A very large number of abductees have reported waking up in
bed with a feeling of being completely unable to move as if
frozen or paralyzed and there is one or more alien beings in
the room. The victim may wake up with a feeling of dread or
fear and because they can not move they become very scared.
Sometimes there are strange creatures, demons or aliens present.
what happend next can vary from one report to the next but
sometimes the victim is eventually released from the paralysis and
the alien disapears or de-materializes. Some people report that
the alien beings then transport them through a wall or window and
then inot an alien craft. The transportation process can vary. Some
abductees are 'beamed up' or levitated or flown by the aliens or
on occasion are put into some small pod and taken to the mothership.
I myself have had a few experiences similar to this and so have
other members in my family on my mothers side. It can be a very
realistic and very frightening experience. Often this experience
is classified by doctors and therapists as SLEEP PARALYSIS.
The experience can happen just prior to falling asleep or just
_ apon awakening and it most often occurs while the person is lying
in a supine position. It can last from a few seconds to several minutes
but it feels like it is lasting much longer. The victim feels as if
they can not move or cry out for help or speak. This can be caused
by sleep paralysis.Hormones released during the REM dream state
paralyses the body to keep it from acting out content in dreams.
During most regular sleep cycles these hormones begin to wear off
,in most cases, before the completion of the dream, and thus the
person wakes from sleep fully able to move as desired. Sleep
paralysis occurs when the individual awakes while the hormones are
still actively supressing the gross motor functions of the body
and disabling voluntary movement. The_victim can experience 15 seconds
to one minute of paralysis before it wears off naturally. This event
can make the victim feel helpless and frightened although the experience
is entirely harmless and fairly common. Some people produce an excess
amount of this hormone and therefore will suffer this more often
than others. This disorder is known as Common Sleep Paralysis (CSP).
HSP or Hypnagogic Sleep Paralysis is far less common and far more
frightening to those who suffer it. It is very similar to CSP but
can last much longer up to 7-8 minutes and is accompanied by a
frightening hallucination or waking nightmare. Victims suffering HSP
awakes because they thought they heard something or felt something,
this seems to occur outside the dream sequence and the victim is
paralysed apon awakening, moments later they are startled by a visual
hallucination that takes the form of a small malevolent creature
(ie. alien,ghost,demon,monster,robot,vampire,succubus,incubus,hag,etc.)
that straddles the victim. The creature than compresses the chest or
attempts to strangulate the victim as if it is trying to kill them.
This event usually occurs while subjectr is sleeping on their back.
This experience is often associated with alien abductions, demon
posessions, and ghosts, vampires, etc. New studies theorize that there
could be a connectrion between HSP and Sudden Nocturnal Death Syndrome
(SNDS). The good news is that there is treatment available for this
sleep disorder and there is medication to stop the experiences all
together. It is a good idea to consult a therapist or doctor to
get the appropriate help for this condition. CSP affects nearly
25-30% of the population and 20-30% suffer it frequently and it
usually affects peoples age 12 to 30 and not much after 30. It
is most frequently'reported by people ages 16-20.

SUMMARY OF FEATURES or Sleep Paralysis
description
A. Core Features (definitive)
1) subjective impression of wakefulness
2) immobility *variously percieved (paralysis, restraint, fear of
moving) *veridical perception of actual environment
B. HHEs - hynagogic & hypnopompic experiences
#1 Secondary features (reported regularly)
*visual control (very common-probably diagnostic except
some people may be afraid to open their
eyes)
1. eyes open and close
2. visual scanning intact
* FEAR - Terror (very common) of:
1) presence 2) death 3) harm 4) mental/neurological disorder
* Feeling of presence -common— usually percieved as
threatening or evil or occasionally ugly. It may be human, animal,
or neither or even some combination, or undecidable or a monster.
` It may be considered: Watching, Attacking, Speaking, etc.
* Feeling of Pressure on chest or other body part (common).
l)movement under pressure being pushed 2) may be painful (rare)
3) choking or smmthering sensation or chest pressure 40consrricting
* Numinous Quality (common)
* Auditory hallucinations (fairly common) -soft/indistinct
l) footsteps or shuffeling 2) breathing 3) whispering/talking
* Visual hallucinations (moderately common)-ambiguous-
1) ghostly humanoid form 2) dark or gray 3) face/mask 4) EYES are
the most common and distinct feature 5) may change shapes/movement
* floating or feeling of levitation or flying or lifting up.
#2 Tertiary FEATURES -occasi0nal experiences-
* supine position
* choking, smothering-interpretted as an attack
* moving covers/being dragged off of the bed.
* olfactory hallucinations (rare) unexplained smeels
#3 Other features - rare -
*feels like a very real event and not a dream
*derealization - depersonalization -distortions of self
or body image -dissociation of modalities —kinesthetic
and visual, pressure down and floating and visiual, etc.
* Out Of Body Experience (OBEs)
* tingling/vibration sensations
Frequency and Distribution
A. Overall: 25-30%
E. No sex differance
C. Pattern or Recurrence
1)once a month or year
2)frequent attacks lasting l-2 weeks (rare)
3) fairly chronic attacks of a long period (infrequen)