the feeling of being touched by somebody during sleep paralysis

[refujiunderground]

for the third time in 7 months, i've found myself being touched by someone during a moment in sleep paralysis. the first time was over the summertime where i couldn't move, my eyes were half open/closed and i felt somebody grabbing the back of my head, pushing it and also my mouth being opened. it was painful. the second time, forgot what happened but i think it involved me sleeping on my stomach, i felt a force on my back and felt like my pants was coming down. the third time which was this morning, i felt somebody pushing themselves down on me, grabbing me, hugging me and whatever. it was very weird. in all of these cases, nobody besides me was there (i'm 100 percent sure of it) and i was pretty much unable to move my body. this shit is creepy as hell.

has anybody experienced this?

 

[Audio Tech]

Yes. It's very scary. I actually slept with a cross around my neck for a long time after that. Hasn't happened in many years since.

They say it's part of a dream state, but that's not very comforting when it happens.

 

[Telstra]

No i never experienced this.

Sounds like [STRIKE]satan[/STRIKE] someone was trying to rape you?

 

[pat grimshaw]

...sleep paralysis...

I don't understand what you mean. Is this a medical condition?

 

[refujiunderground]

I don't understand what you mean. Is this a medical condition?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

it's basically when your mind is awake but your body is still in the state of sleep. a way to picture this is to just close your eyes and imagine not being able to move your entire body for about 5 minutes or more. that's sleep paralysis.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Wiki says "This section requires expansion with:examples of causal neurophysiological factors.

I think lots of research is still being done on sleep because we know so little about it.

Our perceptions whilst we dreaming make no sense at all. For instance I have a number of recurring terror-filled dreams of particular houses and of waterfront parks which make no sense at all.

 

[Críostóir]

Sleep paralysis is absolutely normal. It keeps you from sleepwalking when you dream (that is, during REM).

What's abnormal is being awake (or partially awake) during it. That's a symptom of a number of different disorders, including narcolepsy, and it's also associated with hallucinations.

 

[Chuck69]

It may be normal, but I've had periods of my life where it happened regularly, and others where it never occurred at all.

It's unpleasant.

 

[JayHawk]

That would terrify me I am sure. The most I can compare is having one or more limbs completely asleep when I have woken up... that is weird so i can't imagine my whole body.

 

[star-warrior]

The sleep paralysis episodes I've had sometimes had out of body type experiences too. I'd get this noise in my ears and then a sensation of floating off...

 

[Telstra]

Did anyone kick so hard in their dreams that they woke up?

I did, i tried to kick something away so hard then i woke up.
If someone near my legs, they would got hurt

 

[freefall]

I think the feelings are due to hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations. They are natural hallucinations, the first happening when one is about to sleep and the later during awakening, and tightly associated with sleep paralysis. The phenomenon is natural, so as sleep paralysis, but if you're concerned, you might want to see a doctor for it

I don't understand what you mean. Is this a medical condition?

It's not a disease. It's a natural phenomenon associated with sleeping. It happens when you get awake suddenly whereas your body is not yet adjusted to awakening, thus the brief sensation of not able to move your body. It's creepy nonetheless, so I heard.

 

[Alistair]

The OP's situation sounds like a lot of stories I've seen on a few of the paranormal and ghost chaser TV shows. They sometimes have a story about a woman who claims to have been raped by a ghost or evil spirit.

Sleep Paralysis and dreaming sure is a better explanation!

 

[PKMO]

I had this a few weeks ago. It didn't worry me, I just let it pass and went back to sleep..not a very exciting story!

I've done that. It's a WTF moment. xD

I fear sleeping in bed with someone for this reason! I kick about so much it's likely they'll end up in hospital!

 

[Telstra]

I had this a few weeks ago. It didn't worry me, I just let it pass and went back to sleep..not a very exciting story!



I fear sleeping in bed with someone for this reason! I kick about so much it's likely they'll end up in hospital!

nah, when you sleep with someone, your body react differently and your dream won't be the kicking one.

 

[Telstra]

The first time i experienced sleep paralysis was a couple years ago. The doctor suggests it happens to most people at least once in their life. It's due to the regular phases of sleep falling out of order. When you go to sleep, your mind sleeps first, then your body until you are in deep sleep, each process of sleep lasts approx 3-4 hrs before your body wakes up and then your mind. Older people can often manage on just one phase of sleep, whereas teenagers can quite happily sleep for three phases.

With me, i would wake up with sleep paralysis shortly after my body sleeps, when i should be in deep sleep, but for some reason my mind wakes up out of sync, and the following is what i experienced:

The first time, i felt like somebody was dragging me out of bed and then lifting me up, i was floating towards my bedroom window 9 floors up, i thought a ghost was trying to kill me.
The second time, i was laying on my stomach and felt i was being held down, the more i tried to struggle, the harder the pressure forcing me down became.
The third time, again on my stomach, the same feeling of being pushed down, i managed to speak out, and said " go to hell you evil witch", before the pressure dissipated and i heard a thud as if a demon was angrily banging at the wall.

I've had sleep paralysis on a total of five occassions, i didn't know what it was until after the first three, so they were scary, the last two however, lasted much shorter because i knew what was happening to me and so didn't panic. You just have to wait for your body to catch up and wake up.

I'm not sure if it is a scandinavian country or an african one, but there is a saying that 'the devil has got your back', a reference to sleep paralysis, on account that those who first experience it without knowing what it is can feel like a supernatural force is in the room with you, holding you, attacking you. When in actual fact it is your mind tricking you into believing that because you are awake and unable to move, that something or someone must be preventing you from doing so.

Wow, great post. This is a scientific explanation for the devils/ghosts waking you up.

 

[Telstra]

^ ghosts ....

 

[kevbo]

I've never experienced this but I do sleepwalk and talk on regular occasion...

 

[freefall]

I'm not sure if it is a scandinavian country or an african one, but there is a saying that 'the devil has got your back', a reference to sleep paralysis, on account that those who first experience it without knowing what it is can feel like a supernatural force is in the room with you, holding you, attacking you.

Many countries (usually Asians and Africans) hold this belief

There was once my senior brought home a skeleton from a real body (for educational purposes). That night she had sleep paralysis for the first time in her life (she's around 30). The next morning, she told her friends in excitement and thrill. The talk turned into gossip circle and it turned out that everyone who brings home the particular skeleton my senior took home and not the other skeletons (there are 6 skeletons) experiences sleep paralysis. After returning it back, she never has sleep paralysis again until now.

Scientific or supernatural? You ask me thus sleep medicine is hard to study

 

[star-warrior]

I'm not sure if it is a scandinavian country or an african one, but there is a saying that 'the devil has got your back', a reference to sleep paralysis, on account that those who first experience it without knowing what it is can feel like a supernatural force is in the room with you, holding you, attacking you.

You mean the incubus succubus thing?