Week 1 - Jessica Moua 189B

I started to consider the spirit world after my experience with sleep paralysis. I grew up very Christianize. I was protected from the thoughts of spirits and demons growing up as a child. That God was the holy one and if I kept my faith in him nothing would harm me. Until about 3 years ago, I with a family member I haven't seen in quite some time. I was also with a family member who I am close with. However, my cousin, who I am close with, has unique abilities to sense a spirit of good or bad.  During the night, we were all catching up and enjoying the time with the distant relative. When it was time to sleep, it was 1 am. I remember I shut my eyes, sound asleep, and suddenly the control i have over my body since I am the lightest sleeper, was just frozen. I remember not being able to move my body. All I could do was open my eyes and blink. The fright I had, I opened my eyes to see where I was, still in my room in the dark with my cousins around me. Then I remember seeing a black shadow it was flying around my room wall to wall. Until it stopped on the wall where I had a shelf. On the shelf it had my bags and jackets hanging on it. I remember after seeing that shadow flying I closed my eyes telling my mind it was just a bad dream. Suddenly I hear my bag that was securely on the shelf, fall and hit the ground loudly. I opened my eyes quickly and saw the shadow above me and locked eyes with me. I remember in my mind I was screaming for help. But my body was paralysis. I wanted to move and touch my cousin for help to wake me. But I couldn't move. All I could feel was tears running down my face. I felt trapped. I thought why wasn't my cousin waking up? I am screaming at the top of my lungs for this shadow to stop engaging with me. As I knew it was a scary thing, I closed my eyes as tight as I could to try to sleep. After what felt like an hour has passed, I could the feel pressure of the stiffness gone and I just remember I reached over to make sure I was able to touch again, and I was realieved I could.