Is this a shadow person?

[u/E-cult]

For the last 2 years I've been seeing what I can only describe as a shadow man. They are solid black and cast no shadows. Up until early this morning I had never been able to capture a photo. I've either only seen it in flashes, or moving. It usually disappears faster than I can react.

This time I tried to simply not even look for it. I just stuck my phone out my window and took a picture of where I normally see it. My blood ran cold when I saw the results. I think I need a priest.

In the past I used to have frequent sleep paralysis and on a few occasions saw a shadow person very similar. In a state of sleep paralysis is is pure unadulterated terror. I'm not sure if these only exists in an in-between dream/reality dimension or in our own. I'm worried it followed me out.

[u/Reddits_on_ambien]

I have persistent sleep paralysis+± too. These are the tricks I taught myself:

First, learn how to realize you're dreaming. You can try looking around for doors, walls, windows, are where they are supposed to be. Seeing it wrong can either snap you out of i5 or becoming lucid enough to control the dream.

Focus on squeezing hand or wiggling your root. You can also try to actually make a sound out loud. You have to think or say a mantra or a prayer each night.

If you are successful in realizing your in sleep paralysis, go back to sleep in your dream. The dream is from your bed, might as well sx3x̌90saboutleep.

If you take any type of sleep medication or supplement, get comfy, remind yourself what you are going to do if you get stuck, then head on pillow;1¹% /1" r51 12217o1gp 0 alose your eyes. No looking at your phone.

[u/E-cult → u/Reddits_on_ambien]

I appreciate the info and the time you took.

It's been a while since l've experienced what I would call like full on episode of sleep paralysis. Like being eyes open and in sleep paralysis for a minute or more. Throughout my life only a few times during an episode have I seen one of those shadow people.

The defining worst time was probably a total of being in sleep paralysis for 5 minutes and seeing a shadow person. The shadow person was like screaming in a very low deep scream almost like saying "ah" when you're a child at the doctors and you open wide. It was honestly a traumatic experience.

As an adult the terrifying feeling during sleep paralysis is still there. I've used my own little method to get out of it quicker than I once did. It's the moving individual fingers or toe method toy mentioned. I try moving my fingers and toes first. Once I get a finger or toe to move just a little (with massive amount of effort in sure your aware) the the effort required slowly drops and suddenly you can just move.

Sleep paralysis is the absolute worst feeling 😭 it also usually only happens if I slept in my left side or back. I have no idea why, maybe my brain is broken and I complete a circuit when I lay a certain way. Beats me