Roughly what percentage of the population experience these "attacks"?

Thank you for speaking on this topic - I rarely hear it mentioned! I began having these attacks when I was a teenager. I've never even heard of a sexual experience happening; that's surprising to me. All of my experiences have been completely evil and murderous.

I was told not to sleep on my back; that really seems to make a big difference although I have no idea why. It's remarkable how I can know exactly where I am and what day it is, yet I'm convinced that someone has walked through the door and is trying to kill me. I also have some really wild auditory hallucinations, like roaring and screaming from the would be killer. I usually think that I am also screaming, but once I regain motion in my limbs I realize that I am just struggling to move, and that I have ringing in my ears.

I feel as though science has gone a bit overboard talking about the international aspect of the disorder, and talking about the mythology. Quite frankly, it scared the hell out of me when I was a teen and just made the disorder worse. I am happy, though to have an explaination and to know I was not losing my mind.

Since reaching adulthood, I haven't been bothered by this nightly menace. When I was a child I experienced it far too often. I've heard the incubus/succubus correlation, and I discovered long ago that this was a dissociative state caused by partial waking. I think it's interesting that you've written in some of the associated folklore. In African American culture, this figure is called Boo Hag, and the only way to free yourself from the nightly visits is to capture the witch in a glass bottle. Personally, I had no experience with seeing a figure crouching above me. Instead, I experienced paralysis and a sense of being unable to hear or speak. I also experienced an inability to breathe. Time does indeed lose its parameters during this event, and it was terrifying until I finally discovered what was happening was purely physiological. While still upsetting to feel unable to breathe, I discovered that by focusing really hard on moving I could waken myself enough to shake the experience. Thanks for the post.

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In June 2007 I had my first encounter with this thing called Incubus. I haven't until recently discovered the name, the meaning and heard of other with similar experiences.

The first time I had an Incubus attack I was going to sleep and watched the clock it was abou 2.30 at night. I closed my eyes and sudenly felt that someone was in my room, i tried calling out for help but was paralyzed, I tried to reach for the lamp beside me but couldn't move. I awoke as sudden as I fell asleep and my arm stretched with high speed towards the lamp. This was about two minutes after I had watched the clock.

The second time was about a month later. i had been curious for a long time about who had visited me last time. I took a look at the clock it was 01.56 at night. (I have written it in my journal) November 11th 2007. I laid down in my bed and felt like the last time that someone was entering the room. I had now moved to another place and realized that it was not my old house that was haunted. And like the first time I was paralyzed, both in speech and movement. The incubi was standing in the room just watching me a couple of feet away from my bed. It sat down on the bed beside me doing nothing. I tried to rip off my quilt and awoke with my hand ripping down the quilt with high speed.

The third time was in March 2008. I was about to go to sleep, looked at the clock it was about 3 at night. And like the previous times I suddenly felt that someone was in the room. I was paralyzed and I started crying, the incubi sat down on my bed and put its hand on my shoulders and pushed me back in my bed. I said repeatedly in my head "I'm not afraid". I awoke crying about a couple of minutes later.

The fourth time was October 30th. I have now moved back to the place I lived the first time I had an ancounter. The last time I checked the clock it was 01.36. At the moment I fell "asleep" I heard the door slam shut, someone sat down on my bed and grasped my feet firm. I tried to screm, no sound. It made a murring deep sound like trying to speak and what i heard from it, it said "Who are you". i tried to scream again and it came up to my face and put its hands on my neck like trying to strangle me. i formed "who are you" with my mouth, so in other words I was not like the previous times completely paralyzed. it answered back in a totally different voice than the first time "You shouldn't give a damn". I tried to get it off me and it fell on the floor in front of my bed, I threw myself at the floor reaching for the door handle but was thrown back in bed. I still couldn't scream and still felt paralyzed even though in this incident I wasn't. It was back on top of me now with it's elbow against my throat As sudden as it came, it was gone. i awoke 01.44 in the same position I fell asleep in. The door was slammed shut and my quilt was down at my feet. I am 100 percent sure that there is no one in the house that eithe closed the door to my room or pulled down my quilt.

This is really getting to me. What do I do?

It is interesting how psychologists try to dismiss the other planes of existence that are very real. There was a movie, "Incubus" based on real events about a woman in CA who experienced an incubus and had it verified by the psychiatrist who attended her. She sought his help because she thought she was loosing her mind. The entity that engaged her did so sexually and it was very real to the woman experiencing this. It would restrain her and move objects around in her room while she tried to sleep. It was after her for sex. The events led to the Dr wanting to try to capture the entity away from her house after they discovered that it would follow her. They attempt to capture was unsuccessful, however, the damage caused by this attempt to the campus was real and substantial. The woman ended up moving to Texas and the attacks subsided some but never completely went away. "There is more in Heaven and Earth than is dreamt of in man's philosophy" Shakespeare

I would very much like to contact you privately if possible, because I don't want to influence other people with my words. I have a friend that used to be a psychiatrist and he thinks I am pretty normal besides this dream problem, that he can not possibly understand. I would like to talk to you, maybe we can offer each other some information and help. Is this possible somehow?

