[quote]Malevolence wrote:
This sounds like a case of Sleep Paralysis. Not in the strictest sense. I have had similarly absurd things happen in my sleep, where I believe there are other people/animals/creatures/things in the room with me that simply aren’t there. Even extending to the point of physically ‘feeling’ their presence, or even ‘interacting’ with them.
It’s a result of being half-awake, half-asleep, and all-fucked up. Not quite, I really don’t know all that much about it, save to say, it happens to most people at least once or twice in their lives, and it is also the explanation for virtually every out of body experience, alien abduction, visitation story, dream demons and the likes.
When you’re in this state, hallucinations, both mental and tactile are common. A sense of heightened paranoia, sensitivity, and panic often accompanies it.
All in all, it is a harrowing experience, because it really makes you think that you are crazy upstairs. But, if it happens enough, and you start to become more familiar with it, some even more interesting things happen.
Suffice to say, your story has a certain wtf? to it. I would recommend doing some research on Dream Demons, Sleep Paralysis, Night time hallucinations and the likes.[/quote]
Sounded like sleep paralysis to me as well, that he was witness to it happening then “as soon as I could move”. I’ve had it before where I felt a presence in the room, that sat on my chest and slithered into my body. It was at that point I was able to fully awaken. Sort of like my motor control had to reattach.
What happens is that when we sleep, our movement disassociates from our bodies, so that we don’t run around the room while in a dream and hurt ourselves. Sleep walking is what happens if the body doesn’t disassociate from the mind when falling asleep. Sleep paralysis is what happens when you awaken and regain consciousness, but not the mind body connection.