Haunted beds: a nightmare that hits multiple human weaknesses! So you get scared!

I'm sure many people have had the experience of waking up suddenly, only to find that they can't move or even make a sound, but their sense of sight and hearing have become more acute than usual. At this point fear ensues, perhaps because of the visual or auditory senses, but more likely psychologically. This is called ghost pressure, also known as nightmares.

I have had two unforgettable experiences of being ghosted in bed that are still vivid in my mind. The first time was in my senior year of high school when I was sleeping alone in a small room (I was facing the door and my head was not facing the corner, but there was a light outside the window). I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and found that I couldn't move, only my eyes could turn and I could see everything in the room, inexplicably scared.

I wanted to call out to see if I could wake my parents and ask them to help me. When I shouted out with all my strength, I found that I could not make a sound at all. All I could do was look straight at the door. An unknown force outside the door seemed to immediately burst into the house. It never came in, but the feeling of oppression kept approaching.

Then a harsh sound followed, coming from the beginning and seeming to come from outside the door. I couldn't turn my head to see where the sound was coming from because I couldn't move. All I could do was let the sound slowly approach, getting louder and louder. At the same time, the visual and auditory oppression added to the psychological fear.

This state continued for some time until the pitch and loudness of the noise reached their maximum and then I woke up only to find nothing around me. But I too soon fell back asleep.

The second time was in the middle of the day at university when all six of us in the dorm were present and I was taking a nap. (In our dormitory, two people on the left got into bed, two on the right, and then there was a floor-to-ceiling window to get onto the balcony. We slept in the bottom bunk of the first bunk on the right, with our faces to the balcony. At the time, my housemate was playing a game at the left table and my housemate was resting in the bunk opposite my feet.

Suddenly I woke up and apart from not being able to move and making noises, I also found that my roommates were gone and we were the only ones left. Next, there was the sound of voices slowly approaching my ears and the feeling of pressure slowly approaching my side. I shouted my roommate's name but could do nothing. Finally, it slowly faded away and I woke up. My roommates were here this time. I asked them if they had heard me call out to them and they both said no.

Ghost pressure is an experience that many people don't want to encounter because this situation hits exactly the weaknesses of many human beings. The first is that you can't move, which means your freedom is restricted and you can't resist the fear, even if you run away. The second is the fear of the unknown. Most human fear comes from the unknown, and the unknown because you can't see it. The third is oppression. The sense of auditory-visual psychological oppression grows stronger and can break people. If you can't fight it, the more you fight it, the more desperate you become.

So what is this frightening experience? In scientific terms, it is called sleep paralysis, a sleep disorder. The human sleep cycle is falling asleep, light sleep, deep sleep, deep sleep, and finally REM (dreaming). During dreaming, the body is temporarily paralyzed as it protects itself from acting in response to dreams, leaving the body's muscles in a state of extreme hypotonia.

Ghost pressures occur during periods of dreams. I don't know why I'm suddenly awake and my body hasn't reacted yet. So I can't control myself.

This state has nothing to do with ghosts. Too much stress, irregular life, anxiety, etc. It could be triggering. But there is no clear reason to prove what caused the ghostly pressure. The frequency of ghosts in bed is relatively low, just look at those precautions which undoubtedly require you to maintain a good routine and a good night's sleep.

And you can't predict whether it will happen while you're sleeping. As long as one stays in good shape, other illnesses, not to mention bedwetting, will not come to you. More than half of the population has experienced a ghost press, so if you have, you are not an exception and have nothing to fear.

So how do you wake up quickly when you encounter a ghost in your bed? There are several ways, but I haven't tried any other than the first one I've used myself, so I don't know how practical it is. You can remember to beat a dead horse when you encounter it. The first is to go down in this state, the ghost pressure usually doesn't last long, get over it and you'll be fine. This method is arguably the most used because it's the only thing you can do when you have no other options. It also boosts your mental strength. After all, when you are mentally strong enough, this little difficulty is nothing.

The second is a quick eye roll. As the only part of your body that you can control by yourself, it is your breakthrough. Roll your eyes quickly to gain control of your body and allow it to react quickly.

The third is recognizing that you are in a sleepy state, which is not scary. When you can become aware of your state, mobilize your brain and wake yourself up. The fourth is to build up your strength and kick out with all your might. I don't think this method is very reliable. I couldn't control myself at the time and had to force myself to kick. If I wasn't a very strong-willed person, I think the success rate would have been very low.

I think it's a summary of the main points:

1. Ghosting is an experience that hits straight at human weakness. You can't move and you can't escape. The fear of the unknown, combined with all kinds of oppression. This is why it is so terrifying.

2. Ghost pressure is also called a nightmare. Its scientific name is sleep paralysis, which is a sleep disorder. It occurs mainly during the REM (dreaming) phase of sleep. When the body is temporarily paralyzed for self-protection, consciousness suddenly becomes awake.

3. Ghosting has nothing to do with ghosts, but there is no clear explanation for it. When we encounter one, we need not panic. It is an experience that most people have gone through. Ghost pressure is not high enough to need to spend all day thinking about prevention. Just keep your body well, and don't be afraid of other illnesses, not to mention ghost pressures.

4. I have not tried any method to wake up quickly during a bed-pressure. The most reliable way is to wait for the whole experience to pass. If not, then try those methods. Rapid eye movements are a relatively easy and achievable operation.