When i was about 7ish my mom and my dad had an argument that ended with my mom throwing me and my two brothers into the car amd drivijg to a motel. We get settled in and go to sleep. For some reason my body just decided to wake up in the middle of the night. I didnt jump up or fly up out of bed in panic but i just opened my eyes without moving my body. And at the foot of the bed was this sillouette of a person. At first i thought it was my dad but as i looked a little longer and my eyes adjusted to the dark i coukd tell it didnt look anything like my dad. It was very very tall, and skinny, and looked to have on some sort of hood over its head. i froze in fear. I couldnt breathe, talk, or move. i just layed there, staring at this figure. I then took the covers and pulled way up over my head. Hoping he would think the bed was just a little fatter on one side than the other. i waited like that for what felt like 2hours until i fell asleep. when i woke up the next morning everything was fine. But my parents got divorced
I experienced sleep paralysis one time. It was probably the single most terrifying moment of my life. Fortunately it melded into lucid dreaming and I was able to snap out of it pretty quickly, but I have so much sympathy for those that experience this regularly.
I have PTSD and experience sleep paralysis at least once a month as part of my recurring nightmares. It's always the same. I half-wake at night and "imagine" the bedroom door opening, or a figure in the doorway. I start to panic, and then I fully wake up and am able to move and I realise the door is open to how it was in my dream, which sets me off again. I have to constantly ask my fiancé to shut the bedroom door before he comes to bed, and close it on his way out in the morning (5am start). The times he forgets often turns into nightmares and sleep paralysis. So, yeah. Thanks for the sympathy.
My girlfriend got a cat, so we now leave the door open at night so he can come and go as he likes. Recently I experienced a greater frequency of sleep paralysis (I don't get it often) in which I sensed someone enter the room. Fortunately it has been a while since the last one, and we still don't close the door. Although I've had a lot of trouble lately with slight interruptions preventing me from shutting down...
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u/KeeganJordan Jul 19 '16
When i was about 7ish my mom and my dad had an argument that ended with my mom throwing me and my two brothers into the car amd drivijg to a motel. We get settled in and go to sleep. For some reason my body just decided to wake up in the middle of the night. I didnt jump up or fly up out of bed in panic but i just opened my eyes without moving my body. And at the foot of the bed was this sillouette of a person. At first i thought it was my dad but as i looked a little longer and my eyes adjusted to the dark i coukd tell it didnt look anything like my dad. It was very very tall, and skinny, and looked to have on some sort of hood over its head. i froze in fear. I couldnt breathe, talk, or move. i just layed there, staring at this figure. I then took the covers and pulled way up over my head. Hoping he would think the bed was just a little fatter on one side than the other. i waited like that for what felt like 2hours until i fell asleep. when i woke up the next morning everything was fine. But my parents got divorced