The boy didn't want to go to sleep as night fell. He became extremely afraid of sleeping. Because of something that doesn't exist.

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“Uh… Uh huh..”

Khaotu boy's body He was in a state of lying on his back on the living room floor of Preedaprat's house. The floor was polished cement covered with a large piece of parquet-patterned linoleum along the length. It was the late afternoon of a sultry day in mid-March. This is the period when the weather is extremely hot.

Until the sweat was flowing, even though I didn't do any exercise.

He had been lying peacefully for at least half an hour, unmoving. When Mrs. Sopa, Khao Tu's mother, looked at the figure on the floor of the room. I couldn't help but feel the blame in my heart. She had warned her son many times. That you shouldn't sleep near the sunshine time when ghosts dry their diapers. is to look out the window The light of the sun that shines down

It has a clear warm orange tone. The colors are really beautiful. But it gives a feeling of loneliness. Wonderfully sad and depressing.

“If you sleep too much now At night, your child will be hard-eyed and unable to sleep.”

She always tells the same sentences. Repetitive like this until the boy felt bored I could only accept the word "Yes" like that. Didn't bother to believe or follow in any way. Therefore, when you feel tired or tired from other activities during the day Most of the time, Khao Tu likes to sleep regularly on the floor of the living room in the middle of the house. And this was another day when he fell asleep with no signs of waking up.

“Khaotu, wake up, child. It's very cold. Let's come eat,” Mrs. Sophalong called softly. But no reaction occurred. She was worried that her son had been sleeping for too long.

“Uh….Uh…”

“Mom!…Mom, can you hear me? I want to get up but I can't move.”

Khao Tu, a 14 year old boy, tried to cry out and call his mother. But I couldn't hear my own voice. He was in a state of wanting to move his body. But he couldn't do it as he wanted for more than ten minutes. The first time I began to feel myself while I was half asleep, I was half awake. He felt uncomfortable and had difficulty breathing. Like a body as heavy as a stone

Especially his chest area was so heavy that it looked like he was being pressed against a large rock. Out of fear, he wished to know what was happening to himself. Try to open your eyes But his eyelids were incredibly heavy. No matter how hard I tried to force my eyelids to move, I was unsuccessful.

The boy began to panic and panic. How do you try to open your mouth to make a sound? Until the heart and body refuse to obey His mouth didn't move an inch. He could hear every accent around him. because he is fully conscious But it's like being separated by an invisible dimension. making it impossible to communicate with the mother

Even if you exert your strength to fight against some mysterious force or power, it is in vain. All of his strength had disappeared without a trace to be traced. It was as if it had just been pumped away. What exactly happened to his body? The more you don't understand, the more fear you will experience. Stress and anxiety will make your condition even worse. Completely different from the outside that Mrs. Sopa saw.

This kind of incident is not the first time this has happened. But Khao Tu has been experiencing this strange symptom for a long time. Most often this happens when he sleeps in his room alone. with no one else present This was the first time it happened while his mother was sitting on the sofa near where he lay.

Each time he froze. Can't move my body It is usually during the daytime naps when the sun has not yet set. Until he began to have symptoms of fear of going to bed. But today he was so sleepy that he couldn't stand it. Eventually he fell asleep until it happened.

“Uh...Uh huh..”

The boy was starting to get tired, exhausted from mustering up the strength he had to break through anything. That locked him up so he couldn't move. Sweat soaked all over my back. Even then, he still couldn't get out of his dormant state. Until he was heartbroken and began to think that he would never be able to open his eyes again, accept his condition, stop fighting.

For a split second the mind lets go of physical attachments. A strange thing suddenly happened. It was as if something pressing against his body suddenly loosened. Then all the previous symptoms disappeared completely.

" mother ! "

The loud screams were so loud that Mrs. Sopa was startled. Because her son suddenly opened his eyes. Ready to call out As she leaned down to touch him to wake him up. When I realized I could open my eyes and hear my own voice So he was so happy that he hugged his mother so tightly that she began to feel a bit afraid.

“How are you? You can wake up. Mother called many times. Can't you hear me at all? So what is this? Hmm.. suddenly hugged me."

“I heard my mother's voice. But mother, can't you hear me at all?"

Mrs. Sopa looked puzzled, not understanding what her son was saying. So he told her the story from the beginning. Which surprised Mrs. Sopa until she frowned. Then try to explain to Khaotu that

“If the ancient people of your grandfather and grandmother's generation He believed that it was caused by being haunted by a ghost. Pretending to sit on top of me, making me unable to move. Including no one being able to hear or see or see, but scientifically it has been described as a condition that our bodies are in an uncomfortable state There are many possible factors.

