Strangest SP encounter?

This is a thread for people's strangest sleep paralysis stories.

I was trying to WILD last week, and I had a true "doh!" moment. First, the usual happened, but I didn't get any audible hallucinations yet. Suddenly, I heard the door open, and my roomate came in. I heard him shut the door, and heard him walk to his desk and put his backpack down. I also heard him fumble around a little bit. I also had a weird feeling that he switched the lights on.

I figured that I probably should get up, and check that it was him, and not somebody breaking into my room or something (dumb logic). So, I opened my eyes and looked over. You can pretty much guess what happens next. Blackness, no roomate, and me pissed off. :(

One time I was trying to WILD, and I somewhat woke up standing in the bathroom. I thought I was dreaming, but I actually wasnt O.o

I think I already posted this in a thread, but I had a bit of a freaky SP experience during Easter. It was morning, and I had done a WILD (without feeling SP), and the dream was not very vivid, so I spun my dream body to ground myself. Big mistake, I woke up instead, and I was stuck in SP. Next thing I know, I was hallucinating that my body shifted to a vertical position, with my feet up in the air! I could feel myself getting lifted upwards, then the hallucination stopped, and the SP faded. My whole body was tingling with needle-like sensations as I regained my ability to move. I didn't sleep any more.

When I was younger, I woke up, I couldnt move or scream as this zombie looking creature crawls up from under my bed and slowly walks towards me. That happend to me for many years. It was frightening because it felt real and not a dream. I didnt know tho back then that it had a name, I just found out about SP recently.

once when in SP...

i felt my dream-body separating from real-body first starting with the feet floating upwards, and then my knees, hips, torso, etc. it stopped very clearly at the neck and i was literally dangling for about 2 minutes just enjoying the peaceful feeling. i did try to control the movement (up and down) and it seemed reverse psychology worked for it. :? when i said, "go up", my dream body started to come back down into my real body and when i said, "go down", my dream body started to go up again. the max point seemed to be when my head was still attached, and i attribute this to my pillow being a little too high that morning and it was providing a little more pressure under my head than usual...

i was quite conscious of my dream-body and real-body at the same time. i could see the ceiling (real eyes? or dream eyes?) but i couldn't see my dream-feet, etc. after a few minutes a real noise awoke me, and i floated rather quickly back into my sleeping body, wishing i could have hovered longer.

I would have to say the first time I went into SP, I was doing a FILD and standing at the foot of my bed was a camel wearing a blue and black Berka talking me through the whole process.

I tried to fight the hallucinations and impending-doom feeling and rolled out of my bed. I got up and saw myself laying in bed...it was the freakiest thing. That night, I had been reading all about OBE exit techniques, so I guess I tricked my mind. I should add that I have SP every night.

I find that SP helps me induce LDs fairly well. Is this common to utilize SP in this way?

Yeah, I can attribute my natural ability to get lucids to SP.

I have a lotta strange SP experiences because I get the hallucinations. One time I passed out on the couch and entered SP. First I saw that the TV screen displayed a still of flowers even though I knew the TV was off. Then I saw Pyramidhead (a video game villain) in a closet nearby. I saw him through the wall. I just thought this was funny because the character doesn't scare me but he's supposed to be a scary character and I knew that my mind was trying to scare me but had failed. As soon as I thought this, he disappeared. Next I start to hear this booming coming from the back door. It gets louder and louder as if it's getting closer and soon it is so loud that I can hardly stand it. It also frightens me even though I realize it's imaginary, but it soon goes away. Now I think that I hear my roommate come in the house and I think that he may have sat down on the sofa next to me and started to play a video game. Although I know that it's just as likely that he isn't there I try to talk to him because at the time I wanted to be able to talk in my sleep.

Needless to say, my roommate had not come in.

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Originally Posted by TopographicOceans

When I was younger, I woke up, I couldnt move or scream as this zombie looking creature crawls up from under my bed and slowly walks towards me. That happend to me for many years. It was frightening because it felt real and not a dream. I didnt know tho back then that it had a name, I just found out about SP recently.

