Lying in my bed, woke up from last night’s sleep, ready to start my day; I slowly opened my eyes. There is a hell of a lot of sunlight in the room; actually, it’s quite late (never been an early riser).
Everything looks normal except that I am sweating profusely. Maybe just a nightmare (oh boy ! The real nightmare is going to start soon); they are common, aren’t they?
I sleep on a mattress on the bedroom floor, so I tried pushing my left hand into the mattress in order to get up, but my hand is just dead, totally unresponsive. I don’t feel it even after trying hard. I tried with my right hand; same result.
Am I dreaming, or is it real? How do I know that? My body is not under my control. After some struggle, I came to my senses and found out that someone was sitting on my chest. He got a strong hold of me. I tried my best to get up and throw him away, but he was too strong to topple. I don’t see him but can feel him for sure, and I am not a psycho. It’s happening in real life (oh, Lord). My mind started processing and gave me horrors by providing some dreadful visuals. I really don’t know what to do. Crying for help is the only viable solution.
I started shouting at the top of my lungs, my chest puffing like a gas balloon, but nothing came out of my mouth- no voice, just air. Only I know the internal struggle; he witnessed all this while sitting on me and pushing me down.
I asked him what he actually wanted (brain-to-brain communication)? He didn’t respond but maintained his heavy grip on me. He is very strong and rigid. I begged God to help me out of this situation.
When nothing happened, I just closed my eyes. I can’t be in this frightening state for long; better not to see it. Let him do what he wants.
A few moments later, he was gone like a passing breeze, and everything went quiet again. No more struggle, no heaviness, and the best thing was that my hands were responding. I got out of bed, still afraid and surprised by what had happened.
Went to the washroom, relieved myself, and looked in the mirror to see if anyone could be spotted, just like in the movie Mirror (my mirror version would stare and try to kill me). But to my luck, nothing such happened. I went directly to my place of worship and asked for God’s blessings.
I was now so sure of the presence of a ghost in my house that I was thinking of options for the next night. But my technical and smart mind was not ready to accept this. I opened my laptop and googled this incident using proper search terms (my search skills are really good 🙂 ), and found the cause: sleep paralysis.
Sleep Paralysis is a state where your mind is awake but body isn’t, just opposite of Sleep Walking where body is awake but mind is still in sleep. People hallucinate in this state and feel very helpless. Based on the imaginative power of the brain, one can imagine anything horrible; in most cases, a ghost. The good thing is that it doesn’t last more than 2-3 minutes.
Have you experienced Sleep paralysis? Would love to hear your experiences 🙂
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