Squidmek

I seem to have the sleep paralysis thing happening quite a bit, but almost always on the sofa when napping. Just ten minutes ago, I hear (in my sleep) the horrible and inconsiderate people that live above me (in reality) running through the halls and stomping up the steps--in my dream, however, this turns into some kind of evil intruder in the hall, tyring to break in. But I cannot get up and suddenly, in my dream, I'm on my couch while someone is attempting to break down the door, but I cannot move. Completely paralysed as I try and awake.

Which reminds me of this great moment in the book of Job of what sounds very much like an incubus:

"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear recieved a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake, then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up; it stood still, but I could discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence and I heard a voice saying ..." (Job 4: 12-16, King James Version).

Given the context of the story, this cannot be a spirit asscociated with God, and it is wholly nightmarish.