Theists, what does faith mean to you?

[Kingpin]

No worries CL.

I'm not afraid to say I too have experienced something I would call supernatural. Not in a positive sense either. Scared me to my core.

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Certainly.

I suffered from night terrors from the ages 10-14. I had recurring nightmares of a cloaked figure continually chasing me. One night they were so bad I awoke and could not move. It literally felt as if someone was sitting on my chest. At the foot of my bed I could see a shadowy figure clearly with the help of the moonlight lighting the room. I struggled to get up and the figure kept saying "no". It wasn't until my brother got up to say that I woke him that I could move again and the figure was gone. I wet my bed routinely until I was almost 15 and averaged maybe 4 hrs of sleep per night.

I had a horrific childhood and my therapists stated that the terrors were a direct result of the psychological and emotional scarring that I endured. Perhaps but felt damn real to me.