Have you ever felt such a feeling: you woke up, but could not move, or felt an incredible weight on your chest, or saw something terrible next to you?
If so, we hasten to assure you that you are not alone! Sleepy stupor is a disorder that was previously associated exclusively with otherworldly forces. Now, science knows that in fact this phenomenon is nothing more than a muscle paralysis that occurred before falling asleep or not stopped after awakening. Sleepy stupor can last from a few seconds to a couple of minutes. A real little thing, you say? The stories of those who have experienced this state of themselves will quickly convince you!
1. The Dark Creature
One guy in his childhood fell into a sleepy stupor from time to time. At these moments he woke up, lying on his back, and saw in the corner of the room a dark silhouette. Attempts to scream, talk, ask for help, were vain, while in the head sat one thought - if you move your finger, the creature will attack.
2. A conscious dream
Another user of the network talks about his experience of "invoking" lucid dreams with the help of radio waves. The method proved to be effective, however, instead of being aware, the hero of the story received a sleepy paralysis. During the last one a huge dark silhouette with an ugly face appeared in the corner of the room. A moment later, terrible sounds were heard, and the stupor finally retreated. At the same time, the narrator also had no desire to experiment with sleep.
3. Sleepy paralysis of a 10-year-old child
10-year-old narrator decided to take a nap before the school, and when he woke up, he could barely breathe. On the chest, as if lying a stone, and the air in the room was painted orange. There was a laugh, and the hero woke up.
4. Paralysis during sleep
A young man sleepy paralysis catches up every time he doeszed off. The stupor is very frightening, and to get out of it quickly, the boy had to learn to give signs to his girlfriend that he was still awake.
5. Good night ...
The first experience of sleep paralysis became the most sad for the hero of this story. Not only that he woke up, gasping for breath, feeling a heaviness on his chest, so another strange voice whispered to him: "Just come to say good night."
6. The woman in black
Another story is about a woman in black with a bone face. She comes to visit the hero 2 - 3 times a month and whispers something like: "Fall asleep" or "Good night, baby."
7. Real sleepy paralysis
The first time a man in black appeared when she was still a little girl. Seeing the silhouette, she wanted to scream, but the "guest" did not allow to wake her parents. After a while, at a conscious age, the heroine again saw this man, he was sitting right on her bed. This time it was possible to scream, which greatly frightened the silhouette and made him run away. The girl called 911, but the pervert could not be caught ...
8. Regular sleep paralysis
Despite the fact that the hero of the next story experiences a state of a sleepy stupor constantly, it still terribly frightens him. And if to the silhouettes, screaming and choking people, he is more or less used to it, then with the impossibility to call for help to reconcile does not succeed.
9. The Alien Invasion
Another "lucky" was heard a voice saying: "Look, he's awake." He tried to get up, but was confined to a chair. Initially, the hero thought that he was stolen by aliens, but looking around, he realized that this was only paralysis.
10. Meowing
To traditional "symptoms" - a feeling of heaviness on the chest, dyspnea - the hero of this story also had a cat meow. After a while he felt the cat pass over his body. And all would be nothing, but the cat did not have a story ...
11. Old grandfather's house
For a young man, the desire to take a nap at his grandfather's house turned into a real hell. It was his narrator who saw the door. Paralysis was accompanied by laughter and a sensation of pain in the body.
12. Sister's room
Falling asleep in her sister's room, the girl suddenly saw a dark figure jumping around the perimeter. As it turned out, the owner of the room also sees this silhouette periodically.
13. Three stories of sleepy paralysis
From one person. First, the hero saw a cat's silhouette, jumping over the bed and his chest. The second time he saw a man walking around the room. The third experience was the most ridiculous - the man watched a flock of stupid penguins walk through his room.
14. Aliens
A young man often falls into a sleepy stupor. The most terrible of its history is connected with aliens. The room then turned blue, and a pair of figures formed on the corner of the bed. Before he was kidnapped, the guy turned on the whole world and tried to convince himself that it was just a sleepy paralysis.
15. Intimacy
The hero of history slept on his side and felt suddenly, as someone hugs him by the stomach. Someone's hot breath was felt on the neck. The unknown force did not leave the person for about half an hour, and then left with the words "You're not ready yet, I'll be back later."
16. Mirror in the dressing room
Attacks began after a man was kicked by a horse. The hero of history began to feel how a certain force constantly draws him to the mirror.
17. Gremlin
While some see just silhouettes, others during sleep paralysis are gremlins. The monster sat on his stomach and spoke in some eerie dialect.
18. Rapid breathing
The hero of the next story experiences paralysis every time he sleeps on his stomach. A stupor is accompanied by rapid breathing and accelerated heart rate.
19. Syndrome of an exploding head
But rapid breathing is by no means the most terrible manifestation of paralysis. One person during a stupor feels his head burst with a shot. To fall asleep after such a hero of history can no longer.
20. Wicked monkey
She has long arms, and every time the beast tries to bite. Through time the image of the monkey disappears, and pure evil remains.
21. The Bald Man
Before he appeared, the story's hero heard grinding sounds. And then a tall figure appeared before her eyes, saying: "You must warn her."
22. Mother
While he fell into a stupor, his mother just entered the room. She looked creepy. Mom began to tickle him and his sister, and then began to grunt. He would be glad to stop the monster-mother, but could not speak. Later, the woman clung to the hero's body and began to shake him.
23. Claws
It was not exactly a paralysis, but rather a mixture of paralysis with a hallucination. The hero of history felt the sharp claws tearing his hand. He felt that death was approaching, but there was nothing he could do about it. Another time, my mother heard a voice trying to wake him up.
24. The old hag
A rather unpleasant phenomenon is a bony old woman. She did not have clothes on her, so the narrator could examine every one of her fallen ribs.
25. Handprint
After a quarrel with his wife, the man woke up and could not move. An invisible force dragged him to the floor. When the stupor released him, the hero saw the trail from the hand on his leg.