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NBR: Sleep paralysis

StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
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Holy CRAP is that shiz scary. I'm puposely staying awake because mine came combined with a dream of a growling demon sitting on my bed. WTF?!?!
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Re: NBR: Sleep paralysis

  • jeeanfoxyjeeanfoxy member

    I've heard other people's stories just like that, and even DH had an experience. It was like an out-of-body experience for him, can't move at all, and there was a vampire sitting in the window staring at him. 

    I hope it will NEVER happen to me!

    Although I've had dreams where I was buried alive, THEN I can't move. THEN I try to wake up. It's horrible. 

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    Yeah it's the worst. I just looked it up to calm myself down. Your DH's experience was common. People usually dream something is watching them or holding them down. It's also common when people are sleep deprived, apparently, so I'm wondering how many new moms get it. I've had it both times that I was away from DS at night (trying to get a solid 8 hrs in the guest room).
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  • jeeanfoxyjeeanfoxy member

    imageStrawberryAlarmClock:
    Yeah it's the worst. I just looked it up to calm myself down. Your DH's experience was common. People usually dream something is watching them or holding them down. It's also common when people are sleep deprived, apparently, so I'm wondering how many new moms get it. I've had it both times that I was away from DS at night (trying to get a solid 8 hrs in the guest room).

    The worst part? It happened to me TWICE when I was pregnant!

    Me + 9 months preggo + nightmares = Not a very nice combination 

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  • katie.i.dokatie.i.do
    sounds like you had an incubus
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  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    imagekatie.i.do:
    sounds like you had an incubus
    what's that? Is it like the hag phenomenon?
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  • katie.i.dokatie.i.do

    like medieval concept- the male equivalent of a succubus- a demon that comes to the bed, smothers or lays on the sleeper (which is how sleep paralysis is often described)

     

     https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleepless-in-america/200809/incubus-attack

     


     

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  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    Yikes! It was like that but the "demon" I dreamt of was beside me on the bed hissing.
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