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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by sinkhole: 4:45pm On Dec 11, 2020
Dreadlock69:

What your opinion on this
I used to have something similar when I was younger. Then it will occur when I was about to wake from sleep and on my back.
It will feel as if somebody or something is pressing down on me and lifting any part of my body will be excindingly difficult, I will try to shout but nothing will come out of my mouth and if there is something like lantern or candle in the room, it will seem very far off but after a lot of struggling, it will gradually fades off.
I never tell anybody nor have I ever associated it with any evil anything.
Now, I am older and have not experienced it again.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by phr0nesis(m): 4:45pm On Dec 11, 2020
Been more than 10 years it happened to me last. When it happens, focus on moving one part of your body (for me, it was my arm).
NOTE: Remove fear from your mind whenever it occurs

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Farki: 4:46pm On Dec 11, 2020
Don't sleep on your back, it helped me. When you're older it should reduce in frequency.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Diamondsaheed(m): 4:46pm On Dec 11, 2020
if u'r a Muslim go and do Rukkiyah
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Dangrace01: 4:51pm On Dec 11, 2020
Vyolet:
Once you start experiencing it, all you need to do is move your toes slowly and then fast, you will regain consciousness immediately.


Beautiful excellent

this is what I was scrolling to check if someone would say. I used to have same too but now I control it. Sleep paralysis happens when your mind is not settled before sleeping. Once it wants to start I start shaking my feet and I'll wake up settle my mind and sleep or say a prayer and sleep.

Sleep paralysis can also be caused by fear, you don't want to sleep and you sleep trying to wake up at that point cause sleep paralysis

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Nobody: 4:52pm On Dec 11, 2020
missimelda01:
Sleep paralysis is very scary.
The last time it happened to me was during my final year in school, I was stressed that period. It made me so scared that I couldn’t continue sleeping in the room, knocked on my neighbor’s door around 2am and told them someone wanted to kill me grin

I did my research the next morning, read about ways to prevent it from happening, I’ve been good since then.
don't lie facing backwards when you want to sleep. like, you must face upwards(your ceiling) and not against your bed(backwards).

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Microwhy: 4:52pm On Dec 11, 2020
Sleep with on your right, don't sleep crossing your leg or faced down even if you're feeling cold.
Recite Suratul Al-Nas, Suratul Al-Falaq and Suratul Ikhlas. When you're experiencing the sleep oppression, just struggle to recite Ayatul Qursiyyu.

Do your Askar whenever you're going to bed.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Nobody: 4:53pm On Dec 11, 2020
Farki:
Don't sleep on your back, it helped me. When you're older it should reduce in frequency.
guy i swear you get am. If you lie on your back, it'll definitely happen.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by cybertyrant(m): 4:53pm On Dec 11, 2020
such has happened to me, but it was the first and last time, I woke up, I can't move or breath properly, I was seeing figures like a spirit approaching me, then it was as if the spirit wants my body, all of a sudden it started to call spirits around our area, before it could finish I struggle out and I bound such spirits and demons trying to take possession of my body, I prayed and it never happened again, mind you this was the first and last experience

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Neddyogu(m): 4:54pm On Dec 11, 2020
Just ur brain preventing u from acting out ur subconscious movts by stopping certain motor functions. Belief in the paranormal is just superstition. SP happens mostly in times of high stress both physical and mental stress. Demon ko, deliverance ni.

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Arizonaz: 4:54pm On Dec 11, 2020
phr0nesis:
Been more than 10 years it happened to me last. When it happens, focus on moving one part of your body (for me, it was my arm).
NOTE: Remove fear from your mind whenever it occurs

