Top 5 Bingeable Scary Stories • NIGHTMARE FUEL Edition

[@MrBallen]

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[@biteme-rz3ws]

Please give us stories on the skinwalkers. These are amazing stories about the Natives here in America.

[@emmaleigh-hill748]

I've pre-ordered mine I can't wait I absolutely love your vids best storyteller ever ❤xx

[@melissablevins8623]

I already did! I can't wait to get it.❤

[@tashabothwell591]

I wish so bad that I could afford this book. My birthday is coming up maybe someone will get it for me lol.

[@candancecarmean770]

This is all so amazing. I have been here since the beginning and it has been an honor to watch your channel grow.I .am so happy for you and your family and wish for your continued success.Once again I would like to that you for your service andy freedom. After watching you for all this time I feel like a proud mother! Lol.

[@seanking1775]

The Lamp story is the scariest I’ve ever heard. Living ten years of a life only to wake up and realize it wasn’t real would be overwhelmingly depressing.

[@almighty5839]

Indeed it is

[@joliecarter1489]

Very saddening

[@fishinginflorida313]

@seanking1775 I've literally been living in fear because of that story

[@phazebeast7373]

I've had long dreams similar to that. Where I have a family and living a life but then I wake up and everything was just a realistic dream nothing was real. It's a very strange experience because you feel as if you've known these people for years and had memories with them. Our human minds are very mysterious.

[@Binky79]

When I was a kid me n my friend saw a horror film about a killer lamp 😂 but after hearing this lamp story a few times I'm starting to think lamps are scarier then what I thought 😅😅

[@TheRoc20]

Has anyone else noticed that mrballen seems so much happier compared to a few years ago? It's just really nice to see, he deserves it so much

[@MrBallen]

thank you!!

[@zildjiandrummer1]

@@MrBallen they grow up so quickly :')

[@mnisou19]

​@@zildjiandrummer1 you crazy

[@ifcatshadthumbs...664]

I just felt he might have been dealing with some illness. But none my business. Just glad he's looking better, happier😊

[@_bravo_whiskey_]

If you see his Instagram stories, he’s just become sober for alcohol. There’s a reason he seems to be doing better👍🏻

[@christinegoldfus9473]

I'm one of the 20,000 people who had anesthesia awareness during a surgery. It was terrifying! I remember wondering if they knew I woke up, and then I heard them say "she's awake". It only lasted about 20 seconds and then I was back out. Thank God!!!

[@charitysketches]

Yes -- this happened to me, twice. During my wisdom tooth extraction and appendectomy

[@A.Girl.Has.No.Name.]

I had the same during wisdom tooth extraction, except I felt them pulling so hard my head was coming off the the chair, then felt something give and heard a "plink" from across the room where the tooth went flying and hit something. Then I heard "she's awake, give her more, GIVE HER MORE!" and blacked out again, thankfully. I've had 15 back surgeries subsequent to that, and made damn sure I told them each and every time that I've woken up under anesthesia before, and they promised me that wouldn't happen again... until one time when they purposely woke me up mid-surgery to test my first spinal cord stimulator lead placement when they implanted it. That sucked BALLS.

[@MrBallen]

That’s insane!! 😳

[@DrCrunkMusic]

Is that awareness or did they get their maths wrong 😅

[@LostwaveObsession]

I bet it's a lot more than 20k tbh. I haven't really told anyone about what I encountered while having gas as a kid!

[@Catharine-ic6bm]

Does anyone else like watching Mr Ballen more than listening to the podcasts? Even thought the podcasts are really good, it’s nothing like watching him tell the stories. ❤❤❤

[@terrig1229]

100% agree

[@high_stakes_ikea7087]

25:39 25:41

[@lisettelorenz1737]

See him live!!!! He's even more captivating and so damn funny!!! I saw him last night and I'm so damn happy I bought tickets.

[@aaliyahsapien4392]

@@lisettelorenz1737 where can you see him live?? That would be so cool

[@RavenReads]

"The Lamp" lives rent-free in my head at all times, I swear.

[@moonspun4evr]

I've never had pneumonia before June. I had went to the walk-in in for shortness of breath I'd been having. While there my legs just started getting weak. It came on quick. I almost fell twice. It was presenting as stroke like symptoms which I didn't know could happen. I ended up in the ER and hospitalized for 3 days on i.v. antibiotics.

[@tiredofit1968]

Same

[@ryanr4361]

This guy plays Roy

[@etherraichu]

Its fiction. First posted to the nosleep subreddit. The thing about Nosleep is that people in the comments are required to pretend its real. So people unfamiliar with the subreddit came, read the comments, and thought they actually believed it was real.

[@krazyd0nut404]

There been reports on this, it’s like nick went into a different parallel universe.

[@HeisenbergFam]

2 MrBallen videos in 3 days is like witnessing a holiday event

[@chickenmcnugget7988]

fr

[@waltermitchell383]

Right we ain’t got this kind of treatment since he first started posting

[@ArchmageG18]

It used to be more than that😢. But my man's branching out so I don't hate, nothing but love for mrballen

[@chrisgilbert4934]

Okay weirdo

[@skisoffroad68]

I miss the days of 5 videos a week

[@MandaKaye615]

The lamp story is actually fairly common! Many ppl have said that while asleep, in a coma, or just basically wide awake somehow spent days, weeks, months, or years claiming to get as old as 65 and in this they had family, children, a career, home, etc and basically lived out another life and when they woke up or came to it was only hours and it was like they went to an alternate dimension or parallel universe and lived this life so when they came back they had actually became attached and loved ppl or children and became deeply sad or even depressed like they was mourning the death of them and it’s so crazy. I love hearing those kind of stories and find them fascinating!

[@christopherfernald3851]

Extremely common, but is there something more causing it? And if there is, will we ever find out what it is? It is scary to know there is a future that will not happen.

[@MandaKaye615]

@@christopherfernald3851 I’ve often wondered if these ppl are somehow going to alternate dimensions and jumping into another another world that decisions were made differently! Why do they do it? How do they do it? Do others also do it but there are such subtle changes we don’t know? I forget the name but a woman actually wrote a story somewhere stating she isn’t from this world or timeline at least she’s from a parallel universe and here she doesn’t have her husband or children and she is desperate to get back to her original world and was looking for answers on shifting and how to possibly get back there! In a sense it’s kinda like the movie “he time travelers wife” only it’s not time but dimensions or worlds ppl are jumping. Some have even claimed to do so more then once!

[@Kookie-zv4bu]

I've had a dream like that too! Gut wrenching is the only way I can describe it. A found family, my soul mate and a peaceful life. I remember SOBBING before I even woke up. I hate myself for this but I'm starting to forget my dream- child's face. I wish I could've experienced the end of my lifetime with them

[@zephyrthorne266]

I had this experience as well. When I was eight I went to sleep and I had a dream that lasted 60 years and dream time I had a husband and four kids. I had grandchildren. I had so many friendships that came and went I had several jobs. Waking up again at 8 years old after living to about 75 was very very hard for me. Honestly hearing the lamp story, and seeing all of the comments about people that have also gone through it made me feel less alone.

[@jignaeri9761]

there is a book written about it from the vedas very intresting

[@Dan-Null]

I like how the one lady says the call saved her life, but didn't think her actions of blocking the road and the other person driving aggressively didn't inadvertently cause the accident.

[@PrincessC_Bananahammock]

This…good grief that story. If Sara hadn’t just stopped her car to answer the call, that accident wouldn’t have happened and the other people would be alive. “Aurora” didn’t save Sara, she killed 2 people. And I’m confused how Sara wasn’t at least fined.

Exactly. Sara didn't narrowly escape the accident...she 's, in part, the reason it happened. If she didn't block the road, the person behind her wouldn't have had to stop and would have just went with the flow of traffic and would have been on the road before the civic passed that point.sara is the villain here.

[@RijaiAnahla]

@@PrincessC_Bananahammocki was wondering that as well , she was distracted by her phone , causing the person to “ retaliate “ causing their death that story was kinda unsettling more than heroic

[@danielmacneil1212]

The other car lost control. What’s that got to with Sara?

[@jennifersandahl4603]

Yes!! That story made me mad instead of chilled. I know he said it happened within seconds, but come on. That aggressive driver might have been paying better attention if they hadn’t had that interaction. I find her actions contributed rather than it being a near death experience.

[@jch12341]

No matter how many times I hear the anesthesia story, it gives me chills every time. I cannot imagine the agony Sherman was feeling. I've only gone under twice for different surgeries and both times nothing unexpected happened, and so hearing that this has happened to others besides Sherman is terrifying.

[@TheMenagerie-bb5mr]

I once had an infected lymph node removed from my chest next to my heart. I woke up before they wheeled me out of the surgery room. Thank God that I was able to scream that I was hurting and they gave me more anesthesia. My wife was in the recovery room and heard my scream.

[@cpmow831]

Dude, for real. The doctor should be in prison.

[@Chris-sf1ur]

​@@cpmow831 The whole team of doctors and nurses should be investigated and prosecuted. As they all hid what went on and tried to cover it up.

[@bj_cat103]

I also don't get why didn't they do that surgery through laparoscopy. It wouldn't eliminate the tragedy completely, but the sight would be much less terrifying, potentially causing less trauma

[@lagunitoast]

@@bj_cat103 I think it's because they did an exploratory surgery - you really need to make a large incision so you can look around and manipulate things (an actual surgeon who knows can correct me if that's wrong) - and I believe laparoscopy is used for more targeted surgeries where you really don't need much space to work within. I got gallbladder surgery laparoscopically which is perfect because the organ is small and can easily be removed with minimal incisions.

[@ianhalsey8763]

Thanks for sharing the story about Sherman. He was the preacher at my grandmother’s church. A very small country church rested near the top of the mountain in a middle of nowhere town. So as soon as I heard you say his name I knew where this one was going cause my grandmother told all of the grandchildren, myself included when we was all younger, the tragic story. I can barely remember Sherman but my grandma always said he was a great man and I doubt anybody would be the same after enduring such events. Thanks again MrBallen for getting this story out there and keep up the great content!

[@ivamccann5112]

Actually I did wake up during gallbladder surgery and I remember being disoriented but I didn't feel everything it was numb all I remember is just curious and confused on why there was these long metal things sticking out of my stomach and curiously petting two of the three things sticking out of me and asking why they were there doctor heard me and right away told them to put her out right now three days later the doctor apologized because I had told her that I react strangely to the types of medications and that sometimes they just don't work for me you see she didn't believe me until she was in the middle of removing my gallbladder.

[@Coyo-Tea]

I feel so bad for Mr Sizemore that must have felt like torture for him afterwards. So very, very sad. My condolences to his family.

