Shared Dream Paralysis with Demonic Hallucination

**Tinkgrrrbell** · 05-27-2014 07:48 PM

Ive only had an episode of dream paralysis once in my life. Unfortunately, the hallucination that came with it was pretty horrifying. And to make matters worse, I found out after the fact that a member of my family had the exact same experience on the exact same night, so you can imagine how upsetting that is for me. I don't know if it was coincidence or paranormal, but I don't ever want to go through it ever again!

Basically when I was still in high school, I woke up from taking a nap and was unable to open my eyes or move at all. I didn't feel any physical pain or discomfort, but for whatever reason I had the overwhelming sense that there was a demonic presence in the room, and that this presence was what was paralyzing me. I don't do any drugs, and at this time had never even had alcohol before. I'd never had religious or paranormal visions or hallucinations before either. All of a sudden I felt my body levitate off of the bed, and I was floating above it in the air. Then I "heard" (I felt this was inside my head, not out loud) a voice more evil and dark then anything I've heard in my life that simply hissed "I hate you" and nothing else. I floated like this for quite some time, unable to open my eyes or move a muscle, until at some point I fell back asleep again. I woke up later, completely normal, but able to remember every detail of the experience.

I was a pretty self-conscious kid, so I didn't want to really mention this to anyone, but it was killing me not to get it out. So the next day at dinner, I casually mentioned something like "Man, last night I had a dream that I couldn't move, but it felt so real." My dad's response scared the living hell out of me. He replied "I had a dream like that too! Only it was satan in my dream who paralyzed me." Being the overly sensitive person that I am, I of course immediately burst into tears of terror and told my dad that was the exact same "dream" I'd actually had. My sister was convinced that our home was possessed by some demonic creature and begged my dad to have it exercised, but my dad told us to quit overreacting and that it was just a coincidence. That may be true, or it may not be. To this day I still get covered in goosebumps remembering that awful voice, and I'm terrified of it happening again.

**Psionik** · 05-27-2014 08:21 PM

Detached mindset helps. It looks more like games of subconsciousness... I had my own experiences... Not visible presence of imagination, I only sometimes hear some short sentences, feel touches on body, see flashes of short visual experiences... when I train relaxations and concentration. I find it interesting. I try to remember that sentences, because I think it comes from subconscious mind. It brings interesting information sometimes. I feel it is necessary to learn how to lenghten this state of mind.

hmmm... if satan hates you, then it is OK.... isn't it so?

Dream paralysis is normal. I experience it often, and I like it much. Perfect relaxation.

**Tinkgrrrbell** · 05-27-2014 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Psionik

hmmm... if satan hates you, then it is OK.... isn't it so?

Yes, I thought about that too....I guess if he exists, then I'd rather he hate me!

**Dthoughts** · 05-27-2014 09:20 PM

Echoeing Psionik's voice; A detached state of mind is perfect for future reference when you experience SP again. Because you will surely experience SP again if u are picking up Lucid Dream practices. And Psionik knows what he is talking about.

I know it can be frightening. But some people thrive on it. I know I was scared out of my wits when I saw a ghost the first time after waking up from a LD. But after that was over I was simply fascinated and took a certain pride in having an extraordinary experience to decode. Despite being severely alarmed just 5 minutes before I sat outside and contemplated on what happened after I just woke up.

The worst thing you can do is to start thinking that houses are posessed etc. That just opens the door for paranoai wide open.

I think the best approach with these experiences is to just take it as it is. If Satan shows himself to me and tells me he hates me, then fine. So be it. Satan hates me. I'm sure there's some symbolic reference in my mind that associates Satan with certain symbolic aspects of my subconscious. Not sure if Satan and Lucifer are the same in the same mythological field but Lucifer is not evil afaik. From what I understand the Lucifer Archetype is that of freedom.

But if some entity in my dreams presents itself to me and tells me he hates me I darn sure would take it as a symbolic reality and since it is an entity I would ask serious questions to justify why someone would hate me in the first place. Then still I would hold the thought in my head that anybody can have the right to hate me but it damn sure isn't justifiable in any way because there is not any measurable scale of good/evil that justifies anybodies hatred towards human beings. Atleast, not objectively.

I take care of my demons though.

If they say they hate me i ask what's wrong. And if I can help it i simply adjust myself. But for you, I think this particular instance was so long ago that in one way or another your subconscious has probably outgrown hatred of self-hatred a long time ago. So really, there's nothing to worry about.

And if it does.
Its no biggie!

Just keep talking about it.
Good luck!

**kadie** · 05-30-2014 04:00 PM

You know what sleep paralysis and hallucinations are. Why are you thinking the demons are real? It's a figment of your mind, an phenomenon that millions of people a year experience.
Look.....
Hypnagogic Hallucinations

People that lucid dream often experience it because they intentionally hover in that between sleep and awake area. Same with AT and OBE.

**Psionik** · 06-08-2014 01:06 PM

Kadie- it may be... but it needn't to be figment of your mind.

What if being angel or demon is a relative thing? Beings on much lower level could look demonic, and that of much higher level could look more angelic. Or feel.
Or it could be our mind interpretation of intentions of other beings. Malicious ones could therefore look demonic. However they wouldn't see themselves that way.

When I visited the Hell there were demons, devils... awkward ones. All of them feared me after I balanced myself. But there was one I could speak with and even if he looked like others, he was quite polite with me.

**kadie** · 06-09-2014 03:35 PM

Im sorry Psionic, but it is proven that it is a hallucination. That is why it is called hypnogogic hallucination. For what ever reason, people experience it as a dark hovering figure it seems to have an evil presence, but it is an hallucination. I experienced it as a child and it scared the shit out of me. I went crawling into my mom and dads bed. As an adult, you kind of do a little research and figure it out. There is nothing good that can come from encouraging someone to believe it is a demon. If the OP understands what the phenomena is, then he/she can be prepared the next time and overcome the fear and grow with the lucid dream or obe etc. As long as there is belief that it is demonic, he/she will be stuck in a stage that will take more time to overcome. Why would any of us with a little more experience in LD, OBE, AP encourage someone to stay at a low level of accomplishment?

**Psionik** · 06-09-2014 06:18 PM

It may be... but then I don't remember seeing something like that. I hear things while in hypnagogic state. Often only mumbling... but sometimes short sentences.
I don't try to scare someone. Best way to overcome everything while exercising is state of detachment.

Be in balance, detached observer and everything will just slide around you and through you... You will remain.

**user5659** · 06-15-2014 10:38 PM

This is a classic scenario of horror sleep paralysis. Don't think much about it, just remember to think positive next time.

When you end up in sleep paralysis, you meet something unknown, something that you never felt before. Even if you felt comfortable, in your mind you did not know what to expect and your fears took advantage here, whatever you are or was afraid of, came to your imagination in your sleep paralysis.