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This twitter thread of people drawing their sleep paralysis demons is terrifying
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The wonderful world of sleeping.
I think I've got sleep paralysis only once or twice, but I never saw any demons.
I had some creepy hallucinations though, probably during the phase while you start to fall asleep.
The first one was some deep demon voice (like those in horror movies) talking in some indescribable language. It was like some person was right next to my ear. Funny thing though is that I reacted pretty cool because I just thought "dude shut the fuck up" and the voice vanished. lol
The other far more creepy thing is the hand that touched my back. While I'm lying on my back I could feel a hand / fingers that stroked my back. It was only for a short time but the feeling was 1000% real.
Another weird thing: One time I heard a bomb exploding in my head. I don't know how it is if a grenade explodes right next to your ear, but it was this loud, it woke me up.
Other things I experienced: lucid dreaming, false wakeup loops, trippy visual hallucinations, etc.
I think I've got sleep paralysis only once or twice, but I never saw any demons.
I had some creepy hallucinations though, probably during the phase while you start to fall asleep.
The first one was some deep demon voice (like those in horror movies) talking in some indescribable language. It was like some person was right next to my ear. Funny thing though is that I reacted pretty cool because I just thought "dude shut the fuck up" and the voice vanished. lol
The other far more creepy thing is the hand that touched my back. While I'm lying on my back I could feel a hand / fingers that stroked my back. It was only for a short time but the feeling was 1000% real.
Another weird thing: One time I heard a bomb exploding in my head. I don't know how it is if a grenade explodes right next to your ear, but it was this loud, it woke me up.
Other things I experienced: lucid dreaming, false wakeup loops, trippy visual hallucinations, etc.
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Had it once. The demon didn't have a shape more like a shadow in the doorway. One time I had a dream that felt like sleep paralysis. An alien grey trying to open the sliding glass door and I couldn't move in the dream to lock it. Think it opened it too since I couldn't move to lock it.
Exact same feeling. I've only ever had it one time, and it was the worst. My 'demon' was a figure that resembled my brother holding me down, towards the end of it it morphed into this shadowing thing and I vividly remember black shadowy arms. In my somewhat dream state I thought my brother was dying and I tried to get up, but like you my body shut down and I was trying to scream and eventually I did, waking up my boyfriend next to me. Terrifying.
I never see creatures or people when I have SP, but I often feel that someone is in the house with me. Like, I can hear my parents stressing about even though I live alone, or vaguely hear/feel someone coming into my room. It's not really scary, just very strange.
Luckily I've never had this, I'm not sure I'd ever want to sleep again.
Interesting how similar many of the figures are, long limbs and ceiling crawling seem to be common.
Also glowing eyes, I wonder if that's some deep old fear of the reflective eyes of predators in the dark.
Interesting how similar many of the figures are, long limbs and ceiling crawling seem to be common.
Also glowing eyes, I wonder if that's some deep old fear of the reflective eyes of predators in the dark.
Yeah my sleep paralysis is just me not being able to move. Never demons or any other wacky things. I just freak out until I can finally wake myself up.
It's because you can become awaken in a hypnogogic state.
So you are conscious but also dreaming and while you can't move because of the sleep paralysis your dream brain starts to fill in the blanks eg. a hag sitting on your chest or whatever.
I tend to see scorpions and spiders writhing on the wall and ceiling.
This always happens to me on false wake up dreams. It's still dreaming, and you're in your bed, but there's something a bit different about the room, some times including these random shapes standing around you. You try to get up but can't, like your limbs, sheets, or clothes are too heavy.
I learned to recognize when it happens, and that usually wakes me up for real.
But these types of dreams come in seasons, I won't have them for months, and then get a lot of them in a week.
When I was younger they definitely used to scare me a lot, but It's less scary now.
I learned to recognize when it happens, and that usually wakes me up for real.
But these types of dreams come in seasons, I won't have them for months, and then get a lot of them in a week.
When I was younger they definitely used to scare me a lot, but It's less scary now.
I saw a black and white little girl using my sister's laptop at the foot of my bed when I got my first sleep paralysis experience, didn't see anything the second time a few weeks later, I didn't know about the shadow people stuff at the time so it was a release when I learn that most people saw similar stuff tbh.
The black goat one... Sorry to break it to them, but that's just Satan. They don't have sleep paralysis, because the actual lord of darkness is visiting them. :P
I had this happen once. It looked like ghost, holding a knife. Pale, translucent figure, made of whispy cloth and smoke and thin arms. Freaky as hell. Scared the shit out of me.
