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Explain your experience(s) if any with Sleep Paralysis.
Sleep paralysis, also known as Old Hag, is a phenomenon that is known, to some extent, by all cultures throughout the world. Some people say attacking aliens are the cause of sleep paralysis, while others credit the "Devil" himself and/or his minions, and if not that, then the classic "old hag" who sits on an unsuspecting sleeping person's chest, and upon their waking realize they are powerless to move. For what ends a hag would do this are as varied as the cultures on the planet. Only the old hag does not always appear as a grotesque elderly matron. For more on the legends and lore of similar 'old hag' experiences, see the bottom part of this page.
Only in the last couple decades, and especially the last 10 or so years, have researchers begun to seriously study this bizarre happening. Nothing is as of yet in concrete, but we at least now have a solid place to begin. And I would like to further add, that although we may now have an explanation of the mechanics involved, it does not mean we know WHY or WHAT causes this strange phenomenon to occur, but only explains what is going on physically during an episode of sleep paralysis, or SP...
http://www.paranormalsocieties.com/a...-paralysis.cfm
I recount only one episode of SP as a teen. It happened in the middle of the night. Anyway, I remember laying on my side facing in the direction of my closet when this evil looking presence appeared to me. I believe my eyes were open as I viewed this thing. Of course I was in complete shock and was unable to move or scream. I was completely paralyzed. Being the Catholic that I am, I somehow willed my way to make the sign of the cross and this "evil-looking apparition" whether hallucinated or not completely went away and I've never had another experience like that ever since.
Now if SP can be scientifically explained away as just being an hallucination created by the human mind, then what would cause the "evil presence" I had experienced to immediately stop and go away after I had made the sign of the cross? Did something of the Divine nature save me? I really think so.
What's your story?
Sleep paralysis, also known as Old Hag, is a phenomenon that is known, to some extent, by all cultures throughout the world. Some people say attacking aliens are the cause of sleep paralysis, while others credit the "Devil" himself and/or his minions, and if not that, then the classic "old hag" who sits on an unsuspecting sleeping person's chest, and upon their waking realize they are powerless to move. For what ends a hag would do this are as varied as the cultures on the planet. Only the old hag does not always appear as a grotesque elderly matron. For more on the legends and lore of similar 'old hag' experiences, see the bottom part of this page.
Only in the last couple decades, and especially the last 10 or so years, have researchers begun to seriously study this bizarre happening. Nothing is as of yet in concrete, but we at least now have a solid place to begin. And I would like to further add, that although we may now have an explanation of the mechanics involved, it does not mean we know WHY or WHAT causes this strange phenomenon to occur, but only explains what is going on physically during an episode of sleep paralysis, or SP...
http://www.paranormalsocieties.com/a...-paralysis.cfm
I recount only one episode of SP as a teen. It happened in the middle of the night. Anyway, I remember laying on my side facing in the direction of my closet when this evil looking presence appeared to me. I believe my eyes were open as I viewed this thing. Of course I was in complete shock and was unable to move or scream. I was completely paralyzed. Being the Catholic that I am, I somehow willed my way to make the sign of the cross and this "evil-looking apparition" whether hallucinated or not completely went away and I've never had another experience like that ever since.
Now if SP can be scientifically explained away as just being an hallucination created by the human mind, then what would cause the "evil presence" I had experienced to immediately stop and go away after I had made the sign of the cross? Did something of the Divine nature save me? I really think so.
What's your story?
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