Sleep paralysis/False awakenings

Jeez Tobey, that sounds terrible! It must suck to feel so threatened. I don't think anything's after you because you're a bad person, because you're NOT a bad person. Maybe you just have a bad spirit attached to you, if you really feel that something is there. You need some cats! Let that little orange fella live with you full-time. I know the majority of people here think ghosts are rubbish, but all the really freaky paranormal events that happened at my grandma's house, stopped once she had a few cats.
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Not saying I'm not happy that the cats helped, and your grandma didn't suffer anymore paranormal activities after getting cats, but for real???? :lol:

Like cats have mysterious powers or soemthing? Hey, cat's would sure like to think they do ;)
 
Not saying I'm not happy that the cats helped, and your grandma didn't suffer anymore paranormal activities after getting cats, but for real???? :lol:

Like cats have mysterious powers or soemthing? Hey, cat's would sure like to think they do ;)

Cats are known to ward off bad spirits, however, I don't think anything in my grandma's house was bad. I think cats (and other animals) can see things we don't. Have you ever seen your cat staring intently at something you can't see? If you don't believe in spirits to begin with then it doesn't really matter *shrug*

And when I say staring at something you can't see, I mean, you going up to the wall and checking out every inch of it for a bug or whatever, and finding NOTHING. And yet they still stare.
 
Cats are known to ward off bad spirits, however, I don't think anything in my grandma's house was bad. I think cats (and other animals) can see things we don't. Have you ever seen your cat staring intently at something you can't see? If you don't believe in spirits to begin with then it doesn't really matter *shrug*

Yes, my cat always states at 'nothing' like that.

Following this logic though, why do domesticated cats that have been inbred to fit human needs, have powers that 'spirits' are afraid of, and let's say... tigers don't? Or Pumas? Or Lions? I've never seen lions stare at 'nothing' like my cat does. (and I know lions..I can promise you that much)
Because if there are some spirits that need to be ass whooped, I say lets go all the way and bring the big guns, not just some lousy house cat that chases laser points and light reflections off the wall!
If I had a bad spirit or an evil ghost I would consider adopting a lion. Or possibly a cheetah.
 
If house cats can see spirits then I don't see why wild cats can't either. But if you don't live with them then you're probably not going to notice them acting strange.:loco:

Plus, if we're talking about spirits that are deliberately hanging around people, in houses, well, that doesn't happen in the wild. But yeah, maybe exorcisms should be performed with lions :lol:

And not just cats, either. I mean, there were my grandma's dogs that would bark at the same spot on the roof for hours, EVERY DAY, right in the spot where I saw the little boy and girl on her roof.
 
Yes they were wearing clothes. Some say spirits can be residual and not conscious, like a captured image/video playing over and over, so what they looked like at the time is what they look like in spirit form. That would kind of explain why this happened every day around the same time. Why they were on the roof though, is beyond me. Maybe in their time they were on a balcony of a two-story house or something, and that's why they were up so high. I don't know, but I did see it.

The images of them could just have been residual, but there was plenty of non-residual stuff that happened inside the house. By that I mean things that seemed deliberate. Like the "whoosh" that blew the LOCKED front door open, turned the corner, went down the hall, and busted out the bathroom window at the end of the hall. And didn't damage the front door or the lock at all. Guided missile? :loco:
 
I have studied and experimented with lucid dreaming on and off for 15 years or so - and I get false awakenings all the time. Most of the time I have either a lucid dream or a really vivid dream and then I think that I have woken up and started writing down notes about it or telling my wife about it. Then I end up waking up for real and realize that I didn't wake up previously as I thought - it is a head trip for sure, but I sort of enjoy the weirdness of it. On the other hand, I can't ever recall having sleep paralysis, but I've heard a lot about it and it certainly doesn't seem too enjoyable. My best advise is to try and keep a dream journal so that you can catalog when these things happen and then over time, try to see if you can match it to certain behaviors (state of mind, drugs, etc.).
 
