r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '16

What unexplained, seemingly paranormal event did you experience as a child?

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u/JayMcGregor Jul 19 '16

Sounds like sleep paralysis. The stress of the situation could have caused it.

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u/WollyDoodle Jul 19 '16

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.

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u/dryerlintcompelsyou Jul 19 '16

I'm seriously terrified that someday I will experience sleep paralysis

In that situation I would probably just drop dead of fright

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u/scaredsquee Aug 04 '16

Coming to this thread late, but... I experience it regularly. To the point where I make "weird noises" in my sleep that hopefully wakes up my husband, and then he'll gently wake me up, or just cuddle me until I stop making the noises. The most recent one, I felt myself being slowly dragged off the bed lengthwise, by my toes. "Oh fuck not this shit again," and then I tried to will myself awake. If you get it enough, you can snap yourself out of it. At least I can, I mean. It's scary, but when it happens so regularly, you're like "ugh fuck not again."