20F here — every night my body freezes, I hear whispers, and I see things. Has anyone else experienced this?

I've been a heavy sleeper since childhood — I fall asleep in 2-3 minutes, sometimes mid-sentence, and once I'm sleepy I genuinely cannot fight it off. I also hit REM almost instantly, which I now know isn't normal.

For years I've had intense sleep paralysis and nightmares, but the last 5 years it's gotten so much worse — and for the last 3 years I've started hallucinating. Right as I lie down, my whole body locks up and I hear loud whispers close to my ear, sometimes in the voices of people I know, saying awful things. I feel like my body shakes. No matter how hard I fight it, something forces my eyes shut and pulls me into a dream. I've also started seeing ghostly figures while fully awake, and I sense a "wrong" feeling in my room right before it all starts.

My family believed this was supernatural — we even did a 3-day puja to remove what they thought was a jinn. It didn't help. Things got worse after.

I also deal with bedwetting that no medication has fixed.

I'm planning to see a sleep specialist but there isn't one near me. Has anyone else been through this? What was it, and how did you deal with it? Any advice seriously helps right now.

Posted Jul 6, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC

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