I've been afflicted with sleep paralysis since I was a kid. As a kid, it was never anything bad, I'd panic as I tried to wake myself and breath.
In my mid twenties it went dark. I had an episode in the middle of the night with a demon. I woke up attempting to throw a punch at this entity that was pure evil. I wanted them out of my house. Over the years I had a few other creepy/dark encounters. They were rare and only happened maybe once a year.
That was the case for years, until this winter. I had three nights in a row of very evil episodes with these dark entities. I was at my wits end. I prayed. I prayed ephesians 6:10-18. Asked the lord to help me fight and defeat them.
It stopped. That very night I had the best night's sleep that I've had in a long time.
The lord will protect you, just ask.
Every once in a while I get the feeling that there is an evil presence in the room. There are a couple things I do that seems to take care of it. The first thing I do is use the power of Jesus to send it away by saying out loud: "By the power of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Almighty God, I command you to leave this place and go back to where you came from."
Someone once told me that just telling them to leave isn't enough. It is important to command that they leave AND go back to where they came from so they stay gone. That has always done the trick for me.
If I am still left feeling a little shaken, I play some religious music. Some ideas for music are:
Schubert's Ave Maria that works very well.
Handel's Messiah. (I'm sure they must really hate it. Hahaha.)
Years back, I also bought a CD that was very popular at the time called "Chant" by The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.
Elvis Presley's Gospel Songs are great any time of the day.
Finally, you could also listen to some of your favorite Christ-related Christmas songs. Personally, I love Nat King Cole's Christmas CD.
Turning the volume down low enough so you can still hear it, but so you can fall asleep is a great way go get a good night's sleep.
Anyway, that's all I've got. God bless you all!