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michael
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When I was a teenager, I had an experience that spooked the heck out of me. I woke up on my back in the middle of the night and felt a presence in my room. I then felt something on top of me. I could actually feel fingers wrapped around my shoulders and the weight of whatever it was pushing me down into my matress. I opened my mouth to scream for my parents, but couldn't get a sound out and I couldn't get up.
Almost as quickly as it came, it left and I got up. I didn't go to sleep again that night. I didn't know what had happened and didn't tell anyone until many years later. A girlfriend did some research on the web and told me I had an "old hag" visit. I know science calls this phenomenon sleep paralysis, but after reading the book Monsters, by John Michael Greer, I'm not so sure that sleep paralysis covers every case.
To this day, I'm careful not to fall asleep on my back.
Anyone else ever experience this?
Almost as quickly as it came, it left and I got up. I didn't go to sleep again that night. I didn't know what had happened and didn't tell anyone until many years later. A girlfriend did some research on the web and told me I had an "old hag" visit. I know science calls this phenomenon sleep paralysis, but after reading the book Monsters, by John Michael Greer, I'm not so sure that sleep paralysis covers every case.
To this day, I'm careful not to fall asleep on my back.
Anyone else ever experience this?