How freaky! I had the same thing happened to me. But this creature was sitting on my chest and I couldn't breath. Then I would feel like "it" was coming and I had to wake up. I couldn't move and then finally "it" would whisper in my ear the most fucked up things I have ever heard. Weird thing is that I could even feel the warmth of the breath in my ear, but I couldn't see "it." Happened to me many times!

Glad I'm not the only crazy one!

Bainne said:

A little creature/man/not sure what it was jumped on my bed and was strangling me and he was saying fuck you in my ear!..seriously I could feel it jump on the bed and felt such pressure on my chest too, I was half awake though and was trying to wake myself

It was years ago but it's stuck in my memory, it's a horrible thing to go through

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This shit sounds awful! I'll stick with my insomnia and light sleeper issues.

This happens to me probably once a year.

You people are all crazy.

JustErin said:

You people are all crazy.

I can't believe this has never happened to you.

Yeah it sucks.

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Cinnie said:

JustErin said:

You people are all crazy.

I can't believe this has never happened to you.

I once had a dream that there were hundreds of mice in my bed, I woke up like a shot and pulled the covers off to find nothing...but no sleep paralysis.

I also once shot up and thought I saw two shadows run by my closed bedroom door, I screamed. I also had a dream one night where a face came quickly right up to my face, I screamed then too. I was pregnant both these times, so I thought it had to do with all the weirdness that comes along with being knocked up.

And thanks for posting that scary pic, fauxreal. I really appreciate seeing it at 12am.

JustErin said:

Cinnie said:

I can't believe this has never happened to you.

I once had a dream that there were hundreds of mice in my bed, I woke up like a shot and pulled the covers off to find nothing...but no sleep paralysis.

I also once shot up and thought I saw two shadows run by my closed bedroom door, I screamed. I also had a dream one night where a face came quickly right up to my face, I screamed then too. I was pregnant both these times, so I thought it had to do with all the weirdness that comes along with being knocked up.

And thanks for posting that scary pic, fauxreal. I really appreciate seeing it at 12am.

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But I mean...did you think this thread that you found somewhat scary yesterday at night would be less scary today?

Of course, that picture did not need to be posted. My bad.

Back to the topic, I've only had one dream that I can recall that made me wake up screaming, but there was no paralysis effect that I can recall...well there was in the dream, but not while I was (semi) conscious.

I fell asleep on my couch and had a dream that this man taller than me stepped in the door, but he had a naturally blurred face. I could see his face, but it had a blurred effect to it. He was wearing work clothes you might expect to see on a janitor and he just stood there and stared at me as I turned around and noticed him. Then the everything went red, like it was filmed through a red lens or something, not like the paint simply changed color, and a loud extremely piercing siren sound came from him, more like a tornado warning type siren, not like a police siren. The sound made me fall to a knee and I could not move. All I could do was scream beacuse it hurt like hell. Apparently this translated to a scream in real life that woke me up.

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FauxReal said:

JustErin said:

I once had a dream that there were hundreds of mice in my bed, I woke up like a shot and pulled the covers off to find nothing...but no sleep paralysis.

I also once shot up and thought I saw two shadows run by my closed bedroom door, I screamed. I also had a dream one night where a face came quickly right up to my face, I screamed then too. I was pregnant both these times, so I thought it had to do with all the weirdness that comes along with being knocked up.

And thanks for posting that scary pic, fauxreal. I really appreciate seeing it at 12am.

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But I mean...did you think this thread that you found somewhat scary yesterday at night would be less scary today?

Of course, that picture did not need to be posted. My bad.

Back to the topic, I've only had one dream that I can recall that made me wake up screaming, but there was no paralysis effect that I can recall...well there was in the dream, but not while I was (semi) conscious.

I fell asleep on my couch and had a dream that this man taller than me stepped in the door, but he had a naturally blurred face. I could see his face, but it had a blurred effect to it. He was wearing work clothes you might expect to see on a janitor and he just stood there and stared at me as I turned around and noticed him. Then the everything went red, like it was filmed through a red lens or something, not like the paint simply changed color, and a loud extremely piercing siren sound came from him, more like a tornado warning type siren, not like a police siren. The sound made me fall to a knee and I could not move. All I could do was scream beacuse it hurt like hell. Apparently this translated to a scream in real life that woke me up.

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I wasn't really upset at you!

But it was super creepy.

I don't have nightmares very often, luckily!

JustErin said:

FauxReal said:

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But I mean...did you think this thread that you found somewhat scary yesterday at night would be less scary today?

Of course, that picture did not need to be posted. My bad.

