Thread: Being touched or grabbed while sleeping

This is a cross post from beyond dreaming. It's hard to say where this belongs. Maybe I'll get more replies here.

It's been happening quite often. It could be connected to or the cause of my other issues like night terrors, restless legs, and occasionally waking up stuck in SP. I post here to explore the idea that maybe there is something paranormal happening. I wonder how common it is to be jolted awake because you feel someone touch your arm or grab your foot or you feel something (Claws?) lightly drag across a part of your body or it feels like your cat batted at your hand that's hanging off the edge of the bed (you know the cat is outside your room). All these thing happen to me more than I'd like. I dismiss them as just part of being in transition of stages of sleep. Which, is probably the case but it's only been happening like this since I moved into this house 4 years ago. Maybe I have had rare instances before, I don't recall. However, it makes me wonder. Do others experience this? Maybe its just normal for some one like me prone to all sorts of sleep disorders.

Originally Posted by Xanous

However, it makes me wonder. Do others experience this? Maybe its just normal for some one like me prone to all sorts of sleep disorders.

I have had similar reoccurring experiences while only in WILDs in the past. Only it was usually in the form of an invisible or disembodied hand aggressively poking me in the chest or sides. I never see an entity but am usually able to grab a wrist in a sort of struggle. It's happened only 3-4 times, only while in WILDs never normal dreams. It knocks me un-lucid and I snap conclude it must be an upset spirit of some kind, i repeat 'You are at peace!' as the dreams destabilize and fade.

Repeating "you are at peace" is probably a good way to calm things down. I might remember that.