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Originally Posted by JackIsLost
well, "demon" that i encounter almost weekly is the "sitting monster" "smothering monster" i forgot the japanese name for it but it is well known in the asian countries. the monster shows up while you are sleeping and literally sits on your chest, so upon waking up you are paralyzed and unable to move. there is also a sensation of something demonic and pressure on your chest.
in america however, it's known as sleep paralysis. it occurs when your brain wakes up before your body, so you can actually look around with your eyes but can't move or speak. the first time it happened it scared the living daylights out of me because since you are still half asleep, you hallucinate! you can wiki it up and read about it, there's a japanese name for this monster/deamon but in vietnamese, it's called ma dea (ghost smother)<--- not sure about the spelling
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This actually occurs because when your body enters stage 4 of nrem (the stage just before you begin to dream) it releases chemicals that paralyze your body so that you do not act out your dreams and you just wake up or move before your try to move before your body has fully recovered from this.
I too have had this happen and i was pretty scary for a second.
But i like the ma dea idea too it shows how people tried to explain unknown ideas with what they saw as a rational solution.