taking a nap. I don't like this feeling because i start breathing heavy and i panic all the time... the only thing i can do is close my eyes back to sleep and try again once it passes
Feb 28, 2011
 :)
by: Anonymous

When this has happend to me, i say aprayer and try to relax, and but the scary thing for me is right before im able to getup i hear screaming in my ear! Sucks
May 31, 2011
 I'M STUCK AND CAN'T MOVE
by: Anonymous

THIS JUST HAPPEN TO ME ITS THE SCARIEST FEELIN EVER I PRAY TO GOD TO WAKE ME UP NA THE WORST THING ABOUT THAT I SEE AND HEAR PPL THAT IS ABNORMAL ITS SO SCARY AND I WONNA KNOW WHATS THE MEANNING OF THIS
Jul 07, 2011
 remedy
by: Anonymous

don't sleep immediately before previous sleep, or only sllep at night and not in the afternoon..... this has worked for me.
Jul 21, 2011
 THIS IS IMPORTANT
by: Anonymous

it is actually the paranormal as when i was around ten my brother did alot of witch craft and ever since then i have always been frozenen bed and can't move i asked my brother what it was and he tried to change the subject but one night when me and my bro were home alone he went to bed then i heard some wird noises and went to my brothers room and saw his face with terror then he looked like in pain but he managed to call out to the moon goddess, (trust me i now believe in the gods and stuff now cause of this)he told me what it was and how to overcome it, its from a ghost trying to possess you and if you ever have a fit after BLESS YOUR HOUSE as it is actually powerfull enough to control you. to prevent this is to pretend that nothing is there if you hear tapping just calm down and DONT BE SCARED THE SPIRIT WILL JUST GET STRONGER they feed off of negative energy which is anger depression and other emotions like those always be happy
Sep 11, 2011
 Stuck in your sleep?
by: Anonymous

I don't know if you ever noticed but you can move your neck. What you do is, move your face to your chest and bite. Of course you will not bite yourself but you will bite the entity that is doing this to you. You will actually feel it unravel and leave you only to never return. It worked for me and I have been free from it ever since. Try it and let me know.
Sep 23, 2011
 help
by: Anonymous

I’m 16 and this happened to me four times am starting to freak out because everytime i try to move and open my eyes i see this ugly big person next to my head of by my side and I can hear that person laughing at me when I’m trying to pray. I try to call my mum but I can’t talk and once when that person was laughing at me my brother was getting out of his room and was calling me by the moment he came in my room my eyes was already open and he told me that he thought I was sleeping I was terrified
Oct 06, 2011
 Happen to me
by: Anonymous

i don't know if its sleep paralysis or paranormal but when this started with me i was a teen and played with the ouija board, i never played with it after but at times,when it would start i can only move my fingers and toes , i try with all my might to move and scream for help after a min. i brake free, that's all you can do. it happens most when i am about to fall asleep.
Nov 09, 2011
 ya its not fun
by: Anonymous

ya this sucks I hate it to, sometimes I'm like half awake and or asleep don't really know and I get awaken by a loud growl it doesn't really happen anymore but that was worse than when I get stuck sleeping and can't move. I experimented and realized alcohol before bed was making me freeze awake stuck a lot, and sometimes I would get that feeling in short dreams that were mildly frightening. Then I just wake up dehydrated. It hasn't been happening lately as I drink a lot of water when I'm done drinking, and It doesn't happen at all if I don't drink so that is good.

It happened a lot when I used my temperpedic because that bed traps heat like no other and makes you feel gross so I think it only happens when I am uncomfortable for some reason.
Nov 14, 2011
 It doesnt stop NEW
by: Anonymous

this has been happening to me for a couple of years now. Im layin on my bed watchin tv and out of no where i feel as if someone or something is on my back and not allowing me to move and the more negative i think the more tight my body gets. But its the scariest feeling ever. In order for me to get away from this i start breathing in and out deeply and prayin at the same time and i break loose. But there is times that i will break loose and then it will happen again in the same night sometimes about 3 times in one night. Need some help im tired of this occuring.
Dec 03, 2011
 i have this same problem NEW
by: Anonymous

i have had this same problem for over a year now happens quite often to the point where i aint really scared of it no more i just hate it coz it messes my sleep up -.-. let me tell you what this really is. when this happens dont you feel the shivers and feel cold? can you feel the coldness moving around you? this is not a problem that is caused by your body. its called a JINN they are unseen or as you would call them ghosts but they can show themselves if they want. i was really afraid of it at first but iv started practising my religion more (islam) and praying and now when they come all i do is ask god for help and they let go of me immediatly.
Dec 29, 2011
 Its a Sleep Disorder, not Religion Disorder NEW
by: Jason Pugh

