Sleep paralysis? Dark figure?

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Hey everyone, first I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name is Kirby (boy), 18 years old, and a pretty devout Catholic I like to think.
I changed my life about 7 months ago, and my life now belongs to my savior and lord, Jesus Christ. I’ve dedicated my life to serving and though I have done my share of sinning of course, I’ve felt the graces and love of being a servant of Him…

anyways…
I just wanted to ask something I feel was pretty creepy. Sleep paralysis. These happen to me not so often, probably once every few months. I used to think that they were things that happen when you’re not in shape and your muscles tense up when you’re in an awkward sleeping position or something, but the last time I had one, something really scary to me happened.
the last time i had sleep paralysis i woke in the middle of the night, and i was on my left side of my bed, laying on my left side, perpendicular to my bed. i was just frozen, and i couldnt move anything only my eyes i think. i thought it was just like any other time and i would break out of it eventually, but as i’m still in this state, I see a dark figure walk right by my feet from the right of my bed to the left, and it just went away. i’ve never been so weirded out/scared in my life. usually i would think it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but i remember before this incident happened, I had a friend who was talking about him being in sleep paralysis and a dark figure was right in front of him! to me, i feel like it could be some kind of negative energy spirit or i don’t even know. something not good. 😦

i don’t mean to scare anyone, and i understand if you don’t believe me, but i’m just wondering if anyone knew anything about this, or has experienced the same thing?
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I have had this experience + so has my mother + an aunt.

I think its part of the sleep paralysis condition. Perhaps still part of a dream. Some try to write it off as a “men in black” incident (here-say about aliens or demons). However its so common that I am inclined to say it is part of the paralysis experience.

Only had it happen to me once, mother twice, aunt twice. (the figure).

I have had sleep paralysis on maybe 4 occasions in my entire life, the last time when I was 18. My mother and aunt stopped having it when they were each 22 or 23.
 
Sounds like Catalepsy. If you’re in the cataleptic state in a darkened room you’re capable of seeing all kind of shadowy images as well as colors.
 
kirbaby said:
Hey everyone, first I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name is Kirby (boy), 18 years old, and a pretty devout Catholic I like to think.
I changed my life about 7 months ago, and my life now belongs to my savior and lord, Jesus Christ. I’ve dedicated my life to serving and though I have done my share of sinning of course, I’ve felt the graces and love of being a servant of Him…

anyways…
I just wanted to ask something I feel was pretty creepy. Sleep paralysis. These happen to me not so often, probably once every few months. I used to think that they were things that happen when you’re not in shape and your muscles tense up when you’re in an awkward sleeping position or something, but the last time I had one, something really scary to me happened.
the last time i had sleep paralysis i woke in the middle of the night, and i was on my left side of my bed, laying on my left side, perpendicular to my bed. i was just frozen, and i couldnt move anything only my eyes i think. i thought it was just like any other time and i would break out of it eventually, but as i’m still in this state, I see a dark figure walk right by my feet from the right of my bed to the left, and it just went away. i’ve never been so weirded out/scared in my life. usually i would think it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but i remember before this incident happened, I had a friend who was talking about him being in sleep paralysis and a dark figure was right in front of him! to me, i feel like it could be some kind of negative energy spirit or i don’t even know. something not good. 😦

i don’t mean to scare anyone, and i understand if you don’t believe me, but i’m just wondering if anyone knew anything about this, or has experienced the same thing?
i
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Hi Kirby.I had this very often before but when I moved to different house I do not get this,it was so bad I was afraid to go to sleep.I did not see dark figure,but it was a precence like someone in bed next to me,and sometimes like smothering me,it was so scary,thank the Lord it has gone now,I advice you to get some Holy water i think even tap water and take to a Holy priest to bless it for you,make the sign of cross and ask Jesus to protect you,and get a saint benedict cross get it blessed and have over your bed,this cross and Holy water the devil hates,and if it is from demons this should stop,as they will not come near you,they especially hate Holy Water,excorsims done by Father Amorth they use Holy Water.Father Amorths books are good,he is the vaticans exorcist or was,but maybe its just sleep paralysis,but be on the safe side get Holy Water,Saint Benedicts cross.Hope it has helped.Stick close to Jesus and Mary,and don’t forget when you do of course satan hates this,and will try to trap you in many ways,and try to get you back into sins etc,so do research,and attend Mass often,say rosary often too.God bless Chrissyx
 
My son found it helpful to ask the angels to fill the house. He never again had to fear that evil presence that lurked for a couple of weeks.

