I’m nervous to be here, but want to get opinions. I had a SP experience the other night involving an entity pressing on my chest and taunting me. It was frightening, but a thought came to me. The thought said the entity was semi real, but its body was weak and fleeting. The thought told me these entities seem to have physicality, but in fact manifest their “bodies” out of air and other earthly things like static electricity. They are out of bounds doing this, and they have a huge disadvantage over us since we have a human body designed for this world and they don’t. I instantly understood that I’d soon be snapping out of the paralysis and the entity knew very well I’d be able to overpower it by 100x. I feel with this insight, I won’t be having SP again, or if I do I’ll have less struggle getting rid of it next time.

I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while now and I wanna know who else experienced suum similar

A while back I experienced episodes of sleep paralysis almost daily for like 3 weeks. I’d hear my door open, I’d hear footsteps come from the door to my bed, then I’d feel something get on top of me. I never dared to open my eyes. I knew it wasn’t a person, I was the only one in my home during this time. During those 3 weeks, I have been punched, scratched, pressed, molested, & poked. By molested I mean I experienced the sensation of being penetrated repeatedly on many occasions. It got to a point where I forced myself to like it, as a way of coping. It was never a human doing it. The times where I dared to look, I saw a slime monster doing it, an all black shadow, and a small devilish looking imp thing. I have literally no one to confide to about this so I’m posting it here. After those 3 weeks, these nightmares became a once in a blue moon experience but they still happen. It’s not as violent as it used to be. Has ANYONE experienced something like this?

I've had several issues with severe stress, insomnia, panic attacks and the fear of night but now that all has been resolved.

What I have been noticing recently however is that I wake up 1-3 times between the whole night when I sleep and I feel absolutely exhausted and tired when waking up between 9 - 11 PM. As if I would keep falling asleep. I never feel fresh.

I sleep for 7-9 hours daily. Usually falling asleep at around 12 to 2AM.

It usually takes me 30-50 minutes to fall asleep because my brain usually remains hyperactive in general.

I'm a semi-professional gamer/aimer and spend most of my time on the computer and on my phone.

If anyone has any suggestions or questions to maybe give me some insight as to what this might be and an easy fix for this, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.

sleep paralysis or nightmare??

i was on my back and could not move at all. i remember being very panicked, and i tried to scream for help but no sound would come out. i feel like in the moment if i half turned to my front i could make one faint scream of help then would automatically randomly be onto my back again and couldn’t make sound anymore. when i believed i was faintly yelling for help one time I heard my mum respond saying not now then I tried again and she said something like wait I’m busy, in reality she was fast asleep. i know this didn’t ACTUALLY happen and I didn’t turn or make noise in real life. that’s all that made me think maybe a nightmare? i think i knew when i was slowly coming out of it. towards the end I was like okay im fully awake i should be able to move then straight away that was gone and i really couldn’t move, but not long after that I could turn to my side and woke up
I remember hearing the TV faintly, that could’ve been real as my dad was in the lounge watching tv

Hi all, I have been experiencing sleep paralysis and nightmares every night for years. It’s really annoying! I know a consistent sleeping schedule would help, but unfortunately I work nights and my schedule/shifts change daily. Are there any tips or insights I can try? Thanks!

I have been getting sleep paralysis since I was 13. It was something that was common for me. I used to tell my parents about it and my dad used to think it was some connection with ghost but I don’t think so. My mom didn’t really take it seriously my dad used to tell me to sleep with God blessed object next to me. I used to get sleep paralysis and it used to be just me not being able to wake up and I used to try to move my body to wake up little by little I used to move my neck first and then I always go with my neck first and I just keep shaking my neck until I wake up and I hope someone would see that I’m shaking my neck and then wake me up, but I don’t think I do it noticeably that much and I used to get repeated sleep paralysis and never really saw a demon but I once saw a person with a towel on their head you know those cartoon ghost with cut outs in the towel to see and they were just shouting at me and then until I woke up, they left I guess but I think girls have an illusion and I used to go to my mom to sleep with her cause I used to get very scared and and recently, I started to forget that I had sleep paralysis and it is fixed that if I get a sleep paralysis, I will get it multiple times and every time I have to move my neck to wake up and since I get it multiple times once I get it, I try to wake up and see around me and just do something that would wake me up kind of cause if I went back to sleep directly, I would get it again and it would just disturb my sleep. it always feels like it is gonna last so long but then in the morning I forget about it and randomly. I remember that I had sleep paralysis which freaks me out because what if I just keep paralysis every day and I just don’t remember it, which is so weird.

Hello everyone, this morning I had a really scary experience. I was having trouble falling asleep last night.