I do not feel cold, or shiver or see ghosts or jinn or anything like that. it is a SLEEPING DISORDER not a lack of religion. I can wake myself up sometimes by shaking my feet back and forth at the ankles. But yes, i too can see anything thats happening in the room, can tell you what songs were on the radio, or what conversation was taking place. i fall asleep with my eyes open sometimes, i know i can see, and hear. just not move. The weight you feel on your chest is not a weight, ALL your muscles are relaxing. Its your body going to sleep. meaning, your breath is slowing down, your heartbeat slows down etc.. I posted my story on here too. "Am i dying in my sleep", were all one in the same with this Medical condition, NOT Religion condition..
Feb 28, 2012
 Weird happenings NEW
by: Anonymous

Last night it happened again, I felt awake but unsure if I really was or not. I've been having this issue since I was younger I'm now 23. It happens when im on my back and suddenly my eyes are open and I try to scream but can't, I called out to my roommate to help me but she didn't hear me. I asked her this morning and she said she didn't hear a thing. It's scary when I can't move or turn my neck all I can do is just lie there until it subsides and I fall into a deep sleep.
Apr 04, 2012
 Methods and Reflecting NEW
by: Tim

This happens to me a lot. The more I try and move the harder it is for me to breathe and always feel like someone or something is coming after me and i dont have enough time to snap out. Panic is always the first reaction when I go through this. But then I control my breathing as much as i can while in this state. This way I could get enough concentration to perform a snap or a "kick" (much like they do in Inception) to wake me up. I used to try and whisper or murmur out, but it's not very affective as people often see people talk in their sleep. The first thing that people react to when I go through this is they say I breathe like Im preparing for a run. My best suggestion is when this happens next.. find out what time it happened, remember the time u slept, and try and study a pattern . Mine often came from drinking late at night and crashing after a long long week. This is the same reason I dont drink much anymore. Once you notice a pattern, try and change that thing you know is unhealthy out of that and chances are this is what the issue is. Usually people that i know that go through this are athletes, artists, etc during the weekdays and professional binge drinkers on the weekends.. i hope you find your root for this. It's not the best feeling in the world I know but I've been having these since I was a teenager and I've learned to build my own methods of fighting it.
May 31, 2012
 Grandma Said NEW
by: Anonymous

I am 49 Years old and this has been happening to me since childhood. my Grandmother told me it was because of poor circulation, and to wiggle my big toe to come out of it. Strangely enough for the most part it still works . Go figure
Aug 16, 2012
 Me too NEW
by: Anonymous

Hy! I'm lora, I'm almost 16 and it happen to me too, since I'm at junior high. It was the worst feeling ever. Everytime I took a nap it always happened, I'm stuck at my bed an ant breath or move, I try to wake up but it was the hardest, the worst part is that after I awaken I felt so sleepy than ever, and then suddenly I can't move again then I realIze that I've already fallen asleep again, it scared me. Not just that, everytime it happened I always knew that I was asleep but I can't see and hear everything, well not always, but it terrified me
Aug 19, 2012
 just this morning NEW
by: amos

I have jut had another session of that ordeal right this morning and the same hillsong song that was playing on my pc was the same one when i snapped out of the condition...this is a very unpleasant situation to be in but before i got in it i dreamt of a man going up a flight of stairs that was actually pointing down.in other words he was walking into the stairs' concrete..
Aug 20, 2012
 windy expierience NEW
by: aguilera8

Im 17 and pregnant andTwo nights ago I woke up at 3 in the morning for no reason. as soon as I closed my eyes I felt the strongest wind as if I was in front of a giant fan and as soon as I started to panic I tried to get up but couldn't move a muscle or scream and my eyes went to the back of my head and it felt like I was having a seizure. I'm terrifed to even take a nap now and I want to know if this is normal or not. I think it was a spirit or something evil but my parents think it was just a bad dream. Please reply if u know! All I want it answers and to kno if I need to speak to a priest or not.
Aug 21, 2012
 why does this happen? NEW
by: Anonymous