He was in a state of being half asleep and half awake. This can cause muscle spasms. Or maybe you don't sleep deeply enough and are stressed or worried. Sometimes it is caused by our own sleeping position. You may sleep with something on top of you, such as a pillow, a doll, or even your hands clasped together on your chest. It might cause a symptom called ghosting, child.”

“But just now, I was lying on my back with my hands on my side, Mom. And this isn't the first time either. I've been like this many times before. It's starting to happen often lately. Almost every time I sleep It's very scary, Mom. I don't want to sleep at all. Tonight, may I go sleep with Mom and Dad as well?”

Mrs. Sopha raised her left hand and rubbed her son's head with compassion.

"But the bed in the room isn't big enough for my child to sleep with." Only father and mother And there's also my child's younger sister, who's already pushing them together. Is this good? Before your child sleeps, try praying to clear his mind. Clear mind Your body will relax. I think it might help you recover from your ghost symptoms."

“But Mom…I'm afraid. I don't think it's like mother said. I really felt that there was something invisible on me. And that thing definitely intended to hurt me. It's not just about science. I was conscious every time I was starting to drift off that it had arrived. After that I couldn't move immediately.

Each time it became longer and longer. Mom, let me go to bed with you.”

Khao Tu tried to beg his mother but was unsuccessful. Because he's grown up. I've been sleeping alone for a long time. Mrs. Sopa convinced her son to be at ease that it was not a matter of ghosts. But because he sleeps too often in the evening Finally that night His father, mother and younger sister slept together, the three of them, as every day. As for him, he had to sleep alone in another private room that had limited space.

The single bed alone took up more than half the space. What remains is a narrow L-shaped walkway. This is an atmosphere that feels uncomfortable and dull. Could it be this reason as well that causes ghosting? The boy wasn't sure.

Pretty late at night.

while all life in the house was fast asleep in the comfort of the warm bed. The only exception is Khao Tu. who is very afraid of sleeping Even though I had prayerfully followed my mother's advice. But the memory of the experience that just happened in the evening This makes me still unable to calm down normally. But as time passed

Drowsiness and exhaustion begin to take over the body and consciousness. No matter how hard I try to keep my eyes open But his eyelids were heavy, as if weighed down by a large stone. unconsciously At what point did he fall asleep without realizing it?

“Ngaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

A completely black, unaffiliated male wandering cat. A loud cry came from the rooftop balcony behind the small bedroom. At this time, Khao Tu is in a trance, like a dream. He saw his own body lying unconscious on the bed. Suddenly he was in a state of being possessed by a ghost. It started with paralysis throughout the body. Even when exerting strength in both arms and legs

Hoping to move as my heart commanded, but nothing happened. Every organ was stiff. My heart thought and commanded me to open my mouth and shout at the top of my lungs. In case you escape from a mysterious dimension or the Twilight Zone where you can't find a way out. But like many times in the past, it was unsuccessful no matter how hard we tried. until weak

He fell into a world where no one knew what was going on. Left alone, lonely and hopeless.

The minute he felt something without a clear form. It's like a group of loosely gathered together clouds. Move and crawl to the area above the chest plate. and the part that vaguely resembles a face Eerily looking down at the boy, he smiled. Khao Tu was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold.

Shed large beads of sweat all over the body. Mark opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his voice. But his mouth could not move. No one could hear because no sound came out of the closed mouth. In a time of near hopelessness He thought of the Buddha image in his memory. He began to recite chants praising the Buddha's virtues, the Dhamma's virtues, and the Sangha's virtues in his mind with his mouth and throat trembling. It's strange that I normally remember it.

But when it was time to actually use it, I remembered it incorrectly. It's like playing a puzzle with pieces missing. He meditated and remembered the Pali words that he used to chant regularly.

“Itipiso bhagvā arahansamma sambuddho vijjācāranasampanno..” He continued reciting until he completed 1 round and then came back for the 2nd round. While reciting that The blurred mist that had been pressing against my chest had disappeared. Then the group expanded into a curtain of smoke surrounding the bed where his body lay still. before slowly transforming into what looked like dozens of shadows.

Standing in support of each other, staring at him in one spot.

Those shadows were grayish-black and could be seen in the dark. There are unequal heights, descending and alternating. But one thing is the same. The eyes of such a shadow They stared at him as if they had been angry at each other for a hundred lifetimes. Khaotu was extremely shocked. This made the mantras that were recited back and forth stumble more than before. He heard the shadows turn to talk.

“Look, the prayers are still stammered. It's right and wrong,” with a loud laugh.

“Come on, recite it and see if the mantra can help you.”

Then there were gray-black shadows that all resembled people. and burst into laughter together He bent his head and lowered his head towards the boy's face. He lay with his eyes closed, but his spirit woke up little by little. At the time he couldn't move his body to do anything.

finish.