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Did I experience Sleep Paralysis?

Postby Whysoserious10 » Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:34 pm

Let me say that lately I have been having loads of anxiety issues and panic attacks, and it seems to be infiltrating my dreams now.

Last night something horrible happened, and i'm going to try my best to describe it. After a day of drunkenness (about six beers) I fell asleep at maybe 10 or so. I remember having some problems getting to sleep and staying asleep, but I was eventually able to. I remember it was probably 2 AM or so, when I "woke up" to find things not quite right. There was a weird feeling in my chest and head, kind of like waves going through me, or a pressure. I had fallen asleep with a movie on my laptop (Spirited Away) but I remember specifically seeing " The Ring " playing on my laptop when I "woke up" (I never watched The Ring at all last night) but it appeared that it was the little creepy girl from The Ring on my screen, in a scene that is really in the movie. I don't remember much else besides a feeling of WANTING and NEEDING to wake my boyfriend up. I wanted to shake him and wake him up, because I was SURE I was dying and I wanted him to call an ambulance. But I couldn't. It was like a hundred pound weight was on me, and I was TERRIFIED. Finally (I can't remember how much time had passed) I was able to get myself out of bed slowly (this really happened, I think I was able to pull myself out of whatever was happening) and I quickly went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My eyes were BLOODSHOT red, very red. and I got a washcloth and put hot water on it and put it on my face. I just remember being terrified ever since I woke up and for about the next 2 hours. So terrified I could not get back to sleep. I didn't want it to happen again. So I stayed up until about 4 and was finally able to get to sleep. I can't really describe how horrible I felt, it was just a feeling of dread the entire time. I don't really know what to think. I know that I kept waking up constantly after that, I couldn't sleep for very long. I've also been having bad nightmares as well. My boyfriend basically doesn't believe me and thinks i'm just crazy - which is insulting to me because it dismisses everything that I felt last night as something that i'm making up. Am I really crazy? Does this sound similar to anyone's experiences with Sleep Paralysis?
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