Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

Okay, I’ve been a long time reader of this site and only now have decided to post my own creepy experience with the supernatural. I really need help figuring this out please, because I can barely sleep and it’s really starting to wear down on me seeing as I go to college full time (I don’t work but I still take 18 credits).

Anyways, ever since I was a kid, around 8 years old or so, I’ve always felt this presence in my room, either right next to my bed or at the foot of my bed. We (my family and I) had moved to a new house and spent a few months there when I had just gotten back into bed after getting up to get a drink of water. As mentioned above, I was about 7-8 years old. I lied back own on the bed (my back was to the wall) and closed my eyes. Just as I was about to fall asleep, I heard my name being whispered right next to my ear. It was so clear, I knew it wasn’t ‘just the wind’. I snapped awake and sat up in bed, completely terrified. After I could not sleep.

Things got worse when I hit the age of 13. I started having sleep paralysis with hallucinations. Or hypnagogic hallucinations. Every night, I would lie down (it always happened around 2 – 3 am) after having gotten up either to use the bathroom or get water and then I would go into this weird state. I would honestly twitch and move my head as if possessed. I couldn’t control my body. I was completely paralyzed by the time I opened my eyes an when I tried to scream I couldn’t make more than a wheezing  noise. I could feel my covers being pulled on either side of the bed, pinning me down. The only thing I could move is my head, and when I would glance to the side of my bed, there was this dark-shadowy figure in the shape of a man just standing there, looking at me struggle. I could feel as if he was a male. I couldn’t see any facial features and I know it wasn’t human. Whenever I would fall into this sleep state, I would not being able to pull out of it the rest of the night. As soon as I would wake up gasping and scared to death, I would fall back into it, and unless I got out of bed, it would repeat itself 10, 11, 12 and even 13 times.

Things haven’t gotten any better and after years of vanishing, these hypnagogic hallucinations are back, along with the loss of control of my body. I often lie awake until 5am, feeling a dark presence watching over me that gets closer every time I close my eyes. I tried a night light and this helped for a few months, but then it provided no comfort, and I was lying awake again, feeling watched. I opened the door to my room, in order to let the hallway light in. Sometimes this helps and I fall asleep quickly, and sometimes it doesn’t and I feel terrified all night. After 5am I usually feel safe enough to fall asleep for whatever reason, but as a full time college student, this isn’t healthy seeing as I have morning classes.

Sorry this was so long, but please, I really need some good help here. What’s happening to me, and what’s the dark presence I keep feeling? My friends tell me that if it hasn’t hurt me yet, it won’t and that it is a guardian spirit. Please Help!

Thank you!

Sent in by Ivy Garcia, Copyright 2010