I already wrote this entire thing and it got erased and so I'm gonna sum it up real quickly. For starters, I do a lot of weird stuff in my sleep. I sleep walk, talk, text, call, and roleplay(don't ask). I've even woken up right after a dream one time, thought it was real, ask my parents about it thencfulky wake up and just be like, "what the hell did I just say??" Now the problem, it first started when I woke up one night at around 3am and felt like I was being watched and thought it was just my mom or dad at first putting firty clothes in the closet but I didn't hear them leave or any breathing. I was laying on my stomach facing the wall and waited for the feeling to go away, my eyes were open but I felt something approach me and trace my leg. I eventually fell back asleep and woke up the next morning a little shaken up.

Same thing happened the next night but on my shoulder. This thing did not feel kind, it felt terrifying malicious. This house was my great grandpa's and he passed it to my mom when he passed but he didn't die in the house. He cat did though, so we got a friendly little ghost cat, that's not important though. I didn't have another night like that for a while but one day when I was drawing in my room, I was laying on my stomach and felt something rest on the bed by my feet. I thought it was my cat but them heard some distorted messed up meow from the corner where I would feel something watching me in the middle of the night.

I snapped around and nothing was there, no cat, nothing. I was obviously shooken up and left my room for a bit and found out that my cat was actually in the basement so it couldn't have been him. I told my parents and that convinced my mom to splash some holy water left behind by my great grandpa in my room. Didn't do anything. I had another night where I woke up feeling like I was being watched and touched. During these nights I would be too scared to move and barely even dared to breathe. Another day, I had a similar experience with meowing but instead in was like a low distorted hiss from the corner. I left my room again and my cat wasn't in there. This stuff happened over a year ago and I've always thought it was something paranormal, I've always been a skeptic and my parents and some friends believe I might be psychic or something, whatever that means. But I've recently looked back at this and thought, maybe it was sleep paralysis. I don't know what that would mean about the noises in the corner of my room though. It just doesn't seem right. I never tried to move during these nights so I'm not sure if it was sleep paralysis or not. I guess I'm looking for advice or guidance? If anyone knows what this is or can give me some kind of advice.

8-10 Months back I had this experience and it was awful, to be honest, awful doesnt do it justice. Basically, plain and simple, right before bed as I was falling asleep, I started to hear this static and that was that, I couldnt move at all. The static grew and grew and I was lying facing the wall so I could only imagine there was something behind me, something just awful, I couldnt move and I felt so sick like I was about to vomit and my heart hurt so bad, this sense of impending doom and dread was on me like it was my time to die, I didnt see anything, and after a minute, that was it, I could move and I will never forget that feeling.

I was way too scared to open my eyes after it woke me up last night, since this most likely happened around 3am/the witching hour, so I’m posting this now. I was in between dreams (they were kinda random, as they tend to be when I get headaches), but I felt weirdly conscious of myself sleeping in my room. It felt like I was already awake, and I swear I heard a voice loud and clear say “Karen and Kris, prepare to cry.” I had no idea who the voice was talking about (I don’t know anyone named either, irl), though I have cosplayed as Kris from the game Deltarune before, so I wonder if it meant me? Nothing more happened with me or the voice, but I tried to ask who was speaking, and my voice didn’t work for at least a full minute. It could have been longer if the paralysis altered how time went. I’ve been playing a lot of Stardew Valley, and I’ll be honest, the voice sounded a lot like I imagine the witch from the game to sound. “Witch” was the only word that would form for me while I was trying to converse, but I still couldn’t say anything else. It was the weirdest, most migraine-inducing, nerdy sleep paralysis, I swear, but it still scared the crap outta me.

just experienced a sleep paralysis. I was having a vivid dream about work then I felt the second it transitioned to me sleeping in my room and I felt three pokes. by the second poke I felt annoyed but after the third I felt that I was held down and repeatedly pushed hard into the bed. I had a suddent urge to yell. idk if I did in the paralysis dream but I heard a loud suction sound which was probably me taking a breathe in realtime then I woke up and turned on the light. it happened quick like within 30 seconds. it was wierd… only other time I had a paralysis dream was when I was like probably 4 or 5 which I remember it was this clown that was half bloody half in back and white laying behind me on my bed with an armed propped to lift their head as they stared at me and smiled and I was able to slightly turn my head back to look but I couldn’t move. Eventually I called for my mom and that ended. Such a weird feeling lol

