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Frightening! Body Lifting Out Of Bed

by Chloe
(United Kingdom)

I am 15 years old and have always had trouble getting to sleep straightaway. I have experianced sp before.. it is a horrible experiance. Last night i experianced yet another SP .. I was tossing and turning trying to fall asleep.. I drifted off but felt my head being raised up and my body lifting out of my bed.. I am not sure if this is an sp? But i was so frightened.. i was trying to scream.. but nothing would come out.. It was as if i had No voice..

It lasted for about 10 seconds then i just fell back asleep then today i fell asleep watching t.v and it happened again! it was like my body being raised so i was sat up kind of thing (its hard to explain!!) But then i saw a spider on my wall (my biggest fear) crawling towards me.. And i was yet again trying to scream for my mum.. But nothing was coming out.. I then woke up.. took me a few seconds to move and there was no spider.. it felt so real though.. i really need an explination.. i'm frigthened to sleep!!

Kevin: Hi Chloe, what you experienced does sound like sleep paralysis and the spider you saw was a hypnopompic hallucination. Feel free to click the links through to get some more information--hopefully it's helpful.

Also, what you describe about feeling your body being lifted up is something some SPers commonly feel. Sometimes it even turns into what's described as an OBE, or out of body experience. Ryan Hurd talks about them wonderfully here at his Dream Studies site. If you like what you see you can also get more from Ryan here in his sleep paralysis book.

Warmly,
Kevin

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Aug 31, 2012

SP or something else?! NEW
by: Anonymous

I have recently learned about sp and OBE... I'm 15 and I think I have experienced things like this before I knew what it meant. around march I got a ton on new songs on my iPod that made me fall asleep like before the first song was over, I would pretty much be asleep and I could tell the song was getting quieter, like I was falling deeper asleep but I was still "awake"but my conscience was still awake and I would like freak out and wake up and this would happen a few times a week. then I ot this app called like sleep fast by Glenn harrold, and I used this to, so no more music. one night I got a text and I told myself while i was still asleep to grab my phone but my arm didn't move, and I was thinking why didn't I grab my phone? I want to get it but I can't! so then I stoped using any music and thing like that at night, and just last night I was asleep and my body kinda had a buzzing feeling in my body.. and think my soul was starting to come out of my body, and I tried to fight it... and then it did it again! and I tried to fight it again, and the weird part was I remembering being able to "see" but I'm not sure if I was about to have OBE or just dreaming ( note I have never had a lucid dream yet, bit Iv read about it lately and sounds interesting)

Dec 15, 2012

It's not SP NEW
by: Anonymous

So that feeling where you're being raised up while asleep? It's called an obe aka out of body experience. Your spirit is leaving your body. Thing is you have no control of your spirit, you have to practice a lot to gain control whih is why you cannot control your actions. Try researching it and see if the symptoms are the same as an obe and if they are that's what is happening there's no real way to stop it either. Kbye

Dec 06, 2014

feeling of being taken off bed NEW
by: Anonymous

I have experienced the feeling of being taken off the bed and I feel as if I am awake. It is so scary. I try to hold on, but I feel like some force is trying to take me off the bed. What is happening? I have not had that experience in a long time, and hope to not have it again!

Apr 28, 2015

My first experience NEW
by: Anonymous

I have so many questions and I dont know where to begin. I have never had anything like this happen to me before
Last night around 4:30-5am I experienced what I'm not sure is an episode of sleep paralysis or an unwanted out of body experience.

It started out as a regular dream and then it started getting weird. My friend jerri was in it and he was talking to this one guy who is well known in the gay community. His name is Eric Andrews. I don't really remember exactly what they were talking about but it had something to do with magic I think and he was like using his hands to do magic and for some odd reason I was laying down in the dream and I could feel myself being lifted. Like levitating and I felt annoyed that He was doing that so I tried to tell him to let me down and nothing was coming out of my mouth. I had no control over my body.. I've read a lot of things online about people who have experienced similar experiences but none of them where close to how mine was.. Because they all said that it felt like something was holding them down, I wasn't being held down my entire body was being lifted up and I had no control over it. After I realized I couldn't move or speak that's when I started freaking out and it started to feel very real. Jeri and Eric had disappeared and it was just me levitating in mid air in what looked like my living room, but it was all blurry. I again tried to yell for help I tried calling my mom by yelling but I couldn't say anything nor move my body.. I also tried to wake up but I couldn't do that either until I saw a strange glowing light come towards me on my left side and that's what caused me to wake up. Idk what it was but I really would like to know if it's a spirit trying to take over me I wanna know so I don't go through it again.. And then after waking up completely freaked out. I went to my moms room hoping she was there so I can tell her something was making me levitate she wasn't there so I stayed I her room and I kept hearing strange nosing like faint pounding noises that got slightly stronger until I lit a candle that my mom had gotten blessed... Do I have an evil spirit that is following me? Do I have a gift? I really want to know.

May 24, 2015

Always sleep with pillow magnetic south to cure yourself of monsters NEW
by: Anonymous

Your sleep posture is making you vulnerable to nefarious entities!

What direction is your pillow/headboard of your bed facing?

I suspect you may be sleeping with the top of your head facing magnetic north or equally bad magnetic west. Magnetic north is called the "death position" because coffins are buried facing north and if you sleep north ghosts appear in your life, says the folklore.

The people of Bali say "sleeping magnetic west means you will have no love, everyone will hate you and you will experience violence" I paraphrased but Google search "Balinese sleep north"

Many cultures recommended that you sleep with the top of your head facing magnetic south and feet facing magnetic north. An alternate position is your head facing magnetic east and feet facing magnetic west. Use an electronic compass, it has to be exactly south, any deviation such as south west of south east makes you open to nefarious entities.

Never sleep with head facing magnetic north cuz you are guaranteed to see ghosts and have nightmares.

Also never ever sleep on your back. Sleeping on the back is the posture of the corpse in a coffin and "vastu" says sleeping on the back ruins the brain. Try to sleep on the left side of your body always to get wealthy. Sleep on the right side is ok but not best and monsters probably attacked you while you slept on the right side of your body of slept on your back. Sleeping on left side is best and you get rich wealthy. Never sleep on the stomach you suffocate, sudden infant death syndrome.

