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Is sleep paralysis demonic or have something to do with the devil?
I've had sleep paralysis since I was young. There were shadows in my room but they never did anything, I believe 4 or 3 to be exact.
I'm 19 now and the sleep paralysis (I want to call it that because I don't want to psych myself out) had gotten worse. there was one where i was trying to nap and I can't move and I'm laying in somewhat of a feudal position. So I'm laying there trying to get out and notice a girl in a long green dress just pass me, her hair is red and curly but I only saw her pass quite quickly. I was able to get out of the paralysis soon after.
The recent second this has happened has gotten more, scary, I wake up unable to move and I'm lying on my side when all of a sudden I feel as if something is sitting on top of me holding me down. I try to move but it's very difficult because another...thing...is holding me as if it's spoofing me from the back. I was able to actually push whatever was on top of me off and it falls of my bedonto the floor. At this point I managed to move my body away from the second thing and crop down to catch the first and notice it has claws and runs away quickly. I then proceed to say the Our Father and pray to God but this second thing grabs me and starts screeching in my ear and once I know it, a black figured face puts it's hands on my face, and pulls its face to mine and dissapears. At that point I was able to wake up.
The most recent one just happened right now as I type this, So I wake up and realize I'm in a paralysis again, this time I feel something a suffocating me, so I close my eyes and start praying to God, and I hear a woman's voice screeching "NOOO!" And then I hear a mans voice, his mouth close to my ear laughing and then screeching. My body starts to shake and I start saying, "God please help me." Then I wake up. Just like that. I even have a scratch on my arm. I do not believe these are hallucinations & a LOT of people go through this. This has happened to me when I'm just laying down in my room awake. I've even heard growling when I was praying. Can someone please tell me I'm over my head...if I'm not, how do I make them or it stop?
I see a demon ion my house before too, but no one believes me. I pray to god & I cry but they don't go away. I can hear evil voices
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Hauntings can be of areas or of people.
Sometimes it sounds like you are in your details saying that you dreamed that you had woken but later say that you finally woke up which would indicate this was all in your dreams only and then it could be a possibility that your subconscious mind is generating this.
Go back and read what you wrote us, you say in each case that you woke up from sleep expereinced what you did and then you woke up. Either you were awake the first time or you weren't.
Are you really in bed sleeping when all this happens? or are you seeing and experiencing this while awake. Whats going on is going to determine what needs to happen to resolve this. Is your subconscious mind is strong enough to realistically create this all when you are asleep, you may want to find someone who is an expert at working with the subconscious. Hypnotherapists do that. The fastest way to find out if there are any dark, evil, demonic spirits or activity going on in your house or just attached to you, is to find a psychic or someone who advertises they work on healing hauntings, dealing with the paranormal, ghost hunters...that sort of thing. Someone who relies on more than equipment such as seen on TV shows, but a person with actual gifting to see angels, spirit guides, those who have passed on, ghosts, and demonic spirits, will be able to actually see them with their physical eyes and hear them with their real ears and have knowledge of how to deal with them.
If a real true psychic who specializes in helping get rid of hauntings comes over and cant detect anything...(they will if its attached to you) then it means its a mental issue.
I will say that in my church days, I met so many people in church who told me they saw demons. Since I left church and have broaden my spiritual beliefs, I find that in all the different beliefs, and all the people I have met, not a single one has ever seen demons or been plagued by what you are going through.
My own conclusion is that somehow, through the teachings and preachings of Hell and devil and demonic oppression, that Christians unknowingly begin to attract to them that which is foremost on their minds or their secret greatest fears. Its like having a neon sign blinking over their heads that attracts any dark energies to them. Only in Christianity do they believe in Hell. None of the other religions talk about hell and only this one life. They believe there is no Hell and that there is reincarnation, as many lives as needed to get it right. And these people are not having the problems that all my Christian aquaintences are having...I wonder if there is something to it. The story i am more apt to believe is that Lucifer-the devil as Christianity calls him, is actually in lock down, unable to control any of the other fallen angels or attack people. Hell is not real. If once you have matured enough as a soul to gain entrance to heaven and you are offered the ability to enter, many turn it down and believe they still are not worthy of it and God explains they will cease to exist if they don't enter heaven and thats what happens, they become as if they never were. But only by their own choice. That is the teaching I now believe. I realize that some souls for that reason haven't approached heaven and remained on the earth to haunt because they think hell exists or they don't feel worthy and would choose to not enter heaven and cease existing so these are the ghosts we find haunting areas like particular homes and such. When its the home, eventually at least one other person should have experienced something by now 15 years or more in the house. Since thats not the case, it's more to do with just you. Likely a spirit/soul who is not of the light yet has attached itself to you, perhaps several have.
