So I have sleep paralysis.

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My first episode was about one month ago, and I had a second one just last night.

In the first one, it was early morning, I wasn't scared, just having a conversation with a ghost child. He didn't talk, but I understood what he was telling me for some reason. I stopped talking to him and tried to close my eyes, he became angry and told me not to ignore him, then I heard a dog growling and a sparkling, silver colored silhouette came up to my face and stared at me. I tried to scream but all I heard was muffled moaning. I gained back control soon after.


The second one was more tamed if I remember well. I woke up in the middle of the night, panicking. "They're coming to kill us!" I thought. It was dark in most of the rooms but the colors of my sheets and the furniture were over-saturated and everything was blurry. I saw small figures running towards my door and then the fear was so intense it was all over already.

That sounds scary! I hope it won't happen to you too often.

Ehh, the longest one lasted about 1 minute, it won't be much of a pain I think.

Glad it doesn't last long.

I've had episodes of that before & they were more common when I had psych med changes or when I was emotionally stressed; like I was worried about having episodes or hating sleeping alone.

I don't take any meds.

If you have other sleep problems, it might be worth seeing a doctor. I saw different doctors for years for sleep issues and never mentioned the hallucinations I had while falling asleep or waking up because I didn't know it could be a symptom of anything. Eventually, I saw a sleep specialist who actually asked about that, and I was diagnosed with narcolepsy. Some people with narcolepsy also experience sleep paralysis, though I've never had it.

i experienced sleep paralysis once. i woke up and couldn't move. it was scary as i had just gotten out of an abusive relationship and felt i might need to defend myself and wouldn't be able.

I've had sleep paralysis maybe twice or thrice in my life. It was very scary because while paralyzed I thought I might never be able to move my body again.

I don't know why it happens. It seems that most people experience it sometimes but not too often.