Ghost that haunts my dreams.

[r0ck3t3r]

I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience. When I was a child I would often wake up, pinned to my bed, while a dark shadow pushed me into the matress and tried to smother me. I would pray for help, and a voice would tell me that I was OK and everything would go back to normal. The shadow was so evil; I could just feel it's hate for me. It happened countless times in the same house. It stopped when I moved to a new house. It has never happened again. What was that thing? Or was it just a phase that I outgrew? Something in my young developing mind.

[Memento]

Perhaps it was a form of sleep paralysis? Look up the "old hag" if you don't know what I mean. Curiosity speaking, but do you remember if you were lying on your back when you woke up?

[BigFan]

Perhaps it was a form of sleep paralysis? Look up the "old hag" if you don't know what I mean. Curiosity speaking, but do you remember if you were lying on your back when you woke up? I am thinking the same thing. Its possible that its just SP, but, the smothering part is what seems off

[Memento]

I am thinking the same thing. Its possible that its just SP, but, the smothering part is what seems off Sleep paralysis is subjective though, isn't it?

[BigFan]

Sleep paralysis is subjective though, isn't it? Well, it seems that there are a set of symptoms that people can get with SP, but, yes, I would say its somewhat subjective

[r0ck3t3r]

It kinda felt as if I were rocked back and forth while sinking into the bed. Hard to explain. Kind of like sinking into mud or quick sand. There was a noise too. Same noise every time. Kinda like a woosh sound, but way stranger. Very out of this world. I hear it clearly, but no way to explain it. It was pretty awful. I should probally just try to forget it forever, but I really want to know what it was. Yeah, I looked up the old hag. That is probally it. But it was on my chest and not the back. I guess that answers it for me. Thanks.

[The Cusp]

Sounds like SP, and the old hag can take many forms. The most rational explanation is a desperate rationalization. WHen faced with something unknown and frightening, the mind desperately tries to make sense of the situation to make it more bearable. My first SP I thought it was aliens coming for me. Some females I know thought they had been drugged and someone was coming to rape them. I think something pinning you down is just a desperate creation of the mind to explain your inability to move. But you never know...

[hellohihello]

You never know. Have you had any other occurances while you were awake? Like a very strange feeling? Just to add, the "inability" to breathe is one of many hallucinations in sleep paralysis. If it was a ghostie, you might want to warn the others. You can enter SP in any position but the back is most common. You can also learn to WILD if it happens again. -- Found my poll on some hallucinations if you are interested http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=72632 ------- Whoa. Cusp remember you made a thread about fighting these and when someone prays it helps break it?

[The Doctor]

I had a similar experience. I also believe in sleep paralysis but I know that my experience was a different one from this. The dark spirit attacked me and I had a big bump on my head as physical evidence. I also like to find the psychological explanation myself, but my own experience tells me that sometimes, in very rare situations this is not the case.