[ELI5] How and why do people ‘see’ a malicious, demonic presence with their eyes when they get a sleep paralysis?

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I didn’t take this seriously until I had sleep paralysis myself… ad oh boi! There was a frikin dark pool of black standing near my door lol. I thought it was for real XD

So… yea, how does it happen?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Sometimes you don’t see anything, but feel someone grab you, hug you, touch you or something like that.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Its also weird because sleep paralysis is almost exclusively a negative experience with these similar descriptions of “evil” entities in the majority of the cases

Anonymous 0 Comments

the unpleasant nature of finding yourself experiencing sleep paralysis seems to put most people into a place where they interpret the event negatively.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

It’s a dream. Part of your brain is awake and part of it is still dreaming.

A sleep demon, a hag crushing your chest, an alien abduction, they’re the same experience with different costumes.

Anonymous 0 Comments

By nature, humans are less comfortable in the dark. Sight is an important part of our survival instinct. When your brain is aware but you are still alseep and are in the dark and typically during the first few sleep paralysis episodes, the fear you have sort of manifests scary things. I find that not being afraid of sleep paralysis over time helped me get rid of those demonic presences and figures.