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That's freaking scary. I dread the day that I have an SP involving a zombie. I didn't know what SP was for years either.

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Originally Posted by TopographicOceans

When I was younger, I woke up, I couldnt move or scream as this zombie looking creature crawls up from under my bed and slowly walks towards me. That happend to me for many years. It was frightening because it felt real and not a dream. I didnt know tho back then that it had a name, I just found out about SP recently.

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There's nothing worse than that. I had stuff like that happen for years too, because I used to stay up late at night until passing out, basically.

lol Echoes. That sounds more funny than anything.

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Originally Posted by Luminous

I woke up instead, and I was stuck in SP. Next thing I know, I was hallucinating that my body shifted to a vertical position, with my feet up in the air! I could feel myself getting lifted upwards, then the hallucination stopped, and the SP faded. My whole body was tingling with needle-like sensations as I regained my ability to move. I didn't sleep any more.

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the same thing happened to me! i was in SP and then felt as if i was rising horizontally, and i got a little freaked and i made myself come back down.. then woke up.. then lied down again and the same thing happened, so this time i let myself rise, and my feet rose up vertically above my head! and i had my eyes open and was looking at my pillow the whole time while this was happening.. and i dont know if my eyes were actually looking at my pillow or if it was a hallucination.. i just let myself rise to see what would happen.. then i came back down and woke up...

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Originally Posted by Luminous

I think I already posted this in a thread, but I had a bit of a freaky SP experience during Easter. It was morning, and I had done a WILD (without feeling SP), and the dream was not very vivid, so I spun my dream body to ground myself. Big mistake, I woke up instead, and I was stuck in SP. Next thing I know, I was hallucinating that my body shifted to a vertical position, with my feet up in the air! I could feel myself getting lifted upwards, then the hallucination stopped, and the SP faded. My whole body was tingling with needle-like sensations as I regained my ability to move. I didn't sleep any more.

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dude thats sickk, wish i could just 'do' that sometimes

Hmm im still trying to stay awake through Sleep Paralysis, i kinda wanna know what it feels like and everything
I dont even know where i should start?

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Originally Posted by KidDreamer

Hmm im still trying to stay awake through Sleep Paralysis, i kinda wanna know what it feels like and everything
I dont even know where i should start?

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tuts...

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Originally Posted by Dash

This is a thread for people's strangest sleep paralysis stories.

I was trying to WILD last week, and I had a true "doh!" moment. First, the usual happened, but I didn't get any audible hallucinations yet. Suddenly, I heard the door open, and my roomate came in. I heard him shut the door, and heard him walk to his desk and put his backpack down. I also heard him fumble around a little bit. I also had a weird feeling that he switched the lights on.

I figured that I probably should get up, and check that it was him, and not somebody breaking into my room or something (dumb logic). So, I opened my eyes and looked over. You can pretty much guess what happens next. Blackness, no roomate, and me pissed off. :(

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Something like very much like that happened to me.

One memorable time I woke up and was laying in my bed, apparently in SP, watching a pretty pinkish cloud that read "terrier/terreur" or something ridiculously French-ish-y. I feeling quite comfy, quite unaware of any physical feeling for a few moments, trying to will some energy into my paralysed fingers I suddenly felt something up on my chest and I got such a scare before I realised my hand had moved up to my chest (I had no feeling in it) of its own accord. well... I confess I did yelp...quite loudly for the morning. :oops:

maybe a bit like half waking up when someone grabs you. Kinda brings up a chuckle thinking about it, now. :eek:

~ Smee

One time during sleep paralysis it felt like my hand was burning for real! Very painful.

Other times I usually get my legs jumping up just like that when im laying on my back. Like my body wants to jump out, really weird. It's kinda cool in a way because you never see it coming, like what the hell was that!

