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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
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I get this alllll the time, and I've actually read quite a bit about it. Most people force themselves awake by breathing or speaking, etc, but if you just run with it (make sure you're comfortable), treat it more like a meditative state, you'll eventually end up with a
lucid dream.
In trippyness, those can put sleep paralysis to shame.
Also, worst dream I ever had was the first time I ever had sleep paralysis --> I was about 12 or 13 at the time. I was getting a drink from the school water-cooler by the office, when the spigot exploded off, and the entire school flooded, and I drowned.
I woke up unable to speak or move or open my eyes. I was convinced I'd actually died.
How ya doing, buddy?
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