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Should have taken the damn strawberry

by Matt St. Louis
(Ontario Canada)

Well then here's a good story. Literally had already 2 attacks tonight. the first one just sounded like someone broke into my house and was running down my stairs to come and get me... kinda freaked me out a little bit but with research and a little patience i gained enough courage to try and fall asleep again which was about 2 minutes ago but this time as i was trying to sleep i heard voices the first one was my mom calling my name i knew she was sleeping so i knew an attack was coming .... fuck me right... so i ignored it and tried to catch some sleep but then the second part of the attack hit me. i heard a lady ask me if i wanted a strawberry and i said no thank you im good. she really took that the wrong way she must've really really liked her strawberries because i woke up frozen paralysis kicked in and the damn strawberry lady dropped what was in her hands and ran at me like a fat kid on a smartie... these attacks are getting worse i virtually get no sleep anymore i have to work in 4 hours so im probobly gonna try and stay up cause i really dont feel like dealing with 3 attacks in one night. I found some tips to get rid of some chance of an attack, one was to sleep on your stomach (which failed) second was to stay calm and you will eventually wake up within 30 seconds (again failed just caused another attack one after the other) If anyone can help me with these stupid attacks let me know.



Thanks for reading. Time for another sleepless night.

Kevin: Hey Matt, sounds like a grind man. Here's a book that could help you out with your SP. It's written by a guy who has had SP for nearly his entirely life, and now uses it as a gateway into lucid dreams. His name's Ryan Hurd, and you can see his full website here at DreamStudies.org.

Warmly,
Kevin

Comments for Should have taken the damn strawberry

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Oct 26, 2011
 Funny
by: Anonymous

I have been freaking out reading all these scary stories... Yours is hilarious! Thanks for making me feel better
Jan 26, 2012
 wow.. NEW
by: Anonymous

What i usually do when Im going through them and manage to wake up is say a little prayer and switch rooms. Usually go to my parents room and im able to fall asleep normally.
Feb 25, 2012
 having same problem NEW
by: karina

Hi! I sometimes having up to 4 episodes of SP during one night. What helps me is that i try to wake up fully and go to sleep again. Try to get up from the bed read a book a little bit or watch tv for 5 min, try to distract yourself from it,also change a position in the bed put a pillow in the opposite side of he bed where your legs are. It really helps me,if i dont do any of this things i can have episodes following one after another and instead of resting i have terrible night making me tired all day long. Some say that antidepresants could help, but i never tried that. Also when i was little i would leave my radio on all night long and i didnt had any episodes during this time. I hope any of this will hekp you :)
May 24, 2015
 Always sleep with pillow magnetic south to cure yourself of monsters NEW
by: Anonymous

Your sleep posture is making you vulnerable to nefarious entities!

What direction is your pillow/headboard of your bed facing?

I suspect you may be sleeping with the top of your head facing magnetic north or equally bad magnetic west. Magnetic north is called the "death position" because coffins are buried facing north and if you sleep north ghosts appear in your life, says the folklore.

The people of Bali say "sleeping magnetic west means you will have no love, everyone will hate you and you will experience violence" I paraphrased but Google search "Balinese sleep north"

Many cultures recommended that you sleep with the top of your head facing magnetic south and feet facing magnetic north. An alternate position is your head facing magnetic east and feet facing magnetic west. Use an electronic compass, it has to be exactly south, any deviation such as south west of south east makes you open to nefarious entities.

Never sleep with head facing magnetic north cuz you are guaranteed to see ghosts and have nightmares.

Also never ever sleep on your back. Sleeping on the back is the posture of the corpse in a coffin and "vastu" says sleeping on the back ruins the brain. Try to sleep on the left side of your body always to get wealthy. Sleep on the right side is ok but not best and monsters probably attacked you while you slept on the right side of your body of slept on your back. Sleeping on left side is best and you get rich wealthy. Never sleep on the stomach you suffocate, sudden infant death syndrome.

I recommend you read this website, it explains the significance of monsters in sleep. www.revelatorium.com/starrgram19.html

Also Google search "vastu sleep direction" and search also "sleep facing south" to get more information. Sleeping facing south makes you wealthy and healthy, sleeping east makes you intelligent but not wealthy so east is for children still attending school.

The information I wrote was for the northern hemisphere, I dont know about sleep position for the southern hemisphere of earth.

Also, what is your blood type? If you are blood type Rhesus Negative (Rh negative) then this website might be informative

http://www.rhnegativeregistry.com/Rh_Negative_Connection_Forum_Theory_Myth_Facts_Fun.html?fb_9667099_anch=12699366


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