{"id":1072,"date":"2025-06-03T12:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/doze\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:50:42","slug":"am-i-seeing-a-ghost-or-is-it-sleep-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/doze\/2025\/06\/03\/am-i-seeing-a-ghost-or-is-it-sleep-paralysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I seeing a ghost or is it sleep paralysis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One in five people experience sleep paralysis and 40% of those people report hallucinating during, believing they have seen a ghost. Locked in their body unable to move, seeing figures and hearing out of this world noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer, 28, a dog trainer from the south coast of the USA has suffered from what she believed to be sleep paralysis from the age of four that left her questioning her sanity and believing her life was in danger. \u201cMy most unforgettable moment was in my early twenties, I was having them non-stop at this point. My mum didn\u2019t understand and said if I said in the name of God they would leave.\u201d She recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this episode I was able to say \u201cGod\u201d and the five of them that were surrounding me laughed, and so clearly and loudly said \u201cThis god you speak of will not save you\u201d One of them pushed on my chest and another choked me. I wasn\u2019t able to breathe and I passed out. I woke up to my mother beside me yelling at me to stop screaming. I was blamed for these demonic entities coming to me.\u201d She said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her encounters, feeling like Deja vu, were the same demonic creatures surrounding her bed every night with \u201cotherworldly light\u201d in their eyes feeding off her fear. She said: \u201cThey were blacker than black and the only thing white about them was their teeth and a little light reflecting their eyes. I couldn\u2019t talk about it without fear, fear it would always come back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science explains the shadows 9 out of 10 respondents to a sleeping habits survey said they had sleep paralysis and 78% of them believed it affected their ability to feel rested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychologists suggest that during sleep paralysis, the brain remains partly in a dreaming state, projecting hallucinations into the waking world. That might explain the unreal forms – the creatures with twisted limbs and glowing eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why do so many people experience seeing the same terrifying shapes? The answers aren\u2019t as simple and for many the experiences leaves scars deeper than a bad dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer continued; \u201cIt felt like my life was in constant danger, my mental health was shot and I was riddled with impending doom. No one around me understood, I was misdiagnosed with mental health issues, which led to being belittled by my family, doctors and myself. \u201cI tried to kill myself three times because I believed it would be for the best I believed i
deserved to go to hell with those demons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychologists researched that experiencing sleep paralysis can cause anxiety disorders, a fear of sleep leading to insomnia and even symptoms linked to PTSD that can lead to intrusive memories that linger like ghosts in the daylight hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neurologists, on the other hand, believe that hallucinations from sleep paralysis no matter how vivid or terrifying can stem from imbalances of serotonin in the brain, sleep deprivation and neurological disorders such as epilepsy or migraines. The brain’s ability to separate dreams from reality begins to blur – The result? A nightmare that scientists insist is all in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When science meets the supernatural<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, hallucinations during sleep paralysis are often shaped by cultural and personal beliefs leaving many people believing what they are experiencing is a brush with the other side, spiritual encounters and even alien abductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sheila Pryce Brooks is a sleep paralysis expert, turning her own experiences into years of research. However, she is turning away from scientific belief to spirituality, believing those who are experiencing sleep paralysis are experiencing an extraordinary spiritual Phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When discussing her beliefs, she said: \u201cI\u2019ve been through so much with sleep paralysis, it is a significant part of my life and still continues to be but sleep paralysis does not happen to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly those with heightened spiritual acuity will experience sleep paralysis, but it is happening globally even to children and these are lived experiences. There is an incredible, euphoric and transcendent side to sleep paralysis where you feel you have touched something infinite.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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