I used to get spiritually attacked when I first had my awakening right around the time we were voting for Trump.
It went on for around 2 years. Worst experiences ever, couldn't sleep, couldn't go to school. But I've come to learn these things are called djinn and feed off of your fear.
To defeat them, you just cancel out all of that fear. It's not really coming from you, but is being provided by the entity itself. Think about all your emotions and negative thoughts, most of them do not come from you but are more like strands of string come to you from all directions of the universe. Once you learn to stop fearing and feeding them, you can win. Put on the Armor of God, use some white sage and tell them to leave. And yes praying does help tremendously.