Met my sleep paralysis demon for the first time last night

Vector · 2021-07-02T14:37:52-0400

So I was dreaming or whatever when suddenly I hear some weird ass whispers and next thing I know I'm awake and there's this shadow next to me and I can't move a muscle. I'm stuck like that for 30 or so seconds then I'm able to control my body again. Sadly my demon was gone before I could hug him :(

It's funny cause while I was "paralysed" I was actually calm and my partially awake brain was telling me to calm tf down and it's just sleep paralysis lol.

So have you met yours ERA? Do you get along? Curious to hear!

Dead Prince · 2021-07-02T14:38:21-0400

pale skin girl with long black hair

i told this story before.

i dreamt and noticed a someone in a dark hallway of the house. they came running towards me. "woke up" but was still sleeping and ended up having them on top of me choking me.

Stop Motion Pornography · 2021-07-02T14:39:41-0400

First time I had it, an invisible being opened my door and came into my room and started pulling me by the leg off of my bed.

On occasions after that, it personifies as a person who caused a lot of childhood abuse for me and my family. Not as fun when that happens.

CielYoshi · 2021-07-02T14:39:51-0400

My sleep paralysis demon is my cat lol, she has an habit of sleeping on top of me whenever she gets the chance

Kopite · 2021-07-02T14:40:02-0400

It’s always just out of sight but right behind me no matter which side I’ve slept on. If i try to go back to sleep its like I’m stuck in a hurricane

Infinite Ukemi · 2021-07-02T14:40:41-0400

Mine was a pale-skinned girl with black hair. She sat on my chest while her black hole mouth gaped wider and wider as if to swallow me.

Stop Motion Pornography · 2021-07-02T14:40:54-0400

CielYoshi said:
My sleep paralysis demon is my cat lol, she has an habit of sleeping on top of me whenever she gets the chance

Sleep purr-alysis

The Albatross · 2021-07-02T14:40:55-0400

I didn't think you'd ever notice me, vector, I've been visiting you for years.

Rassilon · 2021-07-02T14:42:10-0400

Summary of my experiences:

Something animalistic crawling on my chest, followed by the profound impression that it's wet dog-like nose poked my face
Literal grey aliens scampering about the room
An elderly man in a windbreaker stood in the corner, facing away from me
Dog creature
Something scratching the floor. Sounded almost exactly like someone drawing in chalk
Feeling of something breathing on my face, accompanied by rasping sounds.

SneerfulOwl · 2021-07-02T14:42:10-0400

I wouldn’t know. It feels like I would just sleep through the whole sleep paralysis experience if I ever had one.

quik killa · 2021-07-02T14:43:05-0400

Mine was more of a shadowy figure just out of the corner of my eye, but they haven't visited me for awhile now.

henhowc · 2021-07-02T14:43:33-0400

SneerfulOwl said:
I wouldn’t know. It feels like I would just sleep through the whole sleep paralysis experience if I ever had one.

you cant though? you are awake lol

TarpitCarnivore · 2021-07-02T14:43:37-0400

Kopite said:
It’s always just out of sight but right behind me no matter which side I’ve slept on. If i try to go back to sleep its like I’m stuck in a hurricane

That’s how mines been. Like I know it’s there but I won’t look and I just have to calm myself.

Bladelaw · 2021-07-02T14:43:46-0400

For me it's a dark shadow with red eyes. We're on good terms.

apocat · 2021-07-02T14:43:47-0400

I haven't had sleep paralysis in a decade, but the last presence I encountered was a nice girl in a white dress who I somehow knew was outside my balcony, down on the grass outside my apartment. It was strange, but not unpleasant.

Certainly a lot nicer than the red eyed koala bear with sharp claws who used to sit at the end of my bed.

SneerfulOwl · 2021-07-02T14:44:17-0400

henhowc said:
you cant though? you are awake lol

If I’m awake I wouldn’t remember. I’m always delirious when I’m suddenly awake while dead asleep. My situational awareness is about the same as a koala if I’m suddenly awake.

Ultimate Bear Cub · 2021-07-02T14:45:35-0400

Mine is similar to that wirey shadow from that Sesame Street book where Ernie was afraid of the dark. Except has glowing red energy eyes.

Loves to get uncomfortably close to my face too, the fucker.

