tldr: Sleep paralysis is something quite unexplained and can be caused by either psychological or ghosts, if you believe in it
Since it’s the 7th Lunar Month of the Chinese Year, which is also known as the Hungry Ghosts Month
I thought to share something which some people experienced before: Sleep Paralysis!
Even if you didn’t get it before, it might still make for a good read~
Honestly though, I hope you never experience it o.O
For those of you who don’t know, sleep paralysis is when a person wakes up but finds themselves unable to move
And usually feel a pressure on their body!
Seems horrible right?
In fact, as I’m writing this article, I had the displeasure of experiencing sleep paralysis (sort of) just a couple nights ago!!
I was sleeping and dreaming and something entered my dream
Like there was nothing there in my dream, and something invisible bumped into my dream self
I got irritated and grabbed onto it, and begin to wake up
Now I’m seeing and feeling my hand grabbing something in the air!!
Then a pressure or weight came upon me, as if something is attempting to overpower me or scare me with its power
I got angrier, I mean, you might get angry too if something woke you up for no reason right?
So I fought back harder, by squeezing its arm and pushing upwards
Then I think it got scared and it disappeared XD
Not the first time I got this experience in my life, and yes, usually I fight back so they go away lolol~
So what causes sleep paralysis?
Yes, if you are still shocked about it, you might be shocked how I just pass it over cause such an experience doesn’t mean much to me
Meh~
It’s just something to share so people like you can handle it, if you experience it
In psychology, sleep paralysis is a condition that comes about supposedly when one has sleep deprivation, or irregular sleep, or psychological stress and anxiety
Common symptoms are feeling pressure on them, feeling there is an entity in the room, fear or panic, hearing sounds like whispers or buzzing, or even seeing hallucinations
Essentially, the best theory for sleep paralysis is that there is a disconnect or overlap of sleep states
Without being too sciency, think of it as when you sleep, your body is supposed to stop most movements (otherwise you will be a sleep walker hahaha which… I did sleep walk as a child…)
However, in that state, you are still aware or awake, which causes the sleep paralysis
To be honest, even psychology doesn’t have a good explanation for sleep paralysis
For example, they gave one possible reason for it to occur is because you sleep on your back
At this rate, no matter how one sleep, there is some problem somewhere lololol
Sleeping on your belly is bad for your back, sleeping on your right can cause acid reflux cause of the stomach position, sleeping on your left may place some pressure on your heart, and cause shoulder and hip pain…
So if you ask me, just sleep how you like and don’t bother so much XD
What about ghosts or demons??
Yea I’m getting to that
So some hallucinations report shadow people or ghost-like entities
And thus people also think sleep paralysis is caused by demons or ghosts that sit on you
Add on the hearing of voices and whatnot so you can imagine why people might think that
And you have no real way of knowing if it is due to an entity or not
Most people can’t see ghosts to begin with, and a feeling can just be a feeling whether or not its real
So unless you know someone who can see ghosts, and trust that person to be legit (like not a fake person pretending to see ghosts only lolol)
Then get them to come and see to confirm!
In the end, it is kinda hard to conclude whether sleep paralysis is due to psychological factors or due to a ghost or demon
However, it might differ on a case by case basis
Meaning someone might have psychological factors that cause sleep paralysis, while another person truly did have an entity visit them that night
But wait, there is a third possibility!
Which sort of involves an entity still, however, it also involves black magic
Just that, in this case, it means that one is targeted by someone else and the black magic send an entity or similar to cause sleep paralysis
I had a client who shared with me just 4 months ago
She visited a person who her friend said is a good person, but that person turn out to not be that good
That person was only visiting Singapore for 5 days, and during this period, every night she felt someone on her and r@ping her!!
She believes that person send something, or send himself to do so
Scary~
So how to prevent sleep paralysis?
Well if we follow psychology, then you need to have a good amount of sleep, and healthy sleeping habits too
Also, avoid taking stimulants like coffee or alcohol before you sleep
And if it happens, instead of panicking, just remain calm and know it will pass in a few minutes~
What about if you believe in ghosts?
Then you can consider to get your religious leader to do a blessing of the house, if you haven’t done that before
Or if you don’t have a religion, get a master who can do a house blessing to protect from spirits and ghosts
Only someone that you can trust!
I don’t want a repeat of my client’s experience…
You can consider buying a crystal to put in your bedroom to help with such a thing too
PM me if you want to know what crystal, cause I got to check with my fengshui master
And if you still get sleep paralysis for some reason, do what I did!
Fight back!
And get angry like the Hulk!
You see, if the entity is real, it will feed off your fear, so getting angry is one way to chase it
Also, fear traps you, whereas anger can empower you
Even if its all psychological, anger is for defense and power
Before this recent experience, I woke up to find an entity sleeping in my bed beside me, with its back facing me
I got angry, and kicked it
Then it attempted to scare me by turning its head 180 degrees, and swung its arm backwards at me
I grabbed its arm and pushed it until it got off
It attempted a second attack actually, but I kicked it again
Then it was gone
Just do that and you’ll be fine~
Take care! Rest well! 😀
