Dreaming/Awake at the Same Time

[unico_love]

Sometimes I have this weird sleep problem where I'm partly awake and partly asleep. I'm dreaming, but often I have my eyes open and can also see what's physically in front of me, and I can't move. It can be pretty scary, partly even just because the dreams I have are usually in some way disturbing. I had this problem again the other day and it really scared me. I think it happened because I really wanted to wake up and was struggling to be awake and get up, but just couldn't, and I ended up being trapped in a dream again. I saw the sunlight and everything in my room, then I had a hallucination my mother came in the room. My thoughts expanded and I pictured the rest of my house and all sorts of other (nonexistent) rooms of dark wood and crimson paint popped up, and I saw my brother talking to a lawyer about changing his name. These scenes peeled back like old paint, revealing again my sunlit bedroom, though I still couldn't move. I hate when I feel confused like that, and especially when I can't move. Sleep paralysis, maybe? I have all kinds of sleep problems...

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[civetmoon.livejournal.com]

That's a Night Terror, accompanied by sleep paralysis. I get them occasionally myself. They're really scary : /.

I've noticed that they're more frequent when I'm stressed or overworked/exhausted.

[unico-love.livejournal.com]

For whatever reason I thought night terrors couldn't be remembered, so that didn't cross my mind...