[CindyLou]

l've never experienced it,only started hearing accounts of it a few years ago from other people online.


l was talking with someone on a another forum who didn't know what it was, and he thought he was developing a psychotic mental illness or possibly being possessed (he was religious) and was OVERJOYED when l suggested sleep paralysis.

So relieved that he wasn't losing his mind, l couldn't help but feel for him. H'e turned the entire thing into a ''confession'' of sorts instead of a medical issue because he really feared he might be insane, said he waited a few years to tell anyone about it.

The first time I experienced it I thought I was either going crazy or I was seeing a demon/demon possessed/insane. Both scenarios scared the crap out of me and I was afraid I was going insane and that was my new insane world. The next day I researched it and was relieved it was just...sleep paralysis. I was so afraid to be alone, and I was terrified to go to sleep. Terror. Like, and OMFG is this shit real? This shit is real?? Am I crazy? Am I insane? HOw long will I be crazy, what do I do? Will they lock me up?

When I first had it the figures were very very scary, evil, malicious and vivid and over time grew into friendly people. The first one was a man laughing at me. The laugh was, very disturbing. He had a distorted, colorful face that would shift and shape. He sat on me, I couldn't breathe or scream at all. The next ones were just black figures, once I hallucinated my arms and legs shriveled up into nothing while people watched from the window. The last one that I saw was an old lady asking me for a pillow. I had one a couple months ago that was choking me but at the same time I wasn't afraid of the choking...I guess I'm just not afraid of it anymore.