Originally posted by: WhtsinAname
So just came upon this while replying to someone
Just want to say I have experienced this too. As a child I used to have really vivid nightmares ( I would say bordering on night terrors ) . Those slowly subsided as I grew up. Happens once in a while but very infrequent .But 2 yrs back I had this episode of sleep paralysis.
It was like a dream within a dream and like you said it felt like there was a shadow next to me and I couldnt wake up. Finally when I forced myself to wake up ...only to realise I was still in a dream. I remember in my mind I knew I was dreaming but my body wouldnt move no matter how hard I tried. Scary stuff man. Thats the day I realised what sleep paralysis actually felt like. Did a lot of research after that on what can be the causes of it.
I still get shadows wala dreams at times but havent experienced such sleep paralysis again. Extreme fatigue will do that ....atleast that was the cause in my case.
It is scary isn’t it but like you said once fatigue and bad sleep cycles will do this - one of my ex colleagues has developed narcolepsy where he just falls asleep during the day anytime anywhere driving at work, terrible stuff.
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