Why is this issue so difficult to conduct research on? I can think of a few reasons such as violations of certain ethical research codes. Aside from journal entries from the vast population, why not try to induce this sort of effect onto the body? Perhaps there is a drug out there that triggers this? Mescaline, Cocaine, LSD, Shrooms ect.

Is it possible that certain people who experience this just simply have more of these chemicals in their brain or body? Athletes probably have more adrenaline stored up than other people who arent NBA or NFL class. Perhaps just higher levels or certain human barbiturates??

And what are the solutions for those who experience this? Obviously not E.C.T. right? I personally have a girlfriend who has experienced this as early as she can remember. Strange enough she is from a culture that widely believes in the "demon on the chest myth" Her ethnic background comes from the Hmong tribes in Southern China. They are a very nomadic group and there so call homeland has not reached the level of technological order of many other nations such as our own.

I have experienced this once in my lifetime. And I did not have any vivid visualizations at all. All I saw was my bedroom. Full motor control of my eyes. None, or lack of motor control of my major and minor muscle groups. And only a sudden increase in my pulse when I tried to move. Eventually though I overpowered the paralysis.

Nice article.I experienced an inability to breathe. Time does indeed lose its parameters during this event, and it was terrifying until I finally discovered what was happening was purely physiological. While still upsetting to feel unable to breathe, I discovered that by focusing really hard on moving I could waken myself enough to shake the experience.

The first time the sleep paralysis happened to me was when we were traveling to Illinois, I wa 16 years of age. I was in the car and could not wake up. Mu eyes would not open but a little, my arms were not functioning and could not talk. This seemed to take forever to wake. I finally did. The next time was a decade later. I was in my apartment and was laying on the couch. I took a nap and could nto wake. My eyes were shuttering and I could not move. With my eyes shuttering I witnessed black shadows on my wall at the very top. I could not make much of them. I was still in parlysis. I eventually woke. The next time was when I was pregnant at our house almost two years ago. Same thing with black shadows. The last time has been reent. I was sleeping in ou basement where my sister that lives with us resides. I could not wake. The basement was so black and I could not see a thing. I felt my sister was standing over me with the light on and then my husband was standing next to the bed smiling and then he ran up stairs fast...I could not get up. Finally I did and could not of ran fast enough upstairs. I want to know what this is and what is going on with me. Is this a posession or are the demons curious? Any answers would be great. I have read all posts and I am rest assured with knowing I am not alone. Thanks! Here in Missouri

I am attacked constantly by the succubus. She won't leave me alone! I am afflicted by all of the aforementioned symptoms, and it is seriously starting to drive me mad! Almost every night it happens. Does anyone know of some sort of religious talisman or something that might help me?? Maybe a pendant of St. Michael... I don't know. I need help, bad. Being this demonic witches victim is making me start to crack up.

Ive had this too and i really think its all the same thing it can just morph into whatever it wants to scare us the main point is it wants to scare u for some reason i dont know ive had the sleep paralysis and saw these grim reaper type things around my bed and ive also experienced sort of like i guess they call the incubus in the same time period it was amazing thou i awoke feeling like somethin was there like the sleep paralysis but i was all dizzy in my head and couldnt open my eyes or move I felt amazing sensations on my body, i know it didnt have sex with me but i felt just the sensations of rubbing my breasts then the feeling went down my body kinda out my toes real quick and i woke up, it was weird since ive been sleeping with my bible lights on literally like my bible is a teddy bear and recently cant find it anywhere out of the blue,hmmm
I am going to start looking into burning white sage in the house and carrying black obsidian crystal in my right pocket and be more positive as its posible somejhow u r attracting bad entities to you, so i hope this works.

I believe that science has to explain everything so that there is never a spiritual aspect to anything. I truly feel this is a dark spirit using our bodies to gain energy... maybe they are stuck in an in-between state, and our bodies in their weakened state are useful in gaining some energy.

Whatever it is... It is very scary and started happening to me about four years ago... and in fact, now that I think about it... It probably happened to me as a little kid, but I didn't know what it was. Just knew I never went to bed at night because of it.