Back to the topic, I've only had one dream that I can recall that made me wake up screaming, but there was no paralysis effect that I can recall...well there was in the dream, but not while I was (semi) conscious.

I fell asleep on my couch and had a dream that this man taller than me stepped in the door, but he had a naturally blurred face. I could see his face, but it had a blurred effect to it. He was wearing work clothes you might expect to see on a janitor and he just stood there and stared at me as I turned around and noticed him. Then the everything went red, like it was filmed through a red lens or something, not like the paint simply changed color, and a loud extremely piercing siren sound came from him, more like a tornado warning type siren, not like a police siren. The sound made me fall to a knee and I could not move. All I could do was scream beacuse it hurt like hell. Apparently this translated to a scream in real life that woke me up.

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I wasn't really upset at you!

But it was super creepy.

I don't have nightmares very often, luckily!

Oh,

Well then, let's just pretend my previous post didn't happen.

I have nightmares probably more often than average, but not every day or even every week.

FauxReal said:

JustErin said:

I wasn't really upset at you!

But it was super creepy.

I don't have nightmares very often, luckily!

Oh,

Well then, let's just pretend my previous post didn't happen.

I have nightmares probably more often than average, but not every day or even every week.

I wonder why that is? Why do some people get them often but others hardly ever?

JustErin said:

FauxReal said:

Oh,

Well then, let's just pretend my previous post didn't happen.

I have nightmares probably more often than average, but not every day or even every week.

I wonder why that is? Why do some people get them often but others hardly ever?

From what I read, it seems stress and sleep deprivation can factor into it. At the times where I have them most, I usually have a lot of that going on. When I am in a relationship or when I have my daughter around, I don't experience it. For the 6-7 months my daughter was here I didn't have a single bad dream or sleep paralysis. She left, it returned. The first few came after a breakup with a gf I was quite fond of. A lot of the nightmares prior to that I had after my divorce. A lot of it probably has to do with being in a house so quiet, I imagine. That's just me. Not sure why others may go through it.

FauxReal said:

JustErin said:

I wonder why that is? Why do some people get them often but others hardly ever?

From what I read, it seems stress and sleep deprivation can factor into it. At the times where I have them most, I usually have a lot of that going on. When I am in a relationship or when I have my daughter around, I don't experience it. For the 6-7 months my daughter was here I didn't have a single bad dream or sleep paralysis. She left, it returned. The first few came after a breakup with a gf I was quite fond of. A lot of the nightmares prior to that I had after my divorce. A lot of it probably has to do with being in a house so quiet, I imagine. That's just me. Not sure why others may go through it.

That`s very interesting. I sleep less than 6 hours a night most nights and I`m ususally under a lot of stress...at the moment higher than ever before...but I still dream happy little dreams.

JustErin said:

FauxReal said:

From what I read, it seems stress and sleep deprivation can factor into it. At the times where I have them most, I usually have a lot of that going on. When I am in a relationship or when I have my daughter around, I don't experience it. For the 6-7 months my daughter was here I didn't have a single bad dream or sleep paralysis. She left, it returned. The first few came after a breakup with a gf I was quite fond of. A lot of the nightmares prior to that I had after my divorce. A lot of it probably has to do with being in a house so quiet, I imagine. That's just me. Not sure why others may go through it.

That`s very interesting. I sleep less than 6 hours a night most nights and I`m ususally under a lot of stress...at the moment higher than ever before...but I still dream happy little dreams.

FauxReal said:

JustErin said:

That`s very interesting. I sleep less than 6 hours a night most nights and I`m ususally under a lot of stress...at the moment higher than ever before...but I still dream happy little dreams.

Watch me have the worst night of my life tonight.

JustErin said:

FauxReal said:

Watch me have the worst night of my life tonight.

, well I won't go wishing it on you or anything.

But if you do, please feel free to share.

FauxReal said:

JustErin said:

Watch me have the worst night of my life tonight.

, well I won't go wishing it on you or anything.

But if you do, please feel free to share.

jerk.

The first time I had it it scared the living hell out of me....because it lasted so long....probably about ten to fifteen minutes, by the clock on my bed.

Basically I thought I had just woken up but it was still very dark. The shadow in the corner of my room started to look a little weird, like it was reaching tendrils out where it shouldn't be so dark.

Then a pounding sound started...as if a metal gauntlet was being struck against an iron door. Fucked if I know what that's supposed to sound like but I knew that was the sound. It started getting louder and louder....much too loud for that noise until it was a terrible booming thunderous sound, and in the background there were people screaming and screaming, a whole chorus of them. While this was going on the shadow was growing until it enveloped almost the entire room, but by this stage it was burning red, like blood.

