Had that darn "weights" dream!

MsMcDucket

Stupid dream! You can't move! Your body feels like dead weights! And if you don't wake up the devil is going to get you! My mouth could barely move to say Jehovah and Jesus. I kept trying so it would keep the devil at bay, but I was so tired and sluggish.

The damn weights dream is a crazy. Anybody else have this stupid dream?

Normally, I can tell myself in my dream to go to sleep you're dreaming, but this time I didn't. Must be too doped up on benadry and tylenol and crap like that. I'm sleepy as HELL while I'm typing this.

J-ex-W

Was it a dream dream, or one of those hovering between waking and sleeping moments?

Frannie Banannie

Oh, yeah. Used to have it more often when I was younger. I think it's sort of a "limbo" state before REM sets in. I think perhaps something puts our body on alert and the fear we subconsciously feel paralyzes us and until we can become fully conscious, our body is "weighted" down.

Frannie

aSphereisnotaCircle

No I haven't, but know those who have.

JW's think they are demon attacks.

There is a name for it, but I can't think of it right now. I understand that weight or pressure is a common sensation with it.

found-my-way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

It's quite normal, many people think that demons are attacking them, there is often auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and physical hallucinations...

I've experienced very scary sleep paralysis, I heard this deep loud voice (like that of a demon) it was shouting Jehovah in a very menacing tone, the very real, very scary sensation of large hands around my throat, and the feeling that i could not move or speak. it was absolutely terrifying, especially so since I had no idea that this was simply my brain doing this....I was only 19.

drew sagan

Well, at least you didn't have a 'wet' dream.....

found-my-way

i miss wet dreams

alamb

I used to have it all the time growing up in the JW's. I swore it was the demons and didn't dare tell anyone because I thought they'd chastise me. Now that I'm out, they stopped.

avidbiblereader

NO I can't say that I ever had that kind of dream, as a matter of fact I rarely dream at all, ever

abr

wozadummy

Thanks for this, it explains what I thought had been something only I had experienced.

The main time this happened to me I was studying with JW's in 1982 and was under alot of stress at the time making changes to conform ,even imagining voices in my head swearing foul language as I went with my family to Kingdom Hall meetings. Imagining the demons were harrassing me, because of my study conductor telling me so, the stress was exteme, then one night going to bed I suddenly felt huge pressure on my chest and could'nt breath and nearly blacked out. Then I called to Jehovah to protect me as I thought it was demon attack ,and I was released .

But this was pivotal in me becoming a JW as I had'nt completely accepted god as yet but now I did as I thought he had fought off the demons for me ,so now I thought I had been accepted by god so I gave my whole life over for 20+ years on the basis of this mis understanding!

I had a lifetime of weird experiences and now because of this post I now am now going to explore more about this mental phenomena and it may lead me to explanations of other events that I had put down to demons !

I've been seeing shrinks for years and none had suggested any of this as explanations ,they just looked at me weird - shit I despise doctors.

That Wikipaedia article fitted my experiences ,and that artists picture did it for me ,just what i imagined happened.

I have lived a fearful life as long as I can remember and if this is what is going on with me my shrink is going to get a talking to for I've told him of my experiences and he gave the usual shrink dumb non commital look.

Had that darn "weights" dream!

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