This weird dream freaked me out!

[Amateur]

I know I've had some very strange dreams, so I'm guessing everyone else has had them too. What freaked me out most was what happened when I woke up.

I knew I was dreaming, so wasn't panicked, at first, by the dream itself:

As the dream starts, I notice my sister talking to my brother in my living room. What's strange about that was that my brother was standing in a jail cage, and there was a very odd-looking boy creature huddled in the backcorner of the cage. My brother was over near the bars, telling my sister that he was turning over some millions of dollars to her b/c he had decided not to be a Native American anymore. (We've never lived as Native Americans, and only been told that our great-grandmother was Cherokee.) My brother is a tightwad in the extreme, so I didn't pay what he said any attention, other than to wonder why my sister was even listening to what he was saying.

But I did wonder why I hadn't noticed this jail cell in my living room before, and to wonder about the oddlooking boy-creature in the corner. As I was about to ask my brother why he was in a cage in my lining room, and what the boy was doing in there, suddenly, my brother was completely consumed - whole - in the gaping maw of the odd, boy-creature. I stood there in frozen shock, while my sister laughed! While I'm stuttering, and telling my sister we need to get the hell out of there, she simply says not to worry about it.

Next thing I remember is waking up in a lounge chair with this horrible pain in my hand!! I open my eyes and the boy-creature has his teeth clamped on my hand, looking at me!! Panicked, my first thought was that I was dead meat.....then I opened my eyes.

I was so relieved when I opened my eyes....but I could not move!! I tried and tried for about 3 seconds, before gradually I was able to move my fingers and toes, and gradually other parts as well. I had no idea why I couldn't move. Of course, I got up and got a drink of water, thinking about the dream...that one was a doozy, as my aunt would say.

As much as the weird-a$$ dream, waking up virtually paralyzed was what has stuck with me the most!

Ever had anything like that happen to you?

[AWH-Gemma]

Yes, sleep paralysis

I have had it when I am waking up from a dream but also mostly whilst falling asleep, freaked me right out the first time

[ElaineGardiner]

Yes, It's sleep paralysis.

Was reading up on it and it can be accompanied by hallucinations, which are often mistaken for a dream.

I remember when I was younger I woke from a nightmare paralyzed, and I felt like something was holding me down! Very scary at the time, but it's never happened to me since.

[DaftDog]

I remember when I was younger I woke from a nightmare paralyzed, and I felt like something was holding me down! Very scary at the time, but it's never happened to me since.

First I've heard about this, now some of those poltergeist stories you hear about seem to make sense.

[Gabriel_LCP]

Never had sleep paralysis before, but must be a very weird feeling! Also, you mentioned you knew you were in a dream... I have never been able to do that, I always feel like its something easy to notice but every time I'm having a dream I feel its real until I wake up...

[wagerjunction]

Wow, that dream indeed is freaky!

And sleep paralysis can definitely scare the sh** out of a person. What bothers me about this types of dreams is the second part. In the dream itself you feel like you are waking up (when in fact you are in another dream stage) and the bad dream is over and something even more horrible happens.

I personally always have nightmares when I sleep on my back. Any other position is fine but if ever during my sleep I roll over onto my back, the nightmare is guaranteed. Anyone else has a similar issue?

[Renee]

Yes, It's sleep paralysis.

Was reading up on it and it can be accompanied by hallucinations, which are often mistaken for a dream.

I remember when I was younger I woke from a nightmare paralyzed, and I felt like something was holding me down! Very scary at the time, but it's never happened to me since.

I've had that too - woke up and someone had grabbed my arm and because I was so scared I couldn't move..

Later realised that my other arm was numb and because I couldn't feel it, didn't realise that I was actually grabbing my own arm..

Douchebag!

Amateur - the little boy thing in the corner, did it have big black devil-like eyes and huge scary sharp teeth?

[grem]

lol grabbing your own arm

[AWH-Gemma]

Wow, that dream indeed is freaky!