Lautar0 · 2021-07-02T14:46:18-0400

I wake up in the middle of the night,
a freaking shadow gargoyle is hovering over me
I can't move or scream I just stay there thinking I've been a fool for living my life thinking I live in a rational world,
myths are real! and now I'm gonna die horribly...
the gargoyle dissolves, I can finally move
I promise to stop drinking...
Days later I google what is a sleep paralysis demon, I go "Oohhh".
I don't stop drinking completely but I've never seen it again.

henhowc · 2021-07-02T14:46:35-0400

havent had one in awhile but when i do i just try and close my eyes

Haunted · 2021-07-02T14:46:36-0400

Rassilon said:
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welp

quik killa · 2021-07-02T14:47:09-0400

My sleep paralysis was always more physical sensations and feelings of dread (before I knew what was going on) than visual. Once I knew more about it, it became kind of fun.

Ether_Snake · 2021-07-02T14:47:26-0400

Never had such an experience ever.

Temascos · 2021-07-02T14:49:17-0400

Thank fuck I don't get these, I only get stressful dreams when I'm dehydrated but nothing like that (Unless I watched a horror film or something haha).

Shiloh · 2021-07-02T14:49:37-0400

Never had sleep paralysis, but I do have frequent night terrors. Like wake up soaked in sweat night terrors.

I think I'd trade some night terrors for some sleep paralysis demons.

Kuga · 2021-07-02T14:50:25-0400

Mine has been a humanoid-ish pitch black shadow / void, just standing around nearby my bed. The dreaming(?) brain is wild.

Forgotten_Taco · 2021-07-02T14:50:50-0400

Most of time time I don’t see mine. Once it was a woman with long dark hair in a worn wedding dress who walked across the room and stood over me. Stupid imagination.

GoemonTheNinja · 2021-07-02T14:51:19-0400

I keep reading about sleep paralysis and keep hoping it's just people imagining stuff or inventing stories after having a nightmare. Much like people exagerate the amount of details they remember from dreams.

If it ever happens to me I will probably scream and not sleep for a week.

I wish it ends up being like Lady Dimitrescu stepping on me or something.

UltraMav · 2021-07-02T14:51:33-0400

Rassilon said:

I never noticed how funny this gif is. Like the more you zoom in, the less scary it gets.

Bladelaw · 2021-07-02T14:51:52-0400

Ultimate Bear Cub said:
Mine is similar to that wirey shadow from that Sesame Street book where Ernie was afraid of the dark. Except has glowing red energy eyes.

Loves to get uncomfortably close to my face too, the fucker.

YES THAT'S WHERE IT'S FROM

Patazord · 2021-07-02T14:52:31-0400

I started to have sleep paralysis 20 years ago and it can happen multiple time a week, at this point i'm an expert. If i sleep on my back and do some breathing exercise before sleeping, i can do it 100% of the time.

Zorg1000 · 2021-07-02T14:52:46-0400

It happens a few times a year for me, it's usually the girl from the ring.

ChanceOwen · 2021-07-02T14:52:53-0400

Mine was an alien standing at my balcony door behind me just out of sight. Despite not seeing it, I was absolutely sure of its presence. And then the sleep paralysis ended.

Ultimate Bear Cub · 2021-07-02T14:53:14-0400

Bladelaw said:
YES THAT'S WHERE IT'S FROM

Like the book, but it messed me up.

Stop Motion Pornography · 2021-07-02T14:53:18-0400

Ether_Snake said:
Never had such an experience ever.

Temascos said:
Thank fuck I don't get these, I only get stressful dreams when I'm dehydrated but nothing like that (Unless I watched a horror film or something haha).

I always say that everyone should experience it at least once in their life. It's just such a strange, unique sensation even if it can certainly be unpleasant.

GoemonTheNinja · 2021-07-02T14:54:11-0400

Stop Motion Pornography said:
I always say that everyone should experience it at least once in their life. It's just such a strange, unique sensation even if it can certainly be unpleasant.

It's a 100% a negative sensation, why would anyone WANT to live this? Like I get it's unique but damn man.

Zukkoyaki · 2021-07-02T14:54:49-0400

I've had sleep paralysis a couple times in my life but only once ever had a scary hallucination. Felt/saw a large shadow person with no discernable features standing above me oozing malice. In the moment, I actually thought someone had broken into my opponent and when I finally "woke up" I tried to tackle the person out of self defense lol. Crashed pretty damn hard against a bookcase.

Salty Soup · 2021-07-02T14:55:17-0400

Sleep paralysis Is fucking nuts if you fall asleep with headphones on listening to ASMR.

Eatin' Olives · 2021-07-02T14:55:58-0400

I stopped seeing a shadow in my sleep paralysis the last few times I've gotten it. What I get now is the sensation that I can't breathe and it induces a panic, which to me is worse.

