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Date Posted: Saturday, January 11, 09:58:51 GMT-4
Author: Sandy
Subject: Re: Feels like Hell!
In reply to: paul g 's message, "Re: Feels like Hell!" on Sunday, November 10, 01:04:16 GMT-4

>Paul,
Thank you for your input I found it to be the most comforting reply I read. Do you think that people in a coma, that still have brain function might be experiencing this phenomana? Or that possibly people with dementia suffer with this?Sleep paralysis, also known as Old Hag, is a
>phenomenon that is known, to some extent, by all
>cultures throughout the world. Some people say
>attacking aliens are the cause of sleep paralysis,
>
>
>
> while others credit the "Devil" himself and/or his
>minions, and if not that, then the classic "old hag"
>who sits on an unsuspecting sleeping person's chest,
>and upon their waking realize they are powerless to
>move. For what ends a hag would do this are as varied
>as the cultures on the planet. Only the old hag does
>not always appear as a grotesque elderly matron.
>
>Only in the last couple decades, and especially the
>last 10 or so years, have researchers begun to
>seriously study this bizarre happening. Nothing is as
>of yet in concrete, but we at least now have a solid
>place to begin. And I would like to further add, that
>although we may now have an explanation of the
>mechanics involved, it does not mean we know WHY or
>WHAT causes this strange phenomenon to occur, but only
>explains what is going on physically during an episode
>of sleep paralysis, or SP.
>
>Sleep paralysis is a condition in which someone about
>to fall asleep, or just upon waking from sleep,
>realizes that they are unable to move or speak, but
>can still breathe and move their eyes. I like to call
>this "half-asleep/half-awake" stage the "twilight"
>stage. Your conscious mind has begun to drift into
>sleep but is not yet there, therefore you still retain
>a small amount of your waking conscious. It is a very
>transitory stage indeed, and one that seems to leave
>you "open" to certain experiences you would not
>otherwise be receptive to when fully conscious or
>fully asleep. It is also accepted by most researchers
>that although this can happen in any sleeping
>position, it most commonly occurs in the supine
>position (laying on your back).
>
>Once the person realizes they are unable to move, they
>usually, but not always, leave this "twilight" stage
>and become fully awake, but still paralyzed. At this
>point the experience can go either way. The person may
>only experience a temporary paralysis, and after
>several seconds or up to a minute or so would then
>regain their movement and the event would be over.
>Researchers believe many people experience this at one
>point in their lives.
>
>But the other scenario is much more frightening. Upon
>realizing one is paralyzed, a whole gamut of
>hallucinations may occur. Many people report hearing,
>seeing, and/or sensing a person or people in the room
>with them while they are paralyzed. There is also the
>common experience of a usually sensed, malevolent
>presence (or SMP). Note that not all sensed presences
>are felt as being malevolent, but very frequently they
>are. These SMP's usually seem to be just out of view
>of the person experiencing the SP, who from here on in
>I will refer to as the 'subject', for the sole purpose
>of easily identifying the one experiencing the SP.
>The SMP is so incredibly intimidating and you feel
>that this very evil, terrible "thing" is just right
>outside your field of vision, and if you weren't
>paralyzed and was able to turn your head just an inch
>or so, you would be able to see this horrid thing. At
>least, that's the feeling most people get, and
>sufferer's of SP have reported the same.
>
>Sometimes it is reported that the subject feels
>crushed, smothered, or pushed into the bed. There are
>auditory hallucinations as well. A voice or voices may
>be heard, as well as footsteps. A loud buzzing noise
>is sometimes reported.

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