And sleep paralysis can definitely scare the sh** out of a person. What bothers me about this types of dreams is the second part. In the dream itself you feel like you are waking up (when in fact you are in another dream stage) and the bad dream is over and something even more horrible happens.

I personally always have nightmares when I sleep on my back. Any other position is fine but if ever during my sleep I roll over onto my back, the nightmare is guaranteed. Anyone else has a similar issue?

Me too! Sleep on my back guarantees instant nightmares, I always sleep on my side, I read in a book that this is common although you are the first person other than myself that I met with this

[wagerjunction]

Me too! Sleep on my back guarantees instant nightmares, I always sleep on my side, I read in a book that this is common although you are the first person other than myself that I met with this

Hello kindred spirit

Amateur - the little boy thing in the corner, did it have big black devil-like eyes and huge scary sharp teeth?

Do these details have a particular significance Renee? Does it mean something?

[Renee]

Hello kindred spirit



Do these details have a particular significance Renee? Does it mean something?

This character shows up a lot in paranormal research.
It's the basic description of a demon from people who "see things".

[Amateur]

This character shows up a lot in paranormal research.
It's the basic description of a demon from people who "see things".

You're scaring me, Renee! I am already spooked enough by this whole thing. I've never claimed to "see things", nor do I want to "see things", except what's in front of me.

In fact, the boy-creature had black eyes, as best I can remember, with an oversize head. It didn't seem overtly threatening, but I sensed that nothing good couild come from this whole situation.

I could feel my muscles tensing to head for the door, when the scene changed and I was in the chair. There was no way I was staying in that house, or taking time to collect anything from it either!

As for sleeping on my back, now that you've mentioned it, I was on my back when I woke up. I hadn't thought about it before, or noticed what position I sleep in, for the most part. Not sure how I can avoid it though, since I'm not sure I can control which position I'm in when I'm asleep.

[Renee]

Sorry for scaring you... It was an honest question.. It doesn't necessarily mean you see things, or that you're haunted or possessed or anything like that... it could just be a coincidence that it appeared in your dreams - many people dream of demons when they are having nightmares.

[wagerjunction]

I guess it could mean that you are a 'sensitive'. You know, not someone who actually sees things per se, but maybe you do sense otherworldly stuff around you that other people cannot. It's like being in tune with the ether. Hope I am not scaring you even more...

Have you ever had anything that could be assimilated to a premonition?

I usually get these. Like an overall bad feeling when something bad is about to happen.

[Gabriel_LCP]

I get goosebumps pretty easy from hearing stories, but still, I'll have to see something myself to believe in that sort of stuff. I think I've had enough opportunities in my life time but nothing has come close

[Renee]

I get goosebumps pretty easy from hearing stories, but still, I'll have to see something myself to believe in that sort of stuff. I think I've had enough opportunities in my life time but nothing has come close

I'm sure if I told you even half of the stuff I've seen, you'd sleep with your lights on for the rest of your life..

[Gabriel_LCP]

I'm sure if I told you even half of the stuff I've seen, you'd sleep with your lights on for the rest of your life..

haha really?? well then that's a no in regards to listening to your scary stories! I think its all in the mind, at least that's what I make myself believe

[Renee]

haha really?? well then that's a no in regards to listening to your scary stories! I think its all in the mind, at least that's what I make myself believe

Sometimes that doesn't help unfortunately. I think you just need to embrace it sometimes or you end up just going nuts.

[wagerjunction]

I'm sure if I told you even half of the stuff I've seen, you'd sleep with your lights on for the rest of your life..

That sounds interesting. I would love to hear about some of your experiences Renee.

[wagerjunction]

Sometimes that doesn't help unfortunately. I think you just need to embrace it sometimes or you end up just going nuts.

Totally right. There was this guy who was clairvoyant. He could see things by touching objects. Well at one point he got so freaked, he chopped off his hands. Extreme!!!

There was this other guy who went nuts also. Luckily, he didn't do something as dramatic as the first one though. Still he shut himself up in his trailer and refused to have any contact with the outside world.

Imagine what it must have been like for them.