Now, you may think I'm crazy but there are literally millions out there who are just as crazy as myself. Based off of what I have experienced first-hand and have confirmed by research, I am a strong believer on life after death and reincarnation. I wouldn't call myself religious (I don't believe in organized religion) but I am most definitely spiritual. These types of occurrences are actually being studied scientifically and I have even found information about how the U.S. government has a yearly budget to research this. Can you imagine what kind of espionage could be done with this ability?


I would LOVE to hear about your source for the ground breaking news about the "U.S. government " with the yearly budget to research "the afterlife".

What part of the U.S. government are we talking about? I have friends in MANY high places, you wouldn't even imagine, and I would love to ask them about it. Also, what kind of research? what is the base for it? ghosts? afterlife? souls? What are the conclusions so far? where we can we read the thesis about those researches? and I do want a .gov website, since you know, it's the U.S. government .

and when you say: "being studied scientifically" do you mean they have a machine that measures waves, and head antenas, or are we talking about national labs and a fair amount of scholars and professors dedicating their time, good brains, and resources to study spirits?

Sorry, but I don't buy that.
 
It feels so intense and real because your misfiring brain sends out the exact same signals as if it would really happen to you.

Everything you're describing are exact symptoms for sleep paralysis. You went from a lucid dream into a semi-awake state and what's so terrifying is your brain projecting dream content over the actual, real perceptions you're getting from waking up.

It doesn't sound like you're suffering from Narcolepsy and you're messed-up biorhythm is most likely the cause, but consulting a doctor wouldn't hurt.
Yeah, cause is the messed-up biorhythm. As for it only 'feeling' real, I'm going to be honest and say I just don't know. You might be right, but I know what imagination-feeling-real is like, and this was much, much more convincing.

Jeez Tobey, that sounds terrible! It must suck to feel so threatened. I don't think anything's after you because you're a bad person, because you're NOT a bad person.
I don't know. I might be. I try not to be, but maybe I am. Hell, I've done some bad things in my life. I think no more than others, but who knows?

Maybe you just have a bad spirit attached to you, if you really feel that something is there.
Haha, that could be it, though I doubt it. Maybe it's simply that when I'm in that state, I'm in a place where something doesn't want me to be, like it's trying to scare me away.

You need some cats! Let that little orange fella live with you full-time. I know the majority of people here think ghosts are rubbish, but all the really freaky paranormal events that happened at my grandma's house, stopped once she had a few cats.
That "little orange fella" belongs to the neighbours. I'm not going to steal someone's kitten because I'm having scary episodes. ;)

Thankfully I haven't suffered sleep paralysis in several years, not since it happened when I lived in Maryland. And as for astral projection, I'll never do that again. It still scares the crap out of me when I think back on it.
Yeah, scares the shit outta me too. I think it depends on the mindset you have when you first try/get confronted with it. If you're afraid or surprised, the experience is terrifying, if you've done it intentionally and know how to deal with it, the experience is wonderful - and then it's a vicious circle. If you had an awful experience, you'll be even more afraid next time it happens to you.

get a few crucifixes while you're at it
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Crucifixes are stupid. Cats are awesome.
That is true.

and garlic!!!!!1
No matter. As long as I don't invite them into my house, I should be fine, right? :p
 
I have never had any out-of-body experience or a so called astral projection but supposedly they can be induced in this falsely awakened state. I have however had quite a few lucid dreams, which are pretty amazing in itself.




Only once when I was a child. Couldn't move for an afternoon. All was well though because Star Trek I-IV were on TV.

fucking :lol:
 
I would LOVE to hear about your source for the ground breaking news about the "U.S. government " with the yearly budget to research "the afterlife".

What part of the U.S. government are we talking about? I have friends in MANY high places, you wouldn't even imagine, and I would love to ask them about it. Also, what kind of research? what is the base for it? ghosts? afterlife? souls? What are the conclusions so far? where we can we read the thesis about those researches? and I do want a .gov website, since you know, it's the U.S. government .

and when you say: "being studied scientifically" do you mean they have a machine that measures waves, and head antenas, or are we talking about national labs and a fair amount of scholars and professors dedicating their time, good brains, and resources to study spirits?

Sorry, but I don't buy that.

fucking LOL at "confirmed by research"