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Paranormal Or Not?

I'm 16 years old and have often woken up to find myself unable to move or speak. First of all I have been having problems sleeping for months now, where every few weeks i will have nightmares, or disturbed sleep, including waking up to find i cannot move. I have noticed that this will last a week-3 weeks at a time and they will not occur again for a few weeks or months, so I don't know if my sleep patterns and nightmares are causing the sleep paralysis or not.

I can't remember the first time i had an episode but i always seem to have the same thing occur; I cannot move, speak at all, it feels as though im not alone and i feel as if this Evil presence is sitting on my chest, preventing me from breathing. Although I say I feel the presence I never see anything unusual, which frightens me even more, because I find that even after I can move again, the fear that this thing may still be in the room with me is terrifying. For the fist time in months i had an episode, and found that there was a slight change in what was happening.

As always, i felt the presence leaning on my chest, but i managed to move my hands, using only my hands I managed to pull myself round to face where my sister was sleeping and wake her up by poking her, however she simply looked at me before turning and going back to sleep. Soon after this I found I was able to move again like normal, and the earlier felt presence had gone. Even after this though, I felt paranoid and did not want to go back to sleep but was completely exhausted and couldn't stay awake. The entire day after that night i was tired and by the next night I was so scared to go to sleep. I have been reluctant to go to sleep before but I have never gotten so upset. Last night i slept with the light and TV on and had my cat with me just so I could relax slightly...

I don't know whether I should go to my doctors or not because I always have sleep problems; waking up in the middle of the night, every night/ nightmares/ sleep paralysis and they terrify me to the extent that I fear going to sleep, I feel exhausted the next day.

Kevin: Thanks for sharing your story. I think you would benefit a lot from reading this book by a sleep paralysis expert named Ryan Hurd. It's full of empowering insights that will calm your fears, and even give you some strategies to take power over your episodes.

Hope it helps,
Kevin




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Paranormal Or Not?

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Jan 14, 2011
 Im going through same thing for years
by: Sureshot

I have had something following me for many many years.....last night it happend to me not once but two times in same night. This firt time and keep in mind we sleep w/a fan (always have for background noise cant sleep in silence) I was DEAD asleep and I kept hearing someting that sounded like "marbles" hitting the floor and I thought "crap....the cats got into the marbles" so tired not thinking they r n a sealed jar and it was one drop at a time. Something woke me up on purpose it is always between 2:30 AM and 3:00 AM. for years my husband can tesify to this. Anyhow, I got up no sound of any kind once I awoke not even the fan I tried to turn on my hallway light and all I could feel was evil and I know people will think I am CRAZY!!!!! I got scared and quickly went back into our bedroom something following me grabed my tall bedpost for balance and something put their hand through back of my hair.....I was freaked and then I sat down on side of bed and something pushed me all the way back and my legs went in air and my shirt started to raise finally all I remember was I was hitting the bed and the headboard trying to awake my husband two dogs all in the bed NOTHING I said "Jesus Hel" before I could get it all out I was released. I thought it was over laid back down on my right side facing the wall and I could see myself my eyes went total black!!!!! and it felt like something was litterly inside me evil once again I said "Jesus help me" and bam it was gone. I woke up my husband and told him everything it was 2:35 am. I dont talk about it too much because I dont want people to think I am crazy.....but I am seeing and hearing more peoples stories. I know this does not help you but I noticed that when I say or ask for Jesus help it flees. I hope that helps......? Good luck and you may write me anyday anytime. Have a great day, Sureshot
Jan 18, 2011
 Almost Suffocated
by: Anonymous

The same thing happened to me but my first time was when i was seven years old and it kinda freaked me out,i used to have nightmares that were real and i woke up one time and it was like the Evil presence was pshing my face down into the pillow and the thing held it there till my father came to wake me up for schoolwhich was 3 minuets later.
Mar 31, 2011
 Ghosts in my room.....
by: Ella

I was just reading a shared story by ''sureshot'' who mentioned she had noticed saying ''jesus'' during one of these episodes helps? I've also noticed the same, one time i had a nightmare that i was being chased by a ghost girl, too much ''the ring'', i've never dealt well with horrors, haha. But weird thing about this nightmare, you know how you can never say die in your dreams? Your mind always wakes you up, well this time my mind did the job but my body wasnt following suit!! I was back in my room, but the ''ghost'' had followed me there and this time i wasnt running, i was completely paralyzed. I was scared shitless, for some reason i thought of saying Jesus since evil fears that name (says the bible) but i couldt speak, part of the Sp i guess. I tried and tried and eventually i managed to say it and immediately the word was out i had complete control of my body and everything was normal. CREEPY!!!
Apr 26, 2011
 Sp
by: Anonymous

I've had sleep paralysis since I was 14 years old. I am now 23. I have at least 2 a month. Sometimes 2-5 times in week.
It's almost always the same thing, I wake or so I think, I can't move, can't talk, hard to breathe....I feel something, evil. I hear loud noises that get closer and closer. I don't always see something but when I do it's just black. I never see the face. I feel like I'm being pushed into my bed, my hands hurt...I once thought I felt some kind of animal, I could feel it breathing on me. Though everything feels so real and I can see everything around me in the same place, I know I'm dreaming everytime.
Sometimes I know when it's going to happen. When I lay down at night I get that feeling. Usually when it happens it happens up to 5 times in a row. I want so badly to get up in between to stop them, but I feel so tired and exhausted from the first one that I just lie there and wait for the next.
I find it crazy that you mentioned Jesus and how saying his name helps you. I went to church when I was younger but quit when I hit the teens. I question too much to really believe and don't agree with a lot that the bible teaches me. But I've tried everything to stop the SP and nothing ever worked...One night about a year ago while having one I said to myself, "God, please help me." and it was over. I woke up. It didn't stop them. I still have them, all the time, But everytime I ask for His help or I say the Lord's prayer...I wake. I still never go to church and I don't talk about it much either. I too, do not want anyone to think I'm crazy.
Nov 22, 2011
 Exhausted & freaked out NEW
by: Anonymous

I've only had this happened to me three times. I'm only 16 & it really freaks me out. I noticed that when its gunna happen I cant fall asleep fast. When i finally feel like im about to fall asleep, i suddenly open my eyes & find myself paralyzed. I try to scream but i cant. The first time it happened twice in a row and i heard a baby crying in the background, this last time, which was last night, i heard a woman laughing. Also, I usually sleep with my radio on (its programed to turn off after a certain amount of time) i do this because ive always been scared of being alone when its quiet.. Anyway, when im paralyzed i can hear a song and when i wake up, the song is at the same spot that i was hearing while paralyzed. Thats the part that really scares me. Ive talked to my dad and brother and theyve told me that theyve had that happen to them. But they didnt experience the fact that they could hear what was going on & then wake up to the same thing. If anyone has had that happened to them PLEASE ANSWER im scared to death /:
Feb 11, 2012
 Same NEW
by: Anonymous

I didn't have the feeling of a prescence but i did have a period when i woke up and i couldn't move or i had nightmares. What i found out is that if sleep facing the wall I didn't have that anymore. It might just be me but worth a try finding a sleeping facing a different side.
Mar 29, 2012
 Power in the Name NEW
by: Redland Girl

For those of you who found freedom through the Name of Jesus, you are not in the minority. Many who have researched alien abductions have also discovered that the Name of the Lord is often the only way to end the abductions. If it brings you fear, smells, is ugly, wants to do horrible things to you, then you need to call on a power that is good and more powerful. Also: purge your life of those things that would open the door to these experiences: Ouija boards, etc.

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