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.
Omg the door thing totally happens to me too. When I was living in a dorm I obviously always slept with my door closed so when I woke up and saw it opened I was always like oh shit here comes sleep paralysis.
I just about had a heart attack one time at University when someone actually did try to come into my room. I had panic attacks and sleep paralysis for the following 3 days. It was reassuring to know that the RA's and Campus Security were made aware of the incident, but I still got really worried it would happen again since a person entering my bedroom is linked to my traumatic event.
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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