Something that happend to me.

**Twist** · 10-21-2007 05:05 PM

I tried to WILD last night and this happened to me.

I woke up in a weird state, my eyes were barely open. I saw this lady sitting right beside my bed. I thought it was a dream so I smiled at her because she looked friendly, and she smiled back. She rose in the air a few feet, and turned into something very ugly. She jumped on my chest and I hear a sound like my stomach was rumbling, but much louder. I tried to fight it because it felt like a very evil presence. I said Jesus out loud, and it stopped.

Has this ever happened to you? I thought it was SP at first, but this was much to evil of a presence...

**Wavefunction** · 10-21-2007 05:41 PM

to Dreamviews!

It was SP, you were right. Well actually, it's a hypnogogic hallucination. I've had the evil presence sensation, and heard creaking doors and footsteps. I've never seen visuals, but I know people who have.

**mylucidworld** · 10-21-2007 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Twist

I tried to WILD last night and this happened to me.

I woke up in a weird state, my eyes were barely open. I saw this lady sitting right beside my bed. I thought it was a dream so I smiled at her because she looked friendly, and she smiled back. She rose in the air a few feet, and turned into something very ugly. She jumped on my chest and I hear a sound like my stomach was rumbling, but much louder. I tried to fight it because it felt like a very evil presence. I said Jesus out loud, and it stopped.

Has this ever happened to you? I thought it was SP at first, but this was much to evil of a presence...

I have experienced somethin similar not long ago. I woke up and there was this woman holding me very tightly. I stayed calm because i knew it was sleep paralysis but then this voice in my head screamed which made me jump out of bed.

**azureone** · 10-21-2007 07:44 PM

*nods* I've never had visuals but I heard loud and menacing laughing in my head while under SP for the first time, I straight up thought it was possession lol

**Clairity** · 10-21-2007 10:47 PM

Twist, I see you met *old hag* (i.e., sleep paralyis).

Old Hag is caused by sleep paralysis lingering after waking. Sleep paralysis happens during REM dreaming, and prevents you from acting out your dreams by blocking motor signals from your brain. The classic symptoms are - unable to move, a feeling of weight on your chest and/or unable to breath, a sense of a presence, fear or panic, and some vague (usually greyish) object in the centre of the visual field which is often interpreted as a person (or nowadays, an alien). The "Old Hag" name arose from people putting the symptoms together to form the interpretation that an old hag was sat on your chest, pinning you to the bed.

Below is my one and only experience with *old hag*:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ghlight=hag%2A