i have had a few of these paralyzing episodes myself. and i can see how people can write it off as SP, but i see it a little differently.

i do have lust problems, as many of us do. and when i have these episodes there usually is no sexual nature to them, its just the black figure trying to hold me down.

being a christian, though, i take spiritually authority seriously. and though i don't like feeling held down, i don't feel this fear of death or fear of torture... like this morning i just tried to say "away" a couple times, and then said "Jesus" and "In Jesus' name." and then it flew from next to me to over and then it was gone. I only sleep on my side.

medically i believe SP occurs. spiritually, i believe the devil can use this as opportunity to oppress us christians. and posses non christians. not always. but he's always lurking.

if you are a christian, don't be afraid. Jesus' name is more powerful than any attacker you will ever encounter.

deepwaters

I only read the first couple pages. I apologize if this is redundant. I had some demonic encounters myself. I want o comment on a couple statements you made and i hope you will think about what i am saying to you.

since I've stopped practicing Christianity the attacks have also stopped. Many Christians would say there's a connection there

and

I'm left wondering why the attacks seem to have stopped since I�ve stopped reading the Bible.

Did you ever go all the way and ask Jesus to be your savior? Did you have a born again experience? It may be that you were getting very close and they put the pressure on to stop you.

If you are a saved Christian I do not believe that can be undone. You are always saved. In that case a demon will do whatever he can to make you an ineffective witness.

Demons main mission in life is to draw you away from the truth of Jesus Christ. You were terrified you wanted it too stop. By easing up on you when you stopped reading the Bible haven't they effectively accomplished their goal? Haven't hey stopped you from worshipping the God they hate. Have they driven toward the occult?

Think about it.

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to prevent some of these unwanted attacks I would recommend the following very simple to implement methods of warding off these entities which could in part be:
1.dead emotional or mental empty human shells with a consiousness that is not controlled by the spirit soul of the human that once occupied and controlled them, now controlled by the entities that were created by the human being while they lived and these are mainly in the form of sexual desires that were never close to being satisfied, or by unsatisfied material desires creating great want, envy etc etc,these desires are anchored in the soul and have not been satisfied till death. elementaries are these whose emotional and mental bodies have not died completely due to desires that have not been satisfied making them roam earth and especially areas they was attached to prior to death, feeding off human fear, emissions, emotions, sensuality to keep it going before it wastes out due to lack of being nourished and then turns into extremely dark matter such as found in graveyards etc etc. that can be reanimated by a witch in the name of conjuring a spell especially those who do this in graveyards etc etc
that is why people who know they will die soon naturally prefer to cleanse themselves from some of these desires that would make them anchored to the earth in undesirable ways,

to cut the long story short I would recommend either or all of the following:
1. Take 4 mats and place one on each leg of the bed, sprinkle salt around each leg of the bed on the mat. take a fifth and place it under the bed in the middle part and spread salt on it making sure that some salt falls on the ground under the bed.
2. Burn rosemary, eucalyptus, hemp and other varieties of plants that may be available for cleansing purposes or incense etc. all plants that grow locally may be used as they all have occult properties they are just not discovered yet and you don't have to pay money consulting those who claim to know these things even if they do, just do it yourself and discover something new, you can even help someone in a similar situation,so go outdoors and pick leaves of plants that your inner guide will show you (by feeling) burn them especially when not completely dried and thats when the properties are most active,close all your windows and spread the smoke all over the affected areas and let it sink.sorry if some of them dont smell so nice, but they will do their work.eranz

Deepwater,

you explained that your mother was into the occult. And you have also practiced on the Ouija board. Did you experience contact with any entities while using it? and did you're mother ever practice rituals which summon spirits and other beings? I think these are some of the factors when it comes to hauntings or experiences with Incubus/Succubus or demonic malevolent entities in general. The Ouija board is a powerful tool in opening doorways to the spiritual dimensions. Entities or spirits can be 'attached' especially when they're summoned specifically like a satanic ritual.

of course these things will bestow experiences which will ultimately question your faith. These types of situations are called spiritual warfare. I know some devout people who have been subjected to forces which cannot be comprehended because they practice they're faith.

There are so many demons on this earth. The devil dwells within another dimension on this earth as he was cast down and housed here permanently, as according to the bible.