You might like to ask the angels to surround you, especially to ask the angels to surround you while you sleep.
 
thanks for the replies guys, i’ll definitely give all of these a try. 🙂
 
I’ve had sleep paralysis four times. First was the worst - I was dreaming and an alien walked in the class room and turned and looked at me, I woke up but couldn’t move for about 30 seconds and I was scared out of my mind.

Second time I was dreaming, a bomb fell from the sky and I died in my dream. I went to hell and Satan said "I have you now’ and I was scared out of my mind as well.

Two more similar ones. Waking up without being able to move because of the chemical in your body does cause you to imagine things - I never saw any dark figures but as people have said above, it does tend to produce them.
 
kirbaby said:
Hey everyone, first I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name is Kirby (boy), 18 years old, and a pretty devout Catholic I like to think.
I changed my life about 7 months ago, and my life now belongs to my savior and lord, Jesus Christ. I’ve dedicated my life to serving and though I have done my share of sinning of course, I’ve felt the graces and love of being a servant of Him…

anyways…
I just wanted to ask something I feel was pretty creepy. Sleep paralysis. These happen to me not so often, probably once every few months. I used to think that they were things that happen when you’re not in shape and your muscles tense up when you’re in an awkward sleeping position or something, but the last time I had one, something really scary to me happened.
the last time i had sleep paralysis i woke in the middle of the night, and i was on my left side of my bed, laying on my left side, perpendicular to my bed. i was just frozen, and i couldnt move anything only my eyes i think. i thought it was just like any other time and i would break out of it eventually, but as i’m still in this state, I see a dark figure walk right by my feet from the right of my bed to the left, and it just went away. i’ve never been so weirded out/scared in my life. usually i would think it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but i remember before this incident happened, I had a friend who was talking about him being in sleep paralysis and a dark figure was right in front of him! to me, i feel like it could be some kind of negative energy spirit or i don’t even know. something not good. 😦

i don’t mean to scare anyone, and i understand if you don’t believe me, but i’m just wondering if anyone knew anything about this, or has experienced the same thing?
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Hey There kirbaby

Did you ever questioned the fact that what if these are demons
ever wondered why these are working so feverishly now
I`m always thinking that

These know that their time is short and that Jesus is coming, now they working like crazy for their master satan
and if you and I are not aware of what satan is doing right now we will be caught unawares
you will have to ask God to give you a discerning spirit if you cannot discern yet
Ask and you shall receive
Pray to God to rid you from these demons in the Name of Jesus Christ(which is the only Way by the way) - not by mans traditions or designs of course Jesus is the only way - all you need is Him If you study scripture carefully youll see that all authority was given to Him and Him alone
And He will in the end give it all over to His Father

So if you have these demons in your home - then you should worry - cause they want your soul and every other soul they can have.
You should look into condemnation - not just burning in hell , but also condemantion
These demons are allready condemned to eternal hellfire.
Now they are looking to get us to be condemned as well.
They already know that there are no deliverance for them.
they seek our souls now - they hate us , cause we made in the image of God.
Draw closer to God in your daily life and trust Jesus to deliver you from this.
Trust God.

John 3:16
 
I don’t believe there is any such thing as sleep paralysis. When it happened to me I was wide awake and I could feel 4 people holding me down. As soon as I started reciting a Hail Mary they were gone. They had me pushed down so hard that when they let go I bounced up in my bed. I think the words “sleep paralysis” are just psycho babble invented by atheistic psychologists.
 
I have had it once. Scary is an understatement. The feeling of malevolence was so intense. I also was awake and saw someone else experience it under very peculiar circumstances.
In the west, it is frequently called the “old hag syndrome”. It is one of those experiences that is found in every culture. Most claim it is sleep paralysis. If it had just happened to me, I would probably agree…

… but like I said, I saw someone else experience it… It is very creepy indeed.
 
kirbaby said:
Hey everyone, first I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name is Kirby (boy), 18 years old, and a pretty devout Catholic I like to think.
I changed my life about 7 months ago, and my life now belongs to my savior and lord, Jesus Christ. I’ve dedicated my life to serving and though I have done my share of sinning of course, I’ve felt the graces and love of being a servant of Him…

anyways…
I just wanted to ask something I feel was pretty creepy. Sleep paralysis. These happen to me not so often, probably once every few months. I used to think that they were things that happen when you’re not in shape and your muscles tense up when you’re in an awkward sleeping position or something, but the last time I had one, something really scary to me happened.
the last time i had sleep paralysis i woke in the middle of the night, and i was on my left side of my bed, laying on my left side, perpendicular to my bed. i was just frozen, and i couldnt move anything only my eyes i think. i thought it was just like any other time and i would break out of it eventually, but as i’m still in this state, I see a dark figure walk right by my feet from the right of my bed to the left, and it just went away. i’ve never been so weirded out/scared in my life. usually i would think it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but i remember before this incident happened, I had a friend who was talking about him being in sleep paralysis and a dark figure was right in front of him! to me, i feel like it could be some kind of negative energy spirit or i don’t even know. something not good. 😦

i don’t mean to scare anyone, and i understand if you don’t believe me, but i’m just wondering if anyone knew anything about this, or has experienced the same thing?
i
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For what is worth,