Karate
Sep 10, 2012
 nightmare NEW
by: Anonymous

it happens to me often.. i thought i was having an astral projection. it scares me a lot. sometimes after waking up from this nightmare another episode occur again. ITS SO HARD TO FIGHT IT and sometimes i want to let it out and die. LOL
Sep 28, 2012
 Scared NEW
by: Blah

Happens to me as well. Has been for years. It wouldnt be as bad if every time it happened it was somewhere else besides my bedroom. But every single time I "dream" that I am lying in my bed, I see shadows, I feel some presence, sometime I feel weight on me, sometime I fight it and fall off my bed onto the floor. That is what scares me the most. If i dreamt I was outside, anywhere, but it is at home everytime, which makes me wonder if it was a dream at all. I used to work night shifts and sleeping during the day. I remember sleeping in the bed and feeling someone lye down next to me, I assumed my bf came home for lunch to take a nap. However, he said he did not come home for lunch. Basically I drove myself to a point to where i'm terrified of darkness and falling asleep now, I'll stay up till I cant function anymore and go to sleep after the sun comes up. I went to the doctor telling her i cant sleep at night and sleep till noon or later, she sarcastically asked me I have tried waking up at 7am like normal people do, which now also made me selfconsious about bringing up the problem. She gave me anxiety meds which did absolutely nothing, i took them for a week, threw away the rest and never took them since. I have actually found that drinking myself to sleep eases the fear, but I cant make myself drink every night. Its depressing.
Oct 04, 2012
 idk wat to say NEW
by: kamuda

this happen to me when i was reading the bible and history books alot... i reali didnt like when pesons where screaming my name and lions roaring in my ears.. but wat i do know is the more u try to get up it gets harder to move an u get tired quickly and uand the more i tried to get up the sreams get louder very unbearable... i was scared and am not scared easily
Oct 05, 2012
 just happened today for the first time NEW
by: Anonymous

So I'm lying in bed right arm fully extened and left arm across my chest and legs straight out. I start getting these feelings that I can't move and pressure on my right arm like someones next to me sleeping on it. At first I thought it was my brother so I try to say his name to move and why isnt he in school then I realized I can't move my neck to see who it is. So I start to panic then the "person" moved and the pressure is lifted. It starts walking towards the door which is right in front of me but I don't see anything but I hear the foot step by the way the house is old so cricky floors. He walks and then he goes into the hallway but without opening the door but I hear it walking away then I move again. Weird I must say I heard the garbage truck passing children going to school and see the sunshine through my window. I started to think paranormal but its not and its a disorder. I'm calm and happy to know what it is thank you for posting.
Oct 23, 2012
 Not a once in a while thing... or even just once a night NEW
by: Anonymous

I keep reading people saying that you canmove your neck and certain things to do to snap out of it but in my case i cant move anything. When i try to close my eyes and wait for it to pass all the noises just get louder and i feel the hold on me is stronger. Its been happening a long time and it seems lately ive tried fightinf it more and its just been happening more. This happends to me muliple times throughout the day abd night now..Wether i rest my head or are sitting up i can feel it like a wave course through my body into my head and i get light headed. For the last few weeks it happends so many times within 10-15 minutes that i get horrible headaches im dozzy and almost feel drunk.
Oct 25, 2012
 Cant wake up NEW
by: Anonymous

This just happened to me about thrity mins ago its as if something was holding me down I tried to wake up but I couldnt so I tried to kick my way out of my sleep I kept on kicking until I woke up now im scared to go back to sleep
Nov 01, 2012
 Weight holding me down NEW
by: Anonymous

I had this 2 nights ago. I was dreaming I was in bed but I truly felt weight on top of me. I tried to call out for help but I could not move or yell. I woke up with my husband shaking me, I had been doing a soft moaning, almost like a soft cry. Never had this before and hope I never have it again - it was very unnerving!
Nov 04, 2012
 hi NEW
by: Anonymous