Exactly
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Newman20(m): 4:55pm On Dec 11, 2020
Dreadlock69:
I created this topic in this section to get a wider audience please contribute if you have /had the experience
Early my teenage years, I do have a female neighbor very close we play and do all things together both bad and good you know what I mean,most times she will sleep and her eyes will be open lying at her back ,I do mock her about this and laugh about it .she always say she can't control it that I won't understand that she see everything happening around her but can't move ,I'll be like how is it possible I don't believe you but she will say dreadlock69 you won't understand.though she really stressed herself sleeping late but she is very bright with her books my parents used her to mock me.
However mine started when I was ss2 I could remember vividly well it happened one night I was sleeping all of a sudden something griped me I can't move I can't breath it was like something or someone inside the room was taking my life force out of me ,I'm very much aware of my environment but when it's stopped I be gasping for air and my heart will be racing ,this repeatedly happens every night at times worst and horrifying ,one night it happened again I was terrified and told my parents they told me nothing gonna happen that I should pray over it.
"Omo nah just the beginning I dey see ooo"
Later when I finish my secondary school I still experiencing it but ,this time round I can breath well but still see images .then I got my new phone I surfed the internet then I came across an article talking about this which seems to relate to what I experience then I made more and more research and findings which were scarying and calming.i remember one time I'd told my brother not to touch my phone strictly warning him then I slept off and the sleep paralysis started I woke up but can't do anything can't move ,can't talk just lifeless but I can see and I'm aware of what is going on in my environment and behold my brother was using my phone I was in anger but I can't do anything I just lay there lifeless with anger in me till it fades off thank his stars he went out before I regain consciousness
Another experience was when I watching a horror movie it happened the again when I was having a nap I was so scared I just have to close my eyes not to see images.
Later on I had full control over it and sometimes I transit from that state to lucid dreaming. Then I had a good work with all good amenities not stressful you can take a nap anytime you like , funny enough my partner experience it also I noticed the day he was sleeping but his eyes where open trying hard to move his body ,I just left him till it's fade off
So one day I was having a nap in the bedroom my boss was calling me I could hear him but I can't move anything just laying lifeless I was praying he should not catch me in this state .
Sometimes I'll have to call my partner but he is still in that state but I have to wake up,which he do wake up looking frightened.

I just learned how to lived with it cause I can't do anything bout it and feel for people who experience this but don't know how to manage it
Probably transit from that state to lucid dreaming
Maybe someday I'll have to tell my spouse or someone to close to me to not get frightened if they see me like that maybe a girlfriend, a wife ,my child I can't say for now
What your opinion on this


Don't stress bro I used to have sleep paralysis to when I was in secondary school. It's probably due to all the stress we underwent at that particular period. What made mine special is that after a while it just stopped. Like it just never happened again and I am very grateful for that.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Nobody: 4:55pm On Dec 11, 2020
I experienced this throughout my childhood
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Silentgroper(m): 5:00pm On Dec 11, 2020
Opexzy:
I use to experience this thing back then.. But it been over years I had it last.
All efforts of my pastors to make me believe it's spiritual failed... Didn't go for deliverance, didn't fast nor prayed about it.. I just believe it's normal then...

It was 2 years ago I learnt about this thing and that it was all natural...


Damn you are commenting on my behalf, that's all I can say because this is my own experience
Maybe d village people has taken advantage of op's own or that's it feels when it worsens.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Mttambi: 5:00pm On Dec 11, 2020
What you are experiencing is not just completely natural, its also a great ability. You just don’t understand how to utilize it yet. Your fear in those states limits you. There’s absolutely nothing demonic about it. I could show you scientific proven methods to utilize it for good of yourself and your society if you are interested.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by lkillbrokehoes: 5:01pm On Dec 11, 2020
missimelda01:
Sleep paralysis is very scary.
The last time it happened to me was during my final year in school, I was stressed that period. It made me so scared that I couldn’t continue sleeping in the room, knocked on my neighbor’s door around 2am and told them someone wanted to kill me grin

I did my research the next morning, read about ways to prevent it from happening, I’ve been good since then.
Mtchwwwwww
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Opexzy: 5:03pm On Dec 11, 2020
Silentgroper:
Maybe d village people has taken advantage of op's own or that's it feels when it worsens.

