This has been happening to me when I sleep, but strangely enough, almost exclusively when napping during the day, but occasionally at night:
(sorry if this is a little freaky)
I half-wake up, but I can't move at all. I can sort of open my eyes, but only a flicker. My breathing is weird and I can't speak. I always get the feeling there is another person in the room, and I am trying to get them to help me come out of the paralyzed state, attempting to reach out at them or speak to them. I have no idea if I am actually moving or speaking for real. The other person is not ghost like, but usually I think my roommate is there, or if I'm at my boyfriends, I think he is there. They never are actually in the room.
A few times I have felt like there is something more sinister in the room. One time, I actually felt like an octopus-like creature was sitting on my chest, with a tentacle wrapped around my face. When I wake up from this state, I feel completely unrested and a little queasy.
In researching, it sounds like sleep paralysis but I am not sure. Does this sort of stuff happen to anyone else? Is there anything to be done for it? Its freaky! It makes me afraid to take naps...



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