Has anyone ever experienced a "witch" ridin them? read below to find out what I mean?

Question

Well this only seem to happen when u are asleep. My grandma used to tell me that it could happen and just so it happened to me numerous times. Okay when u are asleep u feel like this numbness that comes all over your body. then it frightens u because u cant move. U can stream and shout but no one can hear u even if they are lying beside u. u try to move but u cant. u never see the witch but u know that she is there. finally after a while of u shoutin and tryin to get away from her and tryin regain your feelings she lets u go and and u remember this clearly. it is very scary. I have had this happen at least 10 times over my lifetime. My sister was lyin right next to me I screamed her name but sh enever answerd. I kicked and everything. when the witch was off me I woke my sister up and asked her why didn't she anwer when I was screamin her name she told me that she didnt hear me. it has happened to other people I no to. they say sleepin witha metal fork under you bed will keep her away.

Answer 1

That feeling is because when you are sleeping face down or up, your neck bends to a side and the sppinal fluid stops flowing, and thats what really happens. further info contact me

Answer 2

I give this 10 hugs! ma wrote one the other day that spoke to me on an intuitive level. Deep as if connected I felt her poem. I know this poem and wish I could have come up with the tools you used to deliver it- I love the way you chose the dictionary, calendar, well meaning and future hope. I really don't think some people will ever feel the realization of deeper understanding. This leaves me with remembering the grief that I am truly alone because nothing and no one can at times make it better. My spirituality is the only porthole and even then because I am not perfect, I doubt. I know I've "gone off" from where this lead but lol that is me. BTW- Love the last line so very much.

Answer 3

There is nothing supernatural or mysterious about this. It's called "lucid dreaming" because your mind is still partly in the dream stage of sleep yet part of your brain is waking up. Your body normally goes into a sort of paralysis when you sleep--if it didn't, you'd act out your dreams and sleep walk--so that is why you can't move. Your imagination provides whatever other details you experience, including the illusion of shouting or screaming someone's name, seeing something/someone sitting on your chest, etc. It seems very real, but it isn't--you are simply half-in and half-out of the sleep state. If you actually do wake up screaming and can't remember the dream (or very little of it), that's a night terror.

I've had both these experiences a few times, and have no idea what brought them on. Stress and/or excitement can be big triggers, though, so you might want to evaluate what's going on in your life that could be making you feel frightened or out of control. You could also try going to bed earlier, playing soft music at night, or changing your diet to see if that improves your sleep patterns...or you might simply outgrow it eventually.

Answer 4

If you are so inclined, check out Syliva Browne's book, "The Other Side" In it, she defines what you are describing as "astral projection catelepsy". In other words, you were returning from having an out-of-body experience (astral projection) and your soul had not completely returned to your physical body, and you woke up in the middle of it. I have no way of verifying what Sylvia Browne says, but I have experienced this several times in the past. I began to pray before I went to sleep, because I was not sure if I would wake up. I thought I would die during one of these episodes. I asked God to protect me while I slept. After a few nights of this fervent prayer, it never happened to me again.

When I read Sylvia's book, she offered similar advice. She said that when it happened to her, she asked God to allow her to sleep until her soul had re-entered her body. After her fervent prayers, she was relieved of the suffering of waking before the end of the process. She described the experience just as you have here. My experiences were exactly as you described, and I believe in what Sylvia talks about. If you do not believe her, that's ok. If you believe in God, then you know prayer can always do good in any situation. I wouldn't worry about witches. I think that's just an old wives' tale. Sleeping with a fork under your bed is only good if you plan on storing food under there and eating it through the night. Pray, and you will be fine.

Answer 5

This is called sleep paralysis. Most people will actually experience it at one point in their life. It is completly normal although it can be very scary while its occuring. It usally happens right after someone awakens from sleep but can occasionally happen right as someone is falling asleep. It is associated with fear, the sensation of pressure on your chest and abdomen, and hallucinations, one of the most common hallucinations being a witch/hag riding you. It happened to me once when I was 10 and scared the crap out of me, but this is nothng to worry about long term, you are not crazy. But putting a metal fork under your bed will not keep her away.

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Answer 6

Even I have felt that numerous times. Its really scary. What you have to do is, you have to try moving your toe as much as possible because my doctor told me that it might be because of inadequate blood circulation in the body. My granny used to keep a knife under my pillow. You know the doctor describes it as a normal phenomena, for them it is because of not sleeping in proper poister. When you don't sleep in proper poister you will press some nerves which will lead to inadequate blood supply to few of your body parts due to which our body starts reacting. We cant move and shout for sometime because blood needs to get transfer ed to those parts. As soon as those parts gets adequate amount of blood you become normal. For me all this talks are bull sheet. Doctors don't know how we feel. It is terrible. Always remember to turn on the other side before sleeping back after the attack.

Answer 7

This is sleep paralysis, and the sensation that some have of someone sitting on their chests is known as the "Old Hag Syndrome." If your body did not paralyze itself during deep (rapid eye movement, or REM) sleep, you would act out dreams and possibly do yourself or someone else a lot of harm. (Perhaps this is an evolutionary holdover from when our ancestors use to sleep in trees away from predators.)

Answer 8

That is when you are between sleep and wakefulness. It can be scary, b ut it's really a dream, manufactured by your subconscious with a little help from Granny's scary story. Next time it happens, just tell yourself that it is not real, and that you should wake up.

Answer 9

Witches are not going to harm you. That is what vampires and werewolves are for. There is a witches creed. in wicca..." Harm none, lest ye be harmed" So, for all those who oppose other religions whatever they may be, read up and educate yourselves! Stop being followers and be a leader.

Answer 10

It's not a witch, and it's not night terrors. I can't remember the exact psychological term for it, but alot of people have experienced it. It's a state of paralysis where you're conscious but your body isn't awake yet. It's not a supernatural phenomenon, its a psychological one.

Answer 11

Sometimes I have the same symptoms you describe while sleeping (except for the witch part). This has nothing to do with witches. You are influenced by your grandmother or maybe she's the witch?