This just happened to my boyfriend and it has been happening...he tells me he can hear me and can't snap out of it...he woke up out of it and asked if I was crying like I was terrified...I said no and he just finally fell back to sleep....I pray for him as soon as I feel him moving or hear him mumbling....God is good and I pray for all of you..I suffer from panic attacks so I know how this feels...it's horrible...I will try to wake him from now on.....hehe can hear co
nvos and trys telling
Nov 04, 2012
 hi NEW
by: Anonymous

This just happened to my boyfriend and it has been happening...he tells me he can hear me and can't snap out of it...he woke up out of it and asked if I was crying like I was terrified...I said no and he just finally fell back to sleep....I pray for him as soon as I feel him moving or hear him mumbling....God is good and I pray for all of you..I suffer from panic attacks so I know how this feels...it's horrible...I will try to wake him from now on.....hehe can hear co
nvos and trys telling
Nov 05, 2012
 A Little Crazy NEW
by: Anonymous

I find this happens to me a lot; however, sometimes it's because I'm dreaming, while sometimes I know I'm awake and experiencing sleep paralysis. Lately it's been especially strange because I've been experiencing episodes where I'm laying in bed and fall asleep, but dream I'm falling into a sleep paralysis. Some of these times I know I'm dreaming and I'm aware during the dream that it is such, So I just have to struggle as if it were a real episode until I wake up. The problem is it seems like it has been every time I fall asleep lately. It's a little unnerving because my entire life I've never had a dream where I was aware it was a dream before, but now I'll find myself in a strange place struggling to move when I know I was just in my bed so it's a tip off that it's a dream, but my entire life I've had ridiculous dreams that seemed perfectly plausible while dreaming. I guess lately it's a little hard to keep track of reality when I'm first waking up.
Nov 06, 2012
 I just woke up in tears very frightened and confused.., NEW
by: Anonymous

I just woke up in tears very frightened and confused. I went to sleep at about 7PM and by 1AM, I felt a heavy weight on my back. I was sleeping on my right side facing my husband and some invisible person was clinging on to my back, hanging on for dear life. I mumbled and prayed to no avail. My entire body was paralyzed, couldn't move a thing. About five minutes later, I succeeded to let out a blood cuddling scream and my husband woke me up. He was sleeping right next to me but didn't hear any thing until I screamed! I'm so upset and terrified to go back to sleep. Happened a couple of times about two years ago but nothing of this magnitude. Simply petrified...
Nov 15, 2012
 try to relax and pray NEW
by: Anonymous

This has happened to me several time from my teens to late thirty's my first happened when i was house sitting with friends and i woke up at the foot of the bed on my back, eyes open but couldn't move and my breathing was shallow the owners dog was standing behind me tapping me on the chest with its paw but i couldnt move. I eventually came out of it but was terrified to go back to sleep. Next time i felt as though someome was standing to my side watching me. I can always open my eyes and see just cant move my head or body. Another time my dog was in the room and he scensed that something was wrong i could see him looking at me and wagging his tail but couldnt move. several more times and today!! I woke up on the couch and it felt worse than it ever has my breathing was very shallow like i might stop finally wkke up and changed position and the same thing happened. At least 4times today i got up and stayed up scared to take another nap. I always pray during these episodes thats the only thing that gives me comfort till i am able to fully wake.
Nov 15, 2012
 try to relax and pray NEW
by: Anonymous

This has happened to me several time from my teens to late thirty's my first happened when i was house sitting with friends and i woke up at the foot of the bed on my back, eyes open but couldn't move and my breathing was shallow the owners dog was standing behind me tapping me on the chest with its paw but i couldnt move. I eventually came out of it but was terrified to go back to sleep. Next time i felt as though someome was standing to my side watching me. I can always open my eyes and see just cant move my head or body. Another time my dog was in the room and he scensed that something was wrong i could see him looking at me and wagging his tail but couldnt move. several more times and today!! I woke up on the couch and it felt worse than it ever has my breathing was very shallow like i might stop finally wkke up and changed position and the same thing happened. At least 4times today i got up and stayed up scared to take another nap. I always pray during these episodes thats the only thing that gives me comfort till i am able to fully wake.
Nov 25, 2012
 Ghosts NEW
by: Anonymous

You are being possessed. Call a priest or any religious person. Hope I helped!
Dec 03, 2012
 Try this. NEW
by: Anonymous

This used to happen to me. Hasn't in years, I'm currently 25. But when it did, the way I'd wake up is close my eyes really tight and hard. When I'd open them slowly it would be me opening them awake. I can use this technique anytime I'm having a nightmare or anything else. But I learned it from what you're experiencing. Give it a shot.
Dec 07, 2012
 waking up but not really NEW
by: Anonymous

I also have experienced it..