I recommend you read this website, it explains the significance of monsters in sleep. www.revelatorium.com/starrgram19.html

Also Google search "vastu sleep direction" and search also "sleep facing south" to get more information. Sleeping facing south makes you wealthy and healthy, sleeping east makes you intelligent but not wealthy so east is for children still attending school.

The information I wrote was for the northern hemisphere, I dont know about sleep position for the southern hemisphere of earth.

Also, what is your blood type? If you are blood type Rhesus Negative (Rh negative) then this website might be informative

http://www.rhnegativeregistry.com/Rh_Negative_Connection_Forum_Theory_Myth_Facts_Fun.html?fb_9667099_anch=12699366

Best of luck! Feel free to Pass this information on to non-demonic people.

Jun 16, 2015

Yikes NEW
by: Anonymous

I don't believe in some things but last night I saw something super weird. I was staying at my daughters house and I slept in my granddaughters room. She slept on an air mattress. Two nights ago I thought I heard someone in the house but told myself it was a cat but it scared me so I shut the door so Icould sleep. Last night out of the blue my granddaughter made an odd sound popped up on her air mattress and spun around as if someone was holding her up and then went by her door. The door opened but I didn't see her open it nor did I see her mom open it. I called my granddaughters name and her facial expression was odd. I said it's OK. Its me, your grandma and she went back to her mattress. She didn't remember when I asked her about getting up but to me it was surreal. Her head was north but she prefers west and she's only 5.

Aug 04, 2015

My expeirence with a spirit while sleep...... NEW
by: Arun

After reading few visitors stories here thought to share mine as it happened during mid of 2007...I was a student came to UK for higher studies....Initially was staying in different house..Later shifted to a Victorian house in north London along with 4 of my friends...It had 3 bedrooms 2 upstairs and one in down quite a big house with garden at back...It was normal during initial days...One day at afternoon i experienced a incident was really scared at home...I worked night shift and was alone at home during morning till evening 6 as other room mates worked during morning hours...I was alone...while i was sleeping at around near 12 t0 12.30 afternoon suddenly felt my body being locked in bed couldn't move it neither i could speak or scream or ask for help as i can still see a white kind of thing looks like a balloon filled with air moving towards me to get inside me....it tried kept trying to get inside my heart as i can see it consciously....it kept flying every where inside my room...it happened for about 20 to 30 mins ......it disappeared after that and i could move later ..... i started chanting lords name after as i felt helpless at the time of attack...I dont think it as Sleep paralysis ...its a real incident happened to me...thanks

Aug 19, 2015

Nightmare NEW
by: Anonymous

I have been having nightmares or night terrors lately that involved sleep paralysis. In these dreams I am briefly screaming for help but nothing is coming out.

The most prominent dream that I've had is one where I am lying in my bed, exactly as I am in real life... I can see my room perfectly. It's not in third person, I'm using my own eyes. Then very suddenly and instantly (I'm not sure if I was calling for help before this or knew it was going to happen) I floated straight up to the ceiling - at the exact same time I heard a very loud SHRIEK or scream. It was so scary and It's had an impact on me ever since.

A new friend of mines asked me if the dream (or recent dreams) were all taking place inside my house and now, looking back, I've concluded that they are ALL indeed taking place in my house.

Another incident/dream was when something terrible was going to happen in my dream and at the precise moment, some books fell INSIDE my cupboard, waking me up out of the dream. It's entirely possible that the books were eventually going to fall because of the way they were placed but it happened at the exact moment that my dream was about to get very scary.

I had another dream where I floated - not walked - to my sister's bedroom, for whatever reason. She wasn't in there. I began to call for help from my sister and eventually she came looking into her room, she couldn't see me. She kept looking around the room and then her eyes fixed on my direction and she began screaming in terror. This made me very scared so I started screaming too.

There are a few more instances in which I've had night terrors. If anyone can shed any light on what they think this may be, please reply?

Sep 19, 2015

Out of Body Feeling NEW
by: Lisa

I am writing because I am reading the other posts here. I wanted to see if anyone was having the same things happening as me. I moved to TN about 2 years ago. I have not had anything happen to me except for about a month ago. I was sleeping and my body lifted out of me (or so it felt like that) and it started strangling me. I was screaming and kicking and no one heard me. I finally felt I got the upper hand and awoke. Scared the you know what out of me. I was afraid to sleep after that. I love owls and heard they keep bad things away from you. So I had an owl and put it on my headboard. Worked great. Then my new puppy I found ate the owl. The last couple of nights the same thing happened to me but I yelled no and banged my leg on the bed a few times and woke myself up (because I knew what would happen). Today I was very tired and took a nap. I started shaking like I was cold and an entity felt as if it was lifting from my back (like a whole person). I opened my eyes (or so I thought) and looked at my headboard (which wasn't my headboard but something I don't remember) so I knew I was still asleep. Again I yelled and hit my legs out and woke up!!! No I'm scared again, I don't want to sleep. I don't know what to do? Any help would be grateful!!! Lisa

Sep 19, 2015

Nov 23, 2015

Thanks for sharing NEW
by: Anonymous

Wow, crazy how others experience what I have. I'm 18 years old and currently living in the dorms at a university. One time I was trying to sleep. I was tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. I was on my back and I felt like I was asleep, but then suddenly felt my body being lifted up off the bed. I opened my eyes and saw the entire room going in circles. I remained calm, because i've expeienced sp for a while now. It really is a scary experience.

Dec 18, 2015

Feels like Magnet NEW
by: Anonymous

Mine was different. It happened to me twice. Being lifted up but I can still speak and move. I even have people in my dream but I was the only one being lifted up. It was like a magnet was trying to pull me towards it but I couldn't see what was above. I was able to go down if I held my mother's hand. She was in ny dream. And then if I release her hand, I would be pulled up again. So I grabbed her hand calling "Help me mommy!" Several times and she would hold my hand again. Finally I woke up. What could be the reason behind this?

