Anybody ever...

[bbangel]

...woken up and felt there was someone in your room? I've had this happen a few times lately and it is freaking me out. Last night I woke up and there was a man leaning over my bed. I screamed and tried to hit him with a pillow. Of course there was no one there so my pillow didn't hit anything. I turned a light on to confirm and nothing else was out of place. I did wake up my neighbours, which I will have to apologize for. I was so terrified it took me an hour to calm down enough to go back to sleep.
I wish I could figure out how to stop this from happening.

 

[Mermaid02]

Do you have a room mate or do you live alone?

 

[bbangel]

I don't have a roommate, just a cat.

 

[Mermaid02]

New apartment? Changes in your sleep pattern or schedule?

 

[luvtogo12]

I hate to admit it, but yes it has happened to me.
However, the person was leaning over my husband and reallly, I was not scared. I did not like it but I did not get scared.
I am blind as a bat without my glasses and this shadow of a person I saw was very clear to me.

 

[bbangel]

Nope, lived there for five years. No major life changes except planning a Disney trip!

 

[DukeStreetKing]

That's weird, I had a dream last night that I was standing in this strange place staring at a sleeping woman. Sorry I woke you.

 

[bbangel]

I hate to admit it, but yes it has happened to me.
However, the person was leaning over my husband and reallly, I was not scared. I did not like it but I did not get scared.
I am blind as a bat without my glasses and this shadow of a person I saw was very clear to me.

Wow, I never even connected that. I too wear glasses and don't see well, but this guys face was very clear. The things our brains can do to us.

 

[jennyl772003]

That happened to me once!

Unfortunatly, there were people in my room. 2 Policemen actually.

 

[bbangel]

That's weird, I had a dream last night that I was standing in this strange place staring at a sleeping woman. Sorry I woke you.

I'll forgive you if you promise never to do it again!

 

[Mermaid02]

I'd take some Benadryl tonight and hope to sleep all night long. That is just creepy.

 

[Trish Bessette]

This may be weird but has someone recently passed away that you know or were close to?

I've heard of it and read it here on the boards where people have "come back" to say goodbye. When my FIL died my MIL was telling me how at night she would feel someone sitting on her bed. She said she could see the indentation on where there were sitting?? She said she knows it was her husband saying goodbye This happened about 5 times.

It would scare the crap out of me!

 

[Poohgirl]

Tell the ghost to go away!

 

[bbangel]

This may be weird but has someone recently passed away that you know or were close to?

I've heard of it and read it here on the boards where people have "come back" to say goodbye. When my FIL died my MIL was telling me how at night she would feel someone sitting on her bed. She said she could see the indentation on where there were sitting?? She said she knows it was her husband saying goodbye This happened about 5 times.

It would scare the crap out of me!

No one passed away recently. I didn't recognize this person at all. This was just the latest, the man looks different every time. The first time it just felt like someone was standing by the door. I turned the light on and nothing was there, so I went back to sleep. The second time I thought there was a scruffy person kneeling by my bed. I think I yelled at him "Who are you and what are you doing here!" I turned on the light and there was no one there.
This guy was very menacing and scared the crapola out of me. Definately not a reassuring presence.

 

[HappyMommy2]

Yes, that happens to me now and then. I'm never really scared at the time. It is just a weird feeling. It gets worse when I am tired or stressed. Sometimes it'll happen a few nights in a row and I won't want to go to bed because I feel irritated that my sleep is going to be interrupted like that!
I've done this all my life. I clearly remember at about age 2 or 3, being semi-awake and sitting up in bed and seeing my favorite toy stuck to the wall and reaching out to play with it, then realizing it wasn't really there when my hand passed through where I thought the toy was.

Google "hypnopompic hallucination" and you will find a lot of info on this. It is a common phenomenon that happens to plenty of happy, normal, well-adjusted people (just watch out for the links that will tell you you have been abducted by aliens!).

 

[Melissa M]

This happens to me if I sleep on my back. I will get a "sleep paralysis" episode and hallucinate that there is someone in the room with me. I can't move or scream or anything. It's pretty scary. I solved the problem by sleeping on my side.

 

[bbangel]

Yes, that happens to me now and then. I'm never really scared at the time. It is just a weird feeling. It gets worse when I am tired or stressed. Sometimes it'll happen a few nights in a row and I won't want to go to bed because I feel irritated that my sleep is going to be interrupted like that!
I've done this all my life. I clearly remember at about age 2 or 3, being semi-awake and sitting up in bed and seeing my favorite toy stuck to the wall and reaching out to play with it, then realizing it wasn't really there when my hand passed through where I thought the toy was.

Google "hypnopompic hallucination" and you will find a lot of info on this. It is a common phenomenon that happens to plenty of happy, normal, well-adjusted people (just watch out for the links that will tell you you have been abducted by aliens!).

Thanks, it is good to know I'm not the only one and am not going bonkers. Maybe I'll try some relaxing meditation or something before going to sleep.
I never even thought of aliens

 

[daisyduck123]

Yes, this has happened to me & there was a REAL PERSON in my room.

I was in the 6th grade & woke up one night to find a guy standing in my room. I sat up in bed & looked at him & he turned & walked out of my room. I followed him out. I won't go into the whole story but to say that I was probably a light sleeper then, which is why I woke up. But now, I'm a really light sleeper.

Anyway, ever since I moved out of my parents house (15 years ago), I've had a Brinks alarm system - I feel totally safe with it!!

 

[BeckyEsq]

I have had this same experience many, many times, although not recently. It used to scare the heck out of me and I am convinced it was a ghost (although not a "glowy" ghost, more like a profile or silouette, as if a real person were in the room in the dark). It used to happen to me at my parents' house but it has not happened since I moved out 7 years ago, but other members of my family have seen him since then in that house (and they used to laugh at me!!)

 

[bbangel]

Yes, this has happened to me & there was a REAL PERSON in my room.

I was in the 6th grade & woke up one night to find a guy standing in my room. I sat up in bed & looked at him & he turned & walked out of my room. I followed him out. I won't go into the whole story but to say that I was probably a light sleeper then, which is why I woke up. But now, I'm a really light sleeper.

Anyway, ever since I moved out of my parents house (15 years ago), I've had a Brinks alarm system - I feel totally safe with it!!

There is wiring in my house to do an alarm. Maybe I will get it hooked up. Even knowing this guy wasn't real I still needed to check all the doors and windows. Maybe the alarm would help me sleep better.

You have me intrigued about your story. Sure you don't want to share?