posted February 09, 2011 03:14 AM
Hi all, I'm new here. I occasionally experience strange things while I'm sleeping, and I have no idea if there is a name for it. My mother has the same experiences and we've talked about it. She refers to them as "night terrors" but I don't know if that's accurate. It happens sometimes right as I'm about to wake, in that strange state between sleep and consciousness. I will think I'm awake, and my mind will be completely alert and give commands to my physical body to move and wake up, but my body stays frozen and in a state of paralysis, like it hasn't yet caught up to my mind and realized that I'm not asleep anymore.
The strange thing is that I think I am able to sense things in the spiritual realm when I am in this "state." Sometimes there is a sense of downright evil in the room, as though a demonic force means me harm and I feel terrified...other times there is a feeling of having some other sort of harmless spirit nearby but not being fearful about it. The most marked experience was a couple of years ago when I was staying in an older hotel in Virginia that I already believed was haunted...I was sleeping on my side and came to wake mentally (but was frozen physically), and I could feel eyes burning into my back. I just KNEW that something was standing on the other side of my bed, watching me. Then I felt the pressure change on the bed change, like it does when somebody sits down or moves on it. I didn't feel afraid, just disturbed that I couldn't do anything about it. When I snapped back into my conscious body, I quickly turned around and there was nothing on the bed. So strange!
This actually just happened to me again this morning which is why I felt so compelled to post about it... this time I had the distinct sensation that something was trying to grab my feet in order to establish its presence to me and that it had intentions to shove me off of my bed. I kept trying to wake, wake, wake, and I couldn't. This time it felt like a sinister, demonic force. I know it sounds crazy, but I don't know what to make of it.
I experienced this "stuff" a few times when I was a child/pre-teen, but it has become more frequent with age. I am in outstanding physical condition...I run and practice yoga daily, I eat a very healthy and balanced diet, and I drink plenty of water. I am always open to the spiritual/psychic realm, but I am not aware that I have any specific "powers." One time I visited a medium and he gasped when I entered the room...told me that I had tremendous healing energy. That's it.
Does anybody have any idea what this stuff is and what might be going on?