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Red Eyed Demon

by Nikki
(London)

I have suffered sleep paralysis before just after i had my baby due to sleep deprivation i think!

I kept thinking there was a ghost in my room and felt like i was being pinned down to my bed with
great force i couldn't move at all and at times it took me a long time to come out of these, they were very scary! it was only after talking to a friend that i realised what it could be, eventually it stopped on its own once my son started sleeping better!!

Now i have it again...just moved into a new flat and im having experiences with a red eyed demon
who is in my room i get pinned down as before but this time i wake out of it and then go back into the state over and over again. i dont know what to do, its horrible! id rather not sleep to be honest!

it seems my cause for this is definately lifestyle changes, I just hope it goes away again! hope this might help someone else experiencing this horrible nightmare...its not real what you are seeing. its all hallucinations so try not to be scared.




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Jun 01, 2011
Restlessness
by: Namida

hi, interesting story, if you kick out of it and eventually wake up during an episode, sit up immediately and stay awake fro at least 3 minutes and walk around a bit then you should safely fall asleep again, it happened to me last night as well i was able to kick out of it and i forced myself to sit up, because as you know you have all mental abilities available so its just the matter of telling yourself to sit up so you can get out of this episode. but lately Ive been playing with these experiences to see how much control i can have during these, but the "afraid" anxiety feeling is stopping me from giving into it and i keep trying to wake up from these but eventually i want to see how far i can go with this and see if i can alter the hallucinations into better things through my mind.

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