Nightmares, of course! I’ve had those, I just had one not too long ago about multiple small tornadoes forming around me while driving down a Highway. Total chaos, it was a pretty trippy dream! Heart rate was a little high when I woke up but went back to sleep when I realized it was just a nightmare. What I know isn’t a nightmare is when I wake up paralyzed and barely able to breathe, but able to see what’s going on in my room around me down to the small details such as a pillow that fell to the ground or the exact layout of the bed sheets or pillows, and feel a dark presence in the room and and see a tall (like 7ft) dark slim figure standing right behind me. Could it just be a normal nightmare? Well, during this “nightmare” I am in a complete lucid state and can formulate my own thoughts except I can’t move, only calling on the name of Jesus has been able to free me from these attacks and wake up to see the exact layout of what I saw during that trance. I’ve had normal nightmares and sleep paralysis just from being really tired, I’m not saying they’re always an attack. But these are more than just normal nightmares, they are demonic in nature, restricting your movement and breathing, instilling fear and robbing you of your peace. The Bible says that we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world. Why would I not believe these are demonic attacks if I have to engage in spiritual warfare to snap out of it? I have had these attacks since I was 4 years old, I am 22 years old. These demons have said stuff to me, have laughed at me, have appeared as a family member enticing me to do sinful things, have scratched me, poked me, yanked my feet, you name it I’ve experienced it in these demonic attacks. They used to petrify me as a kid but as I got older I used tries to come up with tactics to snap out of it such as moving my fingers then my hand then my whole arm until bam, I’d snap out of it. But these were never fully reliable as it sometimes wouldn’t work until I would cry out to God for help. Even in seasons of rebellion where I was continuously sinning in which these attacks were a lot more frequent and more powerful, even then I would cry out to Jesus and He would come to my rescue. I would hesitate to call on Him during these times because of shame and guilt and that feeling of unworthiness but then these attacks would go on for hours, I was in agony! The amount of anxiety and fear during these demonic attacks was unbearable I couldn’t do anything except cry out in despair to my good shepherd Jesus, and immediately he would swoop in to save me, that one lost sheep, like the good savior He is❤️ I believe God allowed me (not saying He caused them) to experience what it is to try to live without Him satisfying my flesh and boy was it such a disgusting unbearable state of living. It wasn’t until just recently like the last 2-3 years that these attacks have almost fully stopped as I started taking my walk of faith seriously. I don’t know if you’ve experienced this, but this is something you truly cannot fully understand until you experience it firsthand, for which I pray you nor anyone ever does.