Question: I think I have been experiencing sleep paralysis since I was 5 years old–at least that is the earliest episode I can remember. I was laying in my bed, falling asleep and all of a sudden I turned to look next to me for some reason and a raggedy doll slowly poked its head out from the side of my brothers bed which I was horizontal to. It was very scary and I ran to my dad and he didn’t take me seriously…I always thought I was seeing demons or something.
Just recently I’ve discovered sleeping paralysis and it describes everything spot on; from the inability to speak or move, to extreme feelings of anger and fear, and to the hallucinations.Recently, I have been getting them more often and I have been trying to find out why. I think diet might have something to do with it. I just had an episode this morning in fact. I was just laying there after sunrise and I started seeing things. First I saw a treadmill which is weird I know. I have a treadmill in my room but not where I saw it. The treadmill then morphed into my older sister. She was just looking at me and I began to get upset and started asking what she wanted. Actually I was pretty much yelling but I don’t think I was making any actual noises. I was mad because she wasn’t responding to me. Then she turned into a treadmill again…then she turned into half her and half something else. Her face was like squarish I don’t know–something not human it was really weird…

The time before that which was 13 days ago I believe I was in complete darkness and I was alone in a basement…only it was my room at the same time. I realized I was alone and I hate being alone so I turned my head to look at the stairs and I was frozen and there was this silhouette of a woman who was incredibly pissed it seemed and her eyes were big and glowing green. There was a high pitched buzzing/yelling sound in the background and I was fixed on her eyes. It took me a while to break from it and once I did I convinced myself I was just imagining it and tried to turn again so I could get out of that room and go to where other people where. Only it happened again.It is scary and I hope I find out why it happens and what I can do to avoid it.