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The 3 A.m. Sleep Paralysis And Vivid Dreams

 

Brother and sisters,

The story is of my best friend. Let's call him Kapil. I am an eye witness of this.

This all happened during the lockdown in 2021. Kapil, my best friend, had been telling me about these really vivid and scary dreams he was having, always between 2 and 3 AM. He also mentioned experiencing sleep paralysis.

One day, with our exams approaching, I went over to his place for a night study session. It got pretty late, and around 1 AM, we decided to call it a night and get some sleep. We were sleeping in the same room, but our beds were on opposite walls.

Around 3 AM, I was jolted awake by a faint rustling sound. I sat up in my bed, and when my eyes landed on Kapil, a chill shot down my spine. He was thrashing, desperately trying to move, but couldn't, and his eyes were wide open. I immediately knew it was sleep paralysis.

Without thinking, I grabbed my water bottle and sprinkled a few drops on his face. It worked! He snapped out of it. But just as he did, we both heard it - the distinct sound of a plate dropping in the kitchen.

We were both instantly terrified. Neither of us dared to go check it out. Then, to our horror, the same sound came again. We just stayed frozen in our beds, listening.

After a few tense moments, we both started to relax a bit. I asked Kapil what had happened to him. He whispered that a "totally black shadow" had come and sat on his chest. He said he tried desperately to scream or even move his hands, but he couldn't. It was a truly terrible night for us.

After that night, I never tried to sleep at his home again. Kapil later told me that he continued to experience such incidents. Now he's in the UK, so I don't talk to him as much about it, but that night is something I'll never forget.

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Princejaat (2 stories) (12 posts)
 
2 weeks ago (2025-08-09)
Rook

He was 21 at that time.
Yes it is possible but as I told you that he told me that he continued to experience such events later even after exams so it's less likely that it's due to stress of exams.
rookdygin (25 stories) (4460 posts)
 
3 weeks ago (2025-08-06)
May I ask how old your friend was at the time of this incident? Better yet, if you know the answer, how old were they when the dreams and SP started? Age may not be related to the incident, things like this can happen at any age, but the plates falling in the kitchen make me wonder if the stress of the upcoming test triggered the SP and if there may have been an outburst of telekinetic energy from your friend as they 'snapped' out of the SP state. Just wondering...

Respectfully,

Rook
valkricry (49 stories) (3317 posts) mod
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1 month ago (2025-07-13)
Ah, the infamous misuse of a word. Happens to the best of us. "Thrashing about" is quite violent. It can include kicking, hitting, harsh twisting (turning from side to side). So you can understand why this very active word was at odds with the term paralysis - the inability to move. Glad we cleared that up!
Princejaat (2 stories) (12 posts)
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1 month ago (2025-07-12)
Sorry for late reply as in last 3 days I was a bit busy.
Rajine,
Yes it is possible.
But what he told me is that a black shadow approaches him and than sit over his chest and press his chest and during this all he was not able to move his hands and could not even speak.

Lady glow and val
He was just giving a very little jerk and was trying to move.
Rajine (14 stories) (1001 posts)
 
1 month ago (2025-07-11)
Has this happened to your friend before this specific incident? And do you think perhaps whatever was happening with him might have felt like sleep paralysis but was something else instead?
lady-glow (17 stories) (3239 posts)
 
2 months ago (2025-07-10)
I second Val's question, if this was sleep paralysis then he wouldn't have been able to move.
valkricry (49 stories) (3317 posts) mod
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2 months ago (2025-07-10)
Princejaat, I have a question; if your friend was experiencing sleep paralysis, how was he 'thrashing' about?

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