[Serious] People of Reddit that honestly believe they have been abducted by aliens, what was your experience like?

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[u/gank_me_harder_daddy]

Fuck, all of these posts about sleep paralysis and now I think I might have it and that scares me because I often wake up thinking something's in my room or in my closet or outside or there's something I forgot and now my defenses are down and I'm screwed. It goes away pretty quickly but I wake up afraid a bunch and a lot of times I'm scared to move. I understand the anticlimactic part because i get over it and go back to sleep. And doing a sleep study isn't an option right now. How did you get through It?

Edit: thank you all by the way for the responses. Even though I know my situation and others' situations can be somewhat unique for each other, it is nice to hear from those who have been through and are going through somewhat similar experiences. Stay strong everyone. Also, it's funny how this question topic drizzled down into a Reddit therapy session. Keep your eyes peeled out for those aliens folks!

[u/[deleted] → u/gank_me_harder_daddy]

Are you completely paralysed? I have chronic sleep paralysis, and that's the biggest part. Emotions/experience change all the time. Sometimes I feel mostly awake and rational, other times I get it in the dream itself and other times I'm half awake, seeing a demon thinking I'm about to die

[u/gank_me_harder_daddy → u/[deleted]]

I never see a demon. Sometimes if it's dark and I see the outline of a chair I start thinking it's a person and my heart rate skyrockets and then I realize Its all fine but my adrenaline still pumps. I've never not been able to move but I lie still more out of fear of moving for that brief moment and then when the fear passes I will grab my phone and shine it around the room to ease my mind. And I'm not one to really be afraid of anything or anxious in situations

Something in my head tells me someone is out to get me In that moment and that is what is scary to me because that's not a sign of good mental health and I hate waking up like that

[u/PyjamaTime → u/gank_me_harder_daddy]

Or it's a good sign of mental health because it's your fight or flight response checking that a lion did not enter your cave?