[@shadowwoman7605]

Now I can’t have my surgery scheduled 🥺😔

[@Gigibaby88]

Oh thanks for sharing that, it's lovely to hear. His story absolutely broke my heart, all I could do was pray for him wherever he is afterwards, I so hope he is at peace now 🙏 💙

[@rscrevolutionpking7143]

Lies, they all say they knew the person, no need to lie to try get some likes on a KZbin comment idiot :)

[@dragongyal]

The 16 minutes story had me squirming in my seat with anxiety. The detail you go into really conveys the absolute horror that poor man went through. I could barely listen to it. I pray his family has found some peace.

[@jackspring7709]

Lol, yep - I was having problems makinh it through that story, too!

[@nickcompton5981]

It's truly sad that most hospitals prioritize profits over human life and well-being.

[@HunterLee-m8f]

You can't believe everything that comes from reddit lol

[@pd9935]

@@HunterLee-m8f what? It’s a real story, Sherman Sizemore, there’s news articles on it and others that went through the same. Dumb comment

[@FFutureBs]

@@HunterLee-m8fit was on the new sped

[@AfunNGames]

I heard a similar story like the lamp one. It was about a guy who had dreams about a woman with a specific name. Same woman and same face. He had these dreams as a young child, and the dream continued on frequently into his late 20s even after he got married. His wife knew about his weird dreams as he shared this with her. The man ended up moving his family for work, and in the new city (a vacation type town) He saw her. Knew it was her. They locked eyes hard and it was like she knew him. His emotions must’ve showed because she came over to him and introduced herself. Told him he looked extremely familiar. He almost fainted when it was the woman’s name from his dreams. I don’t remember exactly how the story ended, but something along the lines how the dream never came back after that encounter, he got depressed and he needed to see a therapist under threat of divorce from his wife.

[@NavySharkz]

Oooh, you should send this story to Mr. Ballen. 👍

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

Many folks have a dream partner. They'll often never meet them, more often they're not real, but those dreams are an absolute pleasure to have. A bit sad when you wake up.

[@TheSourKraut]

Around 4 decades ago, I had surgery where they completely put me under. Immediately after the surgery, the part of the anesthesia that "turns off my vision/hearing" must have worn off faster, because I could hear everybody talking very clearly, but I couldn't open my eyes or let them know I felt some pain. I must have been able to suddenly move, because their "smalltalk" abruptly turned into panic yelling for someone to hold me, but it was too late. I was later told - off the record, by a nurse who was present - that I pushed myself off the table and fell face first to the floor. I didn't see or feel anything, but I still remember someone screaming for a doctor and to "stop the bleeding". I still have a nice scar above my eyebrow, where I split my face open. Last thing I remember was someone saying "let's glue it shut" and "XX milligram of ... something...fast" I then woke up hours later, in a room with a headache that made me not even feel my surgery pain. That pain came later, when the headache eased up. Long story short, it was determined later - during an internal investigation - that my body processed the different anesthesia drugs at a different rate or speed. At first nobody belied me, but the big fresh head wound and me recalling all their conversations convinced them. Did I sue? No. Due to the "investigation" it was deemed an unforseen and unavoidable accident. Did I get ANYthing? Sort of. Besides the scar, I had the best experience and was treated like royalty for the rest of my stay. They even let my visiting friends roll my bed into the smoking lounge (yes, back then I smoked and smoking was allowed almost everywhere - even my primary doc had an ashtray in his exam room) Oh, and I STILL - on occasion - have a short bout of panic when I recall the feeling of utter helplessness while trapped in my body but conscious. It was horrifying. And while I felt some pain, it was more like discomfort. Just imagining feeling a surgery is enough to make me break out in cold sweat. THAT incident made me so afraid, that I stipulated in my will (the healthcare part) that I require at least 2 separate medical professionals (and a preselected trusted friend) to verify that I am ACTUALLY dead, before any autopsy or similar procedure. That's how much this experience messed with my head.

[@emeraldrayv3n]

I also woke up during a surgery and was feeling some of the worst pain in my torso, that was like being dissected but awake; So, I started ripping the instruments they had in me sticking partially out of me, out of me! I heard the doctor yell for them (anesthesiologist and nurses) to push 0.5 cc's of Demerol and Versed (Midazolam, The amnesia drug) every couple minutes for the next 2-3 minutes. "Get her knocked back out and someone restrain her! This time, make sure she stays knocked out! That means you stay right by her head and monitors! Nurse, RESTRAIN HER!! She's making a mess of my OR" -Not, 'she's hurting herself and ripping veins, flesh, & organs up, as well as losing blood ..! The really messed up thing is, they were doing the surgery to see how much damage was done and to try to repair the damage due to trauma related to torture. When I came to and recovery, all he could do was rant about my doctor putting me on pain medication at my age as I was in my mid-20s. He seemed not to understand that due to what I went through I have multiple disorders and brain diseases that are known as the suicide disease and I require pain medication for the rest of my life as there is no cure for me because of how I acquired the suicide disease aka Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN1+TN1, ATYPICAL TN) as well as other serious brain injuries (TBI's), damage to my face that required cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery to repair. As well as the trauma to my back torso and bowels. This doctor was trying to find the damage and repair what he could, Then send me to a specialist to see if they could repair what he couldn't. Yet he ranted for 15 straight minutes, berating me and talking smack about my doctor because according to him, pain meds shouldn't be used if you're under a certain age.. 🙄🤯 When I spoke to my doctor about this, he said it was sad that I had to explain to this doctor that it had already been over 2 years since I escaped and I've been on pain medicine ever since so I had developed a tolerance & as you take any kind of prescription you develop a tolerance to it over time and require more of it to get the same effect. A layperson should not have to explain that to a medical doctor! However, add that with the fact that I inherited an inherent tolerance to any kind of anesthetics, sedatives, numbing agents, etc.. My daughter also has inherited what a lot of us in the family go through with anesthetics... So we numb hardly at all & to varying degrees, my eldest daughter does not numb at all & she's a ginger and they are known for having a very high metabolism rate with local anesthetics umbing agents, so she feels every single stitch when she has to get stitches and we learned that when she ripped her ear and needed nine stitches inside and nine stitches outside to put her ear back together and she felt every sting (Pain) of the 23 needles used to try to numb her ear, as well as every pass of the needle through her flesh as they stitched her up and she finally gave up after 23 pokes of numbing medication.. and told them just to do it and she had to grit her teeth and bear being sewed up awake and no numbing \local anesthetic!

[@TheSourKraut]

@@emeraldrayv3n I am so sorry for you. THAT is a horrible story to live through. And on top of that, you have to keep explaining yourself to every doctor as if it's all "in your head". Due to other circumstances I've been on incredible amounts of pain meds for the past 24 years. 13 months ago I needed urgent, open heart surgery. It took several doctors several talks with my pain management doc to come up with a game plan to get me through surgery and recovery alive AND insure the hospital staff won't treat me as a "drug seeker" or junkie. My anesthesiologist spent hours with me discussing every med I've taken over the past 10+ years, so he could calculate what he needs. He said I'd not have had a chance had he gone with standard calculations. I spent 2 weeks in CCU (icu for heart patients) in recovery and the nursing staff were told to "believe me" when I ask for high dose pain meds and give me what I ask for, since after so many years, "this patient knows exactly what he needs and when he needs it". In the end, it all worked out well, but I heard from several staff that without the incredible preparation by the different specialists, they'd sworn I was a "seeker" and I'd probably died from pain - because they'd given me little to nothing. And still, the occasional substitute nurse who didn't read my chart, caused issues that ended up hurting ME. It's sad how people like US are being often treated like criminals, while actual criminals get their "fix". I wish you the best and don't give up! And thank you for sharing your story! I know it wasn't easy - "normal" people can't really be expected to understand.

[@looveesarah]

Omg this is horrific!! I’m so sorry this happened to you

[@laneythelame]

Wow

[@gebruederflausch]

​@@emeraldrayv3nThanks for this post. I always wondered if my long term use of concoctions of high dose pain medication for chronic pain due to my spine injuries & screws will affect my future surgeries. Your post confirmed I should always remind everyone, even my emergency info on my phone that I'm suffering from chronic pain & have pain meds as maintenance. That I have tolerance & in need of higher than usual dosage if ever I get into an accident or just future surgeries. I wish to never ever experience what you all experienced. Definitely one of my greatest fears now.

[@shakebackj95]

As someone who was a 5 videos a week enjoyer, multiple videos in one week brought back some major nostalgia.

[@alexciaramirez8453]

Me too 😢

[@user-wn3xj4kv1i]

Rent must be due, since these stories aren't even unique and are old retellings of his

[@TheLadybughug]

​@@user-wn3xj4kv1igo ahead and do better. He's on tour. 🙄

[@KiloFeenix]

As an American Italian i really appreciate the way Mr Ballen expresses his words with his hand gestures. The podcasts just don't hit the same way.

[@kaibacorporation3000]

🫳🏼🤌🏼🫴🏼☝🏼🤏🏼😂😂😂

[@Jimmy94411]

Italian is more like🤌🤌🤌🖕👊

[@RH-tv9hk]

I too am a hand-talker. A couple of times I noticed the person I was talking to quickly shifted their eyes from my eyes to my hands, then I got self-conscious lol Like maybe they thought I'd end up poking them in the eye or something

[@mmatshepomatsho2158]

I agree, seeing him telling the stories is much more fulfilling than just hearing his voice

[@victoriamurrant8038]

It's called gesticulating

[@chasingpirates1]

I LOVE how you're crafting the art of storytelling. Growing up I used to listen to Laura Sims, her voice and stories were immaculate and seemed alive. I love that there's a storyteller getting this much well deserved adoration.

[@suehuman3076]

The Lamp Story breaks my heart, having really lost people, to loose what you lived in your coma is not imaginable and just breaks my heart. Thank you for never disappointing, you are an AMAZING story teller ❤

[@ericself471]

Especially since it wasn’t a long time. Probably minutes. It would be like traveling back in time and having no way back.

[@venvdo]

You're Ina coma rn, we've been trying to wake you up. 😔

[@i3desiderata]

The scariest thing about the lamp story, which I saw you tell on someone else’s show, was all the comments underneath with people saying it happened to them. One lady said she ‘watched a family for generations’ while she was in a short coma.

[@MrBallen]

that's wild!

[@xicanaconsafos]

That’s so bizarre!

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

What were these people tapping into while in a coma? Did their souls seperate from their body while in a coma?

[@tinyhouseranch]

@@melisentiapheiffer3034a parallel universe??

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

​@@MrBallenYou absolute monster I can't believe you would do that to toilet paper that is total Psychopathic insanity lol 😂even me and the like button agree... Please Don't Do it! We will give you whatever you want lol 😂💜💚

[@Bigdaddybbq-t8g]

As a 53 year old man who has had 20+ surgeries in my life every time I go under anesthesia I'm always paranoid that something like this could happen.

