Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Sleep Paralysis

Have you experienced sleep paralysis? It's when you suddenly woke up and you find you can't move. For people who has never experienced it, it's a terrifying experience (at least for me).

I did remembered the first time I experienced sleep paralysis. I was 10 years old back then . But what I remember is that it was Thursday night(Malam Jumat). As usual, I stayed up late because my cousin came from bandar for a sleepover .So me and my cousin's are watching a horor movie . We all screamed ! shout ! yeah we were scared . But I'm quite brave now (compared to when I was younger) so usually I don't get scared easily. But that night I felt a bit different. I felt more nervous and scared while wacthing the movie. As soon as the show ended, I got ready for bed. I fell asleep and was dreaming about driving a car. My siblings were in the back seat and I was driving. Suddenly, the car seemed very heavy. I pressed down the accelerator, willing the car to move forward. It felt heavier by the second. It inspired me and scared me a little. And then it happened! I felt like my legs were lifted off the bed for a second or two. Then it felt like it was released and suddenly it feels like there's this thing pressing down on me. I can't seemed to move. I can't even open my eyes. It was like I'm trapped and helpless.Its like someone is on top of you holding your hands,legs,head,body,eyes yeah everything you have that is stuck to your body(This Is Not Sexual). I tried reading Ayat Kursi but everytime I almost finished, I just forgot the words. It happened many times. And at last i felt really annoyed. I summoned all the strength I have and I pushed with all energy that I have inside of me and poof! Just like that, it was gone. I was able to move and open my eyes. I switched on my table lamp. I sat up on my bed, pulling the covers over my body. I looked at the window and I thought I saw the window area started to be covered in fog. I ran to the light switch and switched on the light. I hid under cover and texted a friend whom I know is an insomniac. I tried falling back to sleep but I still feel its presence where I slept. Maybe I was just being paranoid, I don't know. It was only after I switched to the middle of the bed, closer to my cousin, that I was able to finally fall asleep. The whole time, my cousin was oblivious to what had happened to me. However, it was my cousin who first experienced sleep paralysis. In his case, the first time he experienced it, after that "thing" lifted off him, he felt it moved or rather flew to the left side, where I was sleeping.

I had many many more episodes of sleep paralysis but it was not so severe. So did my cousin who was sleeping next to me. Once, he was able to force his eyes open and he saw a black thing on top of him when he looked in the mirror while having sleep paralysis.

Another memorable sleep paralysis episode happened one dusk on a Sunday. I just got back from my grandparents house and was feeling very tired and sleepy. It was probably close to maghrib. I lay down on the bed and not long after I fell asleep, something heavy was pressing down on me. I could hardly breathe!(No~ Air~No~ Air~) I couldn't open my eyes. And then I saw a women with her long black hair falling down covering her face except her eyes. A second or two after I saw those vicious, angry eyes, suddenly the face was just inches away from my face. "It" was on top of me. At that moment, the weight on top of me became heavier and I felt like I was going to suffocate. Once again, I summoned all the strength I had inside me and just pushed! And just like that it was gone and I woke up gasping.

I no longer had those episodes since I went abroad for a year. I either heard or read somewhere that if the disturbance happened repeatedly, it might be deliberate, that somebody may be sending "those" to you. So becareful and if you do experienced one , do not open your eyes it may frighten you . Use the force! Rock Baybeyh \m/

. This Is True Im Not Lying .
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