[SatinDoll]

How very interesting.

[cripplecreek]

The son of one of my schoolmates stabbed his mother to death a couple months ago. He said demons were coming after him in his bedroom at night.

[stuartcr]

Isn’t that a nightmare?

[CharlesWayneCT]

I’ve experienced occasional sleep paralysis, but never hallucinated, or had visions of demons. and it wasn’t really terrifying, well maybe the first time when I was still young but I learned about it and it was kind of cool.

[FlingWingFlyer]

People should never watch MSNBC before going to bed.

[fso301]

Isn’t the essence of a bad dream watching something bad unfold but being powerless to stop, or escape from it?

[Williams]

I had episodes of this as a kid, not demons or anything that specific, but thinking I was awake and some weight was on my chest, just as they describe. I figured it was a dream but very terrifying at the time,

[RetiredTexasVet]

Several people I know have mentioned that they have had visions of demons after sitting through His Arrogance’s SOTU or other speeches.

[umgud]

Google night terrors.

[SkyDancer]

Not sure about the demons thing but I’ve experienced not able to wake up, like I was paralyzed. Scary.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I frequently have dreams of people in my bedroom standing over me, and jump out of bed ready to fight while still half asleep and disoriented.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’ve experienced this off and on since childhood. “Something” bad in the bedroom with you, you can feel it very powerfully but can’t really make it out, and can’t move. The can’t move can get morphed into shouldn’t move in the confused, semi-awake semi-asleep state you’re in. Another variety would be a group of them outside the bedroom window, the shouldn’t move is much more likely with that, can’t explain it other than something bad will happen, they’ll know I’m there, like I said it’s a confused state. An actual loud sound or other movement, like my dog jumping up onto the bed, will break it. Or, dawn will. One or the other. They’re not pleasant thing to experience, thankfully haven’t had one in several years.

[Ken H]

I just had a doozy of one. Some obscure, leftist community organizer gets elected to the Senate and then to the presidency. And get this - he appoints Eric Holder as AG! You simply would not believe what he does to the country.

Glad I finally woke up!

[JoeProBono]

[Joe 6-pack]

Henri Fuseli - The Nightmare
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[Secret Agent Man]

i had them as a’child. they are called night terrors.

[The Cajun]

I think that we, every now and then, remember the process of waking up.
I know that happens to me, like it takes a couple of tries from dreams slipping away to reality setting in and becoming fully conscious.
The brain's awareness section, jumbled with dream info, probably leads the motor control section causing the feeling of paralysis.
Most of the time it's just snap, awake, with no memory of thoughts/dreams during the process of awakening..........Just my guess.

[Boogieman]

“Sleep paralysis happens when people become conscious while their muscles remain in the ultra-relaxed state that prevents them from acting out their dreams. The experience can be quite terrifying, with many people hallucinating a malevolent presence nearby, or even an attacker suffocating them.”

What is interesting is, this description fits exactly the reported experiences of Whitley Streiber in “Communion”, and many of his legions of “alien abductee” followers.

[Oratam]

Awake, unable to move, and convinced something that hates you intensely is standing at the foot of your bed. Not fun.

[GOP Poet]

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