That op's own is too extreme.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Feggie3: 5:04pm On Dec 11, 2020
Dreadlock69:
I created this topic in this section to get a wider audience please contribute if you have /had the experience
Early my teenage years, I do have a female neighbor very close we play and do all things together both bad and good you know what I mean,most times she will sleep and her eyes will be open lying at her back ,I do mock her about this and laugh about it .she always say she can't control it that I won't understand that she see everything happening around her but can't move ,I'll be like how is it possible I don't believe you but she will say dreadlock69 you won't understand.though she really stressed herself sleeping late but she is very bright with her books my parents used her to mock me.
However mine started when I was ss2 I could remember vividly well it happened one night I was sleeping all of a sudden something griped me I can't move I can't breath it was like something or someone inside the room was taking my life force out of me ,I'm very much aware of my environment but when it's stopped I be gasping for air and my heart will be racing ,this repeatedly happens every night at times worst and horrifying ,one night it happened again I was terrified and told my parents they told me nothing gonna happen that I should pray over it.
"Omo nah just the beginning I dey see ooo"
Later when I finish my secondary school I still experiencing it but ,this time round I can breath well but still see images .then I got my new phone I surfed the internet then I came across an article talking about this which seems to relate to what I experience then I made more and more research and findings which were scarying and calming.i remember one time I'd told my brother not to touch my phone strictly warning him then I slept off and the sleep paralysis started I woke up but can't do anything can't move ,can't talk just lifeless but I can see and I'm aware of what is going on in my environment and behold my brother was using my phone I was in anger but I can't do anything I just lay there lifeless with anger in me till it fades off thank his stars he went out before I regain consciousness
Another experience was when I watching a horror movie it happened the again when I was having a nap I was so scared I just have to close my eyes not to see images.
Later on I had full control over it and sometimes I transit from that state to lucid dreaming. Then I had a good work with all good amenities not stressful you can take a nap anytime you like , funny enough my partner experience it also I noticed the day he was sleeping but his eyes where open trying hard to move his body ,I just left him till it's fade off
So one day I was having a nap in the bedroom my boss was calling me I could hear him but I can't move anything just laying lifeless I was praying he should not catch me in this state .
Sometimes I'll have to call my partner but he is still in that state but I have to wake up,which he do wake up looking frightened.

I just learned how to lived with it cause I can't do anything bout it and feel for people who experience this but don't know how to manage it
Probably transit from that state to lucid dreaming
Maybe someday I'll have to tell my spouse or someone to close to me to not get frightened if they see me like that maybe a girlfriend, a wife ,my child I can't say for now
What your opinion on this
Please are you a boy or a girl? And are you bisexual.... I can't get the interchange of he and she in ur write up. The write up exudates such incoherence. You had two partners it happened to. One was a she and one was a he.....

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Silentgroper(m): 5:04pm On Dec 11, 2020
Farki:
Don't sleep on your back, it helped me. When you're older it should reduce in frequency.
I noticed this during mine. It's one thing that makes me sleep sideways nowadays.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by SmartyPants(m): 5:04pm On Dec 11, 2020
Dreadlock69:
I created this topic in this section to get a wider audience please contribute if you have /had the experience
Early my teenage years, I do have a female neighbor very close we play and do all things together both bad and good you know what I mean,most times she will sleep and her eyes will be open lying at her back ,I do mock her about this and laugh about it .she always say she can't control it that I won't understand that she see everything happening around her but can't move ,I'll be like how is it possible I don't believe you but she will say dreadlock69 you won't understand.though she really stressed herself sleeping late but she is very bright with her books my parents used her to mock me.
However mine started when I was ss2 I could remember vividly well it happened one night I was sleeping all of a sudden something griped me I can't move I can't breath it was like something or someone inside the room was taking my life force out of me ,I'm very much aware of my environment but when it's stopped I be gasping for air and my heart will be racing ,this repeatedly happens every night at times worst and horrifying ,one night it happened again I was terrified and told my parents they told me nothing gonna happen that I should pray over it.
"Omo nah just the beginning I dey see ooo"
Later when I finish my secondary school I still experiencing it but ,this time round I can breath well but still see images .then I got my new phone I surfed the internet then I came across an article talking about this which seems to relate to what I experience then I made more and more research and findings which were scarying and calming.i remember one time I'd told my brother not to touch my phone strictly warning him then I slept off and the sleep paralysis started I woke up but can't do anything can't move ,can't talk just lifeless but I can see and I'm aware of what is going on in my environment and behold my brother was using my phone I was in anger but I can't do anything I just lay there lifeless with anger in me till it fades off thank his stars he went out before I regain consciousness
Another experience was when I watching a horror movie it happened the again when I was having a nap I was so scared I just have to close my eyes not to see images.
Later on I had full control over it and sometimes I transit from that state to lucid dreaming. Then I had a good work with all good amenities not stressful you can take a nap anytime you like , funny enough my partner experience it also I noticed the day he was sleeping but his eyes where open trying hard to move his body ,I just left him till it's fade off
So one day I was having a nap in the bedroom my boss was calling me I could hear him but I can't move anything just laying lifeless I was praying he should not catch me in this state .
Sometimes I'll have to call my partner but he is still in that state but I have to wake up,which he do wake up looking frightened.