Could not move a muscle but by trying and trying I was able to start moving my arms. It took what seemed like five minutes but eventually I had my arms to my head and as soon as my hands touched my forehead it stopped completely.

Fucking freaky.

What makes it even weirder is that I have not once in my entire life had a nightmare. Not a single one. I guess technically this might count as the only one but I was awake!

connorhawke said:

The first time I had it it scared the living hell out of me....because it lasted so long....probably about ten to fifteen minutes, by the clock on my bed.

Basically I thought I had just woken up but it was still very dark. The shadow in the corner of my room started to look a little weird, like it was reaching tendrils out where it shouldn't be so dark.

Then a pounding sound started...as if a metal gauntlet was being struck against an iron door. Fucked if I know what that's supposed to sound like but I knew that was the sound. It started getting louder and louder....much too loud for that noise until it was a terrible booming thunderous sound, and in the background there were people screaming and screaming, a whole chorus of them. While this was going on the shadow was growing until it enveloped almost the entire room, but by this stage it was burning red, like blood.

Could not move a muscle but by trying and trying I was able to start moving my arms. It took what seemed like five minutes but eventually I had my arms to my head and as soon as my hands touched my forehead it stopped completely.

Fucking freaky.

What makes it even weirder is that I have not once in my entire life had a nightmare. Not a single one. I guess technically this might count as the only one but I was awake!

Damn, never had it last that long.

FauxReal said:

connorhawke said:

The first time I had it it scared the living hell out of me....because it lasted so long....probably about ten to fifteen minutes, by the clock on my bed.

Basically I thought I had just woken up but it was still very dark. The shadow in the corner of my room started to look a little weird, like it was reaching tendrils out where it shouldn't be so dark.

Then a pounding sound started...as if a metal gauntlet was being struck against an iron door. Fucked if I know what that's supposed to sound like but I knew that was the sound. It started getting louder and louder....much too loud for that noise until it was a terrible booming thunderous sound, and in the background there were people screaming and screaming, a whole chorus of them. While this was going on the shadow was growing until it enveloped almost the entire room, but by this stage it was burning red, like blood.

Could not move a muscle but by trying and trying I was able to start moving my arms. It took what seemed like five minutes but eventually I had my arms to my head and as soon as my hands touched my forehead it stopped completely.

Fucking freaky.

What makes it even weirder is that I have not once in my entire life had a nightmare. Not a single one. I guess technically this might count as the only one but I was awake!

Damn, never had it last that long.

I know! Ever the over-achiever

Yeah, I get this every now and then. It used to really freak me out, but the last few times it's happened I've just told myself, in a half awake/half dream state to ignore it and go back to sleep. Seems to work. Kind of like when you're in a nightmare and the fear becomes so much that you realise it's a dream and you're able to manipulate things to turn the nightmare into a good dream. The trick is to realise that even though you think you're awake, you're actually still half-dreaming, so you can dream your way out of it... or something like that

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FauxReal said:

It used to happen to me all the time when I was in my teens. Absolutely terrifying feeling. My brain is completely awake and aware of things happening around me, sounds of people in other rooms, things going on outside my window. But I cannot move. At all. It usually lasted for what seemed like five or ten minutes.

Oddly enough, it stopped pretty much after then. I think it's happened, maybe once, in the last ten years or so.

violator said:

It used to happen to me all the time when I was in my teens. Absolutely terrifying feeling. My brain is completely awake and aware of things happening around me, sounds of people in other rooms, things going on outside my window. But I cannot move. At all. It usually lasted for what seemed like five or ten minutes.

Oddly enough, it stopped pretty much after then. I think it's happened, maybe once, in the last ten years or so.

Welcome back. Haven't seen your name around here in a while.

It seems like with a lot of folks it happened earlier in life. Not sure why it's so late with me.

toejam said:

Yeah, I get this every now and then. It used to really freak me out, but the last few times it's happened I've just told myself, in a half awake/half dream state to ignore it and go back to sleep. Seems to work. Kind of like when you're in a nightmare and the fear becomes so much that you realise it's a dream and you're able to manipulate things to turn the nightmare into a good dream. The trick is to realise that even though you think you're awake, you're actually still half-dreaming, so you can dream your way out of it... or something like that

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I get it often...sometimes once a week. I remember watching a documentary about it where they explained that the body is paralyzed during dreams, (rem sleep) so that we don't jump out of bed. They say it happens when the brain is partially awake, but the body is still in REM. Even knowing the cause, its still hella scary. I also read somewhere that it happens more often to people with poor circulation.

I agree that being able to do lucid dreaming helps bring you out of it. I either do that or pray my way out.

Those few seconds are still terrifying though.