Home
Donate!
Articles
CHAT!
Shop
|
Welcome to Spiritual Forums!.
We created this community for people from all backgrounds to discuss Spiritual, Paranormal, Metaphysical, Philosophical, Supernatural, and Esoteric subjects. From Astral Projection to Zen, all topics are welcome. We hope you enjoy your visits.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to most discussions and articles. By joining our free community you will be able to post messages, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos, and gain access to our Chat Rooms, Registration is fast, simple, and free, so please, join our community today! !
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, check our FAQs before contacting support. Please read our forum rules, since they are enforced by our volunteer staff. This will help you avoid any infractions and issues.
|
07-12-2019, 08:29 PM
|
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 5
|
|
|
|
Sleep paralysis or something else?
Hi, I wonder if my experience was just a sleep paralysis or something else. Here is what happened:
One night, I woke up because my dog was barking aggressively (he never used to bark like that at night). When I woke up, I felt a great deal of fear without any rational reason. I was trying to fall asleep for a long time, but I was so stressed out that I couldn't fall asleep (idk why). At some point, I heard footsteps in our living room, which is located right next to my room. I shouted: "mum?" ( ) because I thought that my mum, also sleeping next room, was going to check on the dog, but I didn't get any response. I heard footsteps getting closer to my room, which made me feel so scared that I was unable to move, I feeled completely chained by fear. For whatever reason, I felt like a temperature dropped and I started to feel cold, even though I was bundled up in my bed. When you step on the threshold of the door to my room, the wood makes a very distinctive sound, which I could hear. Despite being terribly scared, I wanted to take a look at who (or what) entered my room. It was almost impossible but I managed to open my eyes - just a tiny little bit. I was shocked to see a tall bright white smudge standing in the door frame (smudge because I opened my eyes only tiny little bit so I coudn't see any details). At that point, I felt that whatever that was, it was getting closer to me. I was panicking. When it came to my bed, I felt something very cold touching me (that sounds so wrong ). But it didn't stop there. It sounds super strange and weird, but I could feel myself leaving my physical body like when you travel astrally (my ears were ringing terribly) while that cold thing tried to take over my physical body. After the initial shock, I told myself that I must not let it win and I pushed it outside (it was super easy). When I fully returned to my body, the ringing in my ears stopped, I was finally able to move and open my eyes. I opened my eyes but there was nothing else with me in the room, I was completely alone.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? Can such twisted things happen during a sleep paralysis?
|
08-12-2019, 12:35 PM
|
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
|
|
|
|
sleep paralysis
Tell yourself that sleep paralysis is common, benign, and temporary.
Remind yourself that there's no reason to be afraid.
Focus on something besides the paralysis, like a happy vision or mantra.
Try to relax your body and avoid moving until the episode has passed.
|
08-12-2019, 04:38 PM
|
Master
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Golden Bay, New Zealand
Posts: 3,580
|
|
|
|
People report all sorts of strange experiences on the threshold between waking and sleeping, including seeing/feeling the presence of entities. This particular experience does sound rather unpleasant.
As Jerome johnson says, sleep paralysis is common and natural. It serves the practical purpose of preventing the physical body from acting out our dreams.
Peace
|
08-12-2019, 07:00 PM
|
Master
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,488
|
|
|
|
This may of been an astral experience where something real was in your room or just a hypnagogic halluncination. Yes such things can happen during sleep paralyses.
https://www.morethantired.com/sympto...allucinations/
|
08-12-2019, 10:05 PM
|
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 5
|
|
|
|
Many thanks for all your replies! It's just something that bothered me for some time since I was told that it's impossible to open eyes during a sleep paralysis. Since then, (as far as I can remember) I haven't experienced anything similar, even though I've always felt anxious at night in my room (since the very early childhood, I don't even know when it started). I don't have any problems with sleeping so this was truly terrifying
|
08-12-2019, 10:10 PM
|
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 5
|
|
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea-dove
This may of been an astral experience where something real was in your room or just a hypnagogic halluncination. Yes such things can happen during sleep paralyses.
|
Thank you for the link, I wasn't aware of the fact that one may feel someone touching them during a sleep paralysis
|
09-12-2019, 12:17 AM
|
Master
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,488
|
|
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Serah
Many thanks for all your replies! It's just something that bothered me for some time since I was told that it's impossible to open eyes during a sleep paralysis. Since then, (as far as I can remember) I haven't experienced anything similar, even though I've always felt anxious at night in my room (since the very early childhood, I don't even know when it started). I don't have any problems with sleeping so this was truly terrifying
|
It is possible that you did not open your physical eyes, you may of felt the eyes of your astral body opening which can feel the same.
|
12-12-2019, 03:06 PM
|
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 5
|
|
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea-dove
It is possible that you did not open your physical eyes, you may of felt the eyes of your astral body opening which can feel the same.
|
Hm, that's an interesting idea, sounds very possible. But since it happened many years ago, I can't tell if it's the case or not, unfortunately.
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 10:38 AM.
|