Shadow People/ Sleep Peralysis: Help

[Cjohnson380]

I'm trying to help a friend of mine who has been dealing with shadow people just about every night for the last 7 years. She "wakes up", and she claims to be completely awake when these people come, and they will either choke her or rape her. Anyhow, her doctors don't know whats wrong with her, They only perscribe sleep pills, which only drive her into a deeper state of sleep and her experiences are even worse. Lately, her experiences have been even worse. These people have been pushing her over cliffs, bridges (in her dreams of course) and one night a few days ago she woke up and one of these people pushed a nail through her head which she actually felt. Every time these things happens she experiences sleep peralysis. She cant move for the entire duration of the experience, which can last up to 20 minutes. She claims to have been possessed by one of these people in broad daylight in front of a bunch of her friends. She couldn't see anything or move for a good 20 minutes. Im thinking of looking for someone with the ability to detect ghosts, demons, or some kind of supernatural being. If anyone can help me or her, feel free to e-mail me. I'm from the Phoenix, Arizona area.

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by Cjohnson380

I'm trying to help a friend of mine who has been dealing with shadow people just about every night for the last 7 years. She "wakes up", and she claims to be completely awake when these people come, and they will either choke her or rape her. Anyhow, her doctors don't know whats wrong with her, They only perscribe sleep pills, which only drive her into a deeper state of sleep and her experiences are even worse. Lately, her experiences have been even worse. These people have been pushing her over cliffs, bridges (in her dreams of course) and one night a few days ago she woke up and one of these people pushed a nail through her head which she actually felt. Every time these things happens she experiences sleep peralysis. She cant move for the entire duration of the experience, which can last up to 20 minutes. She claims to have been possessed by one of these people in broad daylight in front of a bunch of her friends. She couldn't see anything or move for a good 20 minutes. Im thinking of looking for someone with the ability to detect ghosts, demons, or some kind of supernatural being. If anyone can help me or her, feel free to e-mail me. I'm from the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Hi,
First of all, forget about possesion, ghosts, demons or anything supernatural! They are the creations of her own imagination. However if she belives in them it is difficult to tell her otherwise. A sleep clinic might help her understand what she is doing in her sleep. A good sleep doctor could help her with some medicines, but it is by trial and error.
You could explain to her what sleep Paralysis is! it is actually a dream that frightens her awake with the idea that she can't move and can't defend herself from what she fears; being raped, ghosts and the shadowy figures that invade her sleep.
The important thing is to find out why she has to be woken in the middle of the sleep! Perhaps there is a clue in your post:"one night a few days ago she woke up and one of these people pushed a nail through her head which she actually felt" It is possible that she suffers from migrain that come on while she sleeps.
Other possible causes: sleeping on her back, especially with her hand over her chest or stomach, sleeping on her belly, sleep apnea, or chronic depressinon.
Here is a longthread on sleep paralysis. It may help if you read through all the pages.
Cheers Wolfjk

[SleepScared01]

I had a similar thing, but i knew i was completely dreaming and it didn't continue for 7 years. anyway i had people constantly pushing and making me do things that i couldn't stop but i couldn't actually see if they were even human and no-one in my nightmares could see them at all. My psychologist told me it was a fear of being controlled, is your friend maybe in a relationship of any type, whether it be work, friends (possessed around friends) partner, where she feels like she is being controlled and forced to do stuff she may reluctantly agree too....

its only an idea, the whole possessed around friends could just have been a subconscious recall of the nightmare herself. Nightmare+fear of it really happening around friends= could have induced a subconscious recall.