Sleep Paralysis A Terrifying Phenomenon
David Slone
July 06, 2008
When we go to sleep at night, everyone is completely paralyzed to prevent us from sleep walking. Usually we are not aware of this. My mind often wakes up before my body has been released from sleep paralysis, and I have to lie there and wait for it go away. To make it worse, during this state, we see everything as it normally is, but there are hallucinations, or real things that enter our perception. Most often these are of a terrifying nature.
If this can happen to me on a regular basis, this can happen to anybody.
This story is one of many experiences with Sleep Paralysis I have had:
I woke up as normal and decided to roll over onto my side, when suddenly I realized no matter how hard I struggled, I could not move. In fact the more I struggled, the worse it became. Lying there, everybody else completely oblivious to what was going on, unable to move a muscle, unable to make a sound. Breathing is very difficult, and it is near impossible to stay calm in this situation.
After a few seconds of struggling I come to notice that my arms are now stretched out in front of me, as many sleep walking artwork is depicted. I begin to panic at the lack of control, and wondering what is going to happen to me. From shoulder to wrist, my arms are completely stiff, and although I have full awareness of the situation, I can do nothing about it. To make things even worse I begin to hear a strange noise coming from outside my bedroom door. It is like raspy breathing, but it is trying to say something. The noise begins to get more and more intense, and I suddenly realize what the voice is trying to say: "HELP, SOMEONE! HELP!"
Stricken by panic and a terrible amount of fear, I begin to struggle even more to break free from this terrifying paralysis state. At this moment I recognize the voice, it is me. The voice sounds very distant, but it is clearly myself trying to scream for help. Though nobody comes to help me. All sorts of thoughts go through my mind at this, as I realize that if my mouth is not moving, how can I be screaming? It is almost as if we have two separate bodies.
At this point, just as I thought it could not get any worse, I feel a shadow pass at the foot of my bed, and get a great sense of dread, like something very dangerous is standing there watching me. I hear a quick barking noise and feel something of a great weight sitting on top of my stomach, and putting something over my head, like a pillow. I suddenly break free, and wake gasping for air, covered in sweat, and shaking with fear.
Science seems to know very little about this phenomenon, indeed about sleep in general, which leaves all the more room for being attacked in your sleep at night, without any physical help being available. Sleep paralysis is a very real and terrifying subject, and as I mentioned it can happen to anybody, anytime.
Have you ever had a dream where you can't seem to run very fast, when trying to escape some enemy? Or when you are a child, trying to yell out to your parents, but unable to make a sound? If so you have experienced something quite similar.
This started happening to me after I read about Sleep Paralysis during some research I was doing on a very unique CD I am making. I believe that once you know about it, it's more likely to happen to you. Let's see if I'm right.
Learn more about sleep paralysis and the strange world of the paranormal at TrueGhostTales.com. If you like ghost stories and reading about the world of the supernatural you will love True Ghost Tales where you will find vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons and much more!
Written by Jeremy Garner for True Ghost Tales Copyright 2008. Feel free to use this article on your own website, but please include all inks and urls.
Note from Jeremy: If you like this story and are interested in hearing more about this sort of thing, then please visit www.bebo.com/SpiritOfA6 and leave a comment and I will get back to you ASAP. Sweet Dreams
If this can happen to me on a regular basis, this can happen to anybody.
This story is one of many experiences with Sleep Paralysis I have had:
I woke up as normal and decided to roll over onto my side, when suddenly I realized no matter how hard I struggled, I could not move. In fact the more I struggled, the worse it became. Lying there, everybody else completely oblivious to what was going on, unable to move a muscle, unable to make a sound. Breathing is very difficult, and it is near impossible to stay calm in this situation.
After a few seconds of struggling I come to notice that my arms are now stretched out in front of me, as many sleep walking artwork is depicted. I begin to panic at the lack of control, and wondering what is going to happen to me. From shoulder to wrist, my arms are completely stiff, and although I have full awareness of the situation, I can do nothing about it. To make things even worse I begin to hear a strange noise coming from outside my bedroom door. It is like raspy breathing, but it is trying to say something. The noise begins to get more and more intense, and I suddenly realize what the voice is trying to say: "HELP, SOMEONE! HELP!"
Stricken by panic and a terrible amount of fear, I begin to struggle even more to break free from this terrifying paralysis state. At this moment I recognize the voice, it is me. The voice sounds very distant, but it is clearly myself trying to scream for help. Though nobody comes to help me. All sorts of thoughts go through my mind at this, as I realize that if my mouth is not moving, how can I be screaming? It is almost as if we have two separate bodies.
At this point, just as I thought it could not get any worse, I feel a shadow pass at the foot of my bed, and get a great sense of dread, like something very dangerous is standing there watching me. I hear a quick barking noise and feel something of a great weight sitting on top of my stomach, and putting something over my head, like a pillow. I suddenly break free, and wake gasping for air, covered in sweat, and shaking with fear.
Science seems to know very little about this phenomenon, indeed about sleep in general, which leaves all the more room for being attacked in your sleep at night, without any physical help being available. Sleep paralysis is a very real and terrifying subject, and as I mentioned it can happen to anybody, anytime.
Have you ever had a dream where you can't seem to run very fast, when trying to escape some enemy? Or when you are a child, trying to yell out to your parents, but unable to make a sound? If so you have experienced something quite similar.
This started happening to me after I read about Sleep Paralysis during some research I was doing on a very unique CD I am making. I believe that once you know about it, it's more likely to happen to you. Let's see if I'm right.
Learn more about sleep paralysis and the strange world of the paranormal at TrueGhostTales.com. If you like ghost stories and reading about the world of the supernatural you will love True Ghost Tales where you will find vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons and much more!
Written by Jeremy Garner for True Ghost Tales Copyright 2008. Feel free to use this article on your own website, but please include all inks and urls.
Note from Jeremy: If you like this story and are interested in hearing more about this sort of thing, then please visit www.bebo.com/SpiritOfA6 and leave a comment and I will get back to you ASAP. Sweet Dreams
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