954: I Shit on You

[Keith]

"Are you gonna swear again, you stupid bitch?"


Dark Sided Since 1979 - Hell and Heartaches

[EllaMacFarlane]

about the ghost story - i want to remind people that mental illness is heredetary and that is why there are generations of women who are sure they can communicate with the dead, all over the world.

[Sparrow]

Most adults forget how to PLAY! There are pockets of us, I'm sure, out and about who still run barefoot and wonder at tree moss and bubbles. Underneath the weird we're all more well-adjusted than the rest of y'all.

[funnygurl1979]

I've seen too many unexplained phenomenon not to believe, maybe it's not ghosts but what the hell is it?

[spooky]

Originally Posted by funnygurl1979

I've seen too many unexplained phenomenon not to believe, maybe it's not ghosts but what the hell is it?

Simply a phenomenon you do not understand. Not understanding something should never be a basis for a belief, just an open mind. But I am a Dawkins fan.

[J!MMY]

does victor varnado count?

[Astigos]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Most adults forget how to PLAY! There are pockets of us, I'm sure, out and about who still run barefoot and wonder at tree moss and bubbles. Underneath the weird we're all more well-adjusted than the rest of y'all.

Not everyone has a Wonderland in their backyard to be fair.


And I should point out I've stopped eating lamb on rice and have switched to chicken on rice. Still $2, tastes better and less fatty. I'm pretty sure that's why Keith's stomach couldn't agree with it: the greasily cooked lamb compounded with the naturally high fat content. I could hardly agree with it either which is why I switched.

[DaveNJ]

What the woman's talking about, with her ghost story, is sleep paralysis.

Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As someone who suffers from the same condition I can say her symptoms are quite normal.

Sleep paralysis episodes are divided into the out of body and the inner episodes. The inner episodes are essentially like being in a coma. Your body's still asleep, but you aren't, so you try to wake yourself up. Scary, not particularly fun, but nobody would call it a ghostly episode.

However, the out of body experiences are weirder. When this happens it can feel like you're observing yourself sleeping, almost as if someone is sitting upon your chest. It is believed that the legends of the "haint" type of ghost, or the witch that sits upon one's chest while they sleep, came from this phenomenon. I've had instances where I've felt similar things. I never attributed it to a ghost, though. Her thing about being thrown across the room? These out of body experiences tend to be quite surreal. I've had times where I imagined my eyes were open and I was looking at my room. I would have sworn to you I could see my room, but of course I couldn't have. Ditto with other senses, especially hearing.

Her family's belief in ghosts, combined with sleep paralysis, a relatively common sleep disorder, combined to make this ex-fat Wiccan believe she was being attacked by a ghost.

[DaveNJ]

Originally Posted by killallhumans

Damn you DaveNJ ... you sniped me!

I know, weird coincidence that two people called it within five minutes. The symptoms described are just classic sleep paralysis.

[funnygurl1979]

Originally Posted by spooky

Simply a phenomenon you do not understand. Not understanding something should never be a basis for a belief, just an open mind. But I am a Dawkins fan.

True, I guess I should say I have an Idea instead