Some back story, I've had some experiences since I was young child. In my childhood home I would often hear people talking or what sounded like a radio or TV playing in the middle of the night. Thinking my parents or brother were up I'd get up and check and find the house dark and quiet. But as soon as I got back to my room, I'd hear the talking again. Fast forward to about 6 years ago when my husband and I moved into a new home. We both would see "ghost cats", feeling like a cat was rubbing against our legs and we'd see something low to the ground scurrying around much like a cat does. I then woke one night to see a shadow man standing by my bed, right next to me. I jumped back into my husband, waking him but the shadow man disappeared when I moved. A month or two later I had an experience where I heard my name whispered loudly and intensely directly into my ear. I woke up and look at my husband, asking him what?, thinking something was wrong. But he was fast asleep. So...long story short, I've had a fair share of experiences throughout my life. Fast forward to this past November when my husband and I moved into my husband's parent's home. From the first week of us living there we've both had various experiences. Footsteps upstairs when no one else is home, seeing/hearing things in our son's room, cold spots, our son talking/laughing at something alone in his room, etc. Coincidentally, our son will frequently wake up at 3:30am, crying out, even though he can sleep through the night now. This brings me to last night and my reason for writing in. I was woken up again by my son crying out at 3:30am. I got up but before I made it into his room, he had fallen back to sleep. So I, happily, went back to bed. But I was unable to get back to sleep right away. So as I laid there on my side, I suddenly felt a warm pressure on my back. This warmth and pressure started to slowly spread further into my back, going into my body. I felt it spread down my shoulder and right arm (laying on left side) until my entire arm was tingling and hand was numb. At this same point, my arm and hand felt heavy, like I was unable to move it. The warmth and tingling feeling continued to spread forward from my back, through my body, to my chest and stomach, to my throat and jaw. My stomach completely clenched as my jaw did. I felt I was unable to move, unable to speak. Finally I found the strength and spoke out, "I do not accept this. You need to leave me alone. If you have any negativity, you are not welcome in our home." At that point, the tingling and warmth that had spread through out most of the upper portion of my body, retreated and disappeared. My stomach and jaw were both sore, in fact my jaw still is slightly on the right side this morning, from being clenched but that subsided fairly quickly. I sat up and said a prayer, asking for light and protection to be brought into the home. Once I said Amen, my son woke up screaming again.
Side note: I have never had sleep paralysis or sleep apnea. I do clench my teeth regularly and have had dental issues caused by the force of my clenching. I do have a history of anxiety but did not feel anxious last night, just really tired.
Side note: I have never had sleep paralysis or sleep apnea. I do clench my teeth regularly and have had dental issues caused by the force of my clenching. I do have a history of anxiety but did not feel anxious last night, just really tired.