I just learned how to lived with it cause I can't do anything bout it and feel for people who experience this but don't know how to manage it
Probably transit from that state to lucid dreaming
Maybe someday I'll have to tell my spouse or someone to close to me to not get frightened if they see me like that maybe a girlfriend, a wife ,my child I can't say for now
What your opinion on this

When you experience sleep paralysis, simply calm down and relax, assuring yourself that you are fine. Breath deeply and slowly. You will snap to of it.

If it occurs frequently, it might be a sign of an anxiety disorder.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Kevinsamba: 5:05pm On Dec 11, 2020
I used to experience this when I was little
And still experience it now
Though rarely.
But I discovered that to knock myself out of it I just had to take a very deep breath and I'm back.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by jakesnite(m): 5:06pm On Dec 11, 2020
This is serious. I just discussed my experience with sleeping paralysis as well with my colleagues today. At first I was just talking about it didn't even knee it was sleeping paralysis. It happened back then in my final year in school. I was awake my eyes couldn't open and I couldn't move any part of my body and was struggling to breath. I stayed with family friends back then they even told me they tried waking me up shouted my name and even poured water in me yet I didn't wake at that moment I didn't even realize what was happening to me all I knew was I was struggling move any body part... suddenly i was relieved....it should I say released.....
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by kmst1: 5:06pm On Dec 11, 2020
Its been 5years since i had sleep paralysis
My experience was actually a frightening one and it made me think of it been spiritual
It happened early hours of the morning
I could sense the brigthness from my window
I was been chased by someone I've never seen before, while trying to run i couldn't move my legs
I was so frightened in the dream
I kept trying to shout"JESUS" my lips couldn't move
Couldn't open my eyes when i try to cos my eyeballs won't just rotate even
I kept forcing myself to try wake up
It lasted for sometime and finally i gained back consciousness
I just said my prayers and i have never experienced it since then again
I dont think its spiritual and but if you feel threatened you can go ahead and pray

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Moneyboyz: 5:07pm On Dec 11, 2020
dimexy247:
First of all, your use of English is highly poor.

Secondly, sleep paralysis is not spiritual but watch Mr righteousness as he comes to tell you how far away you've been from God and that you need deliverance. That guy can spew rubbish.

Sleep paralysis is a situation where you are awake but the muscles that controls us during REM which prevents us from acting out our dream is not fully active.

Thirdly, what kind of a weird job do you have that allows you sleep in a bedroom? That's loud.

The fourth, you're not even experiencing total sleep paralysis, seems to me like you're half-experiencing sleep paralysis and possibly need to get your brain checked, maybe you're suffering from narcolepsy.

Sir/MA

I didn't read anywhere in the post where the op said he or she is American or British!

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Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by MissEfe(f): 5:09pm On Dec 11, 2020
I've outgrown mine. Mine was much worst dan yours, but thanks 2 God. i am no longer in that stage
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by Spiritualizt: 5:09pm On Dec 11, 2020
OP you made me remember one horror movie i watched some months back called MARA, i think your case looks similar. but i still think sleep paralysis is a medical case not spiritual though i might be wrong but that's just my belief. Try see a doctor to see if something can be done.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by JONSYN7154: 5:11pm On Dec 11, 2020
its call incubus.
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by dimexy247(m): 5:11pm On Dec 11, 2020
Okay, thanks and noted.

Moneyboyz:


Sir/MA

I didn't read anywhere in the post where the op said he or she is American or British!
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by erico2k2(m): 5:12pm On Dec 11, 2020
Pierocash:
Don't let what you read online deceive you that it is sleeping paralysis.

What is happening to you is demonic. You are under witchcraft attack. Nobody who have such experience that won't suffer one misfortune or the other. Some ignorant dudes will soon land and start claiming intellectuals,and forming technocrats by calling black people ignorant.

But bro, take my word for it,you are under demonic siege,go for deliverance because I was in that situation of yours ,I did deliverance and am totally free from that rubbish. I sleep perfectly well like a baby for many years now
The Beauty of science is that you can prove it, This is well documented worldwide,
Re: My Experience With Sleep Paralysis by free2ryhme: 5:12pm On Dec 11, 2020
Dreadlock69:
Sometimes I'll have to call my partner but he is still in that state but I have to wake up,which he do wake up looking frightened.

I just learned how to lived with it cause I can't do anything bout it and feel for people who experience this but don't know how to manage it
Probably transit from that state to lucid dreaming
Maybe someday I'll have to tell my spouse or someone to close to me to not get frightened if they see me like that maybe a girlfriend, a wife ,my child I can't say for now
What your opinion on this


Before I reply are you male or female?

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