Weird Nightmares/Seeing things

[eruso]

Every now and then I'll have a nightmare and wake up in the middle of the night screaming, running out of my room because I think there was "something" in there... last night that happened. I was half asleep and just felt a presence next to me and thought I saw a dark figure, and I ran out of my room screaming for help (a little embarrassing ). I don't know if this was just a nightmare, or what. This happens from time to time that I'll be half asleep and see something or sense a presence of something....

Do you think I'm probably just imagining these things or is there likely more to it than that..?

[xhironakamurax]

I think I ran out of my room a few times before, but probably not from the same thing. But I have seen figures when half asleep in a sleep paralysis.

[Enagee]

Do you think that you have ever been abducted by aliens (did they look like aliens)? What did the creatures look like? I have read a couple of alien abduction books and I have seen a few alien abduction movies.

[eruso]

Originally Posted by Enagee

Do you think that you have ever been abducted by aliens (did they look like aliens)? What did the creatures look like? I have read a couple of alien abduction books and I have seen a few alien abduction movies.

Um... no.

Just dark figures, never could make anything else out.

[Mato Kinze]

There could be a couple of realities to your situation depending on what you want to believe.

One is called "Hypnogogic Halucinations". These are common tactile, visual and auditory halucinations that occur in semi-awakened states caused generally by misfiring neurons as your brain transfers from theta to alpha waves. They are experienced usually as you've described: dark, shadowy, "Sensed more than Seen" figures that either hover over the individual or sit on their chest. There are often tactile sensations along with this including the feeling of hands grasping or stroking the individual. Occasionally, there will be auditory halucinations as well. Such things as "whispering" or "humming" or even spoken words. All-in-all, this is a very common occurance and nothing to be alarmed by.

A second possible reality is that in this semi-awakened state, your personal vibration is still sufficiently high for you to be in a communicative state with Spirit. Like a radio turned on but without a tuning knob to limit the signal, you pick up random bits of information from everything from your Guides to the essential broadcast of extreme emotion from someone else. Learning to Lucid Dream and being open to experiences such as this will provide you with the missing tuning knob and will allow you to control your experiences in this altered state.