Worst Nightmare!

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The worst nightmare, for me, is being unable to move, unable to breathe and unable to awake. I've had dreams where it felt like some dark presence was sitting on top of me, smothering my soul, rendering me helpless and depriving me of any means of escape. It felt like it was taking my soul forcibly from my body. Then for a short moment, I screamed.

That sounds like textbook sleep paralysis. I get it too, albeit without the presence sitting on top of me, which, from all accounts, seems to be the scariest part :P It happens when you're either waking or drifting off, so you're in a half sleep state. When you sleep your brain shuts off conscious controls to your muscles, so during sleep paralysis your brain is awake but your muscles aren't. And since you're only half-awake, freaky hallucinations can happen.

It can be pretty scary when you don't know what it is, but for me now it's more annoying than anything. When it happens all you have to do is try really hard to move or speak (speaking usually works for me) and the instant you break it you're immediately fully awake. It seems to only happen when I sleep on my back, too...

Well...I think that's what you're experiencing....but *shrug* I aint not doctor :P

Anyway, I can't really remember any really bad nightmares....mine are usually stupid. There was this one where I dropped this plastic pan I had as a kid and it started rattling....it sounds REALLY stupid now but when I was like four it freaked me out >_>

Jam it back in, in the dark.