This has happened to me a couple of times. The last time it happened the figure actually climbed on top of me. I could feel the weight and its breathing. The funny thing is, I was not scared. I was more annoyed than anything. I said a quick prayer asking for the protection of St Michael and my Guardian Angel and the “Figure” left with a loud growl. I said an Our Father and went back to bed. This was years ago and I have not had any bad experiences since then.

Viva Cristo Rey!!

Catholic Deacon
 
kirbaby said:
Hey everyone, first I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name is Kirby (boy), 18 years old, and a pretty devout Catholic I like to think.
I changed my life about 7 months ago, and my life now belongs to my savior and lord, Jesus Christ. I’ve dedicated my life to serving and though I have done my share of sinning of course, I’ve felt the graces and love of being a servant of Him…

anyways…
I just wanted to ask something I feel was pretty creepy. Sleep paralysis. These happen to me not so often, probably once every few months. I used to think that they were things that happen when you’re not in shape and your muscles tense up when you’re in an awkward sleeping position or something, but the last time I had one, something really scary to me happened.
the last time i had sleep paralysis i woke in the middle of the night, and i was on my left side of my bed, laying on my left side, perpendicular to my bed. i was just frozen, and i couldnt move anything only my eyes i think. i thought it was just like any other time and i would break out of it eventually, but as i’m still in this state, I see a dark figure walk right by my feet from the right of my bed to the left, and it just went away. i’ve never been so weirded out/scared in my life. usually i would think it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but i remember before this incident happened, I had a friend who was talking about him being in sleep paralysis and a dark figure was right in front of him! to me, i feel like it could be some kind of negative energy spirit or i don’t even know. something not good. 😦

i don’t mean to scare anyone, and i understand if you don’t believe me, but i’m just wondering if anyone knew anything about this, or has experienced the same thing?
i
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That is common to sleep paralysis, I think it is called night terrors.

I have experienced sleep paralysis a few times and was pretty scared. You feel like someone evil is in the room.
 
I had a similar experience once, well before I was a practicing Catholic. I woke up and felt a terrorizing black “evil” enveloping me. Though I had not taken Jesus as Lord, I certainly called on His Name in a heartfelt way saying “Jesus, help me!”. The presence was gone immediately. Since then I have learned that we have authority over the enemy. If you are a baptized Christian you are a Temple of the Lord. “Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4). If you are under spiritual attack, you can, in the Name of Jesus, bind and reject any spirit contrary to the Holy Spirit of God. Command it to leave you at once without noise, touching or harming anyone and command it to go to to the feet of Jesus to be disposed of by His Divine Will.

I would recommend prayers every night before you sleep including the St. Michael prayer, the guardian angel prayer, the Hail Mary and the Our Father. I would also recommend you study up on spiritual warfare. There is a lot to know.
 
I used to experience sleep paralysis frequently when I was younger, haven’t had an episode now in over 15 years. I think it was related to my emotional state and constant stress at the time and now has resolved. There were times when I experienced an evil presence, but I consider that as like a nightmare. I do not believe there was anything demonic involved, and I also believe that this condition is responsible for the tales of incubui and succubi. After reading medical research on the subject, I am convinced this is a medical condition and totally explainable.
 
Hi

Just visiting this thread… I had this once…not nice although praise God I didn’t see anything…:frighten:

I take the rational, scientific view… and that is this is unexplainable by the scientific method 😉

This is so common and the fact that it is usually an old hag or other evil phenomenon suggests that this is truly demonic but can be easily rebuked by invoking the name of Jesus or BVM.

I do find the whole episode quite weird though. I mean seeing an old hag is daunting enough but in the middle of the night when you can’t move :eek:. :bigyikes:

Go back to hell where you belong hag…in the name of Jesus 👍
 
jimmy said:
That is common to sleep paralysis, I think it is called night terrors.

I have experienced sleep paralysis a few times and was pretty scared. You feel like someone evil is in the room.
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if you have a child with night terrors, he may walk while sleeping. it is common in boys. he is difficult to be arroused. I say child but here he is adolescent. i don’t think he has night terror.
 
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