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STRYMECKIRULES SAID

ever heard of sleep paralysis? i hadn't until today.

last night at 3:45am, i woke up but could not move.
i had the impression that i was being held down by a sinister force.
i tried to move but could not so my mind immediately started the lords prayer.
i repeated "protect me from the evildoer" and the force was removed off my body and i sat up and was relieved and wierded out.
i am shaking as i type this out now.
i don't want to say i was scared, but it definately was not pleasant.
i laid back down and went back to sleep.

woke up and didn't remember the episode for about an hour and then the details started coming back.
i tried to rationalize it to anything. then i researched the problem and it is well documented.
and all the stories are the same.

anybody else experianced anything like this?
it was nice that the spell was broken by prayer. i was powerless and i did not like the overwhelming oppression i felt.

this one will probably win me a tin foil hat for sure.
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TEC SAID

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject:
I've heard of and read articles on sleep paralysis, and know people who have experienced it, so no... no tin foil hat for you

I'm sorry for the experience though. I have never had such an experience, but I know from others how unsettling it can be. At least you were able to get it to stop, through prayer. I think perhaps that is the important thing to remember - that it will end - and if it happens again, you'll be in a better place to deal.

Peace to you,
tammy

OUTLAW SAID

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject:
It happens to a lot of people..
Half awake/half asleep..
No need to be afraid..

..Just fully Wake Up..

THESILENCE SAID

I used to have it quite regularly. Mine was never a feeling of a presence, just a feeling that I would die if I didnt wake up soon. And then I would try to force myself to wake up but I couldnt move or open my eyes. I would have to fight through it by forcing myself to move a finger or toe and try to expand from there until I could wake up. Just waking up sounds easy, but it is a fight to do so when suffering from sleep paralysis. I haven't had it for years until this last week I had it twice so it's odd you brought it up now. I will say, if you can know it for what it is when you're suffering through it it makes it not scary... But it's still a struggle, and a monumental struggle, at that, to wake up from it for me.

If you've never had it before it can often be caused by stress or anxiety. Is anything going on in your life right now that is stressful or do you have a change you are worried about? Sometimes rationally putting such things into perspective will keep the sleep paralysis from happening again.

Anyway, you are definitely not alone. It's more common than people think or admit.
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STRYMECKIRULES SAID

the more i think about it the more it looks like a test/warning.

i have been doing lots of research into methods of control and how humans can be controlled through fear. watching 1984, animal house, equilibrium, brazil, farenheit 451.
i think i am beginning to see through the charade and "they" don't want me telling others, so it's best to scare me into being quiet.
but i don't function like that. if you repress me i will shout louder.
that's why i felt i never had a supernatural experiance. it would just make me believe more and my faith would get stronger.

so because it happened last night (and i thank goodness i didn't resort to jdub thinking and shout out the jehovah word) i think it was a test, to see who i call out to for help when i am in trouble. as soon as i asked for help from the correct source, instantly the oppression was lifted.

more on a scientific note, this episode and the others i have read suggest that "they" are able to mess with us when we are unconscience. is it a certain level of sleep they are able to get us? like when we go REM maybe they can enter our subconscience and affect our brains. or is it at a certain hour of the night? why not during the daytime?

i had no pain during the encounter. it was only to scare me, not harm me. and it has started a whole new bunch of research for me. i will let you know what i find out.
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OUTLAW SAID

It`s not a test..
No one is testing me in the wilderness..

Except the bear that keeps crapping in my yard..

THESILENCE SAID

I don't view mine as a test of anything other than to figure out what stressors are causing it and finding a way to bring those stress levels down.
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TEC SAID

I would not see it as a test either. But you should and are doing your own research, so that is good.

Keep us updated on how you are

Peace to you,

tammy

HAPPYWILBUR SAID

I've had it. It was scary after it happened.... D:
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ANTHONY SAID

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject:
I used to have it all of the time. It started when I was around twelve years old and got so bad that I would put off sleep as long as I could. My experiences were not being able to move, my mind "funneling" inward, and a sense of fear/panic. My fear of gray space aliens also fed these attacks. Calling on a higher power is very effective. I'm delivered from it now.

Here is an excerpt from my unpublished With Fingers and Other Instruments:

Nights are the worst. I lie on the floor making due with a sheet that I cannot quite get to cover me. It’s time like this where sleep is wanting to come in but the conscious mind is staving it off. Somewhere in the middle they crash and compromise. You lay there. Not quite asleep. Not quite awake. Your mind phases in and out of thought. Your body dips in and out of hibernation. I think of Shakespeare.




And then the weird thing happens. Your mind wakes up. Your body goes to sleep. You lay there paralyzed and fully conscious. You know this isn’t a dream. You try to get up but you can’t. You try to move your body, your head, your arm and nothing. You’re frantic. Can you move even your smallest toe. You struggle at this aware of something moving in for the kill. An evil presence outside your field of vision or maybe hovering somewhere above. Sometimes you see it.

It perches on your chest. Not as a parrot but as a vulture. Claws digging in ready to pluck out your eyes. It holds you down and you are reminded of Shakespeare.




This renaissance this evil took the form of hag, from whence we get the term “hag-ridden.” In the Middle Ages it was the incubus who assaulted you in your sleep. It was once referred to by the Old English term “mare”. Beware the night-mare.

The Japanese saw spectral foxes.

The Chinese cats.

