The answer to this question is probably linked with the question about borderline personality disorder ... shadow people can easily exist in our dream world, after all thoughts are creative and in our imagination we can conjure up anything that we desire and if we do not have control our imagination can "run away " with us ... dream world is just as "real" as the "reality" of our physical world ... the borderline in this case is the flip over point where these two worlds meet ... we should be conscious that we are multidimensional beings, our thoughts can exist in the invisible as thought forms and animals especially cats can perceive them, otherwise they risk to intermingle which can be cause of confusion.

Possibly @white tigers you should put your focus on looking for Angles of Light instead. .


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"Theory".. well, based on the description of them appearing during sleep paralysis I can guarantee at least that facet of what is being described here is 100% real, or at least I experienced things identical in description before ever reading anything about them or having them suggested to me. ;) I think it's even come up in some of my questions and/or answers.

Back when I was strongly pushing my lucid dreaming and/or OBE practice I got 'stuck' in sleep paralysis on more than one occasion. In my experiences once I hit the sleep paralysis stage I am 'supposed' to step out of my body. Methods for this include simply rising (sometimes difficult, especially for those not experienced); envisioning a cloud forming above your body to which your spirit is drawn into it and allowed to float freely; or (the only method I was actively able to achieve) rolling over out of your bed (to achieve the same goal as the first option, but without as much struggle).

Now, I didn't know this when first starting and I'd also unintentionally activated this process in the past before studying it, so there were times I would simply get 'stuck' in that phase. Highly uncomfortable and unpleasant experience in and of itself, struggling to move your body or awaken and having difficulty doing so. Simply the attempt to force waking and it not working isn't a fun feeling. I should also note I'm always able to 'talk' in this state, but I don't appear to actually make a physically audible sound as I've tried yelling for people in proximity before to no avail.

On a few occasions while in this state I felt or observed another entity present with me. One of the earlier incarnations' form being a generic reaper- black cloak hovering with no lower body, ghostly / skull / demon-esque face, large scythe in hand. This image illustrates well, however I recall the Scythe being held in the right hand, point facing away from the body.

This experience didn't bother me so much. It simply floated towards me slowly, I felt fear in a mild to moderate sense but I either expelled it or woke myself, I don't specifically recall.

Later this happened again, once taking the form of an extremely valued friend, but other times taking the form of an ex-girlfriend. The latter being the more interesting experiences, it appeared standing near the end of the bed, appearance of my Ex in her youth when I fell in love with her. I first asked "What are you doing here?", as they smiled and began to approach me slowly. After a moment I noted her youthful appearance, and said "You're not real," as they arrived by my side and leaned in to kiss me. As I said this their face did a very cinematic style transformation like you'd see in any generic demon / vampire / werewolf movie. Teeth went fanged, jaw extended forward, face stretched somewhat to look more evil.

I felt an agonizing pain, one that I lack the poetic ability to appropriately describe in my currently smeepy state. It was like my veins were being pulled out of my body, and much more I can't articulate at the moment. I struggled against the assaulting entity, trying to move, trying to repel it, and trying to wake up all at once. Unfortunately I'd been unable to successfully move since the beginning of this episode. Finally I was able to awaken, severely uncomfortable and as I recall sweating & heart racing.

I've speculated with many people about the meanings of this experience as well as the source. I know of people who believe in 'spirit vampires' (referring to people here who do this practice, possibly but not necessarily intentionally) who basically do in the spirit world the same thing we depict in vampire movies but with energy. This concept seems plausible to me, though I'm not convinced either way, and I largely feel that because of the shape shifting nature I encountered that the form it takes is most likely tied to what it / they find most vulnerable in us, rather than a form representing the actual entity responsible for the encounter.

I hope that this question will bring up answers that help to shed light on my curiosity into the topic. Thanks for asking. ^_^y

good post , ok there is no theory of shadow people. The visiable came from the invisable LETS NOT FORGET THAT. There are angels aswell as demons both were around and on earth waaay before we were here.