[@dermaspaceSC]

I've not had many surgeries at all but when I had implant put in to replace a tooth, when the woman went to remove my stitches, I had a violent reaction to the nurse coming in close to pull out my stiches so I've wondered is some part of me remembe something

[@BobVance529]

38 over here and I’ve been under a good 20+ times. It’s literally one of my biggest fears. That 3 or 4 seconds you have before you fall asleep feels lovely though 😂

[@NYLily07]

Yup, me too

[@NYLily07]

@@BobVance529agree, waking up is nice too.

[@Bigdaddybbq-t8g]

@@NYLily07 definitely. I'm a nervous wreck every surgery and I always let them know because when they put that blood pressure cuff on my arm and take the 1st reading they always look at me and I let them know that it's just nerves

[@snarflcat6187]

That sucks for Sherman… but any qualified surgeon would have noticed that his patient’s BP was spiking.

[@nicholekuhns5046]

“The Woman in Black” literally gave me chills and scared the crap out of me! I can’t imagine that experience!

[@peterliddle1486]

Me too. Freaking terrified me.

[@letmesay13]

Yo, did anyone see that flash or did my brain short circuited orr sumethinn?

[@markd9803]

Goose bumps. 😱

[@tanphifer]

Absolutely terrifying 😳 😢 😨

[@napalmballwipes]

the fact it not only happened in 2 different houses, as well as multiple different times, 2 people having had the same experience as well as a third the mom who wasnt even asleep. i remember hearing this story a few years ago when he first covered it and tbh shit freaked me out just the same

[@SuperDanySD]

26:52 As an anesthesiologist, I can say there are normally 3 drugs to put a patient completely under general anesthesia: one to make you unconscious, one very strong analgesic and one muscle relaxant. High blood pressure and increased heart beats are usually a very early sign of insufficient anesthesia, especially when the surgery has already started... the eyes can't move though if the rest of the body is paralyzed but it does give a lot more chills to picture the horror of being awake while having your stomach cut open 🫠 Thankfully these types of events are very rare in a normal setting and the few people can only remember hearing what doctors talked about or feeling being touched or having movement without the pain... Anesthesia keeps bringing mystery to our lives ❤ thanks for the stories! see you in the live show!

[@ghetoknight7801]

might sound uptight but I think I'm gonna have to ask every surgeon to like heart rate monitor during surgery or sum because I'd die of shock istg

[@afreiberg3]

I’m glad I’ve been able to witness a surgery firsthand and know that vitals are closely monitored bc this is absolutely terrifying.

[@Kiss4this]

This might be a dumb question but how does the paralysis anesthesia not paralyze your heart and lungs ?

[@SuperDanySD]

@Kiss4this It's not dumb :) Many medical students fail to get the answer right. Muscle block agents' effect is on a specific receptor in the cell membrane, called post-synaptic nicotic acetylcholine receptor, which is found in muscles only associated with movements (skeletal muscles). So, it does affect thoracic muscles and lung function, which is why a mechanical ventilator is needed to ensure breathing while under general anesthesia. Muscle block doesn't affect the heart function directly, but it may be slower due to anesthesia in general (the heart gets anesthetized as well).

[@cmamelgna5585]

​@@Kiss4thisGeez NOT dumb. I wanted to know too.

[@SaltNBattery]

As someone who's experienced Sleep Paralysis since I was 12 I've learned a few things.. It's best not to look around at anything, especially windows or doorways. Thankfully my dog is a real one, she somehow can tell when it's happening to me and does her best to wake me up. The first time it happened was pretty amazing. Just knowing she's there, feeling her laying next to me and knowing she's watching/worrying makes me feel less afraid. It happens more often when I'm stressed out about something. Actually almost exclusively then. Also, it happens if I accidentally fall asleep on my stomach. Since I don't actively look around anymore, I don't see the "scary" things, like I used to when I was younger but I still get the terror feeling and the feeling that if I fall back asleep I won't wake up. So I squeeze my eyes shut hard, try to wiggle my toes and fingers. Try to move my leg off the side of my bed. So far that's worked out for me, or I don't remember the times it hasn't, you know because of the neuro/sleep/chemicals..

[@MiaNova21]

I use to have sleep paralysis but I figured out how to stop it. If I don't have my bed facing a door and I have lights or sounds in the room it won't happen. Also my dog use to stop it from happening as well but she would have to stay on the bed all night for it to not happen so I needed to figure out another way to prevent it and I finally figured out how to stop it and im so happy for it because it's terrifying when it happens. The first time it happened to me, something told me to never look. It felt like if I looked at what was staring at me, something bad would happen. It really feels like something is there but I refused to look at whatever it was. People say you're sleeping when this happens to you but im very much awake but I cant move till whatever it is that is staring at me goes away. I'm sorry you have to go through this as well

[@Phil-n1p]

I became accustomed to it and did not allow my imagination to go crazy. I tried to actually snooze a bit , if that tact was successful I'd snap out of it .

[@YTsucks300]

I had intermittent sleep paralysis when I was younger. Always when I slept on my back. Boi Howdy did I immediately stop doing that. It is absolutely terrifying.

[@Jamie-g8g]

I HATE that... I had it one night, and I was sure someone was in my house,... I could hear me screaming at myself to wake up to get to my son... It was f*ckin horrendous

[@Phil-n1p]

I handle it as I would a lucid nightmare , you can do anything in a lucid dream and I discovered I could make any and all my childhood daydreams or fantasies come true . It took years to realize I could alter nightmares by simply becoming aware I was not awake , that what was happening was insane and physically impossible . I think I had a great time with Linda Ronstadt a few times back in the 70s/80s 😜

[@ryanbfunny6908]

if i was sherman family id sue the hospital and the surgical team so hard their next generation will need lawyers

[@muttamerican4863]

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[@Flamableninja]

The lamp story, ever since I first read it on reddit, leaves me absolutely stunned. I can't imagine how grievous the wound must be to wake up and find out everything was in your head.

[@mikymaster326]

The saddest part about it is that it's not a unique story. By that I mean multiple ppl have had similar instances though I don't know of any others that lasted 10 years.

[@Flamableninja]

@@mikymaster326 Yeah I know. The original story was a comment from a person that had a similar story asking if people had experienced anything like that. I would not be consolable.

[@jonathanmunoz7193]

​@@mikymaster326The thing is... It doesn't have to be 10 years in that dream, if you REMEMBER that you had that life for 10 years it's enough to believe it, that's how scary and wonderful the memory and the brain is, you can feel like it was like that as long as you can remember and validate in your memory that it was real, even when it wasn't

[@Flamableninja]

@@jonathanmunoz7193 I have vivid dreams, but i've never had a dream so vivid where I can recall time passing in the dream with milestones. That's what makes it crazy

[@victorduran2248]

Science says that there are multiple universes. Who is to say he went from one to the other. There are many stories especially in Japan that tell of people traveling to parallel worlds. The paranormal could very well be breaks between the boundaries of those universes.

[@kennypereira421]

The “Aurora” Story is pretty amazing too. Actually pretty insane how it all went down. If it’s true of course.

[@BlackCatVoid]

I don’t know if I could believe that one though, why did the actual Aurora say that she never called or anything… that’s just strange

[@SolarDolphin]

​@@BlackCatVoidto me it sounds like a guardian angel experience.

[@bellaquins2139]

Didn't happen. Or the guest house one

[@Clay-x9g]

If she didn't call that makes no sense. There would of been a time stamp with the number. I love listening to Mr ballen but it sounds like fiction.

[@ThunderPants13]

I experienced a form of anesthesia awareness. Many years ago I was scheduled to have surgery to remove my colon due to a severe case of ulcerative colitis. I woke up in the recovery room feeling horrible pain from the incision made in my gut, but I couldn't move or speak. I just laid there for what seemed like an eternity (to this day, I have no idea how long it actually was) in excruciating pain not being able to tell anyone about it. Finally, when I could move, I told the nurses what had happened and they pumped me full of morphine. During my next scheduled surgery (to reattach the internal parts that were left), I reminded everyone beforehand about what had happened during my last surgery. This time I was fine, and when I woke up, I had nurses on either side of me asking if I was okay or needed any pain killers. It was kind of funny. The original incident was not.

[@TBAYMenace]

Wow, you have balls of steel bro. I wouldn't fcking trust those people again lol.

[@carriesmith3421]

Absolutely incredible, you do have to be your own advocate. Remind and remind and remind. Be the squeaky wheel so you don’t get forgotten in the day to day of these surgeons. Good for you!

[@carriesmith3421]

@@TBAYMenacesometimes you don’t have a choice, this man obviously needed to have several surgeries. Our medical system has tons of holes. But, we need to be diligent as patients. This man is my hero. Keep advocating for yourself. But I do see where you are coming from.

[@spud6195]

I've had numerous bowel surgeries for Crohn's and have experienced this twice while in recovery it's awful!

[@lukeandminna]

Damn bro my wife just had a c section and I couldn’t imagine not being able to get pain medication or communicate

[@TheReviewedByMe]

I've never forgot Shermans story from when I first heard it. Its giving me a high heart rate just thinking about it. You tell it so well.

[@cryptician6113]

The "Sherman" case is one of the most disturbing things I've ever heard of. It's not the first time I hear you tell this story, but now I realised that this happens to around 20K people each year which is really, really unsettling

[@cryptician6113]

My spouse had a similar experience in which he woke up during an operation on his arm in which they were untangling his nerves and veins of his elbow after a bike accident, which were all in a mess... he too had to experience part of his operation awake - and experiencing that will traumatize you. Being disconnected of that memory must have been even worse, not even knowing what went wrong! Coping with that is difficult nonetheless, but not being able to remember why, must be horrible! To know that that is not a rare occurrence, is really frightening...

[@Ebiru2387]

To clarify 20k people are aware of the surgery but do not feel the pain involved. That number is significantly less.

[@Morgennacht]

Some of us will never be put under general anesthesia because they know we are resistant. I’ve always stayed awake through surgeries (have one coming up in a couple weeks) so I can tell them what I do or don’t feel. What scares me is if I’m in a car accident and they don’t know…and I’m not awake to tell them not to try to put me under. I stay home a lot. ;) PSA: ^if you have EDS (Ehlers Danlos) you are at risk of anesthesia not working to prevent pain so talk to your Dr about this!^

[@lundworks9901]

"I'd diagnose you with RA but then you couldn't get health insurance " Its Ehrlos Danos.​@Morgennacht

[@michelechesney3599]

I woke up during a kidney stone surgery called Lithotripsy. I was fully awake for less than 2 minutes and I started looking around because I wasn’t under general anesthesia. I remember the people in the operating room standing in a group talking while I felt this immense pain hitting my back like a jackhammer. I believe I started moving possibly screaming (can’t remember) and it took the surgical team a good 5 seconds to realize what they were seeing and they started screaming “She’s awake! Hurry! She’s awake”. I was traumatized and terrified for subsequent surgeries since then. I also had horrible nightmares for about a year. I never sued. I know I could’ve but it was a mistake and I was in a a twilight type anesthetia. They took full accountability and the anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetist along with every doctor and nurse came to me and apologized profusely. I went on to have like 15 more surgeries for various reasons and I always tell every anesthesiologist that story before I go under so they know to double check and make sure I’m out. This happened when I was around 26 years old and 20 years later, I’ve never had any problems. Of course my experience is COMPLETELY different from Mr. Sizemore’s experience. I feel so sick hearing that story. If they would’ve told him the truth, he could very possible got the help he needed and would have never ended his life. Very horrible and sad situation. That poor man. 😢

[@audreym3777]

Geeeezzzz that sounds horrific!! I can’t imagine the fear. I’m so sorry!