Dec 19, 2015

Me to NEW
by: Anonymous

Last night I had a dream that I was being lifted off of my bed. Everything was pitch black and I couldn't see a thing. I tried screaming but it didn't work. I knew it was a dream so I tried opening my eyes. Useless. Finally I let out a groan and woke up. I listened to Pewdiepie sing I'm a pretty girl and fell asleep watching Tangled. I'm scared it will happen again

Feb 01, 2016

Body lifting above bed. NEW
by: Caitlin

it actually felt like I was awake. My body has risen from the bed and I couldn't feel myself on ground anymore, I looked down and it was like I was looking over my body I started to get dragged I couldn't dream or shout or nothing cause nothing came out of my mouth it was literally like I was paralysed!! Petrified. I wiggled my toes and fingers to try and wake myself up I must of lacked basic energy from this so it took about 10 minutes for it to end never been so scared in all my life and it's not the first time this has happend, drifted back off to slee about half hour later only to get woken up by a slap on the back of my head! This is making me very scared and I'm suffering from lack of sleep

Feb 28, 2016

crazy demonic-sp-obe dream NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi, a few years ago I was having trouble sleeping at night and was only getting some sleep during the day. I've read about sleep paralysis and watched movies and I don't think what happened to me was sleep paralysis at all,other than lack of control over my body. I would lay in bed staring at the ceiling waiting to fall asleep or just pass time, and I would eventually fall asleep except I would still be looking at my ceiling. Then, I'd let out a really deep, demonic sound like a growl and my arms and legs would raise in the air and I would just be there suspended. It happened so often at one point that I was bored of it and waited for it to end. But one night when it happened, I sat up really fast and was furious. I got up and ripped open my bedroom door and walked into my parents bedroom next to mine stared at them and tried to tell them that I needed a church or doctor but couldn't speak. Then I turned to the door and there was a man in old style clothes like black pants and black vest with white shirt and pocket watch but I think his face was blacked out our just difficult to see but he was as tall as the doorway and as soon as I looked at his face I fell backward and landed on my back and woke up. When I fell back asleep there was a white figure at my bed post looking out my window. That was the last time that happened and I've been confused ever since. It's been a few years and it seemed so real I'd say it all actually happened except my parents say I never went into their room and I woke up in my bed,not their floor.

Mar 04, 2016

sleep terror NEW
by: Anonymous

this has been happening to me my entire life, the trick is to calm yourself down say a prayer or anything that would make you feel safe. No one can be sure exactly what is causing this phenomenon, because when I was seven I awoke to being picked up out of bed and then thrown what could cause this to happen? Who knows, but prayer has always worked for me and eventually it happen less and less because light will always see you through the darkness.

Mar 25, 2016

Creepy NEW
by: JC

Wow! By reading the experiences of others, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

This happened to me several times, when I'm about to fall asleep I felt that I couldn't move but I can see my room. I will start to hear a weird sound that I couldn't explain where it is coming from, then weird voices will start to blend in, then laughters and more annoying sounds. The weird sounds and creepy voices gets louder and louder until I can't resist to hear them anymore! Then I would passed out for a few seconds, then woke up! Sometimes, it even happens twice a night!

I also want to share one of my weirdest dreams or OBE experiences (I'm not sure). One night, in the middle of my sleep, I felt like my spirit came out of my body. I can see my room, and I'm literally floating! I did a quick tour around our house and checked my sleeping parents in their room and my sleeping brother which I share my room with. The weirdest thing I lastly saw is my own sleeping body! I floated on top of it and saw my body closely. I even get face to face with my own face! Then everything went black and I woke up. It's really weird and unforgettable! and happened to me only once.

I've also experienced body lifting out of bed, monsters and evil spirits around my room like the others. I don't know why these are happening to me, to us... Now, I'm experiencing less and less of these when I started to sleep at least 6 to 8 hours a day and by sincerely praying to God before sleep. Listening to good and relaxing Music before sleep is also a big help. Or if you're not in to Music, try doing things that makes you really comfortable or happy like playing with your cute puppy before going to bed. :)

May 01, 2016

obe NEW
by: Anonymous

Your sleeping on your back probably. Thats the easiest for it to happen. Sleep on your side or belly to avoid.

If it happens again bc you ended up on your back don't fight it. Your fears are manifesting because your afraid. Instead say "Im strong, Im at peace, ect."

I actually try to do what you're writing about. Lol when you hear the noise "voices" demons etc. Ignore them. They are feeding off your fears.

When you are out you can do whatever you want! Go to heaven and talk to God, go to space, fly, ice skate down a rollercoaster. These are things I do.

Oh yea, if all else fails say "Jesus help me." Works everytime and with everyone.

No worries....its totally normal. Get your sleep!

May 01, 2016

May 02, 2016

Paralyzed sleeping fit? NEW
by: Elle, 21.

Basically my whole life i have been a
sleep walker, sleep talker & hallucinating.
I'm very used to it all now.I have been able to wake up from them, reassure my self im not awake & get back to sleep.

Recently i've not been suffering from any of the usual sleep disturbance until last night.

I found myself being restless and thinking about weird things, like aliens & other sci-fi things. I knew i was over tired, im not someone who's interested in that type of thing.

When i finally drifted off around about 1.30am i found myself dreaming vividly & the dreams was terrifying. i woke up about 2.30am and had a glass of water then went back to sleep.

The dreams was getting intense, i woke up again around about 3.30am. I watched some funny videos for a while and drifted off around about 4.00am.

I remember dreaming normally nothing bad i felt relaxed. The next thing i remember was blackness, my legs was furiously moving like a fit? but i couldn't stop or move, then my arms started- then my whole body.

I opened my eyes i was clinging on to the sheets basically fitting? i tried to shout out but i couldn't. it lasted a good 2/3 minutes.

When it finally stopped, i couldn't move still Then i shoot up, my hair is mess, im sweating, my face was boiling & my arms are shaking.

What Happened????

