Intense and vivid Nightmare or night terror?

[Maranda]

I rarely have what I would call nightmares. Most of my dreams I would label 'exciting' but not necessarily nightmares. But when I do, they tend to be very unsettling. This one was probably the worse. At first I thought it might be what's called a night terror, but what I read about those, they aren't usually vivid dreams, and this was a very vivid dream. I had it a while ago, so some of the details are a little fuzzy now, but here is what I remember of it. Just wondering if anyone else has any thoughts or interpretations of it. I was in the ocean and it was night time so the water was all black and I couldn't see far, I had been on a ship, but somehow wound up in the water, I can't really remember how, I either fell or the boat sank.. but while I was in the water there were these two figures in there with me, they had what looked like oily black skin (actual solid jet black, like oil, and kind of glossy like you would expect on something wet and rubbery) and no faces. They were humanoid, with arms, legs, and a head and what not, but no distinguishable faces, kind of like if you stretched something over someone's face, so you can see the bone structure, the nose, and what not, but no actual nostrils, mouth, or eyes. Well these two figures were trying to kill me and were amazingly strong, one was under the water trying to pull me under, the other was at the surface with me and it was grabbing at me and I was trying to fend if off. At one point one of them had me from behind, and was crushing me, the pain was so intense and real and I was beyond terrified. I had this distinct moment of panic, that something very very bad was about to happen, and a burning all down my spine, I could feel it being crushed, and I knew that if I didn't get away right then, I was going to die. I have no doubt that this is the feeling that goes through someone who is about to die, it was that powerful of an emotion and for that split second I fully believed it. And this feeling of terror and survival was so strong, that my mind was apparently actually convinced I was in real danger, because in that moment of intense panic I jolted awake out of the dream so suddenly that I sat up and for a second I wasn't fully awake, so even though I was sitting up and my eyes were open I could still see phantom images in the bed with me of the figures in the water. After I woke fully I was pretty unsettled and panicky, I tried to go back to sleep, but as I drifted off the dream started up again and I snapped back awake before the figures could reach me. It was pretty terrifying because when I wasn't fully awake, I could see them crawling towards me in the bed while I was sitting there trying to clear my head. So I tried to stay awake a bit longer to get the dream off my mind so I might not dream the same thing, but as I dozed back off it started up and like before the moment I realized the dream was starting up it jolted me back awake, so I was like.. screw it and got up. I didn't want to go back to sleep I was so afraid of the dream.

[Jai]

Hi Maranda. Your nightmare sounds like an attack by the creatures known as demons / the old hag / incubus / succubus / shadow people, etc. - also known as “sleep paralysis” and “hypnogogic / hypnopompic hallucinations”. I have had encounters with these creatures many times over the years, starting when I was a young child, and they were the most terrifying experiences I have ever had. I fully believe they are real and not just dreams or hallucinations. The sense of evil they exhude is horrifying. After one of these experiences, I would stay awake for the rest of the night, too terrified to sleep again, and would have trouble sleeping for weeks afterwards. I have researched this topic extensively on the internet, and it appears to be a very common experience, across all cultures, and throughout recorded history. Different cultures and religions have different explanations of course. It also appears that cultural and religious expectations play a part in how these creatures present to the individual. From my own and other’s experiences, I now believe that these creatures exist in another dimension, and are only able to be experienced by us when we are in a particular state of consciousness. I have no doubt that they are malevolent, but they are able to shape-shift and so can disguise themselves if they want. I have found that they can only attack if they trick you into inviting them into your home – and they do this by changing and manipulating your dream, so that their presence is not challenged by you (at first, anyway). Many people find that these creatures attach to their body in some manner, usually at one of the chakras, and which can often be experienced as a sexual attack. They feed off us. They draw something from us – some kind of energy I guess, and most likely linked to our fear. Every culture has different ways of protecting oneself against these creatures – herbs, incantations, prayers, amulets, rituals, all manner of things. I tried lots of things, with varying degrees of success. Then I remembered something that I had learnt as a child, but forgotten for many, many years – that I AM MORE POWERFUL THAN THESE CREATURES. Once I fully understood and accepted that – the attacks ceased. I am now totally confident that I will NEVER have such an experience again. YOU ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN THESE EVIL CREATURES! All you have to do is realize this and you will be protected. Hope this helps.