Sometimes I will find myself in SP within the dream, unable to move or talk. Then, all I want to do is wake up - but as hard as I try, I just end up "waking up" in another dream with SP... like an endless loop. Once it felt like I was stuck in the dream in SP for like 30 mins. For some reason I never think to try anything else other than trying to wake myself up.

Yesterday I had the most odd experience during an afternoon nap! Here is how the dream went.

I was in a wilderness type scene and I was on a gondola that was taking me up a mountain. I was just enjoying all the trees and other surroundings when two people who I knew rode by on another gondola coming up along the opposite direction. I tried to get out of my gondola to get to them and I fell out and was hanging on to a small plastic mesh that held the dirt up on the sides of the mountain. I finally got back to a place I could climb back up and and I was reaching towards the ledge and there appeared a rattle snake. I suddenly thought that this was too unreal. Did the plug nose RC and realized I was dreaming. Right when that happened my brother came in my room to wake me up for dinner. I was between the dream and waking life, and I was trying to talk to my brother and I could hear my real body just making whining sounds while I was trying to talk to him. I was in total SP so I couldn't move any part of my body. It was a crazy feeling!

Dam I've never experience SP! And it's something that you have to achieve to achieve a OBE I think.

I believe sleep paralysis is an interesting subject to talk about. Many say its a sleeping disorder while other believe its something spiritual. I guess depending on the person having the experience can decide. As for me, I believe this is something spiritual. Why? Well, when I was pregnant from my first child 1993-15 years ago, it would happen to me EVERY morning around 5:30am after my husband would leave to work, it never happed when he was off. I would get up every morning to make him breakfast and lunch and when he would leave, I would go to bed. Being that I was pregnant, sleeping on my side was the most comfortable position. I would lay down, then I would say as I lay there just thinking for about 10 maybe 15 min it would happen. I felt someone behind me. As I tried to turn, I realized I could not move, open my eyes, nor even yell. The felling was very terrifying. I had never felt FEAR as I did when this would happen. I didn't hear anything. And I don't think it was just because I could not move, but mainly cause I felt someone behind me. This was happening to me every morning in this house, expect for the days my husband was off. Never happened when my husband was there. Always happened in the early morning. It got to the point to when it would happen, I would just repeat prayers in my head and tell myself this will pass..until I fell asleep. Then when I would wake up, it felt like nothing ever happen. Some days I would just stay up watching TV so it wouldn't happen. When we moved to an apartment, it didn't happen anymore. Until 2004, we had moved into a house where the kids and I would notice the cat staring at the walls and move her head as if she was following the sight of something. At this time it only happen two times about a week apart from each other. My husband was working nights and I would stay up late watching TV. Around 3am I had just turn the TV off and turned to my side to go to sleep. As I laid there for a few min with my eyes closed, I heard the the door nob to my door moving really fast, as though someone was trying to come in my room. It scared me, I thought it was one of my kids. (I have two kids). So I was going to get up to see what was happening, when I realized my body was not cooperating with me. Then the fear kicked in, I could not yell, move, nor open my eyes. I could only hear the door knob moving fast, I didn't hear no screaming or yelling just the door knob. I began to pray in my head. I also kept thinking oh no not again.....then after about 5 long min. the noise stopped and I was able to move. I sat up on my bed and looked around. My bedroom door was open. (I had left it open, it was never closed) I was very puzzled and scared. I spoke about it for the first time to a friend I had met at work, Genna. She told me that if it happens again to say in my mind "if you don't come in the name of God, you must leave". So about a week after this happen, I had stayed up late watching a late show when I decides to go to bed. I laid on my back/side and closed my eyes. I laid there for maybe 3 min when I heard a squeaky sounds coming from my desk. I had a wooden chair at my desk that would squeak when someone would sit on it. I thought "what in the world are my kids doing on the computer at this time?" When I tried to sit up, I realized it was happening again. I could feel myself barely moving as I tried to sit up. This time I managed to open my eyes just a little. I could see my desk across the room, I could see the back rest of the chair but as I looked towards the seat all I could see was like a gray smoke that covered everything from the seat down from one side of the room to the other side. There was no odor, just the gray site. When I saw this I was really scared and though in head...If you don't come in the name of God, you must leave. I said that several times. Then I when I was able to move, I got up and turned the light on to my bathroom. I looked around and nothing. The presence feeling was gone. I slept with the light on that night. And it has not happened again since then. So if this was a sleeping disorder why didn't it continue after we moved from the first house. And why after I told it to leave, when it happed 4yrs ago, it didn't happened again during the 7 months we stayed in that house. Nor has it happed again ever since. There was no pattern to diagnose it as a sleeping disorder. One thing happen in April of 2004, 3 months before the door knob and the squeaking chair. I was laying on my stomach, leaning my head on my left hand, on my bed watching the news. Had a clear mind at the time, when in my right ear clear as day I heard the voice of what sounded like a young white woman. She said "You're crazy", in a happy tone. I sat up really quick and thought I KNOW I HEARD THAT. I didn't scare me it just really freaked me out. Later I created my yahoo account with krazyraquel.

