From: (Anonymous)	Date: July 18th, 2005 04:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Sleep Paralasys

This is really odd....do you know anything about it??

Theres a condition called Sleep Paralasys, which i suffer from.

Basically what happens is whilst you sleep your senses awaken, but your body is still technically asleep, and you cannot move any part of your body. You can see, and a vision occurs in your room. Weirdly enough a lot of people have suffered from the same vision, throughout history, this has been backed up by evidence of drawings of the " Old lady". Basically what is seen is an old woman, with exaggerated features, her skin white, and wrinkled. She is dressed in dark, baggy clothes, she moves over to where you are as if she is gliding, very slowly. She climbs up onto your chest and wraps her hand round your neck and you cannot move. You actually feel like you are being strangled. And when you wake up , your throat is sore as you have actually been subconciously choking yourself in your sleep! It cannot be cured and this occurs to me twice a week, it is never less terrifying.

Ruby White xxx

From: (Anonymous)	Date: February 3rd, 2006 08:14 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Sleep Paralasys

im makin a movie on sleep paralasys nd ur info has been a gr8 help thanku heeeaaaapppps!!!!!!!

From: (Anonymous)	Date: April 14th, 2006 08:02 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Sleep Paralasys

Hi,

My name is Lizz and i am extremely interested in this movie that you are making. I also suffer from a very vivid type of sleep paralasys and would like to know how far along you are and if you need any more first hand info.

Kind regards

Lizz (buddha_sky@hotmail.com)

From: (Anonymous)	Date: June 19th, 2006 01:18 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Sleep Paralasys

I have nightmares all the time, really messed up ones, but once I did experience Sleep paralasys, actually it was twice in about ten minutes.
But it wasnt like the other things that I've read, I dont know how they work , if there all different or what, but I was laying in bed with my eyes shut, tring to fall asleep, and I couldn't sleep so I went to get up but I couldn't, I couldn't move, I couldn't twitch, I couldn't do anything and all I remember was thinking "Oh shit, I died. If I died, I'm gonna be pissed."
And then I kinda snapped out of it. It was definitly the scariest thing thats ever happened. About ten minutes later it happened again.
I usually just have really bad nightmares where I wake up crying or terrified.
I am 18....and I doubt it's normal.lol.
Love to hear your comments...

	From: vexen	Date: July 13th, 2006 09:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Sleep Paralasys

Yeah that is sleep paralysis, I've been wondering my whole life if I'll ever experience it, so see if you can enjoy it more next time! Ignore the stress, accept it, and think about how cool it is!

Or... if it occurs worringly, see a neuropsychiatrist who can diagnose if there is a neurochemical problem; I bet that obscure dietary problems/biochem probs could sometimes effect sleep paralysis.

But don't worry about it, worrying *about* nightmares is a sure way to make them much worse!

When you have them, write them down and try to turn them into coherent stories, like as inspiration for films and short movies... you'll find you can use nightmares for positive, and then they won't be bad at all!

From: (Anonymous)	Date: April 27th, 2007 09:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Sleep Paralasys

My sister and I both suffer from sleep paralasys, If you have any information on the disorder or when your movie will be coming out we would love to hear from you. You can E-Mail us at kayliemarie2009@verizon.net. Thanks a lot and we hope to hear from you or anyone else with information on this disorder.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: April 27th, 2007 09:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Thanks for your help

My sister and I both suffer from sleep paralasys, If you have any information on the disorder or when your movie will be coming out we would love to hear from you. You can E-Mail us at kayliemarie2009@verizon.net. Thanks a lot and we hope to hear from you or anyone else with information on this disorder.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: September 1st, 2007 05:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Sleep Paralasys

hi i suffe by sleep paalasys and have alot to share about my experiences having lived with it for 28 years.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: April 18th, 2006 03:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Shadow Demons

Here's a thread I started in an RPG Forum of all places... and the reply's I got are kinda of worrying... loads of people have seen or had simular expriences..
http://www.crankeye.com/forums/index.php?topic=6229.0

Here's my closest to your own:-

The Dancer - You lay paralized in bed a small lady like figure (Witch like stands in the room watching as a slim Dark figure twirls around the room, then starts punching at you... the punches don't hurt... but you just can't move...

(The Witch is very much like how you described... She Holds my Ankles, without holding them... I feel hands on them, but hers are not on me... hard to explain, she is in the corner of the room... yet I am restrained, I know she is doing it cuz when I kick she seems to move slightly...)

This happens to me around twice a year...

From: (Anonymous)	Date: May 23rd, 2006 08:17 am (UTC)		(Link)
Nightmares

I have suffered recurring nightmares for as long as I can remember and I am 37 now. My nightmares start when in my dreams I go to switch on a light in the house. Suddenly the bulb blows out and the terror strikes (in fact I am getting slight shock waves through my body just by writing this). The room falls into darkness and my body seizes up, I just freeze.

I try to run but cannot escape. Something or someone is grabbing hold of me (I can never tell what it is). I am screaming to this thing to get off. By this time I my body is gripped with absolute terror. When I finally awake my body is shivering and I feel all tense. I often ask my wife if she heard my screams but she never has.

In these nighmares I always end up at my old house where I grew up and lived for 30 years. I remember when I was a child, I used to sense a presence over my face when I was sleeping, ( I am still getting shivers writing this).

