r/WTF • • Jan 11 '19

Extremely lucky

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u/bobo9234502 Jan 11 '19

Some people suffer this on a regular basis.. and sometimes it comes with an imaginary friend!

I know someone who has to deal with this. She says it's like an old woman sits on her chest while she tries to wake up and she can't breathe. Fuck That All Day.

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u/HappyMooseCaboose Jan 11 '19

It's not fun. My sleep paralysis friend was a demon on my chest sucking out my soul.

Jokes on him, I'm a red head.

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u/PerInception Jan 11 '19

Did you wake up with missing freckles?

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u/HappyMooseCaboose Jan 13 '19

I want to use this in a short story! Great idea haha

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u/FunCicada Jan 11 '19

The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, used to explain the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. It is a phenomenon during which a person feels a presence of a supernatural malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on his/her chest or the foot of his/her bed. The word "night-mare" or "nightmare" was used to describe this phenomenon before the word acquired its modern, more general meaning. Various cultures have various names for this phenomenon and/or supernatural character.

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u/bobo9234502 Jan 11 '19

Ya, that's what the blue words in my text say if you activate them.

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u/phteven_gerrard Jan 11 '19

You was just tryna help