Aug 01, 2016

Outer body experience NEW
by: Tony

Hi
When was about 4, I would go to sleep between my parents, I felt my body rising but I could see myself still on the bed! I would raise to the ceiling and bounce off, my heart beating in fear! I would float around the room then my head would tip slightly downwards then my body would shoot so fast towards the floor! Not hitting the floor but levelling just above it! That was the scariest part!! Then i would slowly go back to my body on the bed!
And help or explanations on this would be appreciated
Thanks
Tony
Australia

Aug 12, 2016

terrifying nightmares NEW
by: Anonymous

In the past 6 months i have been in a sleep and i actually feel as if something is lifting me out my bed and spinning mle around the ceiling. i feel quite crazy to write this but its terrifying . i try to scream out but can't. i feel terrified.

Sep 30, 2016

Similar Experience NEW
by: Anonymous

The same thing happened to me. I've suffered from SP for years; first episode was at about 6 or 7 - has been happening 3-4 times yearly since. About a year ago was the first time I felt like I was lifted off of my bed. The whole thing began with an episode of SP, I'm used to it by now and just try to wait it out. This time was different than it ever had been before, however, as, while I was laying there, I saw the ceiling get closer and closer. Then, I saw the ceiling right in front of my face! I've never wanted to scream in my life except for right then. I could have swore it was real because I was sure that I was awake. It felt like 3 seconds, then in a flash, I was on my bed again and I could move. I don't understand how it could have been a dream as it felt like I was awake and just lying on my bed. Plus, it seems unlikely that I would dream of just lying on my bed. I can only chalk it up to an unexplained hallucination. Just hope it doesn't happen again.

Oct 01, 2016

Sp or poltergeists NEW
by: Danielphan1987

Hey I have had this problem, I went to go get a religious pendant blessed and I wear it everyday. My problems did stop but I do hear a women's voice once in a blue moon . It usually occurred around 5.am. before the pendant sp occurred often at 5am. It wasn't even a nightmare basically I see everything in reality of my room and something else is in the room meaning spirit. And I couldn't move.

Oct 23, 2016

Pray NEW
by: Robin

This has happened to me, you are under demonic influence. Levitation is not a normal mind/body experience, it comes from a dark place. May I suggest that you ask God to touch you and keep all evil away from you. As you do this be mindful that God expects you to believe that he can and will protect you. Some people have a more powerful "goodness", and therefore they get demonic influence. Fight it, you and God and Jesus Christ who is the son of God. Love to you.

Oct 30, 2016

MIND BOGGLING NEW
by: GWENDOLYN

I was tired and just slipped off into a deep swirlling sleep but a part of me was woke, I sensed something near so im struggling to wake, I felt my legs lift then I felt my spirit starting to lift out of me, then I heard this voice in my head with a mental picture of a man who calmly said " leave her alone" I was let down, opened my eyes but wasnt afraid then fell into blistfull sleep.it had to be my guardian angel!?

Nov 23, 2016

spiritual warfare with paralysis and much more NEW
by: Paulette N.Brigade

im going to do my best to be brief. i want to be clear about something it does not matter what religion you are or are not. this is real. there is evil lurking in the world, but they have more power or control in the spirit world. lets not make this about science vs. beliefs either. it started happening to me when i was 8 years old. i remember, till this day perfectly. as i write i feel shivers through my body. im not scared ive learned to tame it, sometimes though i become weak. now i need you guys to overstand. i will be clear, believe me or not i dont care. when these things happen , this fear,darkness,things we see that are really there (but they really arent)the realness of pain and emotion of confucion of being helpless, being paralyzed, cant speak, cant breate sometimes and so much more its not a dream. your spirit is being attacked. for those of you who dont believe in god, i get it but you wont get me 100%, for those that do will understand this spiritual battle(maybe). the first time this happened to me i was only 8 years old, my mom had just let her brothers move in with us. my mother started taking her brothers to church preaching the word of the bible to them , to inspire them so they may change their lifes. then all hell broke loose. literally. i was so freaked out. i was sleeping when i heard my uncles yelling and saying words from the bible. so was my mom. my uncle only one of them could see it, no one else could. but they all felt it, the evil shadow my uncle saw they all felt it. i didnt, but seeing how they were acting i knew they were against something evil and the fear overcame me. i was in shock. sitting up in the bed next to my sister. i jumped off and hid behind my mom, were ever she chased my uncle while he chased this evil. ranting words of great spiritual power to ward off the evil shadow that only he could see. my uncle said to my mom it went into your older daughters room its trying to attack her in her sleep. so they prayed together, and the last thing i heard them say in spanish "in the name of jesus christ we cast you out" and some other stuff from the book of psalms. i guess after that it bounced. my sister woke up frantic crying. since that day i never slept regular again. up until then i never had these spiritual attacks. i was scared for so many years, until i turned about 22 years old and started to confront these evil dreams that are so real. i gained control i learned to protect myself, to move my tongue and speak words to turn my head and my arms in paralysis , confronting this fear, being in control. till this day im 28 now i get them bad , i almost become weak and get scared but i remember im not alone, were there is darkness there will be light. i can fly now too. okay this only gives my 10,000 words im not going to be able to go into detail. so let me go back to the beginnning. a few nights later i was sleeping next to my mom, i was asleep but spiritually i was awake everything was the same. ecept the cute fox like one from a kids cartoon with big cute eyes that was sitting on my knees. as i looked at it , it smiled very evil. that is all it did. and i was tapping my mom , saying mom wake up. the fox the fox. my mom wasnt responding , no one could hear me. the fox got closer and i woke up hysterical. i shook my mom hard crying telling her imscred , about the evil fox, its presence was unlike anything ive ever felt. that day she taught me to pray , to call on jesus when this happens. but i didnt i never did. because i didnt understand i was just a sweet , ignorant child. a few months later i was in my room. my sister and mom left. i was alone. i had the light on and now i was asleep, but i swear i thought i was awake of how real and normal everything was. until i looked at the window and the blinds were down but i could see it the shadow of a ballon at the window, just sighty floating about gently. but i knew that ballon some how this ballon was freaking evil. an evil ballon, seriously ? yes thats the fear in the spirit world, how powerful it is how possesive but yet weak. just like the fox this ballon just stared at me mind you i could only see the shadow of the ballon but i just knew it i felt it, it was looking at me. i tried to put my blankets over my head and i could not i couldnt move. so i felt so scared and helpless i closed my eyes and cried, then i woke up, but i felt awake the whole time, i couldnt understand. i was so scared i ran and grabbed the phone i called my mom i told her what happened that there was a ballon trying to kill me. she asked me to look at the window and even though there was nothing there i for some reason i kept seeing this shadow i opened the blinds with her on the phone there was nothing there. she said leave the blinds open. so i did. id be alone for another 5-6 hours. i turned on the radio really really loud i kept the phone next to me and went under the covers. i never came out of my room, then i ended up falling asleep again and it was back the fucking baloon was back this time i saw it (its freaking crazy how the spiritual world uses the real worls scenery and its own. i felt so crazy, the balon was white with that evil smile on it, it was like it was mocking me , laughing at my fear at my helplessness. it just stood there and as i went to grab the phone i couldnt i couldnt grab it i couldnt pick it up. i started to panic , when my sister walked in and i woke up. i asked her "did you hear me?, how long have you been here ?, did you see that? she looked at me and said i just walked in and no one was there , you were sleeping just fine and the phone is in your hand. i just sat there for about an hour thinking, very hard.....this was just the beginning this is real life, i have more to share but i think my limit is about up. so ill have to make another comment to continue. i feel its important that i share my experience from the beginning up until now because for me this is real and for many of you aswell.

