Is she twisting paganism into something else?
I have a slight familiarity which pagan beliefs but I have a friend who tells me it goes like this while I am not clear on everything she believes God and Satan are subservient to a Manol aka mothernature, she also told me the horned god is Satan and lord of the demons. She also has mixed curses and hexing in. From what little I know it sounds like she is badly mistaken and while I remember seeing a documentary that made wicca sound like a respectable religion what she speaks off sounds occult and slighly offensive to Christians like myself. Saying my faith won't protect me from curses and such.
Why does someone wake up Feeling like somethings pushing you down really hard on your chest?
Sounds like sleep paralysis. "Physiologically, sleep paralysis is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. Sleep paralysis occurs when the BRAIN AWAKES from a REM state, but the BODY PARALYSIS PERSISTS. This leaves the person FULLY CONSCIOUS, BUT UNABLE TO MOVE. The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes "after which the individual MAY EXPERIENCE PANIC SYMPTOMS and the realization that the distorted perceptions were false".[5] As the correlation with REM sleep suggests, the paralysis is not entirely complete; use of EOG traces shows that eye movement can be instigated during such episodes.[6] ... In addition, the paralysis state MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY TERRIFYING HALLUCINATIONS...AND AN ACUTE SENSE OF DANGER.[8] Sleep paralysis is particularly frightening to the individual because of the vividness of such hallucinations.[7] The hallucinatory element to sleep paralysis makes it even more LIKELY THAT SOMEONE WILL INTERPRET THE EXPERIENCE AS A DREAM, since completely fanciful, or dream-like, objects may appear in the room alongside one's normal vision." There is a rational explanation for everything. :) EDIT: Pastor Ken's answer is ridiculous. He is positing a supernatural explanation when a perfectly rational one is available. What you are experiencing has nothing to do with "demons," and almost certainly nothing to do with "emotional abuse"; it is a physiological phenomenon. Read up on sleep paralysis and disregard this zealot's religious quackery and psychoanalytic pretensions.