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Being Pulled Out Of Bed And Touched... I'm Going Crazy!

I've had sleep paralysis for the last 5 years. I'm terrified and I hallucinate every time. I feel a dark presence in my room and I have a hard time falling asleep or being in there even before I fall asleep. I dream scary things and then I wake up, and after a little bit I feel the paralysis hit me.


I've realized the more I fight it the more it hurts me. But I can't help it, I get so scared I need to resist. I have a hard time watching scary movies so you can imagine how I feel actually living it.

Lately, I've been having sleep paralysis and "something" has been touching me. I've felt hands wrapped around my neck suffocating me, hands around my ankles pulling me out of bed, and just last night I felt a gust of wind and a hand moving the hair out of my face hard, and then I'm not sure but what felt like a bunch of rats jumping all over my bed and on my ear.

I try to say "In the name of jesus christ get out of my house" but of course I can't talk and my throat gets really tight, so I try to think it but even that is a hard challenge.

I'm getting really freaked out. I want to believe that this is some sort of science thing where my body is asleep and I'm still in REM but that's kind of hard to believe when I can physically feel hands dragging me out of bed like some kind of Paranormal activity movie. It's driving me insane and every night I dread going to sleep. I don't know what to do anymore.

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Jun 27, 2016
 Ok I'll try to help. NEW
by: Anonymous

I think you should tell your parents if you haven't already. Then maybe you could go to the doctors and they could help you. Best hopes. XXX
Jul 08, 2016
 I'm going through it too! NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi there, it's extremely difficult to deal with something such as this. I've been experiencing it for about a year now and I can definitely understand exactly what you're going through. It's really frightening and so frustrating that my parents don't understand what it is and I feel like I'm going through it all alone. I've had demons, spirits and all sorts of scary entities grab me and tell me nasty things and up until now I had no idea they were only hallucinations. I kept thinking they were real and I even went seeking spiritual help. I've been saying the name 'Jesus' in my head repeatedly and I feel that works best for me. If you want to talk about it we can find a way to deal with it together, but until then all the best of luck to you! May God be with you as you go to sleep at night. My prayers will be with you. :)
Jan 24, 2018
 im I going crazy NEW
by: Anonymous

Sometimes I get the feeling like something is toying with me. I feel like im being pulled out of bed at night. I hallucinate I see myself opening a curtain to let a little light in my room and in this hallucination I keep getting the feeling that im amusing something. At night im terrified I dream that a darkness is in bed with me. I can feel something fighting me at times or touching me. I cant sleep I keep waking up and staring into the darkness. When I do sleep Its always as if im between sleep and wake. Sometimes it's as if I can almost a voice speaking to me. Im grown and yet im terrified. I should be over this. Ive had sleep paralysis since I was a child. Im used to feeling like im being held down. But the floating off the bed to the closet the being pulledoff the being touched the hallucinations the quasi sleep the fighting its all being to wear me Down I cant win I never win im never strong enough no matter how hard I try to fight back. I cant relax to go to sleep im scared out of my mind. Im I going crazy?
Sep 04, 2018
 Is it really sleep paralysis? I’m more freaked than ever NEW
by: Anonymous

I’ve had the same episodes but recently it’s become sexual.. I’ve heard that sometimes demons will prey on you and try to make you comfortable.. I’m the most scared I’ve ever been.. I don’t even want to close my eyes ..
Oct 18, 2018
 Sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

I've had it since I was five. I lived in a large house with multiple children. I always feel at night or during the day that theirs someone there and when I do I start to fall a sleep but it feels like I'm not the only one. Now I'm older it still happens not as much but it does. Feels like someone takin the comforter off then pulling down. I always respond in my head cause I can't speak, pls leave me alone I'm not what you want and try to mo my legs. But just the same always wake up even though I thought I was already awake. It doesn't happen all the time just sometimes, but it was
frightening.
Jan 03, 2019
 Not all is sleep paralysis NEW
by: Anonymous

This happens to me but not while I'm asleep. I wake then find whatever I woke to think was happening really is. Dragged out of bed multiple times. Recently was scratched when my fiancee was right in the room to witness, in broad daylight. I'm not afraid, but would love tips and pointers to fight back when things actually happen. I wanna be a badass, not a crybaby. If there is something I can do to show my attacker theyve got the wrong human to Ness with, that would be great.
Feb 11, 2019
 It's happened to me too for years
by: Anonymous

I have had sleep paralysis off and on since I was a teen, and it has always felt demonic to me. It happened 2 nights ago, I was sleeping on my stomach face down, and I sleep with my tv on bc I am scared, so I had a pillow kind of over my head to block some of the light. So I woke up and I felt two hands pulling the pillow down hard as to suffocate me into my bed, it felt like it lasted for minutes. When I was finally able to move I felt very creeped out, and later that night felt like I was being dragged out of my bed. I realize that there is a real thing called sleep paralysis, but I also think there is a spiritual aspect to it as well. The devil gets some sort of pleasure out of messing with people. I wish you all the best of luck with this :)
Feb 27, 2019
 It Horrible! NEW
by: Anonymous

