I had one recently where an evil spirit in the form of a black cloud was hovering over me. He had a cartoon-like grin and wanted to enter me. Then, as I tried to awaken the cloud turned into my brother, but with the same evil grin. He pulled off my blanket in the dream. I was quite terrorized and I tried very hard to wake up or to scream. Finally, I let out a sound that sounded more like a sheep bleating than a human voice. My husband ran into the room. He touched my face and I was able to wake up. It took me about 15 minutes to calm down. My cat got scared and was jumping up agains the wall.
2007-01-09 14:56:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I've had similar experiences. The only thing that helps me is prayer. When I feel paralized, I cry out for Jesus.
If you feel like it's an evil spirit, then it might be. I never take those things lightly, nightmare or not.
Just ask the Holy spirit to dwell in your home, and ask him to protect you while you rest. I promise you'll have a peaceful sleep after that.
2007-01-09 15:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Caramel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep paralysis is fairly common. Basically, a sequence of things happens when you fall asleep and dream, and in the case of sleep paralysis, the sequence has a problem. What needs to happen is this: you fall asleep, your body turns off so you don't hurt yourself when you dream, then you dream, then you stop dreaming, your body turns back on, and you wake up.
What's happening is an interruption in your sequence. In your case, it sounds like you partially wake up before you stop dreaming and before your body turns back on.
You could try a mild sleep medication, like Trazadone, but it's slightly addictive so you would have to ramp down if you wanted to stop. Or, you could just keep saying to yourself that it's just a dream, and wait it out. Usually it just takes a minute or two until you wake up.
2007-01-10 02:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been a long time, but I have done that before. I fully believe it is self induced. Perhaps you have anxiety about it and that's making it happen and/or worse. Try to consiously choose better thoughts when trying to fall asleep.
2007-01-09 23:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by dhcasti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happens to me sometimes. I'm usually lucky, and the "visions" I have aren't always scary. It's been happening for so long, that when it starts to happen I instantly know what it is. Because I know WHAT it is that I'm seeing, I know to just relax and close my eyes. Don't try to wake up. Just think "It only one of those hallucinations." and try to go BACK to sleep. Once you let yourself relax, you'll usually wake up.
2007-01-09 23:04:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