[@gballh.526]

@@michelechesney3599 amen to that. I too have been thru a similar experience. Thank god it wasn’t as extreme as this poor fellow. But it unfortunately does happen time to time I guess. You’d think by now they’d have things dialed.

[@ahmedhamm5464]

i have memories from my appendix surgery even tho i dont think i woke up

[@trusurvivor1]

You, too?? How often does this actually happen that nobody ever reports?! I've only ever been able to make it all the way through the surgery story one time, myself. It's just too on the nose with my own gallbladder surgery. In my case, I was given anesthesia for the short process of having my gallbladder removed and everything was great... at first. Problem is that when they got me opened up they realized my damage was pretty severe. I was all torn up inside which resulted in a much longer procedure in an effort to save my life as I was dying on their table. In the distraction of what they'd discovered? My anesthesiologist failed to adjust the medication which resulted in my coming back to myself while I was still entirely opened up and being worked on. It took all of my concentration just to be able to wiggle my fingers at them. I could feel my hands laying to the side, out of their way. I was able to get someone's attention, thank the Lord!! I can still to this day remember the absolute pandemonium of the room as I was put back to sleep. When I woke up in recovery, I discovered the same surgeon who operated on me, sobbing and praying at the foot of my bed with a fellow nurse. Heck, I felt just as bad for my surgical team as I ever did for myself going through that. It never crossed my mind to sue anybody for anything! I could easily tell they'd been just as freaked out by it all, as I had been experiencing it. That day was a 1st for us all! I can attest to being the exact same way when it came to any and every surgical procedure since! I have absolutely no interest in ever repeating that particular experience again in life!! Heck, I even told my cancer team all about it while I was in the battle against that. They didn't necessarily need that information to save my life, but you can bet they had it anyways. 🤣

[@jtjames79]

​@@gballh.526 Anesthesia is very poorly understood. It's basically alchemy. Just recently there have been theories that it shuts down quantum effects in the brain. Assuming quantum consciousness theory is correct. So yeah mistakes are more or less bound to happen. Red heads in particular tend to wake up more often. Nobody knows why.

[@SihleMeyiwa21]

The woman in black scares the hell out of me! I mentally visualized everything as Mr Ballen was narrating

[@autumnmarieharper3923]

Like nobody is commenting about it, but how freakin’ terrifying!!

[@Adrian-oh7vl]

It was obviously their mother

[@iamgoo]

@@Adrian-oh7vlI’m thinking the exact same thing. Clearly tied to the mother. It’s a woman. Paralysis drugs exist and she could have drugged her kids. The question that I struggle with is motive. Why stand on the kids and how are they still not feeling anything when they wake up? What could the mom get out of it? Did she want to try and mimic an actual sleep paralysis she had perhaps? I feel like we don’t have enough context to know for sure

[@Black_Revenge11]

Weird that all three ppl the mother, the daughter, and the son had the same experience and the running around, doesn't make sense

[@joserodriguez6452]

I had this exact same sleep paralysis experience, almost word for word. even the CCTV footage on the TV of the creature coming to the room and the TV turning off was spot on. The difference is that in the dream I was in a different house to where I was actually sleeping, and it was a man in black, as far as I could tell.

[@flamingonugget]

Happened to me! Epidural fell out during a C Section. I thought it was the worst pain I could EVER feel, until my daughter fell through my uterus next pregnancy. Though it doesn't match pain wise, it definitely traumatized me. Feeling them take my insides and putting them back inside me, the look on the anesthesia guys face was ghost white when he realized, Mike, he pumped through my drugs through my IV, and held my hand while I just cried until the pain meds kicked in. It was after the baby was out, so my husband was gone with my son, I was alone. I remember everything about that guy, his eyes, his face, his panic, my panic, the pain. That wasn't even the full extent of the pain, either, can't imagine if I had felt it all 🥹🥹

[@sussycat8954]

WHHHHAAAAT DOUBLE UPLOAD?!?!?!??!?!?!! BEST WEEK EVER

[@NC-1861]

They're just re-runs. Calm down.

[@maddziedits75]

@@NC-1861it’s Mr ballen I am anything but calm

[@Kage197]

Medical Mysteries just released a batch yesterday as well

[@Brittany-fe3zh]

Well when it's the same stories that he already has posted it's kind of crappy. like if I wanted to hear them again id have gone and done that id rather have 1 brand new story every month than 2 stories a week that are already posted on the channel . This was my number one favorite channel about 2 years ago and every since he's gone big and started doing shows and podcasts the quality has just plummeted very disappointing.

[@lorelaii876]

@@Brittany-fe3zh damn bru at least be content he's still posting at all

[@alb61220]

This is the only channel that I’ll gladly rewatch videos over and over again no matter how many times I’ve already watched them. You have such a way with story telling! I hope to see you live someday, much love!

[@jamilantwi6678]

The Sherman Sizemore story is one of the scariest stories that I’ve heard from Mr Ballen. It lives rent free in my mind. Which is saying a lot considering some of the stories we have heard from this man.

[@ravenclaw832]

I dont think that story is even possible, considering his heart beat and blood pressure monitors would alert everyone that he is awake. For nobody to notice that for 16 minutes is ridiculous. Also they would not have found out he was given an "amnesia drug" after his death because im sure nobody put that in a medical report if it wasnt supposed to be given. I cant believe people think that story is true.

[@steverichard3016]

I’ve told the Goosebumps story to my kids on hikes twice now. I really appreciate being able to entertain my kids with (very cautiously selected) Mr Ballen stories while being out in nature

[@j_ajax5127]

I love watching mr ballen more than once a week

[@cathydargie9253]

Sweet right???!!!! ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@MrBallen]

🙌❤

[@Screamfancast]

Remember when we had like 3+ uploads a week? What a time to be a MrBallen fan

[@civilizeddog]

These are repeat stories. We could have 10 posts a week if everyone is ok with previously released stories…

[@aidanrgis7129]

@@civilizeddog he's talking about 3-4 years ago when he used to upload like 3-5 times per week

[@smokesalotofpotamus9795]

^ before he wasn't a sell out lol. Just like every other creator I started watching, within 1-3 years all of a sudden they're too good to continue to give us what we followed them for in the first place. Once a week? Chances are I've moved on to someone more committed 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@flutterbutterbutt]

@@smokesalotofpotamus9795 the early career of any youtuber is a stressful mash of unsustainable pushing video after video. now he has mutliple podcasts to oversee, a famil y commitment, and preparing for a tour, and better quality videos, and and and and.

[@erinmcmanis2304]

@@smokesalotofpotamus9795actually he stopped uploading so much because he was barely getting any sleep or spending time with his family. I prefer a happy balanced Mr. Ballen than an unhappy haggard one.

[@gballh.526]

the amnesia drug story hits home with me. when i was a child i broke my arm real bad. was administered the anesthesia. and was still and eyes shut. but i felt every thing. every pull, tug and twist to reset my mangled arm. ever since then. im in fear of hospitals. and have learned to fix myself or just deal with the pain because i do not trust the hospital any longer. id rather die than go through that pain again. the worst part is, like you explained, you cannot communicate and let them know youre stillk awake and the drugs are not working. i still have nightmares 20 years later... ----you rock Mr Ballen. Long time fan from Chicago

[@Sniperboy5551]

I wouldn’t recommend treating a broken limb yourself or doing surgery on yourself. I’d imagine that’s quite a bit more traumatic…

[@desireer6915]

Thats wild! I'm so sorry that happened to you!

[@yahnoe410]

I'm so sorry that this happened to you 😢❤

[@aliciacorson597]

Wow! I can't imagine how much pain and anxiety you went through. Deeply sorry for this occurrence.

[@gballh.526]

Thank you all. I had a very rough childhood in general. But that one experience def takes the cake. I’ve since grown up to be what I think is a good man. I struggle with past trauma time to time, but I know I cannot dwell on that. Every struggle let’s me know that I’m still alive and in the fight. Love y’all , thanks again.

[@ameliashostak4764]

My son very recently broke his wrist and I took him to go see a surgeon. The surgeon told my son he absolutely needed surgery to fix his broken wrist. The day of the surgery finally comes, I get him up to the hospital around 5-6 in the morning because my son was first on the doctors surgery schedule. The RN gets the IV in, goes through all the paperwork with him, (he's 19) the surgeon stops in just to touch base with us and they're ready to wheel him back, all of a sudden my son starts screaming "I DO NOT GIVE CONSENT!" repeatedly, and so with a heavy heart, everything had to be stopped, the IV taken out, ect. It was Sherman's story my son remembered!! He got the surgery the following week, lol.

[@matthewhorodysky8391]

#4- I love how chill Aurora was considering how creepy this situation is

[@christopherfernald3851]

Makes it seem like she didn't want anyone to know her connection. 🤔

[@EthanBabin1]

Whenever he starts explaining the layout of something, that’s when you know it’s about to get good

[@GC-doot]

100% haha

[@zephyrthorne266]

The lamp story in particular really gets me. When I was 8 years old I had a dream that lasted about 60 years in dream time. I grew up I went to college I became a teacher I had a house and four kids and my husband and I live together happily for such a long time and I remember having grandchildren. I remember so many friends that I met during that dream and different jobs that I had and different times of horror, for example losing my parents waking up from that and then having to go on as an 8 year old was so confusing and I know that some people don't believe that 8 year olds can feel depression but I think that's when my depression started.

[@bananahpolkadot]

Have you ever considered it might be a past life you may have lived? Did you notice if it took place in present day?

