Some argue Sleep Paralysis with Hallucinations has nothing to do with hallucinating - that very real entities are responsible for what people call hallucinations, in this situation. I say maybe, maybe not.

I’ve been free from these episodes for months now, until this morning. The worst I’ve had are the occasional fleeting physical sensations of being aware that I can’t move as I wake up. For months I didn‘t even have the sense of a negative presence in the room (or in the bed with me).

The most popular themes for me have been the sensation of someone stretched across the length of my body, or sitting/ moving around next to me on the bed. I’ve rarely had harrowing visuals, but I have had them: once saw and felt a naked man laying across my torso (I was on my back). He was face-down and had long, wet hair. Another time it was someone hunched in a corner of the room, wearing a black cape LOL, while at the same time I felt someone with very very hairy legs on top of me, his arms extended toward my head, trying to hold my hands. Ick. My mind told me it was the same individual in two places. That’s probably the worst of the visuals. But usually there’s very little nastiness that I actually see. And I’ve never seen/felt anything that's given me a particularly positive feeling.

This morning I felt myself starting to feel paralyzed while coming out of a dream. Felt movement on the bed - sort of like a cat or small animal crawling around next to me. In my head I kept screaming “Wake up wake up wake up!” LOL ... those of you who have these episodes may know this reaction. Next I told myself to calm down to help it end. Then I felt someone/something moving the bed - pulling it around in a circle. Eventually I woke up. I'd forgotten how creepy these episodes can get.

… Well I’m not quite sure. They can be explained clinically, to a certain degree. For ex., they are linked to certain physical and psychological disorders (sleep apnea, depression, Bipolar ... ). At the same time, I leave room for the idea that it’s possible that certain imbalances in the body/brain can perhaps lower a person’s threshold for experiencing certain paranormal events. What do you think?