For me, the experience was always the same. From childhood, I would sense the presence before it even arrived—a shift in the atmosphere, an invisible weight pressing down on the room. Then the paralysis would set in. My body would be locked in place, and no matter how desperately I wanted to scream, no sound would come out. The entity would never speak, but its presence alone was enough to fill the room with suffocating dread. It would stand over me, sometimes lying next to me, moving closer, and I knew in my bones that it was feeding off my fear.
Many survivors describe their sleep paralysis figures as distorted versions of the narcissist looming over them, just as the narcissist did in waking life. Why would that be if these entities had no connection with the narcissist? Think about that. Narcissists are known for their parasitic nature, draining their victims of energy and feeding off their pain. The control they create and the submission they demand mirror the behavior of the demonic entities that inhabit them. This is spiritual abuse—spiritual warfare that I’m talking about. When this happens, you feel like your soul is being consumed by the narcissist’s demon, and once they’re done, you’re left feeling hollow and depleted.
Many survivors have reported that their sleep paralysis intensified when they were in close proximity to the narcissist or when they were undergoing extreme emotional distress. It’s as if these dark presences thrive in the same way narcissists do—through the siphoning of energy, through fear, through control. If sleep paralysis is both a trauma response and a potential encounter with malevolent entities, then how does one escape it? What do you do about it?
The first step is to heal your nervous system. This involves breaking out of the hypervigilant state and teaching the body that it is safe to rest. You must engage in deep nervous system regulation work. I cannot emphasize this enough. You can do somatic therapy to release stored trauma, practice breathwork and meditation to calm the fight-or-flight response, and use weighted blankets and grounding techniques to create a sense of safety before going to sleep. Avoid emotional triggers before bed to prevent heightened stress levels at night.
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