Wait I'm confused. Are people trying to get SP? If so why? it sounds kinda freaky O_o

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Originally Posted by blueskiesforever

Wait I'm confused. Are people trying to get SP? If so why? it sounds kinda freaky O_o

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I'm not. But it's a side-effect of some techniques for becoming lucid so some people actually try to get SP because they know that it leads to lucidity.

I've had a few interesting ones.. one of the problems, though, was that they happened before I even had my first lucid dream, way before I even heard about lucid dreaming.

I once woke up by an alien strangling me(obviously i was in sp.) He sat on my chest and absolutely choked me, until suddenly I gathered all my strength and- I woke up...
In the air in front of me this weird futuristic object was hovering.... then WOOF it flew into my mouth... I woke up.. Totally fucking freaked out about it.

Most people who claim to have been probed or abducted by aliens and shit like that are actually just people in sleep paralysis or vivid dreams.. I mean.. even I feared it was true for a second..

I've had some funny SP expeirences and a few scary ones.

A few times I've had the experience some of you have talked about -- feeling both my physical body and dream body at once. So cool!

Once while trying to WILD I got the nice little vibrations and was all happy, but then this incredibly loud, high pitched noise started. It was so loud I laid there thinking that if something was that loud in waking life it would blow up my ear drums! It HURT! I kept telling myself it was just SP and I couldn't actually be hurt by it, but after a minute or so I ended the SP just so it would stop!

Another time I saw this giant black wolf crouching near the celing by my bed. He just stared at me, panting, drooling, all red-eyed and freaky.

I often hear music during SP. Not anything I've ever heard (that I'm aware of) in waking life. Beautiful music, the kind that gives you goosebumps. If I was a musician I'd try to write some of it down.

I was just looking up my weird reoccurring dreams out of curiosity and I discovered it was SP. However, my SP seems to be a little different from the standard suffocation sensation. In fact, I don't recall having any SP experiences with any physical harm being done to me...just a terrible sense of helplessness.

On average, I have experienced SP at least twice a week for about 5 years now and there are two figures that I see either watching me or I feel are making noises. The common figure does look incredibly close to the half-man-half-beast creature and is found doing different things in my dreams. Unlike most people, I also receive SP experiences on my side or even on my stomach...sometimes my dreams include this beast peering at me through my window or even coming through my door. This beast will also pound on my door or make a screeching sound on my window. I've even had a dream where he walked in my door and came around to the side of my bed where he stood tapping his claws on top of my head. Sometimes I have managed to shake myself to this "OOBE", however it is not as pleasant as it sounds. Wherever I go, I feel like that creature is still around, waiting for me to fall or land. I will often visit other homes during my OOBE, but I see this beast glaring at me through all the windows I come across. Sometimes I will instantly return to my body and find him inches away from my face. (last night) This is not a good sight to see upon instant recall.