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

It wasn't a past life Unfortunately you may have been touched by someone who had just died or even a family member who visited you trying to talk to you cuz they knew you were possibly telepathic. A lot of people think past life is real it's not You're people who are telepathic are very susceptible to this type of crap It ruins their lives because they think oh I'm this I'm that Oh my daughter is my great grandmother No we are all our own individual souls but we can have gifts that is literally in Scripture and unfortunately if your spirit is very thin the veil is thin between the spirit world and the mortal world especially children don't know the difference because they have just come from there and little by little it is trained out of them to to literally see angels to see spirits to see Grandma and Grandpa who've already passed. Just to give you an idea my sister doesn't believe in any organized religion etc so her children never attend church So they have no preconceived concept of what religion should be. She just lets them grow. Her last pregnancy she never told anybody what really happened. Although I did know as a former nurse she talked to me about it that there were two placentas and the one child was trapped and he had to have all kinds of facial reconstruction They never told anybody about the other one that there was nothing in it that the baby ended up being just a calcified nub of tissue they did to full biopsy on it it was a full grown placenta so it trapped the other child there were twins but that other twin never developed Then she never talked about it again. When the little boy was five we were having Thanksgiving dinner with them My father and his new wife were with his family our mother had passed away and so we are sitting there with my sister and her kids and husband and my husband who is this kind of Santa clausy looking guy as a beard and everything and he's a really sweet man He is like honey to kids they like him and this little boy doesn't talk very much because he had some speech trouble in people made fun of him I guess and he was very shy and he'd also had to have a lot of facial surgery because of what happened. Also my sister homeschool her kids because she just was very protective. Well that little boy is talking up a storm to my husband the whole dinner. And I'm hearing this amazing story about his friend David. And my husband is talking to him and saying yeah that's really neat and they're going on about this story and then my sister becomes quieter more pale more shaken and I'm looking at her and she is losing her concentration at the table eventually meal ends and the kids go off to watch TV and her husband goes in with them and she stops my husband and I and says I need to talk to you He said okay Now she knows that I am very spiritually led and she knows I have very strong understanding.* She proceeds to tell us that The little boy that her son is telling us about is the baby that did not get born. They never told anyone about the other child. And the way her son talks about him is it's my brother who was not able to be born He lives on the other side He even has a name that he calls himself when he introduced himself to her son. Whenever the other kids were away doing activities because they're older This little boy comes and visits with him plays with him and keeps him calm. She now knows the reason he slept through as a child is an infant was that little boy would come and sleep with him That's why he was such a pleasant baby. She said that he has always been there such a comfort to the family in s way But the kids don't know they keep teasing the little boy that it's an imaginary playmate She has never told the older kids that it's true she was pregnant with another child and I'm thinking you are wrecking your little boys life by not telling the truth. You're making him look like he's mentally off when in reality he's having a special spiritual moment She wouldn't listen to me. And now as an adult he has to take antidepressants etc because yeah his brothers and sisters teased him to the point that he thinks that yeah he's mentally off Of course she didn't want me talking to him at all about it. She doesn't want to believe that it would affect him in the future if she didn't tell him the truth. It's a mortal life. The little boy did not live so the other one could die. There was something wrong with the second child that baby couldn't grow. The living child if it had been explained correctly and done appropriately would never have felt he had caused the death of his twin It's when it's done inappropriately that it causes harm and now they have caused harm and not told him the truth about the situation. Although I have to be realistic my sister is a hypochondriac and controlled her family by constantly being ill herself. She hated the fact that her parents had adopted two children before her being born and had wished and prayed that those kids were never there in the end she really got her way and I have not spoken to her since our father died as she says I am not her real sister. Too bad I know everything about her and one day there will be no one who remembers her childhood but me oh well that bright beautiful cheerful girl that I knew doesn't exist anymore anyway. * The reason I do I died I was legally declared dead in 1983. Yeah one of those people who got to come back and everybody has to experience their own thing and there's very few people who really tell the truth everybody makes a prejudgment as to what it's going to be and everybody bases it upon the religion they believe in I didn't. It wasn't based on anything I believed in. All I do know We are all individual spirits with our own souls our own bodies our own minds and we go back as our own person. He knows us individually. They know us individually. No one comes dies repeats. There's plenty of room for everyone. But we are attached to families which I hadn't really understood at all. We all have a chance no matter how low we are born no matter how low we hit we change our lives to the point that you are an asset to society in some manner even if you're in a wheelchair or disabled even if you were a drug addict and you at one time were a leech you can become something You can change your life. We can all improve our life and return home. All you got to do is get yourself across the finish line. You're not responsible for others so much as you are responsible for yourself You cannot whip someone else to get them home You've got to make sure you get home and be an example of I being an example then they will see oh they did it maybe I can too. Judging others doesn't help. Making yourself a positive person that helps.

[@zephyrthorne266]

@@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678 if you would have had any kind of open-mindedness at all in your comment I might have read past you saying that my beliefs are wrong. But I'm not reading all of that so, congratulations or condolences. I don't know and I don't care 😘

[@colexml]

​@@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678riiiiightt

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678Uh, scientists (scientists - not KZbin) have studied dozens of children who had memories from past lives and knew information they couldn’t possibly know. However, the red lamp story is completely fictional.

[@barrettpolychronis2833]

I'm so glad john has a gift for story telling so there can be a platform for stories like this that we need to hear

[@Gdub33]

Johns manager is a genius. Ballen Studios has grown to be so massive because of John and his managers hard work and brilliant ideas.

[@kanekiken5413]

Nice try Mr. Manager

[@Gdub33]

@@kanekiken5413 boy I wish. Did you know his manager took an IQ test and scored higher than Albert Einstein? Did you know GQ approached him to be on their cover for sexiest man of the year but he declined because he's not for commercialism? Did you know I....I mean him, was about to be knighted in the UK? But then he was like "hell no, murica!"... I mean I'm.....I mean....he, is just the most impressive Mr manager ever. In all seriously-ness....they got their stuff together over at Ballen Studios and it trickles down from the top.

[@bernardobila4336]

Nice try lol

[@SB-go8fp]

@@Gdub33 His manager can also fly and make omelette

[@GeorgeOrwell-ek7sf]

I'm ticking 4 out of 5 boxes. I relate with all but that last one. That was fkd up

[@jjpoulsen01]

The Lamp gets me every time!! Didn’t you say once in an interview that you exchanged messages with this guy and he is still heartbroken over the life with his family and kids that he lost?

[@melburns5894]

Mitch loves lamp😊

[@secretwatcher9922]

The story is false mate, this guy made it all up apparently, I actually think it's a Reddit story, I'm assuming that when John contacted him he wasn't going to own up.

[@anything6398]

​@@secretwatcher9922 it's a star trek next gen, episode. Picard gets down loaded a life time while unconscious.

[@secretwatcher9922]

@@anything6398 yeah I realise that but some guy also tried to pull it off as his own story.

[@nicoleowens2318]

​@@anything6398 art imitates life

[@sumchoimai1490]

This guy can read the ingredients on yogurt carton and it would be the most interesting story. I love the way he tells the stories. So good!

[@PeterTunnah-cz5kv]

@@sumchoimai1490 😃👍🤙😎

[@lillianhoward8452]

The surgery story is crazy because it goes to show how much our bodies remember too, not just our minds! Life and humans and anatomy is just wonderful.

[@debrajones4010]

It’s also crazy that they have an amnesia drug to give to patients when they mess up. Wouldn’t that be considered to be just like someone who gives another person the date r word drug so they can’t remember what happened to them? I mean, I know it’s two totally unrelated situations, but it’s basically the same concept.

[@mr.jazzbodkelsey58]

I used to live in Elk Grove. Seeing a woman slithering across the floor while you are trying to sleep is pretty normal there

[@allielopez567]

Excuse me? Lol, I've never seen that. 😬

[@im_a_recluse4421]

😂😂😂

[@onetwo5866]

😂😂😂

[@vegan4lyfe564]

😂 this comment was funny!! You guys need an exorcist!

[@JAFO_2319]

🤣🤣🤣

[@napturallykeex5957]

No matter how many times I've heard Sherman's story, my entire body stiffens in fear. Like I pray I never have to go into surgery !

[@skyegroome223]

That's nightmare fuel for sure.

[@Jimmy94411]

Don’t worry. Ive been through several and it’s nothing. The recovery can be difficult.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

What I find horrifying is that the medical staff tried to hide their failure, what next to save money and being sued ?

[@noni7442]

same. or i think, if i ever do, i will BEG the anesthesiologist to not forget both drugs. its so horrifying

[@haleyh7997]

I experienced anesthesia awareness while going under during a bad c-section experience. Not only can you hear and feel everything…you can’t feel yourself breathing. I spent about 20+ mins thinking I was suffocating to death.

[@MikeGervasi]

This is like watching John grow and adapt. Changes in hair, mannerisms, and speaking in a higher tone. All things you never notice as time passes.

[@markferguson3745]

I've definitely noticed.The exaggerated hand gestures have almost become distracting, and are more like a parody,- where I think they were once spontaneous.

[@TooLegit2Quit84]

Yeah, he's more animated now. I've been watching him since fairly early on, but I hadn't noticed the changes. Then when I saw an older video recently that he re-edited, I was like, "Oh, wow, he's changed." LOL

[@TooLegit2Quit84]

​@@markferguson3745- He's become more comfortable. I use my hands a lot.

[@jeffhubbard9951]

The anesthesia story is still the most harrowing story I've ever heard John tell. It's absolutely horrific! I cannot imagine the agony; even hearing the story told is tough to sit through. What the hospital staff did to Sherman is unconscionable.

[@MotionMoviesReview]

Mrballen on a Wednesday? Bring it on! Love from Nigeria 😍🇳🇬

[@dicksonthursday4293]

I'm from Nigeria too

[@BoobyLongskin]

How is the human meat they serve in your country

[@MrBallen]

🙌🙌🙌

[@mercyihebuzor7220]

Woah, I'm Nigerian too!! Gotta love MrBallen❤

[@jinanlakan5192]

Me too​@@mercyihebuzor7220

[@UnicornzRreal92]

You've come a long way, John! I've been with you since your "There was something in my room" story about your friends dad as a teen. 4yrs ago now? So proud 👏 and I love the strange dark and mysterious community ❤

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

I remember that story

[@juliehowell169]

Mr Ballen is absolutely THE BEST story teller!!!! No one does it like he does. He has me on the edge of my seat and I am definitely here for it. Congratulations again on your book and tour. Have a wonderful up coming weekend. 😊

[@hollyclark1381]

Same With Me

[@tiffanycollins30tc]

16 minutes is one of the most TERRIFYING thing I've ever heard in my life! I briefly woke up during my apendix bring removed, i was in 2nd grade, i remember waking up doing nurses, hearing voices, and then going back out.. Thank God, i didn't feel anything. Im so glad this guy did get justice, sadly after he took his life.. I cannot imagine feeling all that.

[@Titanium_Cranium]

The Lamp story really reaonated with me the first time I heard it because I had a similar experience, albeit on a much smaller scale. Context: I'm a 49yr old Scot bachelor who has never had the privilege of becoming a father (been close a couple of times but sadly no bairns) although it's always been my dearest wish as I was adopted at 6 weeks old & I've never met another blood relative. I had this dream where I was in a hospital room & was presented with my newborn baby, (mother of baby was present but strangely indistinct) and I can still remember holding MY child to my chest & KNOWING it was mine, feeling unfathomable love so intense I could have burst trying to contain it. This unadulterated joy went on for what seemed like ages but then, inevitably, I woke up alone in utter despair. The sense of heartache & grief upon realising it hadn't been real was so overwhelming, all I could do was cry & sob for the loss of my child that never was. It took me weeks to get over the experience and several years later it still kind of haunts me. I can't imagine having had 10 years' worth of such memories removed like Mitch suffered. Peace fae Scotland everybody 💔.