Im awake can hear people around me but i cant move.. Im screaming the hell out of me but there is no sound.

Its when you're at this state you feel so helpless. You dont know how long are you going to be like that or if you'll ever wake up or die if you stop trying waking up yourself.

I sometimes experienced i have already woke up from it. Its that you are already walking and talking but afterwards youreback in youre bed struggling again to wake up.. Its just so strange

I noticed that it just happens to me when i sleep at noon or when its really a hot weather..

I manage to wake up my self by giving mu best to move my right foot..

Its so exhausting and when you finally woke up you have that weird feeling.. I dont know.
Dec 22, 2012
 I am a victim too NEW
by: Anonymous

It also happened to me this afternoon and it happens almost evrytime i sleep no matter the time of the day. Normally when it happens I feel this sudden atiffness through out my whole body and it hurts. I also see people that are not there! Like today I saw my sister walk into the room that I fell asleep in. At first I heard the footsteps then i got scared and the stiffness got worse and more painfull. then she walked into the room and I started breathing heavily so she can see that I am stuck in my sleep but she wasnt actually there! I broke out of it by wiggling my toes but that felt like forever. sometimes i feel it as it is about to come over me and make sudden movements then it goes away< sometimes im just not that quick. This has been bothering me for about 3 years now and I would rily like for it to stop. If there is an answer or some sort of treatment or cure for this< the people who have it should please share with us because I end up not being able to sleep at all because of this and I always thought it happens to me only
Dec 27, 2012
 thought it was just me NEW
by: Miriam

This happens to me too often. And every time it happens It scares the shit out of me. I feel that something really heavy from top of me. The more i try to move the hard it gets to move .My eyes are wide open. I feel like I can't breath . I've try to scream or make noise so my boyfriend could hear. But nothing comes out. I've tried to move to my hand to pinc him but I can't move at all.About to 2weeks ago he told he got up to use the restroom. When he came back he told me he . I was gasping for air but my eyes were open. He said he called out my name but I didn't respond. Into he shook me I woke up. And I remember him calling my name but I couldn't say anything or move .
Jan 01, 2013
 I've had this way to many times. NEW
by: Zachary Johnson-Yeates

Yes. Some of you can't move, you can see about 80% right? You hearing is good for you can hear the tv or others well you can also barley move. I have many of these dreams. Sometime I hear a person screaming really loud. A devil-like soul hurting scream. But I ignore those. Also many of you mayfeel actual pain. They say you don't feel pain in dreams. Well guess what? This isn't a dream.. I know. Then you "wake up" and have a weird energetic and a light headache feeling but just barely there. Yep. I know. Haha these last for only mins but seem to last hours. Many times you wake up unusually hot. Yes. I've learned after dozens of these ways to not have them. Its to get on a sleeping schedual. You know. Sleep at 10 p.m. wake up at 7 a.m and wakeing up is inportant to not hit the snooze. Just start your day. If you da that I promise you won't have any more because your body will adapt and get used to it. There for the switch in your head eliminates the "inbetween" stage. Either off or on. Hope this helped :) for any info on sleeping, lusic, astro projection, or just life help. Message me on facebook. Zachary Johnson Yeates
Jan 02, 2013
 Shadows of Darkness NEW
by: Ashlyn

If you know me, I NEVER sleep with the door closed and the lights out. I did this once since I fell asleep in the day time. I woke up at night, but was too tired to get up and open the door. BIG MISTAKE! I fell asleep and woke up staring at the door... There was a shadow. It was groaning and getting closer, mind you, the door is 5 feet from my pillow, TOPS! I was crying but couldn't move or scream. I pit my lip so hard it bled and woke up with blood on my lips. I shot out of bed and opened the door. Last time I fall asleep with the door closed and no lights.. even in the daytime....
Jan 03, 2013
 Rebuking in the name of Jesus NEW
by: Anonymous