Nov 23, 2016

Nov 29, 2016

Out of body experience NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi. Today I've experienced sleep paralysis followed by body being lifted. Afternoon , when I was sleeping I was paralysed and I couldn't move although I knew that I was awake. This happens to me sometimes when I oversleep. I normally try to be calm and try to move my legs or hands so that I can be out of paralysis. But this time when I was doing this , I feel my body is being lifted up. I wasn't afraid as I felt like I was doing skydiving because I felt the same when I really did skydinging . But in this case I can see my room and my bed when I'm being lifted up (it's like practicing for skydiving in wind tunnel) . Finally after few seconds I managed to get to bed and awake . It felt good but I was bit nervous as well because this ain't real skydiving where u know u will fly for a minute before u open the parachute lol .

Jan 05, 2017

Lifted out if bed, feeling it's real NEW
by: Anonymous

Last night I dreamt that a force was grabbing my legs, from the bottom part and started to lift me out if bed, first whilst my top of my body remained in bed. My husband, as usual was next to me, we were both in the same position as I went to sleep that night. At first I wasn't scared, I was trying to make ouy what the being was, as it just appeared dark with no clear definition. Then I started to slightly feel frightened. At that stage in my dream I started counting, while still looking at the being and awoke from my dream state. I had no problem falling back to sleep after that. Further more I sleep on my side & awoke in danger position as before. I have had problems sleeping straight Away and often want up lately with my heart beating fast and as if it's hard to breath.

Apr 03, 2017

Terrifying NEW
by: Anonymous

I haven't told anyone yet but my boyfriend. One night I was asleep but I felt my body riding up, like floating to my ceiling. I was trying to scream for my boyfriend but nothing would come out. It did not last very long but it was scary, I couldn't move or scream just was looking at my bed and Bf trying to get him to wake up.. as i was screaming his name, the last time I actually said it and I slammed back on my bed. My heart was racing I felt wierd. I didn't know what just happened, my I know I remembered everything and the slamming back to my bed was the worst part.

Apr 25, 2017

Flight in my dreams NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi all,

Well I had a very weird experience last night. It was about 10:30 p.m. and I feel asleep with TV and light on. I woke up to my body being lifted up and down about 7 feet above my bed and back down again and I was trying to resist but I had no power over it; has anybody felt this??? what does it mean??? is it demon or just a dream; I woke up right afterwards and looked around and feel back asleep but its with me today and I started to pray. I was really scared but want to know what it all means; my husband was not in bed with me at the time but his presence was there when I was lifted up and down and up and down? Can someone please tell me why and what this means please?

Apr 30, 2017

Should've surrender to the Lord NEW
by: Anonymous

All lies what happen was to you was real....read your Bible( Kjv) the Lord is working..pray alot surrender to him and receive the holy Spirit on you and watch what happens. Don't be scared, except it be quite. Keep it to yourself...read Bible, Pray,keep it to yourself hit your knees surrender to the Lord. Get in God's word and watch what happens!!!!! He is a Awesome God of Abraham, Issac,Jacob

May 24, 2017

Lifting up sensation NEW
by: Shivani dubey

Yea... While sleeping... I see the scenario of my room in my dream.. I don't know I am half sleep or not but I am able to identify my bed as well as my position on the bed and all the nearby things. I am able to see this in my dreams. I can feel anything as I am awake. But am not really awake. I know where I am. Then happens the scariest, I feel like something is lifting something of inside me, a heavy mass within me, it takes huge energy. Then something kind of cloudy mass comes out and moves towards the window... Through actually the same path present in my room to the window, I can exactly identify the room as it is in my dream. Sometimes I feel also like something is really lifting my body. It's scary. Though not more than seeing ghosts in my dreams chasing me.

