Incubus? Succubus? or a Parasonia?

[UglyNRude]

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How often do we hear about people thinking they have a demon visiting them at night? Or some even wanting them to come to them. Well lets look at Parasomnia instead, could this be a sleep disorder? To learn more.

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When investigating paranormal don't rely on assumptions, base your decisions on evidence.

[scarygirl67]

Very good information to know for anyone wanting to investigate claims. Sleep disorders affect many people every year and this one in particular is not as rare as you might think. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships...laims.html

[Sirii]

Actually, I am very glad you brought this up. So-called "Shadow people", something many that believe they are haunted report seeing, can be explained conventionally as hypnogogic hallucinations.

(Look this up with wikipedia, it wont let me post links here)

For many years, I thought myself to be haunted because I could see and interact with these shadow people. It was after a sleep study by one of the most respected sleep experts in the world (to discover that at only 130 pounds, I have sleep apnea) that he informed me that the shadows I saw and interacted with were these hallucinations.

Now, I am not going to say that everyone that sees a shadow person has HH, however, they do occur in a huge percent of the population. At least one half of everyone will have at least one HH during their lifetime. And yes, it can scare the hell out of you.

I believe in the paranormal, absolutely, but I don't believe everything weird is paranormal or ghost activity. I prefer to debunk before I believe, but when all normal answers are exhausted, we have to consider the possibility of the paranormal.

Hypnogogic Hallucinations fall under parasomnias, which is why I mention this here. If anyone has questions, they are welcome to PM me.