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The dark figure in sleep poralysis

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I've experienced it twice, the last time in the summer and also felt a dark presence in the room. I woke up from a nightmare, a recurring one (in which there's a dark being on a steep hill in a room in a chest). When I woke up I saw a fully black human figure. It felt as if it had purely evil intentions. I was terrified and waited until the sun rised. The following day it felt as if a demon tried to take possession of me. In the evening I went over to a friend, since I couldn't handle it on my own anymore. At night I was afraid to go back to sleep again. A couple of days later the feeling faded. And I'm not even religious...

It's the most scary thing I 've ever experienced.
 
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Pressure on the chest is a common feature, from what I've read. I knew a guy who described the dark figure as looming over him, kneeling on his chest and pinning him down with the full weight of his apparent body.

I had sleep paralysis a few times but I never saw the shadowy figure, fortunately. I wonder if this somewhat universal dream image is what the 'grim reaper' is based on?
For me it wasn't the personification of death (grim reaper), but of evil (demon).
 
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