Sleep Paralysis

Originally Posted by Eleo

Strangely it's only happened when I've had incredibly frightening/demonic dreams. I guess it's me trying to wake up from them too fast. Being paralyzed after being freaked out in a dream is terrible; it adds to the fear greatly. When it originally happened I thought that indeed something supernatural was occurring. I found out many years later that this wasn't the case at all. Science for the win!

I used to have stuff like this happen to me as a kid. I remember quite a few times trying to wake up from a nightmare. I was only able to open my eyes. I was terrified and I couldn't scream, open my mouth, turn over, move something, etc. It's an awful feeling. I was literally screaming in my head, but no sound came out of my mouth. It felt like something was sitting on me, pinning me down.

I don't have stuff like that anymore, thank goodness.

Jam it back in, in the dark.