Stop Motion Pornography · 2021-07-02T14:56:21-0400

GoemonTheNinja said:
It's a 100% a negative sensation, why would anyone WANT to live this? Like I get it's unique but damn man.

Naw, getting set on fire is a 100 percent negative sensation. Sleep paralysis can be freaky, but it's harmless, a fascinating phenomenon, and gives you interesting stories to tell!

Deimos · 2021-07-02T14:56:56-0400

Dead Prince said:
pale skin girl with long black hair

i told this story before.

i dreamt and noticed a someone in a dark hallway of the house. they came running towards me. "woke up" but was still sleeping and ended up having them on top of me choking me.

Kinky

Deception · 2021-07-02T14:58:45-0400

GoemonTheNinja said:
I keep reading about sleep paralysis and keep hoping it's just people imagining stuff or inventing stories after having a nightmare. Much like people exagerate the amount of details they remember from dreams.

If it ever happens to me I will probably scream and not sleep for a week.

I wish it ends up being like Lady Dimitrescu stepping on me or something.

I really wish sleep paralysis wasn't real ... as someone who suffers from it quite often I sometimes dread going to sleep because it's like a living hell for those moments i'm locked into it. Not to mention, the sensation of thinking you've woken up and not actually waking up is absolutely terrifying. Luckily, i've found that sleeping with the TV on and ambient noise helps reduce the frequency of this happening but my girlfriend sometimes turns off the TV and that triggers another episode.

shnurgleton · 2021-07-02T14:59:12-0400

Einbroch · 2021-07-02T14:59:23-0400

I used to get sleep terrors. I'd sleep walk a lot. One time I even peed in the fruit crisper drawer in the fridge. My mom said I would often pretend like I was in some kind of military conflict and I'd be ducking behind the couch, as if I were dodging gunfire.

Sleep paralysis sounds awful.

TheChuggernaut · 2021-07-02T14:59:56-0400

I only saw mine once. Big shadow dude with red eyes taking up almost my whole ceiling. I used all of my will power to move my arm and flip him off and I guess he took that personally, because now I just get the paralysis without the demon. Sorry buddy. I was young and rude. We can still be friends

crienne · 2021-07-02T15:00:08-0400

I’ve never had sleep paralysis, but I’ve always wanted to experience it at least once. It’s probably because I sleep on my stomach or side 99% of the time.

Stop Motion Pornography · 2021-07-02T15:00:13-0400

Deception said:
I really wish sleep paralysis wasn't real ... as someone who suffers from it quite often I sometimes dread going to sleep because it's like a living hell for those moments i'm locked into it. Not to mention, the sensation of thinking you've woken up and not actually waking up is absolutely terrifying. Luckily, i've found that sleeping with the TV on and ambient noise helps reduce the frequency of this happening but my girlfriend sometimes turns off the TV and that triggers another episode.

You're much more likely to get it sleeping on your back, from theories I've heard.

But I've definitely had it sleeping on my stomach once or twice, so it's not foolproof.

golguin · 2021-07-02T15:00:30-0400

Technically I didn’t get a visual on my sleep paralysis demon, but on one occasion I woke up with my head facing my left side. My bed was flush with the wall so the left side is the only way to get on and out of bed. I’m aware of what’s happening for a few seconds when a feel a women get on my bed from the foot of my bed and slowly crawl up me. I can feel her long hair brushing on my body as my vision is locked to the left side. She gets right up to my face and leans into my ear. I can feel her hair on my face as she whispers, “I’m sorry.” About a second layer I regain control of my body and shoot up in my bed and look everywhere as my eyes scan the room. Nothing is there.

GoldenFlex · 2021-07-02T15:01:23-0400

Dead Prince said:
pale skin girl with long black hair

i told this story before.

i dreamt and noticed a someone in a dark hallway of the house. they came running towards me. "woke up" but was still sleeping and ended up having them on top of me choking me.

have you been tested for sleep apnea? I often had suffocation/choking nightmares like this. Turns out I was physically choking my sleep, cpap machine has helped A LOT.

Halfling · 2021-07-02T15:03:31-0400

Mine looked like the masked thing in Spirited Away. Haven't seen that film in ages.

AvianAviator · 2021-07-02T15:04:39-0400

Stop Motion Pornography said:
You're much more likely to get it sleeping on your back, from theories I've heard.

But I've definitely had it sleeping on my stomach once or twice, so it's not foolproof.

I'll second this, not for sleep paralysis but for nightmares in general. I only get them when I sleep on my back.

Sleep paralysis can happen to me in any orientation though. :( But I've never seen a demon - I just get a strong, crushing sense of paranoia.