[@kathleenkalman4796]

Hugs & 😘

[@Titanium_Cranium]

@@kathleenkalman4796 Thank you so much Kathleen ❤️.

[@kathleenkalman4796]

@@Titanium_Cranium you're very welcome. I'm alone, too. I had kids but nothing worked out romantically. Thankfully I've got God; I hope you do 💜🙏

[@Titanium_Cranium]

@@kathleenkalman4796 Sadly I have no religious beliefs to bolster me but I'm glad you can find solace in your faith. I'll make do with your good wishes which are more than enough for me. All the best Kath 🙏❤️

[@iloveavicci5907]

@@kathleenkalman4796He’s calling His armies to get ready 🙏❤️

[@oniastarsky]

"...the toilet paper rolls from underneath; like a serial killer..." Omg. You are such an amazing storyteller. You engage, mesmerize, shock, and fully immerse your audience. You're my number ONE content creator! Amazing, Mr. Ballen. Additionally, thank you for your service, Sir! Love from Boston, MA ( not Quincy, but close), your home! 😊

[@bvang0520]

About the lady in black, if there was something supernatural there, it's a good chance it followed the mom to their new home. In my culture, in these situations, we usually slowly move things out without saying out loud that we are moving so it won't know you are moving. On the day you move out, you say you are going to the store or something like that so it thinks you're coming back, and you never go back to the place.

[@Danica.Powell]

Can you tell me which culture that is? I'm sorry to be so naive, I'm just genuinely interested.. it's very clever, I'm impressed that a culture has actually planned a solution to the problem.

[@sampsqwantch4612]

​@@Danica.Powelli agree. its fascinating that cultures have ways to combat supernatural things. just goes to show that these things can happen anywhere

[@CONCXTRXTED_KILL]

This is the Hmong culture. Considering that I am a Hmong person I've heard many stories of Hmong people saying that they are going to a store or go shopping to trick whatever that entity is or to prevent it from following them to their new place or home. If some entity has attached itself to family or someone in the family using this trick won't always work as it will keep following you or your family or sometimes the entity that happened to terrorize you is smart and it won't fall for the trick and will follow you to your new home or place. When this happens too many times or if the haunting is too intense this is when you have to get a person that's an Shaman or can connect to the spirit realm to get rid of the entity and depending on the strength and how strong the entity is, sometimes it requires more than one or two Shaman to work together, and as cool as seeing this, what you don't really see is that the Shamans' are having a battle or fighting the entity in the spirit realm. If the Shaman or "A" Shaman fails to do so, I believe another Shaman has to rescue or bring that Shaman's spirit back to their body to prevent them from dying in the real world. If none of these work, then all you can do is pray that one day the entity will go away. In my life I've only seen two Shamans having to work together and fight an evil entity that was tormenting a relative of mine and I happened to witness it as a little kid a long time ago. One thing about being a Shaman is that if there's a family that is being haunted or an evil entity has attached itself to the family, being a Shaman yourself you'll sometimes recognize it right away as you feel like dark heavy energy coming from the family or otherwise you'll have a bad dream of sometimes evil and bad happening to a family you know or don't know. In the Hmong culture we have our own rules like if someone dies in Laos or Thailand and this is where the Hmong people came from after the Vietnam War and Secret War. In Laos and Thailand there's this thing called the 13 days where you have to stay and sleep with the dead for 13 days and you're not by yourself sometimes, there are groups of at least 20 or more people sleeping in one house at the same time but what's creepy is that if the dead person's spirit survived it will get up at night and search for food or stalk the people that's sleeping in the house and if you're sneaky enough you'll be able to see it moving around in the house. And to make it scarier, when burying the body, at night you can hear something moving outside your house and a sound of a tiger. In the Hmong culture we have the belief of dead people becoming a tiger or being taken by a tiger then they become a tiger and come back to haunt or sometimes I believe they protect the family as a tiger until their spirit has reached its time for them to go to the afterlife. As far as I know and what my parents told me years ago, a tiger is the strongest entity of the dead in the Hmong culture that even it's power and powerful Spirit can wake up or raise the other dead spirits for a short time and haunt at night so this is why you would also hear other things as night too and not just a tiger outside your house

[@Danica.Powell]

@CONCXTRXTED_KILL Thank you so much. That is fascinating but also scary. I'm just boring white Australian, we kind of don't really have a culture, not like that so it's really really interesting to hear about this. Thank you for such a detailed answer, it was very descriptive and definitely scary at times!!

[@bvang0520]

Thanks for taking an interest in our culture but don't sell yourself short. I'm pretty sure we can all learn from each other.

[@sammyluvsya1265]

The anesthesia story scares me so much. As a paramedic, I worry so much about accidently not giving the sedative before the paralytic we use for emergency intubation in the field (like 3am calls or something when we're tired). We have a checklist that goes over everything 3 times that also says DID YOU SEDATE FIRST, CONFIRM SEDATION in giant red letters. Yikes!

[@Islandlife488]

I was just so frustrated because none of my shows post on wednesday. And then I came across this mrballen video. What a treat.

[@Bryanimal17]

I love seeing his wedding band each episode, I know a lot of content creators don't wear their ring. Nice to see him display his commitment every episode!

[@davidchambers44]

It is great to see. I didn't know many others didn't wear theirs though, is there a reason?

[@cdes1776]

He has said he's a bit obsessed with his wife! Sounds like she's extremely supportive.

[@jasminecollins897]

​@@davidchambers44 I can't tell you why everyone does it, but I know some people are pretty private about their personal life because both fans and haters on the internet can get weird and invasive. It's unfortunately pretty common for fans to just not respect boundaries, and to behave as though they have a close relationship with creators who don't even know them. Even just sharing that you're married can potentially draw unwanted attention to your family.

[@davidchambers44]

@@jasminecollins897 that's a good point. I've heard of a few that have had stalkers or harassment from people online. Though I'd think sooner or later it would come up if the creator becomes big enough.

[@sunnysidedown0451]

Oh come on. We all know the real reason he wears his ring in all his videos and has it on full display on most of his thumbnails, is because his wife demands it of him lol

[@sian2337]

I almost died of pneumonia and sepsis last year and I’m still struggling to get over the hallucinations I had whilst in a coma and which carried on after I’d woken up. Every time I hear the lamp story it reminds me of them, it’s so creepy how our brains work 🙁 Edit:- the surgery story is horrifying and heartbreaking!

[@juicyythasavage2732]

Can’t wait for you to reach 10 million. You deserve it. You helped me with a lot for my BA in CJ. A lot of cases aren’t looked at thoroughly looked at and sometimes it the PD and State. Other times it’s something that can’t be explained. Thank you for bringing awareness and information(FREEDOM OF SPEECH)!!!

[@nathanielslaten4716]

Im an iraq vet. The sherman story resonates. I experienced stuff and i basically tried to drown it out with alcohol. And for like 14 years I did a hell of a job. I literally purged some of it from my mind. Or so i thought because this whole time I was experiencing anxiety/rage/dread and couldnt connect it to a memory. A year ago i went sober but it didnt help. Now I couldnt sleep but it still experiencing all the shit. 6 months ago I had a catastrophic wreck ( i was sober!) and over the last 6 months a lot of the details have been kinda trickling back and Ive been making these connections as to why i react/feel the way I do and its been freaking wild. The brain is something else.

[@andrewmartin3570]

Hope you get better brother.

[@φωτεινήστεργιούλα]

😅

[@karamarie6781]

God bless you!

[@vladimirgluten781]

dont do what sherman did

[@adair-y6h]

I hope you get well must be absolutely terrifying beyond words you need to discuss with your doctor BLESS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SOUL 🙏✌️🙏

[@kittykat981]

The 3rd story got me. My cousin was deathly ill and the night before he passed, he completely lost it. He kept screaming all night that " they have come for me, he kept saying his ancestors were at the window looking in and calling him to leave" he was bed ridden but somehow he got out of bed and punched the widow shattering it because he wasn't ready but " they" kept staring in through the window. No one could convince him that he was hallucinating, he described what they looked like, having full arguments with them. It was scary. My husband's grandmother had a similar experience before she passed. She kept saying "Ralph is here for me" her husband that passed over 9 years prior. I do believe that in death, we are ushered into the afterlife by those gone before us. Some say its angels taking the form of family members so we dont freak out.

[@jeremybreland4380]

Angels don't practice deception so I wouldn't think they would be angels.

[@bristratostar7908]

I'm sorry about your cousin and husband's grandmother.

[@Absolute_Goblin]

My grandma, a pretty awful woman, was screaming that the demons were there for her, she even bit people trying to hold her down. I spoke with a pastor who visited hundreds/thousands of people as they died in hospitals and said he had seen more than a few screaming similar things or that they could "feel the fire."

[@jenniferb.awesome]

​@@backofthedime9445😂😂

[@kristinwojtowich8902]

Simone, im so sorry that happened to you- I cannot imagine not only the pain and trauma, but the ptsd that caused you to give up and avoid a pasttime you seemed to have really enjoyed. But, we're all here for you and are so happy you survived and are a part of the strange, dark and mysterious family!! ❤❤❤

[@24get24give]

yikes, that would be awful, glad you have such a good dog to help you through it

[@shanehenderson630]

Mr Ballen is out here living his best life! So happy for you, and thank you for your service, sir.

[@lilfrenchie-67]

I've been watching you from the beginning. Your journey from Navy Seal to storyteller to the birth of seagull lung to live shows and now a book is just amazing! Love it all! Thanks for entertaining us all! ❤

[@RMR1]

Whenever John says, "To understand what happened next ..." -- you know something really bad is about to happen.

[@pandabear6906]

Been widowed for 27 years ( found out soon after i was in my first trimester) i still can't date..never got over it. Sometimes it all seems like a dream but its never painless. I don't envy the lamp guy at all..real or dream your heart and head are what determines your reality. Luckily I had our daughter, now in her first trimester, ..I pray every day for a better life for her.

[@tracischraenkler4801]

My husband was killed 2 years ago 4/12/22. I often feel like my life before that morning (8:49 am on his way to work) was a dream. Did he really exist, was I really that happy and content? I have 3 children, pictures, videos, friends, family etc so I know he was real but some days I know I will wake up any moment and tell him about this horrible nightmare. I will then tell him I'm sorry I didn't appreciate him like I do now but until your spouse dies you can't fathom the sense of loss, grief, regret . You love, you appreciate, you thank, you give but nobody can understand the depth of the emotions for your spouse until they are gone. Losing a spouse is the number 1 most painful situation a person can go through. I thought it was the loss of a child but studies show different. It's not like a divorce that is chosen or the person is at least alive to say or do things that you need to feel closure. It's the death of your future, your plans, your dinner that night. It is all encompassing. I now see why elderly couples die shortly after each other . I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband and I understand your grief and not finding another man. I send my love to you. 💔❤️‍🩹

[@suehenson5679]

I've been meaning to tell you this for a long time and that is, Thank you for all your service to this country. I am glad to see you back telling your wonderful stories..