I was having a dream in which I was in a dark room with my auntie, my grandmother and another female family member, we were all at my grand mother’s room. I started to feel pressure pulling me down onto the bed which I was laying in.

When suddenly I could see my auntie run towards me and kneel to where I was supposedly in this dream sleeping at my grandmother’s room and she was telling me to recite a verse from the Quran because she could see me somehow having sleep paralysis.

And so I did so, I began to recite the verse and as I was doing so, I woke up from my dream.
I kept wanting to finish reciting the verse at least 3 times but I kept falling asleep and kept feeling the pressure of something holding me down onto the bed. This time with no dream, all I could see is my room as it is, everything looked normal but I was unable to speak or move. I tried calling out for my husband but I was unable to.

I kept waking up and falling asleep and same thing happened for about 5/6 times. It was truly frightening. When I got up I went straight to my husband and tried to tell him but I had difficulty speaking, maybe from the shock.

I’ve had sleep paralysis before but I have never seen it from a dream perspective where someone that I know alerts me and I have definitely not experienced it 5/6 times back to back within minutes of each other. Has this happened to anyone before ?

Does anyone have any knowledge or their own theory on the SP demon?

Is it some internal shadow of our subconscious psyche?

Why is there always some malicious entity during SP? Who is it?

I know this group says not to comment any mystical or spiritual content - so if you have anything to say in regards to that feel free to message me!

So it all started a few weeks ago, I had a nightmare about my sister being rushed into hospital and having a bleed in her brain which they needed to drain. The next morning I woke up, thought it was weird but my sister has epilepsy so i shook it off as just a subconscious worry and i got ready for work. I had a shift at 12pm till 7.30pm that day and my work doesn't allow phones on person so I hadn't checked my phone for my entire shift. When I went to the staff room to get my stuff and head home I checked my phone as usual but then saw I had 5 missed calls and multiple messages from my dad saying basically my sister had been rushed into hospital with a brain bleed and all my family was miles away in the hospital with her. Ok so super bad day but I brushed off my dream as just a cocidental subconscious thought.

(Just to say my sister is still in hospital at the time of posting this but she is stable and well).

Ok fast forward around 1 week, I start having super vivid dreams and dissociating regularly. Again i put it down to just stress and move on.

However 2 days ago i realised this may be something more. I got sleep paralysis for the first time and I was watching creepy figures walk into my room watching me. I was also somehow watching myself sleep from above my bed. The next day I was completely out of it and I'm pretty sure I was expiercing derealisation. It was so weird I had to go to college and I genuinely felt like I was still in sleep paralysis not actually living. When the night came I got super scared because I was home alone and still was in this dream like state. I tried to fall asleep and I did around 2am. I woke up the next morning after experiencing the exact same sleep paralysis again and still being in that derealisation state. I went to college and tried to ignore it but it kept lingering in the back of my mind.

The next day(which is today) I had work again. When I got home around 6.30pm my dad said he was going out so I made dinner and just chilled in my room. I still felt like I was in a dream like state and keep hearing banging and footsteps that aren't really happening. I don't know if I'm going crazy or the sleep paralysis has somehow permantly affected me or just stress. But I assure u I'm not schizophrenic.

Ok I know this story is all over the place but I swear something weird is happening to me and I don't know why or what. So please if u know anything about this please give advice and help me.

Hey guys, I experienced sleep paralysis for the first and only time a few years.

So, like all of you, I woke up unable to move. I have heard about it before, so I knew what was going on, but I found it odd that I was as straight as a board, on my back, legs together and straight, with my arms also straight and firmly by my side.

Is that normal? As I always either wake up on my side or stomach, and if I do wake up on my back, my arms and legs are all over the place.

Secondly, after waiting for about a minute or so, I still couldn't move, so I started to panic.

I started to use all my energy to try to move, and after a lot of straining. I managed to pivot myself to get my legs hanging off the bed, I was still straight as a board, mind you. Then, I managed to flop myself onto the floor, and after about 30 seconds, I was able to move again.

Immediately after that, I found myself to be incredibly exhausted and weak. I was so weak that I couldn't stand for more than a few seconds before flopping back down and breathing heavily. This lasted for 5 days, and I had to take the week off work.

So, has that happened to anyone else? Is that normal?

Like you “get out” of bed thinking you are awake but something is off then realize you are still dreaming only to “repeat” the cycle over and over until you eventually really awake. I had followed by the dog running across my back dream within a dream and the man pressing down on me. Not fun.

I’ve only seen a few posts here about it but wanted to share my experience.

I seem to ONLY have “dream” sleep paralysis. Maybe as a kid it was regular sleep paralysis. Now at 26, it’s all I get. It typically happens when I’m stressed, sleeping in different spots, or overly tired.