Another weird point I thought I'd mention about my SP is sometimes I will be having a normal dream, then think...Hey! This is just a dream! Then I will suddenly be put in this SP state where I am completely helpless. It's almost like, because I figured out it was a dream and I can do whatever I want, I should be punished and confined in my room where this creature can teach me a lesson.

However, I also have seen this "hag" too. This sight is a little more bearable because my fear is not present and I never have seen her face. Just the old hands and hair. I did have a grandmother who passed away during my younger years, and for some reason I feel that these visits are indeed her. I've had several SP experiences where I would feel someone tucking me in or a quick kiss on the cheek. Although I may feel comforted during the dream, once I wake up I feel a bit disturbed.

I've also began wondering whether this beast is an evil identity or a guardian. It's a bit eerie to think about, but there are times when I feel like I am being watched when I know I am alone. It could possibly be that my brain has altered this "beasts" face during my dreams into an appearance I would repulse for whatever reason. I dunno, I just thought I would share some of these thoughts and experiences I have had throughout the past couple of years...

Welcome to DV Slade! I didn't know what SP was for a long time either; cool that you found us and now know what it is.

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Originally Posted by seeker28

It was so loud I laid there thinking that if something was that loud in waking life it would blow up my ear drums! It HURT!

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I've also had noises so loud that they hurt my ears in SP. Really loud noise seems to be a common occurrence for me.

Usually when I attempt a WILD, and I'm passing the veil of SP, it's like a very mild fatigue comes over me and I see flashing lights and shadows of no particular shape. The whole process is usually quiet for me, with the exception of the sound like that of a gentle wind.

I've been 'jarred out' of SP on two occasions that I can remember while attempting a WILD causing some very strange sensations. On one occasion, after awakening during SP I was fully mobile again and my entire vision was flashing like there was a strobe in the room. I remember feeling vibrations fading with the imagery as if they were perfectly intertwined, but the intense flashing stayed with me for over 5 minutes. Otherwise I felt perfectly normal and awake.

Well, I'm trying to summon courage to face SP, and then I read this... ¡Zombies! ¡Oh my god! :eek: Thanks guys. :lol::D

I had almost the same thing happen to me a few years ago. I was asleep laying on my bed when I heard my roommate come in, and actually felt him tap his hand on my bed up by my face, I assume he wanted to wake me up. I just laid there for a bit longer as I was pretty tired, and when I came to and opened my eyes, I was all alone, with no one else in my apartment. Crazy, crazy experience

I had SP since I've been a child.
Especially when I grew older SP was paired with pure horror & panic feelings.
Noone could explain me what was happening.
I lied in the bed, getting weary and then I knew it will come and it came.
I heard the blood rushing through my vains and was not able to move myself. Felt like burried allive in my body.

Nearly 30 years later, yes I'm an old fuck, I had my own theories and was pretty sure to have found out what's going on. I was able to manipulate my dreams for long and felt somehow gifted. Talking about this to other people was no option, even doctors had no answer for this.

And now I stumbled upon this forum and so many people sharing the same with me. Nevertheless I wish somebody have told me this long years ago. Man I was refusing to sleep ever again.

This is like you climb the highest mountain, just to figure out, there was an escalator on the other side.... :D

SP is pretty weird if you experience it and don't know what it is.
Paired with hallucinations it makes you think "now it's finally done, I'm cracked up, ready for the madhouse" :paranoid:

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Originally Posted by Delirium

Well, I'm trying to summon courage to face SP, and then I read this... ¡Zombies! ¡Oh my god! :eek: Thanks guys. :lol::D

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99% of the time in my case, maybe not true for all, nothing happens; except maybe loud vibrating. I remember being real scared at first, thiking that demons would be attacking me or something, and my first WILD was pretty anti-climatic.

