How many people here have ever experienced sleep paralysis or have experienced any abnormal activity while in bed?

I have experienced sleep paralysis many times (sometimes even on daily basis), mainly in my teens and my early twenties (I'm 27 now). It took me quite some time before I've figured out what was going on with me, because nobody around me ever heard about sleep paralysis, so for about two years I just thought I was going crazy. My first incident (at least from what I remember) happened when I was about 15 years old. I 'woke up' in my bed around 3am and immediately felt that someone else was in my room with me. I was lying on my back but I could see two men in old fashioned very worn clothing (40s style) standing next to my bed, looking at me. The one on the right was really old, creepy and evil looking man, the one on the left was young, looked 16 or 17. I was trying to move or shout but I couldn't, I was completely paralysed. The younger boy came over, sat on the side of my bed and started to push on my chest and choke me. He then lifted my t-shirt to touch my breast and continued to have sex with me, all while I couldn't move and the other old guy was just standing there watching us. At some point I closed my eyes so I couldn't see them anymore. I realised I must have been dreaming next morning, but it just felt so real. Over the years I have often seen or felt someone else was in the room with me but as soon as I realise that it is just a dream I force myself to wake up. These days my sleep paralysis kind of naturally turned into lucid dreaming, where I can move freely and change 'scenery' when things start to turn dark.

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