This happened to me for the first time yesterday. I was napping and it sounded as though someone walked through my bedroom, the doors were closed and no one else was home because my husband was at work and my children were at school. It came closer and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I couldnt move, all I could do was open my eyes and moan. I felt as though something was getting ready to rip the flesh off of my back and I immediatly started praying to God. I am a very religious person and I believe in angels and demons. I was scared of this. I kept rebuking it and commanding it to go in the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus. I said it maybe 4 times and at about the second time I thought this isnt going to work because I cant actually speak. It did work. God saved me from whatever it was. I have, in the past, annointed my home and believe in the power of annointing but I know that the power is of/from God. I still dont know what God was trying to show me but I know in time I will have clarity about it. My suggestion to all who have experienced this is to rebuke it in the name of Jesus and try to find out why God is allowing this, why He is trying to get your attention.
Jan 06, 2013
 Anxiety and Panic Attacks NEW
by: Tonya

So basically this happens to me less often than it used it to. It started when i was a child, probably around the time my parents got divorced. It took a while for me to figure out what was happening because i wouldn't ask anyone about it. anyways, when i finally figured it out it made sense. Anxiety attacks. They happen to most people who have anxiety when they are awake, but they can happen when you are asleep too. i believe these during sleep anxiety attacks could also be defined as night terrors.
now, some of you have stated praying helps (sometimes) this can be for a couple of reasons (so all of you skeptics/non-believes and those who hold faith continue to reading) praying is one of two things, something that works supernaturally because there really is a god, or something that works subconsciously because it calms you.
trying to wait for it to pass can work because anxiety usually (and i mean USUALLY) passes once you can calm yourself down.
Jan 07, 2013
 Another victim NEW
by: Anonymous

This happens to me occasionally, I wake and can't move my body at all! I try to call for help but nothing comes out, the more I try to move the harder it gets and the more I panic! I would try to lay still for a couple seconds and then attempt to move again and sometimes it works but others it doesn't and I fight it until I fall asleep! This morning however it happened a good few times! Sometimes its really frightening and other times I can just relax and fall back to sleep. I usually stay at my boyfirends house but it only happens in my bedroom. I'm terrified to go to sleep in my house because I think there's a ghost in my room watching me but my sister insists I'm being stupid. I have read that it isn't paranormal but part of me feels like its a spirit trying to possess me
Jan 18, 2013
 damn NEW
by: melissa

Yea i just woke up for the second time i was layin on my right side and all of a sudden i felt diz nolt in my body but my eyes were close the second time n i felt like my breathing paused n i got hot n i tried to wake up n it took me a min but i was shaken then woke up finally but shaken and had a scary feeling i dnt knw wat this means but i felt like i was going to die ......this always happens to me I'm scared
Jan 25, 2013
 i shouldnt be scared NEW
by: Anonymous

I really don't know were to start....I'm only 16 years old but thi has been happening me since I can remember I every time I'm half at sleep I can't move nd I feel something on top of me I can move or talk I try to scream but I start losing my breath ..this has been going on for years I'm almost use to it already but this morning something really scared me this time I could hear a women whispering next to me and I t wouldn't go away even when I start it praying.. I NEED HELP PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME I need answers ...when I was 9 I felt the same this but I had my eyes open it was about 5 am nd I saw a black shadow standing in front of my bed nd it only when away when I start it praying that's when I was able to brake free after that I was terrified of going to sleep
Jan 30, 2013
 the witch riding your back NEW
by: dru

I'm 27 now but this has been happening to me every since I was in my teens. Some say its a witch riding on you and som refer 2 it as the monkey on your back. I remember one time I was falling asleep as I was listening to some music and I started to doze off and as soon as I dozed off I heard like like a weird voice similiar to a voice as if it was chopped and screwed, and it felt I was just helpless and paralized and this lasted for about 10 seconds but I managed to shake myself out of it... but now I jus say the lord's prayer, that always works for me... or sometimes I jus fight my way out.. I'm not afaid of that crap anymore
Jan 31, 2013
 Its a demon/ghost NEW
by: Anonymous

The thing is dark and heavy. It immobolises you. You can't talk or move. Its a spirit. The thing fades any time you mention Jesus even in your mind cause your mouth is held. Pray before going to bed it has worked for me. Also if it happens don't be afraid to rebuke it openly and tell it you know what it is. Demons hear.
Jan 31, 2013
 Cant move and speak and see ghost NEW
by: Anon 17