Jul 05, 2017

Floating and paralysed NEW
by: Lola

I've had many different experiences with sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming in my lifetime, but on experience when I was a teenager was one I will never forget. I used to be a lucid dreamer, and many times I would wake myself up when I was in danger in my dream. I always thought that if I died in my dream I would die for real, and often woke up as a knife pierced my chest or similar situations. One particular dream I was being chased by something sinister in a field on an overcast day, I was running and jumped off the cliff and began to free fall towards the ground. I remember as the ground got closer I kept saying to myself wake up wake up now, and just before I hit the ground I opened my eyes and I was back in my room. I was lying on my back, and my room was although dark had a light mist or fog to it, my doorway was open and i could see a shadow standing in the doorway. I was frozen in my position. I wanted to scream but I couldn't, I couldn't move at all. The figure was misty and seemed to hover near my bed end and the doorway. But the scariest thing was that I was aware that I could not feel the bed under me. I felt like I was floating just above it. Not an out of body experience, just me, my physical body felt like it was not laying on the bed. I couldn't move, I remember trying to move my arm to swipe under my body to see if there was actually space between me and the bed, but I was paralysed. I lay there for what seemed like eternity, staring at the figure that slowly seemed to dissipate at the mist in the room dissipated and no word of a lie, I could slowly very slowly feel the weight of my body touch and slowly sink back into the bed, like someone was gently laying me back down. Once the mist cleared, my room good darker again, the figure had disappeared and I felt heavy and could move again.
It is still one of the scariest things I have experienced becaus I know I was awake, the gradual awakening of my physical body and having no control over this state of consciousness was one I will never forget

Aug 13, 2017

lifting out of bed NEW
by: Anonymous

this was very frightening! yesterday around 4am or something i experienced that someone is trying to lift me up out of my body... and i wanted to scream , i wanted to move my hand but i was unable to do any movement ... but I don't know how i managed to wake up then it was such a dream that i can never forget... and this was my second experience!! and its scary... its very scary!! i dont know why all this is happening to me!! why!

Sep 19, 2017

TheNightMan NEW
by: Anonymous

In my part of the world, when you sleep on your back it's a big fat invite for demonic forces, from a young we are taught not to, we call it the nightmare and he's easily available more when you're on your back, so try not to sleep on your back, it's a sure way to descend into the Underworld or invite those forces into this realm

Oct 05, 2017

Feeling high in the sky NEW
by: Angievacca

It started on 10-2-17 My expierance with raising up reminded me of the movie the exocist,never had I felt or gone thru such an ordeal,I tried explaining it to my boyfriend and he just looked at me like I was stupid,that really made me angry,told him I was going to leave him,for not supporting me on my real ordeal,

Oct 13, 2017

Waking up to being pulled off the bed NEW
by: Nicole Gonzalez

My name is Nicole I am 35 and recently found out I have Narcolepsy with severe Cataplexy. It started three years ago and since it started up I have had hard times sleeping. I was asleep last night and woke u with a frightening feeling and my body was tucked into the blanket. I felt like I was being held down and then all of a sudden I started feeling like something was pulling me off the bed by the blanket at the bottom of my feet. I could not move I tried to yell out nothing came out. It has happened four times in past two years. What is going on? This isn’t normal

Dec 02, 2017

help NEW
by: Joshua Flores

For a couple months now I would fall asleep and regain lucidness only to find I can't move. It would feel like something is holding me down and I'd start to see things appear on my right side climbing above and onto my bed. Recently the image has becoming more and more clear and I'm starting to get a better view of it. Just yesterday o saw it in full view. It was some sort of white figure, lanky and it seemed to be able. It's mouth was opened wide and I can't recall it making any sound. It's getting to the point where I cannot tell if it's a dream or not. Please help.

Jan 15, 2018

obe sleep paralysis NEW
by: Anonymous

I've had the same thing, I was raising up to the ceiling then when I reached the ceiling my body was flipped upside down, at this point I was freaking out but realised I had to wake myself up so I was trying to move my feet while I was asleep to wake myself up, but I couldn't, I was screaming but no noise was coming out, at this point I was upside down at the top of the ceiling and I raised my head to look and saw a shadow standing at the doorway, this is when I woke up, is this sleep paralysis or something more sinister?

Jan 22, 2018

sleep bouncing? NEW
by: Sean hill

I for the longest time have felt a strange feeling somtimes before going to sleep I would have a sensation of being placed on a pinicle then the sensation goes into me feeling like I am being bounced up and down this lasts for 15 - 30 minuets.
I am not sure if this anything to worry about I would just like some clarification on what it might be.

Feb 08, 2018

Body lifting out of bed NEW
by: Anonymous

I had wary experience last night. I felt someone was pulling my body actually feeling of being In the air with force and having no control. Very weird feeling I chest like body is forcefully coming down from very height.

Mar 16, 2018

I understand and I’m confused too NEW
by: Anonymous

I’m 14 years old and I’ve vern suffering from sleep paralysis episodes for quite awhile now and I literally experienced what happened to you last night. I even saw a spider too. I don’t really have any advice I myself still have trouble sleeping. I just didn’t want you to feel alone.

Mar 23, 2018

Strange things are happening. NEW
by: Anonymous

I don't know where to begin. For the last three or so years, I've started lucid dreaming (I had no idea this existed until two weeks ago). I would be able to make my choices during a dream and frequently feel that I'm half awake, half asleep and almost like I'm paralyzed. I try to move but I can't. I also felt like my body was being lifted completely, when I'm in that state, I feel my arms fall to the side and it's like I'm moving while this happens from the side. Then I wake up and I'm fully on the bed. Recently, I would say for about a year, I wake up with a start (I literally sit up and gasp) and my vision sees red for a second and then it's like the room is glowing before my vision goes back to normal. I'm starting to be scared to fall asleep. Any ideas as to what I can do to fix this? Has anyone had something similar?

Jun 11, 2018

Sleep Paralysis NEW
by: Anonymous

This thing happened with me today at exactly 3:30 am I went up for fast and had my suhoor and got to bed alone in TV launch near the door to exit the house!
I heard strange voices and tried to speak allah's name but I couldn't and I saw something white coming out of another room and it was moving back and fourth! My mom was in kitchen so I ran to kitchen and told my mom about it, she said it was sleep paralysis!

Jul 01, 2018

Terrifying NEW
by: Ashley

Ive had this happen many times. Only I felt like ibwas wide awake and there was a demon sitting on my chest choking me. This has happened many times and I always manage to squeak out "I rebuke you inn the name of Jesus!" And it leaves. Before you lay down to sleep, put an open bible under your pillow. Open it to Psalms 23. Also pray for a hedge of protection around your home. Pray that if any thing not be of God, that is not welcome and it must flee. You're experiences will come to a halt.