In how to solve these issues, i am not sure. But i definitely know its an issue of faith. good and evil forces.

Remember, the devil's greatest trick was convincing the world he did not exist. This applies to people having experiences like these, who are devout Christians. Ppl ask, why has God allowed this onto me etc. Well the fact is he hasn't, the devil tries to extinguish the relationship we have with God. Its not God testing our faith, God will never do such a thing because he will never test us - he gives us choices...to believe in him or not. So in saying that, would the devil attack the people who don't believe in God? Not necessarily, because if he were to, then the atheist will realize the devil and therefore God must exist. - food for thought.

If you guys are interested in Incubi and Succubi then look for books written by a man called Stan Gooch. He is quite old now, he regularly comes into the bookies where I work to place bets on horses and he has given me some of his books. Even though he is an author and has written alot of books. He is a bit of a recluse sort of. he lives by himself in a trailer park in Wales. But none the less he is a lovely man! His work is really interesting and gives some good insight into the phenomenon

anonymous sorry but anyone who has studied the black arts knows that succubus take the form form of women you lust and when you "finish" they take some of your spem to create little hell spawns in hell,so congratulations to some of us we are dads

I have had several attacks by an incubus. It began when I started playing with tarot cards and the ouiji board but during this time I had no idea what an incubus was....never heard of it.

I was laying in bed on my back.....just starting to "doze" off when something would either place it's hand on the inside of my thigh or squeeze both of my breasts simultaneously....I instatnly felt evil and fear...I would try to move, yell, kick and scream but I paralyzed....the weight on my body was unbelievable....I could not move and I was trying very hard to lift my legs up to kick it off me while screaming at it....but it was to no avail. I was awake and this was no dream....the last time it happened I heard a helicopter and the numbers 346 346 346 were being repeated over and over again in my head and then.......bam......it grabbed a hold of my ankles and pulled me off the bed. I once again tried kicking it off of me and yelling at it....once free I ran to the spare bedroom and placed my rosary beads around my neck and slept on the couch. The very next morning I threw out the ouiji board and tarot cards and have never touched those items again....it guess it worked as I have not had those horrible experiences again. Anyone else have similar experiences?

I am a 45 year old female. I have been under attack by incubus spirits for over five years. It started when I got off of drugs and started getting close to God. I don't have dreams of this happening, it happens while I'm wide awake, sometimes lasting days. They don't hold me down or strangle me. It is a feeling like nothing else in this world. It can become addicting, however I knew it was demonic. They kept telling me I was the Bride of Christ, trying to make me believe it was Christ doing this to me. I was raised in a Christian home and I knew better. I can guarantee my parents never experienced anything like this. I opened myself up by doing drugs and living an extremely sinful life before I accepted Jesus into my life. These are demons or possibly fallen angles. One reason (among many) that God flooded the earth was because Sons of God (Fallen Angles) were having sex with women. These demons come in as being innocent. After awhile though ,especially when you start fighting them, they can become very forceful. I have read about people on the internet wanting relationships with these demons. They have no idea what they are doing! I will continue to fight, I'm sick of it and I'm afraid for my salvation. It's damning because sometimes it's impossible to not give in, it just feels so good and they mess with me throughout the day making me really desire it (you know what I mean). Anyway I chose God and there is nothing they can do to keep me from praying or praising God. Sometimes this war makes me so sick, it's so sadistic. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

I'm sorry it's sleep paralysis. It's been happening and documented since the time of man. First they were incubus's, then vampires, and now I believe alien abductions. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen.
Keep in mind that there such thing as dark entities. Supposedly, these dark entities come from different dimensions and feed on your energy.

And don't say that I haven't had the experience, i remeber mine vividly. It tends to sound more like an alien abduction from stories I hear but who knows. Today i have nothing to show for it but a scary experience.

I was sleeping on my back and I somewhat woke up. I could move my head around but nothing else. It was hard to breathe and I started sweating perfusly. MY hands were up by my head just as if someone was holding me down. Everything in my room was red, there was some kind of red ight coming through my window or from somewhere and when I looked towards my door I saw these two pitch black objects that almost took the form of a human being. Then after that I told myself "no more, go away right now, I'm done, you don't scare me" and it stopped.

Never again did i experince it...well so far.

I also thin your kind of right about the whole religious thing, I think it happend right after I decided religion wasn't for me.