So look through the yellow pages, or search on line for your state. You may not find someone in your city but elsewhere. Let them know whats going on, how long, what happens and that your family does not believe. Ask them to come check and see if they can pick up on some paranormal activiity connected to you. It best to call in the experts since no one else will believe nor know how to get rid of it. If the experts dont find any such thing, then its time to see a Dr who specializes in dealing with the subconscious mind. Why? Becuase the subc. mind is where all our emotions and feelings originate from. So feelings of sadness, joy, fear and terror, all come from same place.
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Sleep paralysis is definitely not demonic or has anything to do with the devil. Read what I found below. That is what I believe is called an old wives tale.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia _Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which people, either when falling asleep or wakening, temporarily experience an inability to move. More formally, it is a transition state between wakefulness and rest characterized by complete
muscle atonia (muscle weakness). It can occur at sleep onset or upon awakening, and it is often associated with terrifying visions (e.g., an intruder in the room), to which one is unable to react due to paralysis. It is believed to be a result of disrupted REM sleep, which is normally characterized by complete muscle atonia that prevents individuals from acting out their dreams. Sleep paralysis has been linked to disorders such as narcolepsy, migraines, anxiety disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea; however, it can also occur in isolation.[1][2] When linked to another disorder, sleep paralysis commonly occurs in association with the neuromuscular disorder narcolepsy.
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Sleep paralysis is a completely normal phenomena, usually experienced right before waking up, but sometimes right before sleep as well. It's caused by something called REM atonia, which is the muscle weakness your body 'switches on' when you are dreaming (in REM sleep) to keep you from hitting yourself or running around when you dream of it. You are effectively 'paralyzed', so you don't hurt yourself in your sleep.
It's also normal to panic if you wake up in sleep paralysis. It is scary! Your mind is awake, but your body is still asleep. Many people who experience sleep paralysis, also hallucinate while paralyzed. The most common hallucinations are a human figure standing near by, or someone trying to crush or suffocate them.
Why do people hallucinate when they are suffering from sleep paralysis? To put it simply, it's because the mind is in panic and the brain needs to find a reason for that fear, so it creates one where none exists. The brain assumes that this fear must be caused by an outside agent, so the half-awake mind invents an agent.
Why is suffocating, being crushed or strangled common hallucinations? Because sleep paralysis inhibit voluntary control of breathing. You can breath just fine, but only in a slow, deep, sleep breathes. You can't make yourself breathe faster or deeper, or talk or scream (like you want to when you are scarred), so you feel even more constricted.
If you choose to believe that sleep paralysis has something to do with the supernatural or demons, no one can make you not believe that, but it's not true. Sleep paralysis is a rather well understood biological phenomenon, with a biological cause, not a demonic one.
All I can say is that sleep paralysis is normal, and most of us will experience it at some point in our lives. Sleep depravation, unusual sleeping patterns and stress can all contribute to it, so you want to make sure you are getting enough sleep, and getting regular sleep. You could also cut out the foods that affect your sleep, like caffeine, alcohol, and too much sugar, and see if that ends them.
There are also techniques for breaking sleep paralysis. Focusing on moving your fingers and toes can sometimes wake up the rest of your body. Most people can also control their eyes and eyelids, and blinking quickly or looking all around quickly can jar the body awake as well.
If you are having lots of experiences of sleep paralysis, it's something to see a doctor about, because it can also be a symptom of sleep disorders like narcolepsy or insomnia.
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