[@iAmSenshi]

Watching MrBallen in your bed with the lights off, while drinking Swiss iced tea, and eating sweet spicy chili Doritos is the greatest feeling ever😌

[@Delicate_Disaster]

How you holding up after the "woman in the dark" story? 😂

[@Questionableskills]

@@Delicate_Disasternot me doing almost the same thing. It’s a lil rough

[@artwithmamafairybreadd]

It’s hard work but someone’s gotta do it😁

[@Taydrum]

That's your bedtime snack?

[@bell6dandy564]

I listened with an ear bud while I did wee hours dishes! I have trouble sleeping but I'm binging tonight as I get ready for bed at 313am!

[@jamiezkitz7874]

Fun fact about me! As a kid, that lamp story is basically what I thought people meant when they said they saw "their life flash before their eyes." Like you saw the life you hadn't lived yet.

[@austinlittle1638]

Wake up!

[@layZjayZ]

If only

[@twitchiewitch1]

Anything is possible, altho I always took it to mean that you saw the life u HAVE lived, along with everyone you've shared it with, but I'm sure in that moment ppl also think about what they still wanted to do in their lives if given the chance. All that in split seconds. At least that indeed WAS my own experience when I had occasion to feel that way myself. Actually having my life flash b4 my eyes. I have to say that it is a very primal feeling & one's subconscious trying to process life threatening trauma & definitely tied into fight or flight

[@noahmoore2608]

I have to say, it’s authentic and amazing that Mr. Ballen actually told a fans story! The strange dark and mysterious community truly is something else. Love it. I’m so glad Simone is ok, even if a bit worse for wear. I hope one day she can have another camping trip one more time. 💙💙

[@cdes1776]

They are some of his favourites too!

[@Some_Guy82]

Best youtube channel to watch while falling asleep

[@naninolovyou6388]

I woke up in the middle of surgery. There is nothing scarier. I couldn’t talk but I saw everyone, knew what music they were listening to, the jokes they told….I was so frightened that when the Dr.’s came in after surgery. I jumped off the table, my IV came out and started to move backwards in to a corner, crying loud sobs. I told them what I remember and they made me tell the story 3 or 4 times to different people. The Dr. said I was under and my eyes were not open but I was right about every detail. 😮

[@meredithgrubb4497]

I am so sorry. Theu should have caught it.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Aliens

[@shannonbailey7580]

Even my backwoods local hospital puts leads around your head before surgery. It picks up brain waves that lets them know if you're coming to. No one should wake up during surgery.

[@HadenBlake]

That sounds so terrifying. I hope you're doing alright now.

[@amygudger963]

The lamp story made me cry 🥹 and the Aurora story gave me chills up my legs and arms and spine. Mmmmm I love listening to him tell these stories. So descriptive. Big fan from Tennessee here!!! 👋🧡

[@amygudger963]

@MrBallen… do you really read your comments? 😊

[@santsi7306]

From Tennessee too ❤❤ love mrballen

[@sunnysidedown0451]

Lmao calm down lady, he's married

[@rahrah4160]

The "16 Minutes" story scares the crap out of me. I've had numerous surgeries; tonsil & adenoid removal at 8yrs old, brain surgery to remove a golf-ball sized aneurysm at 15yrs old, ganglion cyst removed at 16yrs old (wasn't supposed to be put to sleep, but they double dosed me on the morphine on the way to the surgery room, who knows what they did about that, but they decided to put me to sleep and failed to bring that fact up when I woke), gallbladder removal at 21yrs old, and finally tubal litigation at 29 yrs old. I mean, what if at the next surgery, because c'mon I still have my appendix and apparently my body doesn't like to keep organs that aren't a necessity, I don't fall or stay asleep as expected, and it's discovered that I have built some kind of tolerance to the anesthesia?!! 😂 J/k, but I really, really hope not 🤞🏻

[@traumatrom837]

Could've saved a lot of typing by saying you had 6 surgeries and needed to be put to sleep every time

[@flutterbutterbutt]

@@traumatrom837 could of saved a lot of typing by not being a jerk.

[@StoobinFroobert]

woke up during my wisdom teeth removal, it was horrifying but they noticed pretty quickly and put me out again. I didn't feel any super sharp pain but the grinding and tearing was enough to make me nauseous any time i think about it.

[@Izaan2810]

@@traumatrom837 Could be a little more emphatic, no?

[@JoshPecks500lbDad]

​@@Izaan2810 People are growing tired of the sob-story comments This channel seems to attract thousands of them

[@MissSeaSea]

The story about Mitch, I'll never forget. It has stayed with me from the very first time I heard you tell it. I sobbed and sobbed for that man. It still messes me up really badly. Somewhere, in another universe, that family is without him and he is here without them. Just heartbreaking, truly. I often feel like I am in the wrong place, myself. Bless Mitch, wherever he is now

[@susancoopet1900]

That 16 minutes story terrorizes me!!! OMG!! The fact that "Anesthesia Awareness" can happen to as many as 20,000 people a year is CRAZY!! 😮

[@anonymoose116]

Right?! I've had a few surgeries and I'm so grateful I never experienced this.

[@Erosgates]

There’s a movie called “sublime” about it. Watch it, very decent

[@debrajones4010]

The fact that they’re allowed to administer an amnesia medication is just so disgusting! So these people that we’re putting our lives in their hands, can do basically anything and everything they wanna do and then give the patient something not to remember? That’s complete bs, but I bet if it were one of them or their loved ones it would be a different story. It breaks my heart that Sherman had to endure such horrible pain; so much so that he couldn’t live with the trauma of it. May his soul be at rest now. I had an experience about like this three months ago, but it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as what he went through. I’m just in a stump hole and don’t know which way to go bc besides the doctor fixing one problem, he’s went and made three more problems and I’m just scared for what’s to come. Please keep me in your prayers. I know I’m a stranger to you all, but God will hear your prayers for me too. Thank you and God bless

[@georgeomonigho8344]

Currently listening to EVIL SIDEKICK on podcast when I got this notification. I'm so happy to listen to Mr. Ballen all day.

[@MrBallen]

🫶

[@pattybarnett4910]

ABSOLUTELY 🎉🎉

[@sergeantpeppers8858]

The lamp story, I can relate to. In 2008 i got a bad case of pneumonia and it decreased my O2 so much it gave me brain damage. I was put into a coma for them to treat it. Anyway, after that I would have vivid dreams. So vivid that when I woke up in the morning, I would be confused as to where I was. For a while, I actually thought that I had re-enlisted in the Army and went through Basic Training a second time. Even in my dream, I was confused about this because I knew I couldn't breath well enough to pass the run test. Plus other conditions I knew I had would prevent me from passing Basic. Other dreams were so vivid that now I wish I could go back and visit not just the places, but the people. I never had a different family, but sometimes my kids were little again. This confused me also. The strangest dreams though is about my best friend. I met him when i was 5 when my older brother started dating his sister. We went to the same elementary school for a few years, even in the same class for 2. We grew up together. We more like brothers than friends. He died in 1987 and I couldn't attend his funeral because I was in the Army. So I never got closure on his death. A few years ago, I start dreaming about him being alive. Now the story I was given (in my dream) was that he had to fake his death and move away and break all contact to save ME! He has been living in Canada all these years. I live in Georgia. In my dream, Canada is only about 20 miles north. I know he's dead but his "visits" to my dreams makes me feel so much better the next day. The vivid dreams don't happen as much as time moves along, but every now and then, I'll wake up confused. This even has my psychiatrist confused because she has never heard of something like this.

[@moonspun4evr]

My pneumonia in June presented as stroke like symptoms. I didn't know that could happen

[@tracischraenkler4801]

My husband was killed recently. A few nights after, He came to me physically . I held onto him for dear life and he held me just as tight.. we cried and cried and I repeated I love you over and over. The couch I'm sitting on now doesn't feel as solid and real as he was that night. I didn't wake up because I was never asleep. I do not doubt your friend has visited you. I'm Christian and do not know how all that works but I know my husband was allowed to come say goodbye to me. Never happened again and I know it never will but it was a gift I'll never forget.

[@equarg]

If your psychologist is baffled, ask that if she writes a paper about it…to give you credit and if she makes money a small cut and heavy discount on future visits.

[@karenshadle365]

​@@tracischraenkler4801 Two times this happened to me. I had a visitation from my grandmother and my great grandmother. Each happened the night after they died. Both times were complete blessings to me. ❤️

[@kristinwojtowich8902]

​@tracischraenkler4801 I'm so very sorry for your pain...but so glad you got to say goodbye. What a bittersweet experience; I hope it helped you through the grief and gave you some comfort ❤❤❤

[@saberyuri31]

I’ve been a follower of this channel since the pandemic and oh my god am I so proud to see all the wonderful things Mr. Ballen has done with his following and influence. I just placed my preorder for the graphic novel and I’m so stoked for this book. Keep up the great work creating such a strong community of strange, dark, and mysterious fans and storytellers alike. So glad you’ve built up Ballen Studios and all of the projects that fall under it. The charity as well. This is what happens when the right people get famous. Love you Mr. Ballen 🫶

[@ashleysayss]

My husband and I bought tickets to the live MrBallen show for our 10 year anniversary! It’s in August but we decided to buy the tickets and wait for the show in October in Boston! Soooo excited!😆 We can’t wait!

[@AJ11OH-IO]

I've had Sleep paralysis since I was 13 or so and I'm 38 now. It is very mysterious to me because I went the first 15 years only experiencing minor stuff like when I heard my mother telling me a friend was over and I couldn't move. Waking up in the middle of watching a football game and not being able to move. Later I was able to mumble to my gf to slap me awake lol. Then one day, I was alone and again, football was on, I saw the remote next to me as well as my soda and snacks. I looked ahead and to my shock was what looked like a young teenage boy sitting in my lazy boy recliner in an outfit and top hat that looked like the 1940s after looking up pics. The strain on my eyes caused me to shut them for 1 second and then he was standing. The process would repeat and each time I would notice he was closer and closer despite never seeing him move due to my eyes needing to shut momentarily. He got next to me and was just out of view on my right side and I saw his body bend down a little like he was about to whisper in my ear and I was beyond frightened. Instead, the pillow was being pressed down and curved around my head just reaching my nose and I began struggling to breathe. He took the only thing I could control away and I heard the pillow being pressed and it siphoned away the noise from the game. It was as real as anything and I thought I was going to die 💯 percent. I snapped out of it and despite it being around 3pm, turned every light on for 3 days straight when I was home as I was a single man at the time. The mysterious part about sleep paralysis is you can go decades without anything happening other than the paralysis itself which is scary enough and then experience something like that and the image and outfit of the 40s has never left me. Luckily that was a 1 time experience of anything evil. I never saw him move or his eyes and he never spoke. I've seen movies but I had to look up outfits of every decade to come to my conclusion of the 40s. I've never thought of it before which is mysterious to me. Anyway, that was my bad experience. 😃

[@jacobgonzales6830]

What do you mean about the pillow thing? It was suffocating you?

