Place withheld · 2012-07-07 · from the DREAMVIEWS archive
i have had sleep paralysis a handful of times, but there are two instances that really stand out: the first time it happened to me was (i think) eight years ago... i thought i had died. I woke up on my back in the early morning and could not move, could not breathe, and i felt like there was an incredible weight pressing down on my entire body. It also felt like there was a pair of hands pressing down on my face, contorting my eyes into slits and exposing my teeth. This made my vision blurry and i could even hear air rushing in and out through my teeth. I began hearing voices... most of them just sounded like people screaming really far away, but one was right in my ear. It was a deep voice that was just yelling all sorts of things at me; "FUCK YOU!" and "I TOLD YOU I WOULD MAKE YOU SORRY!" and stuff. FYI, I do not believe in demons or anything supernatural, but my half-asleep self did at that moment. the next time it happened was not long after that. Again, it was early morning and i woke up on my back. There was an old man standing in my doorway... nothing special or weird about him, but he still somehow terrified me beyond all description. It seemed very real. He was wearing a blue flannel shirt and brown pants. Just standing there staring. The whole time i could hear a steady beeping, like a heart monitor or something. It has happened a few times since, but the first two occasions are the only ones i remember well. They were definitely more intense than any other episodes since then.
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