I was never treated badly as a child and really had a good and pleasent up-bringing.

I am not sure what advice I am seeking or what I am looking for. My personal opinion on these nightmares are that I am going back to a dark place where I used to exist, possibly in another life.

I sometimes find myself going to sleep and saying to my tormenter that I am not scared and I am going to find who you are. "Come on lets get it on".

Any comments welcome

From: (Anonymous)	Date: June 28th, 2006 09:49 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Nightmares

Recurring nightmares are usually from post tramatic stress. Or so I read... but you should look into that, maybe you could unlock the key to your nightmares...

From: (Anonymous)	Date: June 29th, 2006 08:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)
night terror/paralysis

This is probably one of the most sensible sites I have seen on the subject, I am fed up of seeing sites that say it only happens to children or it is linked to mental illness, these sites are clearly written by people who have never experienced one!, I am impelled to write this as I have suffered from night terrors since I was 15, now 31, I even learned to control them and not succumb, I haven't had a night terror in about 6 years until I had a afternoon nap today, it came out of nowhere, i became concious, then felt I was losing control i sensed an evil presence in the bedroom and even saw a black wispy type creature, i felt myself going under but fought and fought then it went away, I woke up exhausted. I dont scream or shout or even move from room to room during my terrors, according to some sites that's what i'm supposed to do!

I have experienced different types of terrors, most interestingly the old hag on the chest, that was one of my worst..
I have had my legs lift up into the air as if someone was trying to drag me off the bed.
I have had satan sitting at the side of my bed with hundreds of different faces, on that occasion I even had two little goblins sitting at the end of my bed giggling at my torment.

Today was just a one off in many years, probably because I am under a lot of stress at the moment with work, but what I would say to anyone is, don;t be afraid as this will make it worse, instead challenge it and even laugh in the face of it and I assure you it will go away.

sweet dreams
Hazel

	From: vexen	Date: July 15th, 2006 04:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: night terror/paralysis

You've had some good ones, then, I am actually jealous!

Thanks for your comments :-)

From: (Anonymous)	Date: March 28th, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: night terror/paralysis

This has been the cure all for me as well. When I got really angry at the "intrusion" and started telling it off my fear factor diminished as did the frequency and length. I am a 50 year old grandmother and now only experience it about once a year. I'm afraid I usually cannot identify any stressful precipitator. It does seem to help that my husband and I now sleep in seperate rooms. He really took my swearing and yelling personally. I usually wake up during the night terror now although my mother said I didn't as a child. I am now trying to help my niece to understand that she has to control the experience but she is only 4 years old so it may or may not help. We hung a little pony on her bedpost last night to remind her to make her dreams happy. There was no night terror, just a little episode of sleep walking in which I just directed her to bed. The night before I tried to wake her up and she ended up throwing up and it was a very bad experience for both her and I. Has anyone tried just leaving the child alone instead of going in there. Does it make any difference if you go in or not?

From: (Anonymous)	Date: July 31st, 2006 11:18 am (UTC)		(Link)
Nightterrors

My 2year old son has been having frequent night terrors recently. They usually occur at around 1 a.m when he starts screaming hysterically at what looks like things coming at him. He cowers and screams and is inconsolable. This is very distressing for myself and my other 4 year old son who is awoken with all the commotion. Sometimes his night terrors can last about 3 hours. I am going out of my mind with worry and don't know how to handle the situation when it occurs. I would be very grateful for some advice.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: September 6th, 2006 10:50 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Nightterrors

can see how disstreesing this is for you.I suffered as a child from sereve night terrors.All i can say is try not to jerk him awake, he can appear to be awake when infact he will be a sleep, i found that if i got sudenely awoken whilst in this state it distreesed me more.Try a night time comfort,maybe a night light or go out and get a new tedy or action figure and use it as a dream guard,explain to your son hes a friend who looks after him while he sleeps

From: (Anonymous)	Date: September 6th, 2006 10:42 am (UTC)		(Link)
night terrors

as a child i suffered very bad night terrors waking up paralized,waking up lashing out and screaming,crying.Im 23 now and still suffer but it is a lot milder than when i was a kid.I actually feel a little saner reading everybodys posts,some times i dont even want to sleep cause im too scarced or cant be bothered with my dreaming.I would always dream of demons throwing stuff all round the house and trying to get me.My mum informed me i used to sleep walk and discovered when i sleep walked i was dreaming of flying down the stairs or swimmimg in the air crazy eh,anyone ever ad these dreams

From: (Anonymous)	Date: October 7th, 2006 02:39 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: night terrors

This is amazing because I too would sleepwalk. Everytime and I really mean every time I would teeter at the top of the stairs. My family was so afraid I would jump or fall down but I didn't attempt to do that. I would just sway back and forth.
My most vivid dream would have been demons chasing me through the city and it was raining blood. I ran so hard but Didn't have a clue where I was going except running. And I was trying to help the babies I heard crying. But I never really found them.
And then I would wake up either in my bed or in another room in the house from sleepwalking.
Demons (that I can't see but feel their presence) have always played a huge part in my dreams. But from all that I am reading about night terrors there seems to be a common factor. And all these years I thought I just had nightmares.