[@bertkilborne6464]

I ve had sleep paralysis about 5 times. Each time it's been in a different location. It usually only lasts a few seconds, fortunately.

[@mechadonia]

Only had sleep paralysis once in my life. Lots of strange visual stuff going on. Shadow people flickering in my room in different poses and strange symbols spinning on the wall. When I realized it was sleep paralysis I kinda relaxed and started enjoying just watching the hallucinations. The shadow people seemed indifferent to me so it didn’t seem threatening or scary, I was just sitting there watching them morph and almost dance around me. Then I looked down at my stomach and I saw I had 4 hands. One pair were mine, the other pair were pure black, so black they had no depth to them, you could only make out the outline, all 4 hands were resting on my stomach, palms down. The arms attached to the black hands continued on behind my back as if I was laying on top of someone and they were hugging me from behind. This creeped me out enough that I was no longer having fun but didn’t outright terrify me yet. I decided to try and grab my phone and see if I could shine the flashlight into my eyes to wake myself up. To my surprise, my arm moved to grab the phone without any problems, as if there was no paralysis at all, but as I went to grab it, one of the black hands grabbed my wrist. Felt its fingers and everything! It felt so real, Tried to rip it off my wrist with my other hand but as I reached across to do so the second black hand grabbed it as well, and I totally flipped out and just started trying to shake free as hard as I could when Suddenly I felt its grip weaken and I twisted my whole body over to pull my right wrist out of its hand. The second I got my arm free the hallucinations immediately stopped. It was like a light switch went on, all the shadow people, the spinning alien looking symbols and the extra hands were gone. Such a bizarre experience. I know sleep paralysis is a well understood phenomenon but I just can’t shake the feeling that it was almost paranormal or something.

[@AJ11OH-IO]

@jacobgonzales6830 Only for a few seconds. As if both arms were used to wrap both ends around my face. Every detail is as if it happened yesterday.

[@AJ11OH-IO]

@bertkilborne6464 Lucky you lol omg.. Some last for what seems 30 minutes easy.. My brother has stayed with me and I literally heard him talking to his friends that are into gaming play and play while I was in the other room just laying in paralysis 😆 🤣 I'm so used to it, I just wait. I can mumble words and he's kicked me before, asking wtf wrong with you man? I snapped out and replied, trying to get your help dude.. shit.. LOL

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

Being awake and paralyzed during surgery has to be one of the most terrifying things EVER. It wouldn't be NEARLY as bad feeling all of that pain if you WEREN'T paralyzed. Pain is one thing. Being paralyzed along with that level of pain? That is a another level of terror that is hard to comprehend. Poor poor man... I can't even imagine how utterly traumatizing that must have been 😥😔😔 Just completely heartbreaking...

[@hamedhosseini4938]

I recently had acl reconstruction surgery and doctors recommended me to get localized anesthesia from mid torso to down. It felt a bit bizarre to not be able too move your limbs but thankfully no pain. All went well though.

[@Artchick1972]

He does a fantastic job with telling stories! My heart goes out to Simone!!

[@craigstuartlandry1611]

Mr Ballen saved me from taking my own life, fact. Now me and the Mrs can't go a day without either watching him or listening to him on Amazon music.😊😊😊

[@FirstLast-q4g]

Hau

[@siporahwinsheimer1853]

Like Sherman, I had surgery where I could feel what the doctors were doing. I had a c-section with my daughter 4 years ago. I was awake and totally fluid. They got my daughter out and I told the doctor, all the sudden, I could feel pain. The staff was like "no that's just pressure you feel." I told them "no, no, no, I can feel you touching my liver, I feel the needle stitching me up!!!" I was crying and screaming. They rushed my boyfriend and baby out of the room. The anaesthesiologist came to me and said we're giving you pain meds now. I felt loopy but could still feel a shit ton of pain. The anaesthesiologist said ok were giving you more. I was still crying and screaming, and the anaesthesiologist said ok were giving you something different now, calm down (as she rubbed my head) and whatever the third med was, it worked. I didn't feel anymore pain. This was over a course of about 12 to 15 minutes. The anaesthesiologist said how are you feeling. I said ok now. Then she said "I'm surprised the first two didn't work, I gave you two MAN DOSES of morphine and it didn't do anything!!!" I SHOT LASER BEAMS OF ANGER AT HER, and she's steps back and I screamed at her "ALL OF MY PAPER WORK SAYS THAT MORPHINE DOESNT WORK. I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORPHINE!!!!" She looked at me confused and literally picks up a folder, opens it up, and her face dropped!!!! She saw in my file that morphine was not supposed to be administered. She turned white as a ghost for being a middle eastern lady. I was already as white as a ghost because of all the pain, even though I'mhalf black, half white. This horrible person DID NOT EVEN READ MY FILE BEFORE DOING HER JOB. I literally have ptsd, awful dreams, depression and anger because of this experience. Every other month or so for the last 4 years, I will have a dream that I am paralyzed and can't move but doctors are digging around in my gut and their laughing as I scream out. It is so awful!!! Friends and family tell me I should still file a lawsuit and I probably should, but I just don't have the energy or the fight in me. 😞 I'm not even sure if there's a statue of limitations on this type of thing, but who knows. I guess I should look into it.

[@Derp135Egg]

Hope you're doing fine now. 😕

[@anonymoose116]

Morphine doesn't stop pain, it just makes you not care about the pain. I had a spinal for my c-section so I wonder if they didn't place the catheter correctly.

[@doritoreiss8089]

I swear the educated idiots who called themselves doctors never read my charts during my pregnancy with my son either. They had no idea how old I was until I joked about it. They had no idea what my blood type was until I declined rhogam because I knew my husband and I didn’t have rh negative blood and thankfully I knew I didn’t need it. There were other things too. I decided to skip doctors for my 2nd pregnancy and gave birth to my daughter all on my own without any help. Oh, and my son was a c-section too. They wound up sewing an air bubble into me when they closed me up. It traveled up to my chest and felt like someone was pushing on my collarbone from inside of my chest. It hurt so bad. And to this day 14 years later my c-section scar still itches, but is also numb…so it’s an itch that I can’t effectively scratch.

[@anonymoose116]

@@doritoreiss8089 this is insanely dangerous. Please don't suggest others do this.

[@Stardustpal25]

Statute limits different each state, usually 6 years, but medical complaints need to be reported in certain time frame. The lawyer does it all. Your case in the millions imo. Call the best office, they will come to you. Work case on contingency for ? 35%, pay upon case close. You will not go to trial. Why wait? Ceryainly you srent protecting them to do it again? You could have reacted with IMMEDIATE CARDIAC ARREST. They know this. You deserve a settlement. 🤝🇺🇲 They deserve a record.

[@kevinsilman2316]

A few years ago, i missed my flight from New Orleans to Denver for my wife's friend's wedding and ended up having to drive. So we deadheaded there, 20 hours straight through, and Mr Ballen got me there, only stopping for gas. His story's alone kept me awake the whole time amd we pulled up right as the bridesmaids were escorting the bride into the church.

[@dylanpritchard5659]

This man has gotten me through most of my longest shifts at work, and i am forever grateful

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

My son's best friend his daughter and i drove from CA to Pennsylvania to visit my son and we listened to Mr Ballen the whole way there and back.

[@ReefCommunityWorldwide]

True personal story from Ashton Under Lyne, Manchester UK I returned home from the military in 2000 for leave at my parents. I was watching tv on my own in the living room when what I thought was my young sister walk into the kitchen, would usually happen as she would come down to get a drink. A few moments later my father comes in the front door say hi and goes into the kitchen to get a drink I shouted to help my sister get a drink she was around 7 years old, my father shouts back there nobody in the kitchen. Suddenly my hairs stud on end. I'm fully awake and aware. The same night I went to bed and as I was dropping off, I heard breathing within my room, I'm a grown man and don't believe in the supernatural but it was a deep breathing noise. I jumped up turned the light on nothing there. The next day I found out my best friend and his daughter had passed away in a car accident the time I saw the young girl and heard the breathing. All I know is that in the back of my head he was telling me. 100% true story

[@seansanchez1766]

Mr Ballen, I respect and admire you. I'm an army veteran, tank mechanic from 86-90. I was nowhere near your level but I did what I could Thank you for your service and welcome home, I heard your story and frankly, I'm glad that you came home and found your purpose. I for one am grateful. Keep doing what you do. God bless you, Sailor. By the way, what's happening with Seagull Lung?

[@misanthropia9726]

A one hour video on a Wednesday? Oh. My. God. Thank you so much! I need this so much right now.

[@joannecarolyn5018]

This is the best treat ever!!! Thank you, Mr Ballen 😊❤️❤️❤️ JC from Singapore 🇸🇬❤️ #3 really got to me. I had an appendectomy when I was 13, it was 0100 hrs and the appendix was about ready to burst. I remember counting backwards from 10 and blacking out. At some point, I came to and could feel the cold surgical instruments , I saw the surgeon and nurses. I looked down and saw the incision on my right wth the green fabric around it, then I passed out until they woke me the next morning at 0530 hrs! 😮 I'm almost 48, but I can remember every single detail so clearly. That poor man, I can't imagine his torment 😢😢😢

[@aegontargaryen9322]

Mr Ballen deserves every bit of success he gets . Well done John and team

[@toriwaldrup3584]

Man I’ve already long since pre-ordered the book and I’m sooooooo damn excited!!! Me and my husband weren’t able to get off of work to see the live tour (we are in the Georgia/South Carolina vicinity) but for what it’s worth we REALLY tried to plan/reschedule our jobs to come see the show the day you made the announcement 😢😭 So please don’t forget that for every person who was able to get a ticket, there’s still 2-5 folks whose schedules wouldn’t allow it but who are still MASSIVE fans!!! Even though we aren’t there physically, we send our love, support, and fan-girl-ness your way!!! Long live the Ballen Army! ✊🏼

[@Alicia101090]

11:53 as soon as I heard the voicemail say Aurora I got goosebumps....... And then you speak of Goosebumps again....... Awesome work John

[@ContoseFadas.]

I woke up during 2 surgeries! And I remember one time the anesthesiologist asking me “are you ok?”. I didn’t feel any pain but I felt the movement of the tools in my body.