[ELI5] How and why do people ‘see’ a malicious, demonic presence with their eyes when they get a sleep paralysis?

Question

I didn’t take this seriously until I had sleep paralysis myself… ad oh boi! There was a frikin dark pool of black standing near my door lol. I thought it was for real XD

So… yea, how does it happen?

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Answer 1

By nature, humans are less comfortable in the dark. Sight is an important part of our survival instinct. When your brain is aware but you are still alseep and are in the dark and typically during the first few sleep paralysis episodes, the fear you have sort of manifests scary things. I find that not being afraid of sleep paralysis over time helped me get rid of those demonic presences and figures.