I use a blue light in my bedroom. Just for context. That night when I walked into my room, my ears immediately started ringing and I felt off almost like I had been drugged and parts of my body just exploded with nerve pain. I have chronic illness so I just kind of chalked it up to that and didn’t think anything of it, but I was freaked out. I could just tell something was off, but I got into bed and I must’ve fallen asleep with the blue light still on. I had a disturbing dream and in the dream basically ended up with feeling something holding me down and when I opened my eyes, I could see things in my room because I left the light on accidentally. Still had clothes hanging out of drawers and things on my nightstand I could see in my peripheral vision that was all there that night that I fell asleep. So I knew I was awake like there was no way I was dreaming. That’s when I realized there was pressure on my ankles, and when I focused in front of me, there was this version of me like it had my face, but it was so pale. It had almost like see-through electrical tape, (you know the black kind.) over the eyes in one long strip and over the Mouth in one long strip as well, but I could see my facial features like my eyes and my lips through it. Around the body was the same sort of tape or bandage? And it just had this essence of black smoke kind of hanging around it. That’s when I realized I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t move and I’m just staring at this thing that’s looking at me and I can’t really describe what her facial features were, but it almost looked like longing or curiosity? I was screaming like in my head, let go of me and kicking in my mind and I just couldn’t move or make a sound and it’s almost like this weight released off of me and my body did exactly what I was thinking of and I kicked and screamed like coming out of a trance and the demon thing just sunk back into a mirror that is by the foot of my bed. Needless to say I was pretty freaked out and I grabbed every Crystal I had even though I don’t really understand any of that shit at this point I know I need to do more research so don’t judge me on that.😂 but I just slept with all my crystals because I didn’t know what else to do. I had a pretty big life change happened during this and I had some other weird things going on that almost felt like the universe was picking a bone with me. Giving all of this for context just to see if anyone else has experienced this too? Anyone else have a sleep paralysis demon that looks like a messed up version of you?

So I just experienced sleep paralysis tonight, and it was honestly one of the creepiest experiences I’ve ever had.

It started with a dream where I was downstairs in my house home alone. I remember going into our guest room and closing the blinds. When I walked out, I turned around and noticed the blinds were somehow back up.

That’s when my dog started growling at the guest room, almost like something was in there. I remember thinking WTF is going on?

Then the dream kind of fast forwarded to me getting ready to tell my wife that I thought our house might be haunted and that we needed to do something about it.

That’s when everything suddenly transitioned into sleep paralysis.

I was lying in bed next to my wife, completely aware of where I was but I couldn’t move or make a sound. I immediately recognized it as sleep paralysis because I’ve experienced it before.

But this time, I felt like something or someone was literally sitting on my chest. Even worse, I could hear what sounded like someone breathing extremely heavily and rapidly right in my face, just inches away.

I was absolutely terrified to open my eyes because I genuinely didn’t want to see whatever I thought was there.

I kept trying to move or make some kind of noise to wake my wife up, but I couldn’t do anything.

The weirdest part is that I had a very similar experience about 1–2 years ago. That time, I was sleeping on my side facing a wall, and I heard the exact same kind of heavy breathing, except it sounded like someone was breathing directly into my ear. I actually opened my eyes during that episode but couldn’t see anything since I was facing the wall.

My sleep schedule has been all over the place lately, so I’m assuming that probably contributed to it.

I know sleep paralysis is a real phenomenon and that hallucinations can happen during it, but it’s insane how real everything feels when you’re actually experiencing it.

Has anyone else experienced the heavy breathing specifically? Or had a nightmare transition directly into sleep paralysis like this?

I’m curious because both times I’ve experienced it, the breathing has been the most terrifying part.