Aug 28, 2018

Body lifted above bed, mouth could not speak NEW
by: JJC

08/26/18

Before the experience:

This morning at around 3:00-4:00 A.M. I began to have a dream, the dream was of me and I believe my sister talking in my house. Then all of a sudden, my 5 year old nephew showed up in my dream (If you have dreams frequently, then you'll know that people in dreams aren't introduced in a regular way). Anyway, My nephew showed up and he was apparently chasing Chucky, the horror character. I found myself helping him chase down Chucky and out of nowhere I stabbed Chuckey, tearing his body apart time after time. Afterwards we lit a fire and burned him.

The experience:

Shortly after, I was in my room, and began to feel myself being levitated above the bed at least by one foot. It felt like my soul was being taken out of my body, but was being delayed in the process. Like something was trying to take my soul and another thing was stopping it. My hands and feet were flattened out horizontally. I was able to see what was going on, and was slightly scared. I wanted to make sure this was real, so I wiggled my toe to see if it would move at my command, and it did. I then started to scream for my brother but each time I would try to scream my voice was being muted, disabling my ability to speak out. This happened for at least one minute. After, I returned back to my body and I woke up. I began to look at my hands to be sure that I wasn't still floating, and I wasn't.

I had never experienced something like that in my life!

Sep 06, 2018

Skeletons NEW
by: Anonymous

I was asleep and my body felt like my soul was goin up to my ceiling I usually try to stop it before it goes further but this time time I didn’t care I let it go up and and I saw 2 Skelton’s on my ceilings bunched up and I hit the the ceiling and woke up I’m usually stronger about it and will wake up faster this always happens since I was younger I’m 32 now I hate it and the sounds are like a trance noise or like a tv with no channel any advice anyone:(

Oct 09, 2018

Ghostly dreams NEW
by: Lucy

I have the same dream about 3 times a week where I will be walking and a ghost picks me up and I'm floating around the room, I had it again last night and this time there was a witness in my dream that seen it happening which is the first time. It's a very vivid dream and I'm kind of scared but not scared it's very weird and was wondering why u know having the same dream.
Thank you

Dec 29, 2018

Experiences NEW
by: Anonymous

I’ve had many experiences since a young age, from as young as I can remember I had always covered myself while sleeping including my head I don’t know what triggered it but I remember thinking I need to cover everything otherwise an entity would be able to grab me I have no idea where this thinking came from but I remember Being really young.
Anyway a couple of experiences I’ve had sent white washed fear through my body each time and it’s happened over the years,
smaller things like dreaming of something grabbing you from under your bed and pulling you off and waking up to your self rollling off the bed,
Little creatures bitting your feet and waking up to the sensation still there
My brother and I were awake on our beds across from each other talking and my leg raised up by its self without me feeling it but my brother was like what are you doing and I looked at it and slammed it back down scared the hell out of me,
Laying in bed almost asleep and feeling the bed shake,
Having a dream of being scooped up in my blankets by something and carried off like I was in a sack but feeling every movement and swag like it’s real the only way I knew it wasn’t was because I called for my mum as we passed a room and I realised I can’t have known we’ve passed a room and my mother was in a different country so I woke my self up but the whitewashed fear lingered for a good minute or two,
The ones I reallly really hate is when I’m laying in bed and I don’t know if this is just as I’m entering dream state but it’s like I’m still conscience I haven’t passed to that state yet I’m just trying to get to sleep and all of a sudden I feel myself being lifted pulled up and swung around as I try to resist being lifted but I don’t want to open my eyes Incase it is real and I fight so hard to slam myself back down to my bed and when I do I keep my eyes shut because the fear in me won’t allow me to open my eyes and see whether I was physically being lifted or dreaming it
If this is SP I fucking hate it now that I’m an adult I don’t have mild ones it’s always whitewashed fear pins and needles in my face I’m so scared, thank god it only happens maybe once or twice a year

Jan 10, 2019

Being lifted up by duvet and carried out of room NEW
by: Anonymous

A couple of years ago I "woke" to the feeling of rising up off the bed. It felt very real, so much so that when I opened my eyes to look, I was off the bed and freaked out.
I couldn't move but then felt myself being swept up by the 4 corners of the duvet and carried by the duvet out of my room.
I'm really freaking and trying to sit up and get out of the quilt but it was happening with speed.
I tried calling to my daughter as they carried me out of my room and at the top of the stairs.
Only whispers would come out of my mouth.
I was being swept down the stairs and fought with all my might and just like that I was back in my bed and in total shock.
It was like there were 4 invisible people. One on each corner but I could see where the duvet was being held and lifted.
It was so so real and So terrifying.
I could see all around my bedroom, I remember even trying to grab the door handle as I was swept out.
Half the shock was that I couldn't believe I'd been dreaming.
I knew I was awake when it happened.
2 years later I'm still looking for answers, that how much it affected me

Feb 01, 2019

Being lifted and carried out of my room aswell NEW
by: Sydney australia

Hi I’ve had the same experience. When I was 2-3 years old I would always be carried out my bed parylised heading towards the dining room table. It went away for years and began happening again as a teenager but this time I was dragged across the floor. I also believe I was awake. Sounds crazy but I believe from years of life experience that these dreams are actually somehow related to psychopaths in our waking lives. Scary

Aug 04, 2019

False awakening & body being lifted while sleeping NEW
by: Anonymous

i was 17 when i had this dream. I felt like something was getting off my chest. it was like, my soul escaped from my body. then i was standing in front of my balcony, said goodbye to myself and jumped off the floor & then i woke up again. it was coldd & my mom was standing right next to me. i tried to explain her the dream but she looked at me as if she was the one who made it happened. she didnt say a word & left my room. i started screaming, crying for help but nobody was there to listen to me. Later, everything just went blank & i woke up again. It was hard for me to keep a check on what's my real life & what's my dream. When i woke up, i saw a man with a painting & when i got up and asked him if it was a dream, he said that it's a real life and then suddenly, he threw his painting & slit my wrist & yet again, i woke up. i felt terrible & i genuinely didnt know what to do anymore. i, in a sense, started controllimng my dream but i was helpless at the same time. i wanted to wake up so bad but i just couldn't. Eventually, after 4-5 false awakenings, i got up irl & started crying. i got so scared that i called my mom to sleep next to me that night. i thought, that it just happened once and wont happen again. but in the past one year, i cannot even count the number of times i had these kind of dreams & everytime i wake up irl, its always around 4am in the morning & they always have similar patterns but they always scare the fuck outta me.