Hey im 17 years old and the same thing happend to me a couple of minutes ago i couldnt move and speak but when i was a able to move i ran to my brothers room and there was a dog guarding the stairs as if it didnt want me to go through but the dog was quiet and i decided to run past the dog but instead i went through it like a ghost and then i woke up is that normal am i the only one who has experienced this please could i get response Asap!
Feb 02, 2013
 Shivers and Flashes NEW
by: Jon

Hi, It is currently 3:45am and I am new here. I have recently been having the same problems as many of these people. When I awoke, I could not move around nor yelp for attention. I am growing weary of this. I hear something high pitch usually when I awake scared or having an extremely vivid dream. I have only slept for about an hour and I have been up for about 15min and i am still have shivers--scratch that, it just went away(I will keep a table of how long these occur). I will post more about this later.
Feb 05, 2013
 sp is my worst fear NEW
by: daisy

I get sp alot but its weird because the demons or spirits try to have sex with me but i cant move or scream and they are always touching me and sticking there dirty toungs in my ears and mouth. Very scary and annoying it takes soo much energy to actually make your self wake up from sp. But the only thing that really works is praying to god.
Feb 05, 2013
 Hmmm NEW
by: Anonymous

This happens to me every night...sometimes it happens 4 maybe five times in a row. When this does happen i say to myself not again and i pray to god then i wake up.....sometimes after i wake up if there is anything there i tell it to leave me alone or go away i got work in the morning and it stops
Feb 06, 2013
 u can control it NEW
by: Anonymous

Hey guys, well ive just been readinig all your comments and i just feel glad, that im not the only one that has experienced this. Anyway, god forbid this hasnt happend to me for a while, but when it did it used to happen every week on a specific day,..And went on for years, so you can imagine i got very used to it, and tried all different things to stop it happening. It even got to a point were i tried not to fall asleep but strangely something kind of forces you to! So, im a musliim although i dont pray 5times etc.. While having these dreams i used to constantly say a prayer, but like someone mensioned earlier it doesnt always work. So the next time it happend, i thought to myself, right evrytime this happens im laying on my be facing upwards, on my back basicaly.. And it feels like someones on top, not letting me go, after that i debided to laye on my side.. I xo it can be difeictlt at times because u just drift off, but it helped me. Might help you, and then i was told that islamicaly you are meant to sleep on your right. That explained alot! Löl, al the best x
Feb 19, 2013
 I understand NEW
by: Chasity

I have actually have had the same experiences. The Shadows, waking like someone is lying on you, you scream and no one can hear you. This actually started happening when I started having children and did not have it before. I suspect the my kids father had some like a curse on him or something. I used to wake up and see the whole bedroom. Sometimes I would see people who had red eyes. But in most cases it was always the same falling asleep and seeing the room around me. Some years passed and I had got into church and I back slid. I had let my children father's lived with me for a while. What a big mistake! I started seeing things. The first I saw was a shadow of a man and a dog. (Which is the devil) When I would lay on the bed where he was. I would feel like a heavy sleep come over me as if being possessed. I told him he needs to go to church or something or start believing in God. Well, he did not listened to me and we would argue a lot because of it. I then ordered him to leave. Well that did not end well because when he did he left those demons behind. Yes, they are demons and whats crazy is that they are trying to seek out your souls. It was worse for me because I was already spiritual. I believe that someone put a curse on him. You have to be very careful who you join yourself too. This is not a sleeping disorder . Your actually waking up in a spirit world. I would suggest changing your life and getting right with God and have someone who is knowledgeable in the word of God pray for you. And often read a bible to become knowledgeable in the word of God as well if you start going to church. My life has not been the same since.
Feb 19, 2013
 I understand NEW
by: Chasity

