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• Phil Payette

  

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  November 15, 2010 11:41:47 AM EST

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  Anyone know how to stop "old hag" types of attacks from shadow people? These have been happening to me since childhood, but they have been very infrequent until now. I've had quite a few of them this past year, including last night, and I'm getting really sick and tired of it.

• Elizabeth Costales

  

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  November 15, 2010 12:01:08 PM EST

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  Phil, sometimes this phenomena can be caused by a sleep disorder. You may not breathing very well while you sleep. Can you describe the attacks in more detail. Are you being bothered by more than one shadow person?
• Wes Forsythe

  

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  November 15, 2010 12:30:08 PM EST

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  Elizabeth is on the right track for your first line of defense. There are a lot of sleep issues that can bring forward "manifestations" especially when you are predisposed to an interest in the paranormal.
  
  But pursuing it as a paranormal phenomenon: Are you religeous? Even if you are not, simple things like crosses above the doors and windows are believed to repel negative entities. You might also want to go to your local catholic church and pick up some holy water or blessed oil. A little bit of these applied more or less like cologne can go a long way. Alternately a protective medal or stone placed under your pillow is said to work also.
  
  If nothing else, take the cheap way out and recite Saint Michaels prayer before you go to bed. All of these are methods of protection that might give you the peace of mind you need to keep negative forces out of your mind and sleeping quarters.
• Shara Ketterer

  

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  November 15, 2010 9:05:54 PM EST

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  I know I have had my fair share of these experiences. I notice more and more, when it happens I have a lot of congestion going on. Stuffy nose, cough etc. I end up having trouble breathing. When I start to fall asleep I all of a sudden get a panic-y feeling and sit up gasping for breath. Those are the nights I open my eyes and sometimes see shadows moving and feel pressure on my chest. So I am not sure, but maybe see if you may have any condition that disrupts your breathing.
  I don't think that is the only possible cause of "old hags" but it is my experience.
• Phil Payette

  

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  November 15, 2010 10:18:35 PM EST

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  I'm familiar with the different theories as to what these are or are not. I honestly don't have an opinion one way or another at this time. However, I do feel that there is something paranormal in my case.
  I don't have breathing or snoring problems. I am Catholic and have religious items in my apartment. But I've always had those things, and they don't seem to matter. The St Michael's prayer worked very well for me after my one (and hopefully last) time I encountered a demonic on one of my investigations. I don't suspect that occurance has anything at all to do with my current situation.
  
  My "friend" is getting more and more aggressive with me, and I am fighting back. I was successful once not too long ago by imagining a psychic energy barrier between myself and him. Another time I scared him off when I saw him while I was still wide awake. He looked like he was waiting for me to fall asleep. When I yelled at him, he disappeared.
  
  Last night was the kicker, though. My body wasn't pinned like it usually gets. This time it was just my arms and I kept trying to pull my arms free from his grip. I could move a little bit, but not much. I've also had several occurances of sleep paralysis, and I can say for sure that my boogeyman is not sleep paralysis. I know from experience these are two different things.
  
  I say "he" and "his" because I finally got to see something of a face. He appeared to be caucasian (do shadows have race?) and he sported a mustache. He didn't appear to be anyone I knew.
• Elizabeth Costales

  

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  November 15, 2010 10:25:43 PM EST

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  Could be an actual person projecting their spirit/soul into your house to harass you. Somebody that likes to practice dark magic. Does this shadow like to hang out in doorways? Just curious. You have my interest with the arms being held down. That is familiar to me from years ago. Do you have anything in your house that is considered an artificat? Not catholic items but anything else? Otherwise I think a real person is projecting their spirit into your house to harass you. This is just my opinion.
• Phil Payette

  

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  November 15, 2010 10:36:10 PM EST

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  Seeing how I have pissed off lots of people over the years, I wouldn't put it past anyone to do such a thing to me. But this doesn't explain my previous encounters when I was a kid and scared to death of it.
  
  And yes as a matter of fact, he does approach me from the doorway.
  
  But going back to one of my more frightening childhood encounters...I used to have a plastic glow-in-the-dark ghost finger puppet. I loved that thing. One night my dark friend harrassed me by repeatedly throwing the ghost hitting my face. I couldn't move, except for turning my head side-to-side. As a child, that was extremely frightening to me. And I'll never forget it.
  But honestly, I have no idea if my past occurences are related in any way to my current ones. I have no reason to believe they are. But who knows?
• Elizabeth Costales

  

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  November 15, 2010 10:51:21 PM EST

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  This could be an ancestor spirit trying to get your attention or just a bad spirit.
  Now this is going to be a really difficult theory for many to wrap their minds around but I don't believe that time exists exactly the way we think it does. I believe it may be possible for a spirit that is harassing you now is going in back in time to harass you as a child so that you would have these memories as an adult. Or the spirit was harassing as a child for something you were going to do in the future that it was aware of and angry about. Mind bending. Whatever is going on it needs to be stopped. I was harassed by a shadow man in the doorway. He held my arms so hard that the next morning they were bruised. That was many many years ago. So your story caught my attention.
• Wes Forsythe

  

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  November 16, 2010 4:24:24 PM EST

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  Phil, since you have a religious background, why not get a priest to come in and do a home blessing? Might help...might not...but it's standard fare and usually free.
• Tamara Rollins

  

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  November 17, 2010 11:54:19 PM EST

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  Not to downplay your experiences at all but I did have one of those glow in the dark ghost finger puppets too as a child. It had chapstick instead it and you could take it out and play with the ghost. Sadly, I used to scare my sister with mine all the time from my top bunk. I just had to share that.
  I would agree that you need to get a priest to help you out.
  Be careful of your strong emotions though. Any bad energy like you yelling at it may just feed it, fuel the fire so to speak. I think the more you fight back, the more negative energy is coming into your home. Rid your home of this negative energy.
  Surround yourself with only positive things including your thoughts. Like think to yourself, "I am not going to let this thing get to me. I am strong. He will not bother me." May be hard to do but just ignore it for awhile and see what happens. Does the activity increase if you ignore it or if you fight back? Just something to think about. Good luck and keep us posted.
• Phil Payette

  

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  November 18, 2010 7:41:20 AM EST

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  oh yes, the chapstick. Looks like we had the same thing. My experiences seem completely random. But Elizabeth now has me thinking somebody just trying to harass me. Her idea seems completely relevant to me. So, we'll see.
• BadBoy Bill

  

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  November 27, 2010 12:49:57 PM EST

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  Phil hang a dream catcher over your bed and see if that works.
• Phil Payette

  

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  November 27, 2010 7:06:47 PM EST

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  there's an interesting idea