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Originally Posted by aniki

SP is pretty weird if you experience it and don't know what it is.
Paired with hallucinations it makes you think "now it's finally done, I'm cracked up, ready for the madhouse" :paranoid:

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It seems strange to me that people find SP to be worrying just because they don't know how to label it. I didn't know what SP was called for years but after the first experience I knew it for what it was: a strange neurological state; a sleep disorder that I hadn't known about previously. I didn't know anyone who experienced it, but I knew that there must be other people who did and I never worried about it. I'm not saying that being in the state didn't scare me, but I knew that there wasn't anything wrong with me.

Sometimes, my SP is intense, almost violent!

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Originally Posted by AlexLou

It seems strange to me that people find SP to be worrying just because they don't know how to label it. I didn't know what SP was called for years but after the first experience I knew it for what it was: a strange neurological state; a sleep disorder that I hadn't known about previously. I didn't know anyone who experienced it, but I knew that there must be other people who did and I never worried about it. I'm not saying that being in the state didn't scare me, but I knew that there wasn't anything wrong with me.

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Man it scared the hell out of me.
Especially this downwards pulling feeling made me going nuts.
I thought that maybe I'll die.
I had panic of going to bed and to sleep.

But now, thanks to this forum and the Internet, I'm not afraid of it anymore.
Yesterday I tried the first time to induce SP and it worked.
Thinking of that I was scared to death and the next day I'm playing around with it.
And this downwards pulling... well, I jumped in and .... just joined my body in sleep. :)

He guys...
check out this link on wikipedia about SP:

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

So I'm not a whiny douche at all! ;)

take care

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Originally Posted by Slade

I was just looking up my weird reoccurring dreams out of curiosity and I discovered it was SP. However, my SP seems to be a little different from the standard suffocation sensation. In fact, I don't recall having any SP experiences with any physical harm being done to me...just a terrible sense of helplessness.

On average, I have experienced SP at least twice a week for about 5 years now and there are two figures that I see either watching me or I feel are making noises. The common figure does look incredibly close to the half-man-half-beast creature and is found doing different things in my dreams. Unlike most people, I also receive SP experiences on my side or even on my stomach...sometimes my dreams include this beast peering at me through my window or even coming through my door. This beast will also pound on my door or make a screeching sound on my window. I've even had a dream where he walked in my door and came around to the side of my bed where he stood tapping his claws on top of my head. Sometimes I have managed to shake myself to this "OOBE", however it is not as pleasant as it sounds. Wherever I go, I feel like that creature is still around, waiting for me to fall or land. I will often visit other homes during my OOBE, but I see this beast glaring at me through all the windows I come across. Sometimes I will instantly return to my body and find him inches away from my face. (last night) This is not a good sight to see upon instant recall.

Another weird point I thought I'd mention about my SP is sometimes I will be having a normal dream, then think...Hey! This is just a dream! Then I will suddenly be put in this SP state where I am completely helpless. It's almost like, because I figured out it was a dream and I can do whatever I want, I should be punished and confined in my room where this creature can teach me a lesson.

However, I also have seen this "hag" too. This sight is a little more bearable because my fear is not present and I never have seen her face. Just the old hands and hair. I did have a grandmother who passed away during my younger years, and for some reason I feel that these visits are indeed her. I've had several SP experiences where I would feel someone tucking me in or a quick kiss on the cheek. Although I may feel comforted during the dream, once I wake up I feel a bit disturbed.

I've also began wondering whether this beast is an evil identity or a guardian. It's a bit eerie to think about, but there are times when I feel like I am being watched when I know I am alone. It could possibly be that my brain has altered this "beasts" face during my dreams into an appearance I would repulse for whatever reason. I dunno, I just thought I would share some of these thoughts and experiences I have had throughout the past couple of years...

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Im just curious but have you tried talking with it (The beast). You know something like leave me alone or what do you want? I think its response if anything would be quite interesting.

I don't know, maybe it's too simple... but this beast did you no harm.
Are you just afraid of its look alike?

I doubt you'll die in this experiment, how about letting it just happen and say "I take my chances, so may I die, I don't give a damn, better than to live in fear"

It worked for me and I was sufficating nearly my whole life.
I hope that helps somehow.


take care