Sleep Paralysis, Or Demonic Attack?

From the very first time I experienced sleep paralysis, there has been no doubt in my mind that I was being attacked by some dark force. This began to happen to me in 1999 and has continued until as recently as two months ago. The medical community would, however, attribute it merely to “sleep paralysis.” I beg to differ.

According to Wikipedia.org, sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which a person, either falling asleep or awakening, temporarily experiences an inability to move, speak or react. It is a transitional state between wakefulness and sleep. One theory is that sleep paralysis is the result of disrupted rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally induces complete paralysis to prevent the sleeper from acting out his or her dreams. Sleep paralysis has been linked to disorders such as narcolepsy, anxiety, and sleep apnea, however, it can also occur in isolation.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world ~ Heraclitus

When these attacks occur, they usually happen just as I am falling asleep. It starts with goosebumps; not ordinary bumps on the skin, but more of a controlled movement over my body. I am more often than not fully awake. I am able to see the room and whatever may be in the view of my eyes. But I am unable to move at all. I can feel that something has me pinned down. I am unable to move or scream.

In my experience praying does not work at getting it to go away. I fight it, as futile as it seems. I try with all my might to move just one muscle and push it off me. I can hear a loud type of wind or static in my ear. It feels almost like a very strong static, or a force field. Sometimes I can see a dark figure. There has been one time where the whole side of my room was gone and replaced with a large black hole of nothingness.

I believe that when we sleep we are astral traveling and actually crossing dimensions. Sometimes, when doing so, we cross paths with portals to dimensions that are much less desirable. I have always thought that when I am being attacked, something is trying to attach itself to me. And, it only has a very short time to accomplish this, before it is rejected from this dimension and sent back to its own.

I do feel that these are malicious entities. They used to terrify me, actually chase me. There was a time when I slept with my children. They have never attacked me while I was sleeping next to one of my kids. I am no longer afraid. I know what to expect and I know how to fight them.

Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does … Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent ~ Neil Gaiman

In my most recent attack the entity that visited me was relentless. It came back several times in a row. This was the only time it has ever spoken to me. I couldn’t see an actual person, but more like an invisible or clear plasma moving. It told me it was the Demon of Rage. And, it showed me how it infected people and spread like a virus from one to the next. It accomplished this so quickly that no one ever noticed. It showed how it created riots. I saw these things as I was unable to move. Then it was gone. And, it hasn’t returned since.

I know these things are real. I feel like they happen when the veil between dimensions is thin, during certain times of the year or with certain planetary alignments, and so on. I can’t say they are demons from Hell. Nor can I say that I believe that was some “rage demon.” It may have lied.

If this ever happens to you, know that you are strong enough to fight it off. And never invite anything, even jokingly, into you, or into your home.