I actually find my sleep paralysis less scary when I’m alone, in a way. When I’m sleeping next to me SO and I wake up trapped in my own body I start trying to scream for him to wake me up fully, but I can’t make any sound come out. It amplifies the helplessness, knowing he’s literally an inch away from me and try as I…

I’ve always wondered if sleep paralysis could be a state in which you’re able to perceive other dimensions that people can’t when fully awake or sleeping.

But what if sleep paralysis is just a convenient way to explain away truly paranormal experiences?

Huh. I’ve literally never been able to sleep on my back (seriously, never). So it’s always on my side. Which I guess helps explain why I’ve never had that awful sensation!

I think, in my completely amateur and untutored opinion, that you’re right about the sleep paralysis diagnosis, but Natalie’s dad can still go fuck himself.

Yeah, she was probably so terrified after the first experience that her mind invented one that was even worse. I’ve had sleep paralysis before and it’s legitimately the most terrifying feeling I’ve ever had.

yeah that image of the parents standing there and staring is just so fucking creepy and ingrained in my mind for some reason!

About the “Natalie’s Dad” story: That second incident with both the parents and their angry expressions, not being able to move, the feeling of dread... that was definitely sleep paralysis.

You do realize that 99.9% of people are basically sleepwalking through life, right? Most people don’t become aware or woke until something significant happens in their lives. This is ESPECIALLY true of white people, who live in a culture that basically denies the existence of racism while at the same time perpetuating…

I agree with your assessment of this person in general but agree with Jane’s advice. If you are truly repentant and cheated once (not multiple times), don’t tell them. The cheater should feel guilty and like shit, but not dump shit feelings on another.

The irony of you being holier-than-thou about this is fucking staggering.

How unfortunate that so many people are responding to this heartfelt piece with their own biases. Whether or not YOU find a religious congregation worth pursuing, whether or not YOU believe in God or faith is not the point. This writer does, and she should be allowed to express that and her disappointment in her…

That is true, but the sea + existential crisis of being alone and helpless + SHARKS + whatever horrifying creepiness lurks in the depths of the oceans? Fuck both options all the way to hell.

The sea would be slightly better. There a chance someone would find you and get to you, as happened here.

I think is Sextentation?

it’s ex ex ex tentacion

it’s “X X X Ten-ta (like “ta-da”)-she-own”

“Dollar-store Mystikal”

“Future subject of ‘Remember That Guy?’”

Dead career, that’s how.