I am 33y/o and have always had some degree of detecting spirits or having the feeling someone is in the same room, among other experiences of objects moving. However, my most recent experience is new to me and I'm hoping someone can give me an explanation.
A troubled friend of mine recently died unexpectedly at the age of 29. The night before his funeral I slept on his couch which is in the apartment above his aunt and cousins (a house which was built in the 1700's). I could not sleep because of a sense of a presence, but figured it was my friend so I tried not to be afraid.
I finally just started to get sleepy and I felt a strong energy pushing towards my chest area almost like a spirit trying to enter me. But at the same time I felt like my own spirit was pushing it away. The best way to describe what I felt is when two magnets repel each other. When I sat up it stopped and I felt like it was 90 degrees in the room. I remember feeling so hot like I was about to start sweating. The frightened feeling I had made me think it wasn't my friend. However, he always expressed how he admired me and how I was so lucky to have everything I have in life.
Can anyone explain what this could have been?
There is a phenomena that is associated when we are overly tired/sleeping in a new environment--that we get in between being out of body and wake. Most sense it as a presence "trying to get in". It is actually your consciousness getting back into the body.
There is even something called The Old Hag--a phenomenon where people see a dark figure trying to get in (again, themselves). Sleep paralysis is part of this.
You might Goggle these and see if it makes sense.
Isle - Lora