Unable to wake up and panicking
Sometimes when dreaming I'll be very conscious of the fact that I am dreaming and that I am really laying right where I am. I'll try to wake up but I feel suffocated and I won't be able to wake up. It makes me panic in my dream and when I wake up I'm still in a panic. Has anyone else experienced this?
yeah, all the time. freaks me out but i have no idea what the hell it is tho
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I have it too. It's a type of sleep paralysis, though not the classic kind - which is when you awake and you can't move your body. The kind I experience (and it sounds like you do too) is that I'm trying to wake up from my dream or I've quit dreaming purposely and it feels like I'm trying to "pull" myself out of sleep. Sometimes when I feel I've almost "pulled" myself out of sleep, I "fall" back into the sleep. It feels like I'm slipping. It's such a strain to pull myself out of the sleep, only to fall back right at the precipice. At any rate, my best friend has it, and until your post, we have never been able to find anyone else who has it. Sleep paralysis - which sounds a little different - seems to be caused by bad sleep habits, insomnia and depression. it's nice to know other folks have this... it's weird, but i've learned to deal with it and i just relax and pray when i'm trying to come out of the sleep, which seems to work.
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