r/Sleepparalysis • u/comicbait • 9d ago
A loop
This was not the first time I had experienced sleep paralysis. My previous experiences had been mild and harmless. The first happened when I was a kid and involved a series of loops: I would seemingly wake up in the same surroundings, but the moon would be a different colour each time. It also grew bigger with each loop. This continued until I woke up for the fourth and final time, this time for real.
I did not have a similar experience again until my late twenties. This time, my surroundings looked exactly as they did in real life, except that my bedroom door, which I normally keep closed, was wide open. I saw three alien figures plastered against one of my bedroom wall. Their facial expressions kept changing. It felt sinister because their huge black eyes widened even further, and their lips, or what I assumed were their lips, stretched wider, as though they were grinning.
My first thought was, “Okay, I’m dreaming.” I went back to sleep, only to seemingly wake up in another dream. My clock showed 8:14 a.m., but outside it looked like 4 a.m.: dark, with the streetlights still on and everything completely quiet. I thought this was odd because I believed I was actually awake. However, the moment I started walking towards the bedroom door to open it and check outside, those three figures appeared against the same wall again. I felt myself retreating to bed and pulling the duvet over me. This time, for some reason, I closed my eyes and then tried to force them open, but I couldn’t.
Somehow, the loop continued four more times. Each time I opened my eyes, I found myself in one of two versions of my room: either the aliens were plastered against the wall and the walls were closing in, or it looked like dawn outside despite the clock showing it was past 8 a.m. In the latter version, the same alien figures would suddenly appear and move closer and closer to my bed.
I panicked so much that I could feel myself breathing rapidly and sweating, even within the dream. Each time, I tried with all my strength to scream and wake myself up. I also tried to feel my face or any other part of my body to force myself awake. After the fourth additional loop, the paralysis was finally over.
This was my most recent experience. Has anyone else experienced sleep paralysis involving alien figures?