I have actually have had the same experiences. The Shadows, waking like someone is lying on you, you scream and no one can hear you. This actually started happening when I started having children and did not have it before. I suspect the my kids father had some like a curse on him or something. I used to wake up and see the whole bedroom. Sometimes I would see people who had red eyes. But in most cases it was always the same falling asleep and seeing the room around me. Some years passed and I had got into church and I back slid. I had let my children father's lived with me for a while. What a big mistake! I started seeing things. The first I saw was a shadow of a man and a dog. (Which is the devil) When I would lay on the bed where he was. I would feel like a heavy sleep come over me as if being possessed. I told him he needs to go to church or something or start believing in God. Well, he did not listened to me and we would argue a lot because of it. I then ordered him to leave. Well that did not end well because when he did he left those demons behind. Yes, they are demons and whats crazy is that they are trying to seek out your souls. It was worse for me because I was already spiritual. I believe that someone put a curse on him. You have to be very careful who you join yourself too. This is not a sleeping disorder . Your actually waking up in a spirit world. I would suggest changing your life and getting right with God and have someone who is knowledgeable in the word of God pray for you. And often read a bible to become knowledgeable in the word of God as well if you start going to church. My life has not been the same since.
Apr 03, 2013
 so scared NEW
by: Patricia

I'm so tired and so scared I can't do this anymore this is scary feeling I'm a single mom with 3 kids I'm so scaryed one day im not going to be able to bring myself out of this sleeping thing i can see and hear everything ive had this since I was very little this happens every night like 4 to 7 times a night how can i make this stop i will do anything there has to be a way if it wasn't for my kids i think i wouldd of killed myself a long time ago i dont want to die but i cant even take care of my kids the right way with this sleeping thing im so sleep and so afaide to slee what can i do
Apr 10, 2013
 its your "Soul" NEW
by: Anonymous

im 15, and this had happened to me about 2years ago.. I told my mom and she said that on Montel. the guest speaker Silvia Brown. said it was your "Soul" leaving your body. n that feeling you get when you cant move, speak,and only move your eyes is because your "soul" is going back into your body.. the reasong why your "soul" leaves your body is that it wants to explore... soo. idk if to believe this .but it really scared me.>.<
Apr 28, 2013
 Ugh! NEW
by: Anonymous

I really don't know what it is but over the years I ve just learn how to,stay calm till I can move again most of the time I am only able to control my thoughts so I sing and have conversations with myself yea talk to my self I can actually hear things goin on around me and at first I use to think that my eyes were open an I saw thing but I didn't it was just old images from my brain now I just listen to try hear familiar sound to give myself a time of how long I'm experiencing this it very scary cus the older I get the more frequent it occurs wondering if its poor circulation what's goin on to disrupt my circulation so while I am sleep now I gotta look up what cause poor circulation but my foot did fill lil stiff an who most time I think I just might be about to slip on to a coma or som ugh this just terrible if anyone finds out more bout this please post
Apr 28, 2013
 Ugh! NEW
by: Anonymous

I really don't know what it is but over the years I ve just learn how to,stay calm till I can move again most of the time I am only able to control my thoughts so I sing and have conversations with myself yea talk to my self I can actually hear things goin on around me and at first I use to think that my eyes were open an I saw thing but I didn't it was just old images from my brain now I just listen to try hear familiar sound to give myself a time of how long I'm experiencing this it very scary cus the older I get the more frequent it occurs wondering if its poor circulation what's goin on to disrupt my circulation so while I am sleep now I gotta look up what cause poor circulation but my foot did fill lil stiff an who most time I think I just might be about to slip on to a coma or som ugh this just terrible if anyone finds out more bout this please post
Apr 28, 2013
 what works for me NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm 24 now has been happening since my teens the first time it was a witch floating towards me choking me. I could not move that was the last of the witch. But dogs came so know when it happens I can't move scream talk but like most I can kick but I.don't have to let me tell you why all I say is its not real these dogs are growling at the foot of my bed my gf says pray the same amount of time it will take to pray they leave from me saying its not real I also can make them come on command. Yes I can make these symptoms that we all fear in a way come so I'm sorta not as scares anymore really not scared at all just kind of annoying now that I'm 24 like I'm trying to sleep here but like yesterday I was talking to her about it hasn't happened in about 2 months but I made it happen last night just to see if I could all I had to do was lay on back its like your body wanta to sleep but u just not ready then I think about the dogs and they come right growling and running use to scare the shit out of me scares.me more talking about it then actually doing I feel for all of you I hope my method of just saying its not real a coupler times work but you must believe it truly I wish I had a 100% method for those who really get freaked out but trust me. It's nothing to fear I hang my feet off the bed on purpose just to have the dogs growling at them but they don't touch them

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