What does it mean when you wake up and feel like a spirit is holding you down?

Question

a couple times while i have been going to sleep or wake up from sleep i have felt like there is something holding me down or sitting on me.

i don't know what it is.

Answer 1

It's what some people call an inhuman spirit. Same thing as a demon. If this is really happening and you're not joking, you need help, and I don't just mean mental. There's something in your presence and my guess it does not like you. You've probably messed with something that opened a door to the spirit world, or were exposed without knowing it. Take my advice. I've been there. Take this seriously. And.... It's not just "negative energy." It's just as real as you and I.

Answer 2

sounds like an succubus or an incubus.

a demon that drains energy.

Answer 3

I think this is called hypnagogia - when your mind is half way between asleep and awake and it confuses the two, by keeping your body over relaxed.  Some people get hallucinations when waking up as their brain is still partially in dream mode.

Answer 4

My mom had thi experience a while back, last nite actually. So I'm decideing o stay awake,(between3-4am) to warn, threaten, vanquish, and or kill this thing. My couple of theories are that it isa demon, banshee, or angry thing, I do believe it's angry cuz it tried to attack my mom and circled over and under her bed.Oh and if you plan to bump back, I suggest you have a crucifix, and that you believe it'll help, don't bother with wooden stakes unless it's made from timber from a church, or it's holy. second of all, DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT THINK OF THINGS IT COULD DO TO HARM YOU. This will only give it ideas. ex. do not thnk that it would scare you if you saw a walking dead person in thenext hallway. It will happen. secnd of all, make peace with the Lord. I'm not overtly religious, but any floathing little sins you may have can and will be used against you. Second of all do not tell it to come out and fight you fair and square, if it does it;ll kill you. Demons usually weigh over one ton, tend to have superhuman strength and are very very very scary to look at. YOu will die from fear. best thng to do is to hire an expert. trust me. experience hails me so. Guns and swords will only p**s it off. unless the sword is holy, and the bullets made ofsilver and dipped in holy water. Luck to ya, you'll need it.

Answer 5

I have this regularly and have decided it is simply caused by my body being completely relaxed and asleep while my mind awakens.  The sleeping body just hasn't caught up with the brain yet so it is unresponsive when you want to move.

I realized that this is what is happening because I had another part of my being wake up after my mind did one time when the radio was on.  I woke to sound of the radio but my ability to interpret speech had not yet kicked in so for a few moments I heard the talking on my radio the way a foreigner would have heard it - unable to understand what was being said.  It was totally weird!  It sounded completely garbled until all of a sudden my interpretive side woke up and the speech was very plain.  I will never forget that.

So, these things happen simply because some parts of our being awakens before other parts.  They are out of sync.

No spirit is gonna sit on you or hold you down.  The evil spirits in this world have a far more important agenda than that.

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Answer 6

There are a number of things this could mean.

The first thing i though of was that you meant 'holding down' as it 'trying to kill you'. this happened to my friends girlfriend alot. she would wake up with ghosts trying to throttle her and it took alot of effort to ward them off.

If the spirit is sitting on you it could be a demon having a laugh.

Also, does he/she/it feel 'warm'. if you can feel a warmth coming from where you can feel the weight it might be someone using outerbody travel stuff to sit on you for some reason. lol. but seriously though theres lots of things this could be.

Maybe a 'guardian angel' as such. i hate using that term because its so cliched but i dont know what else to call them. Try talking to them. it feels awkward to start with and you might have ot listen very carefully, even with your mind (they might try 'camping out' in your mind for a few days and it will be fairly obvouis if this happens) unless of course they are the sort that likes to get across the message that they are "VERY POWERFULL!!!!"...

hm....might be a banshee? carefull talking to them. dont say anything to upset them. My friend did that and ended up writhing on the floor in pain...twas awkward...

If it's a ghost they might be trying to tell you something although when they do that its usually in the form of images and sounds and memories that you get randomly when your walking around, or just before you wake up. Thats from my experience anyway theres probably other ways too.

If you feel awkward speaking out loud to them trying lifting your hand up and pretending to write words. i played naughts anf crosses with someone that way one time. lol. that was a very interesting time.

ANYWHO.

good luck. :P

Answer 7

it means it wants to hurt you .

Answer 8

It's sleep paralysis.  I've heard stories of this and I understand that it could be quite frightening.  But I don't believe you have anything to worry about as far as an evil spirit or anything.

Answer 9

The most common cause of this is sleep paralysis.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art....

http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-socie...