I was awake the whole time with my eyes open but couldnt move or speak.
I was trying to scream wake me up because there were other people in the room when it happened.
Eventually, they heard me mumbling and woke me up.
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One of the scariest things that ever happened to me.
I had the classic (I think) sleep paralysis hallucination.
Was in a fuzzy state, believing I was awake.
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A shadow in a corner of my room started moving and an old lady got closer to me.
First, her hands crawled up my legs and then she climbed on the bed and on my torso.
I couldnt breathe and my arms were locked on each side of my body.
Worst sleep experience I ever had.
Happened a few years ago, when I was sharing a hotel room with my sister and my parents.
A horrifying experience that happens once every couple of years.
Ive only had it twice and while Im glad I experienced it, twice was fine, thanks.
Ive been suffering from Sleep Paralysis on a regular basis for almost the past 3 years.
There was a white-ish mist and dark trees everywhere, and there was something breathing heavily behind me.
Couldnt do anything of course, thought I was tied up or something.
(I fell asleep facing the couch, computer behind me on a stool) Shit was terrifying.
I had this episode about 4 months ago where I realized that I was dreaming a.k.a lucid dreaming.
It seemed to have worked and I was in my bed.
I wanted to scream to my dad who was lying just beside me but I just couldnt.
About 2 minutes into this torture, I woke up.
I told him I knew exactly what that was lol!
It took him a lot of convincing that it wasnt the real deal and his house was haunted.
It happened to me one time in my life.
It was fucking terrifying.
I have Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis (I have these episodes very often) and honestly, theyre terrifying.
Most of the time I see these 7ft tall cloaked figures that sway and chant.
I then heard footsteps slowly coming up the stairs and they stopped for a second.
Then I heard something absolutelygunning itdown the hallway towards my room and slam into my bedroom door.
I get it a couple times a week so theres many more Im missing out but they arent fun.
I saw a hooded figure standing in the corner.
I had gone through a couple of months of medical exams, tests and was off work.
Doctors couldnt figure out what was wrong.
It had been already a few weeks without sleep when this happened.
I was in bed almost asleep.
The room darkened my eyes flew open and I saw the shadow thing in the corner.
It started moving towards the bed, like floating almost.
And leaned over top of me.
It had no face.
The scariest part was not being able to move.
I was functionally awake.
I could see and hear and feel everything.
But I couldnt move at all.
Lets just say I didnt sleep for a long time after that.
Woke up, rolled over and fell straight off the bed.
Then I woke up for real.
The first time I woke up, Id been paralyzed.
In my half-lucid sleep, my mind rolled over, but not my physical body.
That went straight into the out of body nightmare.
I had them frequently a few years back.
Id then be catapulted upwards and then let loose to fly around.
This was the last time and I was convinced Id made some noise but apparently not.
That was the last time it happened.
6 years ago maybe?
I was having a night terror and there was a little dead boy standing beside my bed.
I had a number of experiences with sleep paralysis in the late 80s and early 90s.
As I recall they started when I was at college and would sometimes take naps.
I was alone in the room.
I couldnt move though!
I had similar experiences on and off for the next several years.
They were talking about me in very hateful terms, and in a threatening tone.
Whatever they were they were outside my field of vision.
That was the last major episode I remember, and thats been, hmmm, over twenty years ago.
But at the time it happened, I was still very afraid and didnt know what was going on.
I was dying to move and put on my light but just couldnt move a muscle.
Tried to lucid dream for months.
Did all the right things, kept a dream journal, checked for dream signs, etc.
One night I finally found out I was dreaming.
I remember being so overjoyed I was dreaming, I woke up.
I saw shadows darting around the room, and heard a witch cackling at the foot of my bed.
I even felt the pressure of the bed shift as she sat by my feet.
Worst fucking time of my life.
Never tried lucid dreaming again.
I have recurring sleep paralysis.
Its like my hallucinations react to my self-awareness.
Thats just how realistic and terrifying these events are.
The next time it happened I had read about sleep paralysis.
I thought to myself Oh man, its sleep paralysis.
This is kinda cool.
Lets make a run at keep calm and figure it out.
So I decided Id just fall asleep, power through it.
Thats when the creature whispered Yes, just fall asleep.
Youll be safe in a sinister sarcastic way.
Which just made me more nervous.
So finally I decided Id just wake up.
And now, it just keeps escalating.
Its actually pretty awful.
I used to have sleep paralysis several times a week when I was a teenager.
It always happened right before I was going to sleep so it still felt like I was fully awake.
I know it was my imagination but it felt so real.
I get sleep paralysis fairly frequently and have for many years.
It is such a calm terror.
I want to scream, but I cant.
Ive never had any visual hallucinations, thankfully.
Only once did I experience anything like that.
I woke up, and couldnt move.
It was that degree of sound that horror movies use specifically to unnerve the audience.
I was overcome with fear and woke up whimpering.
I only had it once when I was three years old but Ill never forget it.
My grandparents lived in rural Korea, where theres little street lights and its just a bunch of farms.
It didnt say anything or do anything but just stare at me for what seemed like forever.
