Sleep Paralysis
Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It occurs when a person passes between stages of wakefulness and sleep. During these transitions, you may be unable to move or speak for a few seconds up to a few minutes. Some people may also feel pressure or a sense of choking. People frequently report feeling a ‘presence’ that is often described as malevolent, threatening, or evil. An intense sense of dread and terror is very common. The presence is likely to be vaguely felt or sensed just out of sight but thought to be watching or monitoring, often with intense interest, sometimes standing by, or sitting on the bed. On some occasions, the presence may attack, strangling and exerting crushing pressure on the chest.
Sleep paralysis usually occurs at one of two times. If it occurs while you are falling asleep, it’s called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis. If it happens as you are waking up, it’s called hypnopompic or postdormital sleep paralysis.
Painting - Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, Nightmare, 1800.
Daily life.
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The first time I got this I was lying on my front facing the wall and I was convinced something was on top of me and tried to scream but all I could get out was a sort of quiet moan and omg it was so terrifying :’(
wow.
We have a legendary creature in the German mythology called ‘Drud’. ‘Druden’ are possessed women that are part of the ‘Rauhnacht’. They sneak into your room at night (through keyholes and windows) and sit onto the chest of another person and ‘possesses’ him/her. You then have problems to breathe and will die eventually. The only way to get such a ‘Drud’ of you, is to sacrifize one of your own pets.
(filed under: terrible humbug bavarian kids have to grow up with)