[charlila]

YOU ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN THESE EVIL CREATURES! All you have to do is realize this and you will be protected. Hope this helps. reality is more complex than that... including dreamimg. some creatures are hunting just for fun, some ffor energy to feed on, some - to posses&occupy a body ..take more strategy then just saying "i'm stronger, and they'r Evil!" to win such a fight.. see for example [link to foreign dream forum removed] (hence a quote - Google translated with few improvements by me) Setting-catching sprite [=DH term for a DC, IB or other real being, if I got it right] Wiz "Sat June 26, 2010 3:41 pm Setting [is] simple and complex .. It is necessary to catch the sprite and "hump it" to enter the real[ity] I know 2 choices of effective action. But first ... probably sprites abruptly disappear ... That's why it is necessary first to obtain. Sprite. Take the sleep-well, or even come up with a rope-like, such as linen. At one end of the tie some thread of cloth. Though cowards)) Go to the corner of the house, fence, or something else. The main thing is to throw a rope with a cloth tied around the corner, so it was not visible Sprite bite almost immediately-they are rabid fetishists and bait caught)) Simply tug the rope taut, as it means he has tama. Tighten or be selected to[by the?] sprite * This is not a joke. this is a real fishing sprite if they [=you, some weirdness of Russian grammer] are not [your]selves get caught in a dream * Safety-if [for a case]the sprites are lost in a dream, then do not catch those who imposed [themselves] to you! Then there are 2 choices Option 1 should enter into the body of the sprite. connect to it , akin to implant,[???] all concepts are similar. [making fun] is possible a little,[!!? What a delicate taste! That's the same infamous "playfulness"?-ch] but the main task is to get him to wake up. utyanul[pull] it to you in real[ity]. There will be a lot of fun, until the vortex tunnel around and etc.. Chances are you will feel the "soul"[of the] sprite .. task is not to depart from his body, and [when] he wakes up in the real world, you will be near, perhaps lying on his bed. And maybe in the first few times, for a moment. Try to remember. Environment, the thrill of a real transition. If we can engage, learn, find the address looks like a house, and so. 's example described dreamer by this technique: … Threw a fishing rod and tried to "resonate" the nearest[sprite] He [I?]wanted to get into his[my?] dream and into the sprite About the dream-something flashed, but he[I?] did not understand, and [i] found [my]self inside his body, at once, how-to "double thinking"-for example, I give a command to raise [her?] hands, she immediately repeats the same sprite and hands up) I decided to try to realize his or scare tune in to his mind, there was a sense that his mind like a soft fluffy ball in my hands) feeling that someone else beating heart in [my] hand-hold type of alien life [I] wanted him to wake up, but at the same time, [I] was in the real[ity], physical body as a shell-covered almost dense, and in it as in a cocoon. For a moment, flashed his room, then turned to the one where I was sleeping. " Option 2 … grab him from behind, hug your hands, you can still keep your feet firmly and. Talk to him all the absurd thing[in order to] fix his attention on you, he will have to keep focused on your Absurdity, well as in the example below. task is not to break with him and get him to wake up from such a brazen attack .. Well, from the absurd words.Don't say "wake up" and so. You just have to drive[him] in[to] [incomprehention]. He wakes up. Here the effects of the move will be stronger portals, vortexes, fogs, anything the like. [keep your] Attention, only [on the] sprite. Everything else [you] should not have to worry. And do not let go! It will make you real. [he will] Wake up in shock, and you will be near. And you will [have] more energy than [in] the first alternative, ie [more] chance to explore his apartment. But as in the first embodiment, the main [thing is the] kind of inner feeling of the real[ity]. Ie [you] need to feel the [duality] of the transition to the real[ity].. Remember that over time [you will get?]this feeling to go out without sprites .. This technique also works for neighbors [humans? Aquaintences? ???] .. Here is an example of [a] group performing this technique: Letter [of a]"victim")) "I then remembered a dream that turned into reality I really do not know why? me chasing a couple - a hefty guy with a shaved head and a girl, slender blonde with straight hair, long hair, did not reach [her] shoulders. I flew in the worlds of dreams in an attempt to get away from them, I was caught, the guy pulled me to the ground resting his knee in my back , she leaned forward and began to slander my ear some nonsense - and a lot of similar words. I did not like it all, I could not free [my]self, i decided to wake up! woke up I realized with horror that I can not get out of bed, because [this bull"s] knee is still [on my] back and the girl keeps talking in my ear this nonsense! When she stopped talking, lost feeling in the back of the knee, and I was able to get out of bed " for~~~~ two weeks, starting on Monday.have questions, please ask ... I might add that I have done both versions .. And it was fun))) Good luck))PS write reports here. how to get away: you did just the right thing - woke up. the other option is - disintegrate, spread youe energy over all existence. this trick is more complex... maranda - this is from 2009...i hope -i believe - you survived, meaning - you won your fight...

[realdealmagic]

Charilla, please do not post in old threads that are abandoned, especially when the user hasn't been active for years. This is considered necroposting. *Thread Locked*