Interesting. Just added that to my paranormal vocabulary. Just watched this from Sylvia Browne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtRZTsuUaTc.OT: You may want to Google "Astral Catalepsy".
More or less my family and I were going through that. I guess the best way to not experience that is don't live in a haunted house. Praying doesn't really help.
Prior to VLF's story, I would have assumed he was haunted by spirit and it coaxed him into going nuts and dying. Many people who are haunted feel a subconscious desire to die as well. For me when I was going through the haunted phase no one I loved was dead...so I chose life. But death was certainly an option...knocking...knocking at my door. LOL.