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Originally Posted by Busby
There is an interesting article in BBC News this morning relating to sleep paralysis.
It happens when only part of the brain is awake. This semi-state can also cause hallucinations such as aliens, angels, religious experiences and such.
When it happened to me, decades ago, I had to fight off a succubus. Never forgotten!
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I don't understand why they call that "sleep paralysis". The people I know who have that experience repeatedly, are actively fighting off some kind of demon. They describe how they were flailing their arms at this thing. This is common in Russia and Ukraine; they call it a "house spirit" that they believe lives in their house or apartment and bothers them at night. The description looks just like the drawings from Medieval Europe. In the drawings, the person is in bed wide awake, fighting off the spirit being. It doesn't look like "paralysis" at all! Not once has someone told me they couldn't move; to the contrary, they describe fighting something off very actively.
I'd appreciate whatever thoughts and perspective you can bring to this.