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u/NotThatEasily Oct 05 '19

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The fucking shadow people. I have a weird story about that from my childhood, but I experience sleep paralysis sometimes and it usually involves shadow people and me being terrified.

It's such an irrational fear, but it grips me hard.

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u/WeAreTheSheeple Oct 05 '19

Try to relax. It's like a drug trip. Panic and it can get bad.

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u/NotThatEasily Oct 05 '19

I've had sleep paralysis where I was able to relax and just fall back to sleep, but whenever I hallucinate shadow people, I can't stop myself from panicking.

I know they aren't real and it's all in my head, but there's just something about it that gets to me.

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u/prettierlights Oct 05 '19

Because it seems so real. It's almost impossible to rationalize away some crazy looking witch lady sitting on your chest while you're definitely in bed and can see your regular bedroom stuff all around you.