Sleep Paralysis

I’ve seen the post about alters dreaming...and mine do sometimes, it’s very disruptive for me. I also experience sleep paralysis quite often, and I’m wondering if it is common among those with DID. It can be very frightening. Last night I woke up and could see my bedroom but I couldn’t move or talk. I could hear several people talking right behind me but I couldn’t turn my head or scream out for help. For me these episodes are always accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations. I’ve awaken to the smell of smoke and seen it lingering thick in my room but am unable to move or warn my family. I usually end up falling back to sleep and waking up normally a little later but when I experience sleep paralysis it’s very scary. It’s all very real and at the time I don’t realize these are only hallucinations because my brain is awake, I can see my bedroom but my body won’t work no matter how hard I try. Just curious to know if anyone else here have experienced this.

Sincerely,

Reverie

we had stuff like that happen. it scared the hell out of me so I read a little bit about it.
neither sleep paralysis nor the hallucinations are unique to DID.
it is part of hypnagogia
we find that in this state we sometimes hear some alters more clearly. but some of the hallucinations are really hallucinations.

Thank you for your response Birdsong.