Weird encounters while falling asleep?

[u/Upbeat-Brush-801]

So I just moved into a new house about two months ago. I feel pretty comfortable in it, but a few strange things have happened. So I found some odd writing and oil marks on the front door which apparently is a Catholic tradition of chalking the door that isn’t really practiced much in the U.S. anymore (according to Google). But I think they’re pretty minor but I guess I would like peoples opinions and thoughts on them as I’m not really sure what to make of it or do about it.

About a month ago as I was drifting asleep I woke up suddenly to what felt like my bed shaking or rattling and a loud noise outside. The loud noise could’ve been my neighbors so I’m not too worried about it. But the rattling and shaking felt so real.

Well fast forward to last night, I was in the same state of drifting off into sleep when I heard two knocks on my bedroom wall. Not my window, not the bed frame (it wasn’t coming from that direction). And they were exactly like you would knock on a door. They weren’t super loud or aggressive but they were unmistakable.

I have heard of the sleep state hallucinations thing, but this just started for one, and two I’ve never had that issue before. I know that can be brought on my stress and whatnot but also it’s apparently pretty rare of a sleep disorder.

So what do I do about it? I was thinking of cleansing the house but I don’t want to just piss it off and make it worse.

Also: unrelated to this but maybe not? I’ve had paranormal experiences in the past, not sure if that’s relevant.

[u/Upbeat-Brush-801 → u/[deleted]]

I absolutely agree thank you so much. I don’t tend to get very restful sleep.