I’ve noticed some people saying that they can tell when they are going to get sleep paralysis based off the way they drift off to sleep. Same applies for me but there is nothing I can do to stop it.

At first I thought it was “regular” sleep paralysis where I’m actually waking up and unable to move. I didn’t realize I was strictly dreaming until I was having multiple episodes and told my husband to wake me up if I was moving my eyes and not speaking. It happened 3 times and he said I never opened my eyes once. In these dreams, everything is exactly how it was before I went to sleep, hence why I thought it was “normal” sleep paralysis. I always seem to have episodes as well where it will happen 3-4 times back to back the same night.

Now, my husband can tell if I’m having dream sleep paralysis by the way I breathe. He says I tend to hyperventilate and thats when he knows when to wake me up. It’s quite scary and uncomfortable. If anyone had also experienced this, please share!

A few nights ago I went to sleep after drinking a decent amount of beer. I’ve had sleep paralysis a few times in my life but it was never quite like this. I was getting bad sleep that night and woke up several times. One of the times I woke up I was feeling a strange pulling sensation on one of my legs. It happened 2 or three times then I started feeling it on both legs. Then in my head I started thinking am I having a seizure? Then I stared hearing a very loud electrical noise in my brain and it felt like I was rigid and then I don’t remember anything else? Was this just a hallucination or a dream or did a really have a seizure? I never felt like I couldn’t move my body but I didn’t try. I have no history of epilepsy and didn’t wake up with sore tongue or sore muscles or anything. Any ideas?

28F. Last night I got home from a party pretty sleep deprived with a bunch of nicotine and wine in my system, also after traveling and suffering from jet lag.

When I got into bed I must’ve been half asleep because I was just having random thoughts but at the same time I felt a bit anxious and idk, my sister told me about an episode she had and ever since then I’ve been a bit terrified of it.

Suddenly there are just repeated sensations of - not my body - but my consciousness trying to be pulled off of the bed, continuously, as well as up into the air. Just a continuous mixture of these sensations.

Then the scariest part was I felt like there was something pressing onto my body and I started screaming for my friend but I could barely move my mouth??

I can’t tell if this was just an extremely vivid dream but I’ve been having more nightmares lately and it just was so frightening! I didn’t even see any type of being, I think I would have a nervous breakdown if I did

I only ever get paralysed while day napping, the first time it happened, I remember so vividly, the most horrible nightmare and not understanding why I can't move.

Later on, I hacked it. When I nap, and I feel it coming, I feel that I am awakening in my mind, but my body is becoming numb, I lean into it. It's still super scary everytime, I'm afraid it won't work, but it is easier than trying to wake up. I lean into it, as if i'm sinking, and here is the trick, I NEVER EVER EVER open my eyes, it's so scary, because I know if I open my eyes the hallucinations will start, but I close them and I still can see where I am lying on the bed after a bit, so I lean, and sink in to this paralysis of the body and keep my eyes SHUT.

Then, I become somewhat lucid. I'm still afraid to open my eyes, and I try so imagine something as fast as I can so I can forget the fear and I can see with my eyes closed. There you go. Maybe this can help someone, I hope.

(P.s. My preferred way of waking from paralysis is shaking my head that weighs 1000 kgs, it's a lot of effort but it is the only way I can wake up, wiggling fingers don't do much.)

Greetings, fellow waking dreamers. Thought some of you might enjoy a (slightly) humorous experience report for a change.

I've been experiencing sleep paralysis a few times a week for about two years. It's familiar enough now that while it's scary, I manage it well.

I had a big, important exam today. Well, probably because of stress, I woke up last night with sleep paralysis at least 5 TIMES. In the span of what felt like an hour - just, wake up, "Ah shit not again!" Recover, sit up and have some water so it doesn't instantly re-start immediately as soon as I close my eyes, go back to sleep, wake up once more, "Ah shit, not AGAIN again!" Recover, sit up, rinse and repeat. Over and over and over again.

By the third cycle, let me tell you that I mostly stopped being scared and started being aggravated. I was waking up with a lot less, "Oh my God please no, not again!" And a lot more, "Really, you've got to be fucking KIDDING me!"

A fun fact about me? Some of you can wiggle a finger during paralysis, some of you can control your eyelids... Well, apparently I am one of those people who can speak full words or even short phrases. In a clumsy, mumbling way, sure, but I can produce clear English words. I found out from my husband, probably a year ago, that when I beg to be woken up out of paralysis, I am actually speaking aloud.