The Irish fairies.

Today in our society where fairy-tales are children’s fare we have switched to seeing space aliens, believing it more rationale and plausible.
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AGUEST SAID

You actually aren't far off in your current assessment, dear RS (the greatest of love and peace to you!). All you need do is ask so as to understand who it is, what is occurring, and why in detail. The only thing is that you should be sure you WANT to know. There is absolutely nothing to fear, of course - nothing at all... but it's not that easy to undue the effects of the "red" pill (other than to take the "blue" pill... which comes at a great[er] price - re-enslavement).

Also, don't worry that there are several different views and "explanations" for this. We are very different people, all of us, and so our understandings may differ. What we all have in COMMON, though, is that there truly is nothing to fear - many have this experience and live to tell of it. So that if wasn't what you think it was but just a "human" phenomena... what's to fear? I don't get from the comments here (or cursory web research) that medication is available specifically for such (there is for depression which some believe is related).

If it was what you believe it was (and I would have to agree, silly as that might sound to some), however... and you belong to God through Christ... again, what's to fear? JAH is a God of the living... even though such may fall asleep... and remain in that state... until awakened by Him through Christ.

I hope this helps and, again, peace to you!
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SA

YPPUPLLEH SAID

I used to have them quite a bit. They would get progressively worse and I would feel a physical presence laying beside me. Soon my perception of the "malevolent force" was that it was intentionally trying to scare me. This pissed me off so I would then start to try and forcefully turn to confront this evil force. Since then they have abated.
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STRYMECKIRULES SAID

thanks for the replies.

i don't want to say i was in fear of scared from the experiance. i was unsettled until i did some research and now i am a little mad that something was trying to scare me using primitive methods.

aguest, when you say to ask what they are or who they are, if it is indeed a wicked spirit, would i want to converse with it? don't you get in trouble for consorting with demons?
or are you suggesting that it could be a "good" spirit? either way, are we allowed to talk to spirits?

i would love to converse with angels, but how do you know?
anymore info or hints shelby may help.

apparently 3% - 6% of the population suffers from this.
and the common theme of evil presence is very real. nobody has funny encounters or pleasureable encounters.

also turns out my helper at work has had them in his life, and he had one on friday night as well. he has never prayed to be released, he is a muslum so he never used the lords prayer. he manages to make it go away by focusing on making the spell break by moving his body.

very interesting load of research this episode has given me.
anymore experiances are welcome.
as well as theorys on reasons why it happens.
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AGUEST SAID



I did not mean to ask "them", dear one (peace to you!), but to ask the Truth. Even so, you can speak to them, yes; just depends on what you mean by "converse". For example, you would have to speak to either oppose or rebuke the Adversary, yes? An inquiry is not necessarily a conversation (Matthew 5:6-10; Luke 8:30)



"Consorting" with them, yes. But understand: there is a difference (HUGE) between confronting... and consorting.



I am not. I was suggesting you ask Christ, the Spirit, as to what "it" is... and why it's visiting YOU. As some suggest, it could simply be due to depression or other "bodily" issues. But if you ask, he WILL tell you. Even if it's something you need to take care of yourself (i.e., reduce stress... let go of something bothering you... see a doctor... how to handle it, etc.). All you need is the faith to hear when he does.


The caution is against acting as a psychic or spirit medium (which usually includes another person or persons). It is not as to inquiring of a spirit its identity or purpose (as to it, oneself, or even another than it may be "tormenting").

There is nothing to fear with spirits... good OR bad, dear one. Good spirits, obviously. Bad spirits... because they only have the power YOU give them. Second only to you literally and conscientiously GIVING them access to your mind/body, their primary means for access to and control of you is fear. Give them none... and they have none. That's why "christian" religions are able to use fear to control you. By means of fear, many GIVE themselves over to others... to be controlled BY such others. Just as bad spirits do, the "wicked men" that Christ spoke about know this. Both use it.

Lose fear, dear one, and others lose their control over you. The ONLY fear that is okay to maintain is that of displeasing God/Christ... in the same way you would fear displeasing your fleshly loved ones - you love and regard them and "fear" disappointing them. As perhaps you fear disappointing those you love in the flesh.

Demons (bad spirits; though, all spirits are "daemons") are not something to be feared by those who belong to Christ. Of course, THEY (and NOT JAH!) will "test" us - because, like their "leader", THEY believe that most of us WILL "curse God... and die." They, Magog, are counting on it!

So, no, you don't want to "consort" with them (look up that word, consort, dear one!)... but you have power over THEM! KNOW that... and use it! They're impotent... until YOU empower them. Asking them to reveal who they are doesn't empower them, but only identifies them. If you succumb to their... mmmmmm... "leadings"... though, yes, you can succumb. So while it is you that holds the power initially, YOU can choose to give it to them. By choice... or by fear.

I hope this helps, dear one, and again... peace (as our Lord gives it!) to you!
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SA

NAMBO SAID

I used to get this a lot, but only in certain circumstances, namely, when I was working a night shift, I could go to sleep, but only a shallow sleep in which I had to be able to awake quickly if I was required.

Hence, I would be sort of half asleep, feel I should wake up, but be unable to move or talk, truly frightening and I too would call out to God which did indeed make the fear depart, but as I only got this in those circumstances, but not at home, I think it is generally more of a physical thing than a Demon attack, though it certainly feels like one at the time.