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rollercoaster  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the worst nightmare you can remember?

The one and only time I experienced sleep paralysis. It was very strange and frightening because it felt very real. I never want to experience it again.

It felt like an out-of-body experience and I also feel everything done on my body. I was looking down over my body and couldn't move. There was a presence that felt dangerous and unfriendly. This thing was "molesting" me and I was sweating so much from fear. I remember waking up, not daring to move and willing myself to fall asleep again to get this over and done with.





Grendel  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Why are these presences never friendly? It's always something dark and ominous. I suppose it's because you're paralysed and the part of your brain that is still asleep takes that input and interprets it as something dangerous... Yeah, it has to be...