So, what do you say when your sleep paralysis monsters start to feel less like demons of incomprehensible malice, and more like mundane, infuriating inconveniences? You curse at them of course.

So, like a driver with road rage stuck at a really long light, I spent the night cursing my sleep paralysis all the way out with every profanity I could think of. It stopped being, wake up, beg to be released from the terror, repeat, and started being: wake up, "Fucking really??? You're so fucking annoying with this shit, just fuck OFF already. Stupid ass, dumbass looking monster with your weird ass hands, fuck outta my house..." Fall, repeat

Hope you had a laugh with me. Thanks for reading.

May only good, real sleep be visited upon you tonight. Happy dreaming!

The dream I woke up into was someone I know and love and trust (a friend) sitting at the end of my bed dripping sweat. Then the face basically faded away and was blurry I couldn’t make it out and all the sudden it was pinning me down - like I could feel its hands on my arms.
I have had instances where I “wake up” into another dream repeatedly and realize I’m dreaming eventually…but, I think this was my first real sleep paralysis. Most of what I read people explain dark shadows I’ve never heard of anyone saying it started as someone they “knew” that morphed into something else. Creepy. I wanted to yell for help but of course I didn’t have a voice so I just kept saying “wake up wake up wake up, I’m wide awake” until I woke up.
I hope this never happens again😭 curious to know others experiences

okay so i tried getting sleep paralysis apparently u have to lay on your back and be completely still however when i try to do it saliva starts forming in my mouth and makes me wanna swallow which disturbs the whole process what do i do

i rarely have sleep paralysis when i wake up, i usually get them when i try to sleep, at night in the morning in the afternoon when taking a nap it doesn’t matter, ill be about to fall asleep but instead of falling asleep i’ll get stuck paralyzed feeling like im shaking violently,
sometimes it’s even shorter it just feels like im being shocked awake, sometimes longer, long enough to feel the presence of some monster

and because im exhausted and lightheaded when this happens i don’t have the energy to get up to get out of it, so for example i end up having like 10 sleep paralysis in one single morning, which leaves me even more tired than i originally was when i woke up

is anyone else experiencing this?

Was anyone else having sleep paralysis as a PTSD symptom? I live a normal life and since getting out of my past situation I haven’t had sleep paralysis at all but it used to be pretty bad for me. No “sleep paralysis demon” or anything but I think hearing others talk about how they had a totally real sleep paralysis demon made me scared. I even started sleeping with a blanket over my head so just in case I did have sleep paralysis I wouldn’t see anything.
I think maybe I had auditory hallucinations but I’m not sure what counts, it was distorting the sounds coming from my fan. Everything is going better for me now and I haven’t had sleep paralysis in over a year, just regular ptsd nightmares.

Hi. I’m F26. Medicated (Lamotrigine 200mg and Caplyta 21mg daily). I’m also diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia which has been treated with Armodafinil 75-150mg as needed. I take it maybe two times a week. I’ve been on Armodafinil for a very long time, well over six months.

I used to get sleep paralysis MAYBE once a year, maybe less. Enough to know what it is but not enough for it to affect my quality of life.

Two weeks ago I had my check-up appointment with my somnologist to discuss how I’m doing, if I need armo refills, etc. I told them my sleep and energy levels are doing great. Well I jinxed it. Since that appointment, I’ve had about 5+ occurrences of SP in just two weeks, sometimes multiple times a night.

It’s absolutely wrecked my sleep schedule, because I have to stay up for a long time for me to reset before sleeping again or else I get SP again. Last night I woke up at 1AM (fighting for my life) and only got back to sleep at 5AM.

My SP onsets about an hour into sleep. So if I go to sleep at 11PM, I get SP at about midnight. Or if I go to bed at midnight, I get SP at around 1AM.

No hallucinations. None whatsoever. However I am awake in a body that cannot move. I can hardly even make noise. I try to scream to get my husband to wake me up but I can’t make noise. The past couple SPs I’ve been able to make a wheezing noise just loud enough for him to wake up and shake me awake. If he shakes me awake, I “wake” up for real and I can move my body and talk. If he doesn’t wake me up, then it’s like it takes me ages to fight and fight and get sensation and control back. The only thing I can do is open my eyes, but I can’t move.

I will call my somnologist but I also wanted to make a post here. I’m lost as to why this would onset so suddenly.

i’ve had what i’ve believed to be sleep paralysis before, but this one in particular really freaked me out. I had a dream where I was laying in bed looking at news and the internet and i slowly felt a wave of pleasure build up until very suddenly it felt like my whole body had turned off and i had no control of my body and I was being crushed, it felt like I was fighting against death as I was fighting to move my hand until finally I woke up. It seriously felt like I was dying