Reader Comments About Sleep Paralysis

I have recently been seeking and praising JESUS on more of a consistent basis. I was coming out of a backslidden condition after conviction from the Holy Spirit. Early this morning just before 3am I woke up to being held down and smothered.  I tried to call on JESUS and this thing was holding my mouth shut to where I couldn't speak. It took everything I had to scream JESUS. I had to scream it over and over before it quit. I feel like it was a demon retaliating because GOD was breaking the strongholds in my life and it wasn't happy about it. I had been praying for JESUS to increase my desire for Him and boy did this help. I know JESUS didn't do it but it backfired on the devil because I want more of JESUS more than ever know. All praise to GOD through JESUS. THANK YOU JESUS for being there for me when I needed you and always being there. -Keith

Sleep Paralysis IS Spiritual, IS a very frightening experience, and IS The Devil and his army of demons on a mission to continually harass and scare you. I first experienced Sleep Paralysis when I was 19yrs old and I'm 44yrs old now. I am typing these words now, at 2:34am because I just had yet another Sleep Paralysis experience. Crazy as it may sound, I believe God has blessed me with a spirit of decrement. I can actually feel when this evil presence get closer and closer to me and I can actually see this evil presence (at times), and all the various forms it takes thru spiritual eyes. Like many of you, I have been so crippled by this evil spirit that all I can really do is "Think " the name of Jesus. Sometimes this spirit lets me go immediately and doesn't come back and other times, it seems as if this spirit refuses to let me go and when it finally does, it is quick to continue coming back for numerous assaults on me throughout the night. As this just happened, I let my dogs outside to use the restroom and I went out with them. I looked into the darkness of the sky and I said, "God, why are you allowing this demon to attack me like this? I know that I am in no way a "Role Model" for other believers in Jesus to look up to or follow... I'm not perfect but why do I deserve this?" I came inside and turned on my little notebook while lying downstairs and wanted to do research on Sleep Paralysis. Your website amongst several others popped up as a result of a Google Search and was the very first website I clicked on. What you have said about Sleep Paralysis is Spot On. Like you said... "It means that it's time to CLEAN HOUSE. Time to "Clean Up our Minds, our mouths, our hearts... overall, Our Life." Some how, some way, I, like others, have made some kind of way for the devil to get through my front door. Some where, I brought Satan into my home. I believe that I know what that "Something" is and I seriously have to do something about it. I am quite sure that God has His reasons as to why He allows this frightening experience to happen to us. One of the hardest things to do in Life is to put ourselves under the microscope because we fear what we may see. My Apologies for such a long comment. What I wanted to say is that, if or when this happens to you, do as God said in the Bible, "Examine Yourself". There may be something you're doing that God wants you to acknowledge and more importantly, Stop/Change. May God Be With You, Bless You, and Protect You All....-Johnny S.

I enjoyed your page on night terrors. I have much to say about this topic, moreover I could not agree more with the writer of the website who explained it's demonic correlation between night terrors and spiritual attacks. Keep up the good work! May God bless you! -Don

My sleep paralysis experience, the first one I remember, started when I was 7. Before then they visited me in the form of suicidal or torture dreams. It looked like a man in old black attire and a hat. He'd pull my covers off the whole night, visiting me repeatedly all night nearly every night. When we left that house I was 10 or 11. A few minutes after we left the house a fire had begun to burn the house to the ground. Later we found out that it started in my room and not the usual place, the kitchen, and they couldn't find out what had started the fire. As we traveled north to stay with my grandparents before moving to Alaska we stopped at a hotel. That night I had a demon in actual form appear out of a blacker than night poof of smoke at the foot of the bed I was sleeping in. It was short, had a sickly gray colored skin with scars and stitches all over it and had cat light yellow green eyes. It moved towards me without walking or leg movement and stared at me the entire night till dawn. They disappeared for a while before a they started again a 6 years ago, only this time they were stronger. 7 months ago one of them disguised as a dead looking girl attempted to touch my 18 month old son who was sleeping with me in bed. This was the first time I'd ever been able to move and I moved him so that he was in the middle of the bed. The thing got so angry it began to choke me and I couldn't breathe for some time and thought I was going to die. I don't remember what happened, but eventually it left me before I nearly blacked out. More recently I've decided to accept Jesus into my heart a little over a month ago. Three days after I decided to fast, because I wanted to reach him to get closer to God and I experienced an attack that very night. It began to try to sexually assault me for the very first time and I called out to Jesus, it ended rather abruptly. It happened again a few nights later, but this time it took a few more calls to Jesus because I believe it may have been stronger than the previous one. They left me alone for 2 weeks. Then one night I went praying and I was doubting and asking God to please show me he's real, I want to be with him, but I don't know if he's actually hearing me. I was attacked the whole night by demons. So much so that I wasn't sure when an attack began and ended and when another started a few moments after the last. I called out to Jesus and it ended briefly each time before it happened again. That very last time I saw a bright shining white light before I fell asleep for the rest of the morning. I haven't experienced it since and haven't said anything to family members, because they think I'm nuts for telling them about the other times calling for Jesus saved me. For a week now I was unsure of what to think of it, but I honestly believe that he saved me. I am going to call a man today who is going to baptize me. I was so excited about it that I sang and prayed to God last night, told him how much I just wanted to hug him to hold him to thank him and felt the holy spirit just fall over me. My shoulders, upper back and arms were all tingly and warm the entire night. He is so amazing! He even listens to those that haven't been baptized. -Brittany

My first experience about this phenomenon came when i was still single and unbeliever. I visited a friend's house and while waiting for her i slept on her bed. While asleep i experienced my body was stiff and i cannot move. My eyes were open, i can see my surroundings and felt scared and terrified not having control of my body. Then this monster looking entity appeared lurking like a cat holding onto the wood divider of the room almost touching the ceiling. It was watching me and i panicked silently screaming and very terrified. Then i woke up as nothng had happened. Following this i had another and several attacks at home, i dont see no one with me yet i was so scared and screaming in silence. Then i became a Christian and it never came back again until i got married and became a mother of 3 kids. this phenomenon came back in my life. I have no idea what it is, just thought i was having bad dreams yet it is different from having a dream because i was conscious about my surroundings, i can hear sounds and even feel my husband at my side snoring. This happened to almost 3x a week. The most extreme experience i had was when my body lifted up to the ceiling and turned around to see myself lying on bed with my husband!! I started screaming but then i moved up to the ceiling thru the roof of my house and floated on top and saw the street with the street lights. I knew it is a real phenomenon and i was terrified and helpless. In those times i do not know yet that this thing can be rebuked in God's name. I continued to have this and each time has different experiences such as having sex to a man i thought was my husband, being attacked by women wanting to rape me , etc. Then i learned to rebuke and understood satanic attacks. But in those times i didnt know yet that sleep paralysis is a demonic attack. In one of the attacks i was able to rebuke the invisible thing that is binding and holding my body captive. It was a silent rebuke in God's name, a rebuke in my thoughts to leave me alone that he had no authority over me because i am a child of God. It worked!! From then on every time it is coming back i started praying in the Spirit and rebuke the bad spirit. I was thankful and became more confident in my faith in God, and diligent in studying the Scriptures. God is real and protecting His people. Thank you for this opportunity to share my experience. Blessings and Shalom to you. -Deb