Sharing my story

When I was 14, I had my first sleep paralysis, and guys, it was super scary. I told my family about it, and my sister, who’d been through it too, told me to try moving my fingers and toes little by little next time until I could wake up. That same year, it happened two more times, but they were short, and I eventually just fell back asleep. But the third time? It was on another level.

It was around 10 pm, and I was sharing a room with my brother. This time, the sleep paralysis felt like it lasted way longer, and I started freaking out. I was mentally screaming my brother’s name, but obviously, only I could hear it. I felt like I was suffocating, totally panicking. Then I remembered my sister’s advice, so I tried moving my fingers, but it didn’t work. Breathing got harder, so I just tried to chill and calm myself down, hoping I’d wake up soon.

My mind was fully awake, but my body just wouldn’t move. Then I felt this weird vibration all over my body, and it was super uncomfortable. I also heard this high-pitched ringing in my ears, and my body temperature was fluctuating. It was so intense, and even though I couldn’t remember everything clearly because I was panicking, I eventually felt lighter, like I had woken up. I looked around and saw I was in my room. But wait—I realized I was floating. I looked down and saw my body still asleep. I was so shocked, and suddenly I just snapped back into my body and got up.

I was in full-on shock, so I ran to my mom’s room and grabbed the Bible. At that time, I was going to a Born Again Christian church, so I really thought some bad spirit was trying to possess me. It freaked me out so bad.

A few months later, it happened again. This time, I wasn’t feeling well, so I decided to sleep in a bit before school. And bam, it hit again. I heard this sharp, small voice whispering and felt like a small black shadowy thing was jumping on my chest. I also saw strange figures in my room. It was so unsettling and trippy, but somehow I managed to fall back asleep.

When I woke up, I was super freaked out and fully convinced that some bad spirit was after me. So, that Sunday, I told our pastor about it, and he said it was definitely a bad spirit causing all of this.

I prayed every day for it to stop happening, but of course, it still happened again that same month.

This time it was in the morning when sleep paralysis hit. I tried to stay calm because I didn’t want to panic. My mind was fully awake, but my body wouldn’t budge. I could hear everything around me, and all my senses felt heightened. The more I tried to relax, the stronger the vibrations got, and my head felt so heavy. Then it happened again—I started floating. I was scared, but not as much as before since it was morning and I felt light. I floated up to the ceiling, looked down, and saw myself sleeping. I got curious and wanted to go outside, but I kept overthinking, worried that some bad spirit might take over my body. But honestly, I didn’t see anything weird in the room.

Suddenly, I snapped back into my body and got up. It was wild. I couldn’t stop talking about it the whole day.

Later on, I Googled it and learned about astral projection. Some of my friends also told me about it, but their take was totally different. Apparently, according to the internet, it’s not harmful. But every time I told someone what happened, they’d all say the same thing: maybe it was a bad spirit trying to possess me. So, I listened to them and prayed every day for it to stop happening. Honestly, I think I manifested it stopping because it never happened again. Though sometimes I’d still get sleep paralysis, it was never as intense as before, and I always managed to break out of it.

So, it’s been years, I was 21 now and honestly, I just kinda forgot about all of it. I also didn’t really wanna talk about it with anyone ’cause I didn’t want people thinking I was lying or just plain weird. But yesterday, man, it all came rushing back. It was morning, and boom—sleep paralysis hit me again. Like the first time, it felt like it lasted forever. I tried to stay calm, but the calmer I got, the more intense it became. I’m not even sure what happened next—it just stopped, and I woke up with my head feeling super heavy.

That whole thing brought back all the memories of what happened years ago, and that’s why I’m sharing this now and joined this community. I feel like I need to talk to people who actually get it, you know? Plus, I’m not scared like I was before. This time, I really wanna experience the full astral projection thing and see where it takes me.