I am a 48 year old mom, no sleep disorders, no drug involvement, no unresolved conflict, issues, sleep deep and wake up great. One night, all males gone in my house, I was alone. Woke up with pressure on my back with something trying to "cuddle" and "spoon" with me. Totally surprised and frightened and sure someone had broken into my house and was attacking me. The presence was large and wouldn't stop moving. As quickly as it came it left. Never experienced it after. Only night in 24 years I was alone in my house. While I believe that there are psychiatric explanations for many things, I am not convinced about mine. Although any psychiatrist can spin their interpretation on anything, there is NOTHING to disprove this experience was not paranormal. All opinions are valid, as there have been NO studies to prove or disprove any theory. I have never believed in the paranormal, but this personal experience has opened many questions for me and there are no definitive answers. It has never happened again to me and I reject the explanation that I have a sleep disorder or apsychiatric disorder. I am normal and average in every way. Unless I have lots of problems that only decided to surface once in almost 50 years never to return, I cannot accept unresolved conflict, neurosis or psychosis as an explanation. Dr. Cline can give his opinion, but for those of you who have had this experience, like me, this does not provide any satisfactory plausible answer about my experience. To characterize the experience as "being visited by a demon" ridicules and diminishes the experience for many average well adjusted, intelligent people. I do not believe it was a "demon", never thought of it that way, but it is an experience which remains unexplained and unproven. To characterize this experience as as middle ages type ignorance or pure craziness, does not square with me or my experience in any way. Dr. Cline and his colleagues can offer their opinion but nothing is definitive until there is scientific objective proof of any theory. I have many questions and few plausible answers at this point.

Psychiatry can be wrong. Psychiatrists used to characterize homosexuality as a mental disorder. In the 1600's they used opium to treat psychiatric disorders. Shock treatments and lobotomies remained the standard of treatment until recently. Psychiatry can be totally wrong and barbaric. Don't accept it as accurate and right about everything.

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I'm really glad to have found this site. I have never really had a chance to explain to others what I have experienced the last 15 years. I would like to just get this out, if you can bear with me.

I have written it according to the understanding I had at each point in time.

I moved into a new flat when I was around 22 years of age. One night I was having a slightly distressing dream and was suddenly aware I was "lucid dreaming" i.e. I was able to control the events in my dreams - i.e. I had control over my actions. I then became aware of a demon standing at my wardrobe at the foot of my bed. I knew I was still asleep and tried to wake myself up. As I did so the demon rushed towards me and attempted to get on top of me. I was physically paralysed but seemed to be able to struggle with the demon by force of my will. I could not make it go away but my "will" seemed to prevent it from getting into my chest. After an unspecified time (it felt like minutes) my paralysis seemed to dissolve and I woke up very distressed. I had never experienced anything like it and interpreted the experience as a spiritual attack (my flatmate had commented on a weird presence in the house previously).

Unfortunately for me these attacks continued. It happened on a nightly basis for about a week or two and then a few times a month for the next 5 or so years. For the last 10 years it has been fairly rare.

The manifesitation also changed from a describable demon (I could draw a picture of it) - to be less distinct "presence". It moved away from trying to rip open my chest to being more like a presence that would circle me and that was trying to get into my head. It was accompanied by a very high pitched noise, like a drill going into metal. It was accompanied by physical pain in my head. Over time I became less fearful of the visitations, and they became more of an annoyance. Unfortunately I would be forced to wrestle with them and "will" it at bay until I woke because of the physical pain associated the thing trying to drill me if I didn't fight against it.

My initial reaction was that it was a purely spiritual encounter. I am a practising Christian and I sought spiritual advice from my ministers. However the advice they gave me and the principles under which I believe the spiritual realm operates did nothing to explain or abate my problems. I then thought that perhaps I was going crazy and wondered if I was having schizophrenic hallucinations.

I wasn't until 5 years had passed that I saw by chance saw a drama-documentary called "The Entity". This is the first time I had heard of sleep paralysis or incubus. The scientific explanation that the doco offered gave me a reasonable explanation of my situation. It put into place many of the characteristics of my experience. However, there was no sexual element to my experience. It would most commonly happen in the morning, particularly if I slept in past 7am.

It has now been 15 years since my first experience. I very rarely experience it now and if it does occur I generally try really really hard to bring myself out of sleep before it gets too painful.

However, I do want to say that despite the fact that I subscribe to the scientific explanation, the experience felt very very very real. That first time I experienced it is one of the most terrifying experiences of my life (I have a few to stack it up against!).

For anyone out there that is suffering from this, I would recommend taking a multi-faceted approach. If you are religious, then it is OK to go and seek spiritual counsel. God does care about what you are going through, irrespective of it's cause. But I would also recommend getting a doctor's or psychiatrists opinion.

The mind is a complex thing and we need to seek a holistic solution (physical, spiritual, emotional) if we want to be whole as human beings.

Once question I have though is the physical pain thing and the ringing-drill noise. Is it very common? Is there are scientific explanation for this?

Cheers
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