I completely understand what you are going through. It is best to go get help, i know i do too. I swear, i heard my dog walking into my room and then all of a sudden he started running and there was this loud buzzing in my ears. Then something grabbed me by the throat, sat me up, threw me back down, and pulled the upper part of my body off my bed. It honestly the most scary thing that has ever happened to me, and i know its not real, but what can you do. I've figured out tho that if you sleep on your stomach or on your side it helps sleep paralysis not happen as often. I hope you figure it out.
May 28, 2019
 Crystals NEW
by: Anonymous

In an old flat I lived in, I used to have a lot sleep paralysis. Strange dreams. I have also shaken myself out of a state of sleep paralysis. Often I felt like a creature not pinning me down but above me hands and legs on each side of my body. I could feel the weight of the mattress sink around me. After that a few times I woke to feeling dragged down my bed. Twice I woke up, with half my body hanging off the end of the bed. Naturally feeling a bit shaken. I went and bought a whole lot of onyx and amythest. I placed in each corner of the room. And kept some under my pillows. After that I used to hear footsteps outside my room but they never entered. A few months later, a friend of mine was staying for a few weeks. She told me straight away that, she felt something was in the house. She always carries amythest. She felt safe in her room at night but was scared of the rest of the house. I also suffered terrible asthma in that house. It was very musty and damp. I'm not sure if it was haunted but my new home feels nothing like what I felt there. I guess maybe crystals may help you. Worth a try!!
May 24, 2021
 Only one way to help NEW
by: christy

Hi friends, i'm sorry a lot of you are going through this. I know it can be so burdensome when no one understands and you know there is some dark thing bothering you, trying to scare and hurt you. These things want to terrify you and especially want you to cause damage to yourself via self destruction, fear, anxiety etc.

The only one who has authority over these nasty spirits is Jesus!! I promise you the devil has to flee from God's presence, and the more you seek Him and call on His name, they won't be able to stand you and prey on you anymore.


Jesus dying on the cross shows his authority over death and fear, I know it can be a lot to convey in one message but I genuinely want you guys to get free because it's possible and you have to face the reality that God wants to help you. I recommend finding some bible verses and just knowing them so you can call on them in the middle of the night etc.

Life is one heck of a journey, just keep fighting the good fight. much love -c
Nov 02, 2021
 You are not alone NEW
by: Anonymous

I've had the same thing happen to me, except I wake up because I'm being pulled down toward the foot of my bed. Then I hurry and jump to sit p and scoot back up to the top and then it will smack neon my leg and actually move me over it's so powerful. I say he same thing, I declare Jesus over myself and demand it leave and it'll stop and I'll fall back asleep and bam there it does it's again. I don't know what to do either but good luck
Apr 20, 2022
 Same.
by: Anonymous

I've literally had the exact same things happen to me..I've even heard two quick knocks on slider doors next to me. It's terrifying and I can't move.
May 07, 2022
 Just yesterday NEW
by: Anonymous

Same thing happened, it felt like I was pulled out of my bed, I didn't understand if a wanted to go out or not. Mor like Astral projection. I was turn on some mantra before I sleep. When I woke up felt more like that I've changed my fate, or path. Coz lately I've been sleeping on couch instead of bed. This time I told my self no today I will sleep in bed so that I can do my proper training today with proper rest. My mind keeps on telling me that someone didn't like it, or I've changed my fate. I've had this episodes since I was a boy. Most of the time I couldn't breath, like I was choked. But when I woke up my hand or finger would be on my neck. This was abit different, I felt my leg lifted, or my soul. Only this that helped me, is I will continually repeat God's name in my head. Would what will happen if I just do nothing? Could be Astral projections, like most of the scientists claimed, einstein etc. Curious
Aug 04, 2022
 Pulled out of bed
by: Jeremy koger

It was about a year ago now, I got pulled down my own mattress all right. I'm 6'2 280lbs. I'm a big boy, and that son of a bitch pulled me like I was a lawnmower. I've never really believed in this kind of stuff, but you can't really shake the facts. Literally. Apparently it's been going on my entire life. I could tell you stories about red eyes watching me, or getting "felt up" while trying to go to sleep. Eventually you get used to it. If anybody has any help for me, besides burning sale, or a house cleansing, I'm all ears.
May 09, 2023
 Dark shadow figures NEW
by: Anonymouskevin

They come in the night pull at my blankets and then as I sleep pull me out of bed the the fight with you.i found out the more you try to fight back the worse it is if you just go along they leave you be.
Jan 19, 2024
 Being pushed out of bed
by: Anonymous

I don’t usually have any issues while I sleep but last night went to bed at 11p and woke up on my bedroom floor face down and I remember feeling like something pushed me off my bed. I got up and was aware of what happened. I have pain in my neck from an old injury herniated discs and was concerned about how it affected my neck. I climbed back into bed and went back to sleep.
I remember trying to say in my dreams, that whatever is trying to harm me that you have no power over me. But as I tried to speak the words it was trying to silence me. This is the first time this has ever happened to me, a lil bit scary.

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