Today, I found a disturbing video on my 8-year-old's tablet. In the video, I was suffering from sleep paralysis. He's convinced I'm part demon. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was doing my nightly check of my daughter's phone since a recent stint in the psych hospital, and saw that she had fallen into a peaceful sleep to watching videos on a website dedicated to watching people die. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me that he had once been possessed by demons, and that he now sleeps with a knife under his pillow for protection from, "The dark spirits that are feasting upon his soul." I'm not sure that I'll be sleeping over anytime soon. FML
Today, my daughter learned a new phrase: “Sleep Paralysis Demon.” It was exactly as bad as you’re imagining, she sobbed for almost 15 minutes, and that's a very long time when the tears and screaming are constant and without a pause. The neighbours knocked on the door because they were worried. FML
Today, my daughter was acting strange. When she wasn’t muttering in some strange language, she was talking about invisible people coming to get me. Terrified, I called my boyfriend. Turns out he taught her that as a prank. He knows I’m afraid of anything supernatural. FML
Today, I was watching my 3-year-old sister play in the bathtub. She started screaming at her toys, saying "You're staying under the water until you DIE!" She then looked at me and cackled. I share a room with this demon child. FML
Today, my 18 year old son asked me to check if there were any monsters under his bed. FML
Today, in the early hours of the morning, I woke up in sleep paralysis, hallucinating the sight of children hanging from the ceiling. Now I'm scared to sleep. FML
Today, my mother thought it would be funny to sneak into my room at night and scream like a demon, after I'd explained to her how scared I was of The Exorcist movie I had just seen. She claims it wasn't her. FML
Today, I found out apparently I sleep walk. My boyfriend has been filming me and uploading it all to Youtube. FML
Today, because my husband wasn’t paying attention, he gave our 6 year-old his Netflix instead of the kid safe settings, so she watched a very gory horror film that has given her nightmares, so I now haven’t slept in 5 nights because of it. My husband face sleeps soundly through her screaming. FML
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pperalta 7
I bet now he'll never disobey you tho. Think positive OP!
JaffaMC 13
He must have been frozen with fear, poor kid. Maybe you could lend some hellfire to help him out?
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pperalta 7
I bet now he'll never disobey you tho. Think positive OP!
crudeandrudeguy 29
There are so many opportunities here, get the video camera and find a way to record something that will embarrass him horrendously when he brings his first girlfriend home. It's your duty as a father
THEDUDE1553566 24
What is wrong with you? He is a little kid who was scared of what was happening to his mom, he wasn't trying to embarrass her. And trying to embarrass your kid is wrong. Shane on you #8
JaffaMC 13
He must have been frozen with fear, poor kid. Maybe you could lend some hellfire to help him out?
MasterTron 24
Don't forget the deep voice and brimstone as well.
FEATHDUCK 19
Wait, hang on I'm confused. Are you talking literally that the kid was frozen with fear, because it says "I" and not "he." I'm assuming you meant it metaphorically.
cOOkiEzRgOOd 22
A great opportunity to educate your kid on little known information. Though it is amazing how the imagination of children works.
xlord 27
When Halloween finally comes along you can dress up as a demon and pretend that's your one chance to 'shed' your human skin!!
ihartmytdi 23
Tell him that Satan only unleashes your demon form when he misbehaves.
NamesIncognita 15
And switxh to a deep voice when he does something bad. Pretend you're changing.
hoosiergirl94 31
You never said you weren't one
Seabass_Chan 33
1. I'm sorry, OP, Sleep Paralysis is ******* horrible. 2. Who the hell gets an 8-year-old a tablet?
MidnaLink 35
Parents of overly spoiled brats and those with learning disabilities, generally.
Emirac 10
Maybe it's an old one that got handed down just to play games on, or is actually just for educational purposes? Damn, you people are judgmental.
jadenjacksonm 14
It's a debate that's way too deep to get into on FML. Let's leave it at that.
schmitty84 4
I bought my 7 year old that has cerebral palsy a tablet because it's hard for her to hold a pencil due to her tendons retracting...
lesnotbehonest 20
Tablets can also be used to help kids learn. My 3 year old niece has one and the only stuff on it is educational games, videos, and even the music is educational. With the way technology is constantly evolving it doesn't surprise me that younger children get introduced to technology early on, and you really shouldn't be so astounded either, it's just a tablet, not drugs.
Redgy22 26
Very judgemental.
Zarcissa 34
My nephew has a tablet and he's 5. He's had it since being 2 or so. Its for watching videos and playing games.
CLH3AML 12
My 2 year old has one. He only has learning games. He can count to 20 and sing his ABC's. Don't be so quick to judge.
Tripartita 45
I know it's a violation of privacy, but I'd be checking his sent messages for any directed at somebody with the name "Winchester" in their address. You might be in for an unwanted dose of rock salt and incestuous romantic tension.
guineagirl 18
I love you
becca1998 22
Why would you give your 8 year old a tablet? What happened to our generation
FMLuser2015 15
Schools in my local area have swapped traditional learning material with tablets... Even kindergartners use them for learning. Times are changing.
withered 30
#13 why would you not give your 8y old a tablet? Just because you don't use technology for anything other than **** and social media doesn't mean it's the same with others. It can be used for educational purposes and it's great that kids learn to use technology at early age.
Tytonic 16
Um, this is wrong. You're AWAKE during sleep paralysis and can't move. Not whatever this person is talking about.
GhostFox 34
The only thing they say is that they were suffering sleep paralysis in the video. They don't mention any symptoms they displayed on the video, so why are you assuming they are wrong? Especially since the cause of sleep paralysis is that you are in between awake and asleep, more specifically entering or leaving the Rapid Eye Movement period of sleep, which is why people who suffer from sleep paralysis can still move their eyes. People who suffer from sleep paralysis also (usually) have one of three main types of hallucinations while in this state, which also exacerbates the amount of eye movement. Which, kudos to OP's son, rapid eye movement was considered a sign of possession by some paranormal experts.
ChopSuey444 20
OP never said they were "sleeping" during paralysis. Simply that they found the video, which I'm assuming means that they were unaware of being recorded. Plausible if you're paralyzed.
amanda810 10
You may think you're awake, but actually you are asleep. Sleep paralysis occurs when you reach stage 4 sleeping or REM(rapid eye movement) sleep, which is a very deep sleep. Once in REM sleep sometimes the neurons in the brain misfire causing sleep paralysis.