Posted on 01/24/2023 7:01:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
It’s amazing how creepy the nighttime can be, so it’s perhaps no surprise that people tend to experience more paranormal activity after lights out. According to new research, an inability to sleep well could make the night appear even more alive, leading to stronger beliefs in ghosts, demons, aliens, and the afterlife.
A number of previous studies have linked such convictions to specific sleep disorders. These include sleep paralysis, which entails a temporary inability to move upon waking or falling asleep; and exploding head syndrome, characterized by hearing loud bangs while nodding off. Given that both these conditions are associated with hallucinatory phenomena – including the sudden appearance of shadowy figures by one’s bedside – it’s understandable that those who experience such somnolent mischief might be more inclined to believe in the paranormal.
Indeed, such ideas are even encouraged by numerous cultural explanations for these sleep disorders. In Egypt, for instance, sleep paralysis is often said to be caused by nefarious spirits call jinn, while some Italians blame the condition on an evil cat-like witch called Pandafeche.
Taking a more scientific approach, the study authors analyzed the responses of 8,853 people to a survey about sleep quality and paranormal beliefs. In particular, they sought to determine how sleep impacts people’s convictions regarding the existence of ghosts and demons, the continuation of the soul after death, and the possibility of aliens having already visited Earth.
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Are you a man or a muppet?
When I first moved into my 1927 mountain cottage 42 years ago, I did a BIG remodeling job, taking out walls, turning the attached springhouse into a bathroom, putting a bedroom where the kitchen was, etc. Turned out quite nice. One evening that same year I was sitting in the living room (that used to be a bedroom), the old woman whose house it had been and who had passed on a couple of years earlier, was sitting in the chair across from me. I couldn’t hear her speak, but she made it clear that she was just checking out what I had done to her house, and that she was happy with the changes. I was left with such a pleasant feeling. As far as I know, she hasn’t been back.
My youngest son has this.
The brain does not transition well into sleep mode. There is a rush of synaptic activity that causes a loud booming sound inside the head, sometimes accompanied by a flash of light. It’s not dangerous or painful but can be very scary to a young child.
The first time it happened my son came running in crying. Freaked me out until I spoke to the doctor.
It helps to have a regular and soothing routine prior to bed. Story time, prayers, soothing back rubs, etc. Also, nothing sugary after 6 PM.
Well, if I believed in ghosts, aliens and (incarnate) demons, I probably wouldn’t sleep well.
We've all seen her...
“These include sleep paralysis...”
Well, duh, the aliens use their paralysis beam on you to prep you for the probes. Everyone knows that!
So, a typical night with Coast-to-Coast AM on the radio.
Well, if I believed in ghosts, aliens and (incarnate) demons, I probably wouldn’t sleep well.
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Friends son started having night terrors about 2 years old.
( kid had never been to church)
Told him to buy bible on CD and play it on loop when putting him to bed.
They said nothing to him about it, just did it.
No more nightmares or terrors .
Kid knew nothing about religion before,
now he is bible literate
and saved .
So are his parents.
This article is anti Christisn secular humanist crap from the pit imho.
I’ve encountered this with another freind once before this , same circumstances, same advice, same outcome.
( both families had a grand parent who dabbeled in the occult)
Art Bell was outstanding in his day—George Noory is just not very bright and not very interesting.
Maybe they are being messed with by ghosts and demons. Exorcisms have been documented to work sometimes. Doctors say its all in people’s heads. That’s just an assertion without evidence.
Dang! And here I am thinking that my insomnia was due to too much coffee, stress, and the pain in my foot that the doctors can’t diagnose.
I never thought about it being related to paranormal activity. (And I still don’t)
Are you a man or a muppet?
The old man muppet on the right is what i see in the mirror without glasses!
And Angels...
“Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head.”
Yeah. Me, too. Thanks a lot, tet! ;)
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