Dec 17, 2019

I'm late but here is a brief detail of my story as a child. NEW
by: As a kid.

As a child, sometimes when I was laying down on the bed, normally watching whatever was on the five or so channels, I'd get this floating sensation. I remember I'd it almost make me sick to my stomach but not quite. I don't know what psychological or physical phenomena is called, but I remember mostly as a child and maybe a few times as an adult.

I can explain the handful of times when I have been in that semi-sleep state and feel like I'm being forced to sleep against my will - sleep paralysis.

I'd like to know what that is, because it almost felt other-worldly as a child, and kind of creepy as an adult to feel this way.

Dec 29, 2019

Lifted from my bed and brought into my living, then back to the room. NEW
by: Stephanie

My name is stephanie, I am 15 and sometime this year I think it was. I was sleeping with my sister and I could feel myself falling asleep, most of my life I havent been able to fall straight to sleep, it would always take at least an hour. Anyways, as I was falling asleep, I was laying on my stomach and for some reason my arms we're straight on my side's, I wanted to switch positions because I could feel something was off, I felt frozen or stuck, I dont remember what happened after that but awhile after, I started floating off my bed, I thought it was a demon or something, I started screaming and my sister woke up, she tried to reach out for me but I was been brought I to my living room, which was right outside the room. I was floating on my back and i was just so confused, and scared. After floating for like a minute, i was brought back into the room and set back on bed. I thought it was over but then i got lifted again, then turned onto my back ( in the air ). Thats what scared me the most, i thought a demon was ready to posses me or something. Anyways, i dont remember what happened after that. I just remember waking up and telling my sister. Also, just so ypur nog confused, my sister woke up in my dream, not real life. Im sure i explained this very bad but if anyone understood that and knows whats wrong with me, then please contact me. Im on Facebook ( Stephanie Benson ) or email ( Stephjen2004@gmail.com . god bless all you people for sharing Your expierence and trying to get through this. It

Dec 29, 2019

Mar 09, 2020

i had it to NEW
by: Anonymous

i was watching the dawn and decided i wonted to go back to sleep when i did i ad a dream or some thing i was being lifted out of bed i could fell arms on my back lifting me up i opend my eyes to see a large figer and 2 gnome looking things thay were singing rain rain go away i had lened that this might be sleep pralisis so i started to try wiggle my pinky then i jolted my head then i woke up in a cold sweet btw i was terifyed because thay where domonic things too and thay spun me around to plus i could feel evrything thay where doing then i tryed to go back to sleep then things started talking arund the room telling me to leve the somthing tried to drag me out of bed it was a scary thing and im only 10

Jul 29, 2020

not really an obe NEW
by: Anonymous

i didnt see myself on my bed or anything, but i was sleeping on my back and i had my hands over my head, getting ready to fall asleep. as i was drifting off for almost an hour, i could feel that i was almost or near to being asleep. but then i felt my arms and my chest being raised, but they werent actually physically raising. my head also felt weird, but it didnt necessarily hurt. i just felt like i was probably going to have an out of body experience. so i woke myself up, stood up and the back of my arms and my chest felt tingly, not as if as they were asleep, but they type of tingles where it felt cold. idk but it was crazyy

Dec 07, 2020

Strange
by: Anonymous

I was 9 when I felt like I was foalting my cousin saw me foalting off my bed and just het the bed and it made a loud Bang and I did not feel a thing when I hit the bed contact me at Jacksonz24@circlevillecityschools.org if you have a answer

Mar 16, 2021

Sleep paralysis / spider NEW
by: Anonymous

I had the SAME experience. I woke up petrified after a weird dream but I couldn't move. When I eventually could move I noticed the biggest spider I've ever seen in my life on the wall. I could move by this point but I didn't dare in case the spider moved. Since then I've had these weird things occur two more time, when I've been falling asleep or already asleep. I couldn't believe it when I saw youd mentioned the spider - wtf?!?

Jun 06, 2021

Obe SP
by: Anonymous

Last night I had fallen asleep to my movie but I wasn't asleep. I felt my body gradually levitate off my be and enter another room. As this is happening my body violently is dragged around the ceiling the walls and I can't speak. No matter how loud I wanted to. So I wake up. I start to figure out how to get to the feeling again, and start noticing when exactly when I start this and can never pull 100% out. My sp and obe are in tuned. My question is can or has anyone tried to control it. Ex. Notice certain details in the moment, places word you wanna say. And how do you wake? How do you control it.....

Mar 02, 2022

Prayer workd NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm a night owl so wait till I'm really sleepy. Blue light on tv or cell keeps you awake at night
I only had the experience of being slightly lifted behind me and an intimidating feeling. I grabbed my rosary and began praying and it all cleared. I'm sleep deprived and know that and time you bathe influences your sleep. Evil lirksxalways and we need to ask God to rebuke him and he flees. I'm a true believer of prayer daily and before I fall asleep. Cutting all stress out b4 nightfall truly relaxes the mind so one can have s conversation which is prayer with God. He is the power and sendd His angels to protect us if stay close to Him. I'm Catholic and know Holy water scares evil away so I sprinkle it in my house and bless myself. 17 priests and 4 brothers Marian house was bombed in the Ukraine and I believe that was what traumatized me bcus I have felt earthquakes when no one else has. Please pray for peace, the Ukraine and God to protect you whevever you feel sleep disturbances. God is imbivirnt and omnipotent and controls the enemy. Gof bless you. Let's pray for one another always and remember you're born with a Guardian Angel who watched over you and will protect you. Precious Treasure in the Name of Jesus Holy Face

Mar 15, 2023

OBE NEW
by: Anonymous

Today I tried taking a small nap at my desk and I felt my spirit leaving my body, it feels scary like Im not gonna be able to comeback to my body, is that a OBE and if it feels scary than its bad right!!!

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