Oh, and sometimes when I try to fall asleep, I start hearing a chorus of whispers. I "fight" them off by trying to relax, but that makes them grow louder and angrier. As this progresses, I feel an immense pressure build up in my head, as if it's going to explode. It doesn't hurt, it's just uncomfortable. Whenever I stop and wake myself up, the get quiet. It's as if they want to sleep, but upset that I'm aware of their presence. I don't know. It happens every few months or so.
Oh, and sometimes when I try to fall asleep, I start hearing a chorus of whispers. I "fight" them off by trying to relax, but that makes them grow louder and angrier. As this progresses, I feel an immense pressure build up in my head, as if it's going to explode. It doesn't hurt, it's just uncomfortable. Whenever I stop and wake myself up, the get quiet. It's as if they want to sleep, but upset that I'm aware of their presence. I don't know. It happens every few months or so.
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It can be both. I've had ones of just unable to move and others where I just felt like some other presence was there.
I may be wrong but it sounds like your describing a night terror. I believe most who deal with sleep paralysis have a total inability to move or even make noise.
Either way I've had both multiple times and they're unsettling for me
I don't think I ever got sleep paralysis. However I have woken up to seeing spider shadows run across the walls or ceilings. It's happened so many times I just laugh it off now.
Mine is never a demon. I always see an old woman sitting on my chest and she's what's keeping me from moving. I keep trying to scream but no sound comes out and she keeps putting her face closer and closer to mine until I finally wake up.
Well, this is a fun thread to read when you've been up all night and you're trying to finally go to sleep
I'm too powerful to get sleep paralysis. Kind of sucks, I'd like to experiences it once or twice. I'd like to think I'm the kind of guy who, if I saw a ghost down the hall I would run towards it just to see if ghosts were real. Seeing demons or some shit would be wild, I'd keep my eyes wide open and ride it out yo.
Lol the point is that you can't move or make a sound unless you've experienced it a few times and know how to break it. The first time is horrible and a lot of people start getting it as a child.
Funfact for those who have this but never see anything, I used to be that way to until I started reading threads like this. Once the notion that I could be attacked by shadow people showed up, it happened the next time I got sleep paralysis.
Never see anything more than the one shadow guy though. No hat on him, either. He also lacks a face. He's just this gangly silhouette. Kinda hoping I get to see the ceiling guy at some point. That one sounds neat.
Edit: There's been more audio to the bouts of late. Usually whispers that I can't make out or simple words that don't make sense, like "cooking." Sometimes I hear my name. Very strange.
Never see anything more than the one shadow guy though. No hat on him, either. He also lacks a face. He's just this gangly silhouette. Kinda hoping I get to see the ceiling guy at some point. That one sounds neat.
Edit: There's been more audio to the bouts of late. Usually whispers that I can't make out or simple words that don't make sense, like "cooking." Sometimes I hear my name. Very strange.
This is pretty funny, I've never had scary hallucinations in Sleep paralysis, I guess that's because I sleep towards the wall and almost cover myself entirely down the blanket. But there was one time I saw a Pikachu poster on the wall, and another where a third arm came out of me, that was fun.
Now that I have said this, I fully expect for tonight be my first scary sleep paralysis experience, subconscious can be a dick.
Now that I have said this, I fully expect for tonight be my first scary sleep paralysis experience, subconscious can be a dick.
If it sounded anything like those hell demons from Ghost then I never want to sleep again.
There's a 2015 documentary/horror film called The Nightmare that's kind of a fun/interesting watch. They interview people who suffer from sleep paralysis and then reenact their experiences horror movie style. There is some people they interview who are so fearful of it that they don't want to sleep every night, which to me is something that is much more scary than any weird creation of the mind.
It's been a while since I've had an episode thankfully (5+ years I would guess), but it was always terrifying. The trigger for me was definitely drinking alcohol and then falling asleep on my back. I've never had SP on my side. The craziest SP experience I've had ended with me feeling like I was electrocuted to death. That was fucking nuts.
I honestly wouldn't even know where to begin to draw what I see. It's just a black void/presence. Although I'm not very artistically inclined.
I suffered from sleep paralysis for years and there was never a demon or any such shite. Just the horrible idea of something coming.
Yeah, hallucinating during sleep paralysis is a common thing. Some people feel weight on their chests as well. Most commonly, the 'demon' is a dark shadow like creature.
In a half dreaming state you wake up unable to move, your brain is going to do some weird shit to make sense of that.
One thing I've noticed, in media, games, and experiences, almost always these beings/creatures are humanoid or warped looking people. I've always wondered about that. Is there something scarier about being tormented by humans than your average monster?
Exploding head syndrome, my guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome
And you were actually already awake, wires get crossed pretty much on wake. Sometimes also when falling asleep. Happens to me if I'm sleep deprived, personally.