Thread:AngryLance/@comment-39280634-20200406054104/@comment-39280634-20200413070216

I'm fine now, thanks But man, was it weird. Imagine being awake and concious during the night, except that you can't move your body, no matter how much you will yourself. I had this dream where I just returned home and was changing my clothes when an empty wardrobe opened by itself, then suddenly I was pulled towards it and something kept me in place in front of it. Then I sorta wake up laying on my right side, only to realise that I can't turn around or even move, even struggling to shout "Let me go !" at an unseen presence holding me (but I noticed my mouth wasn't moving so my shouts were only in my head). And I could hear faint noises behind me in my room, and that something was touching me. It only took the door closing shut when my folks left for work for me to snap out of it.

I remember reading about sleep paralysis some years ago, and now I can confirm that it's every bit a trippy as described. Good thing I didn't had scarier thoughts, else they would have 'materialised' before my eyes.

Edit: I think what I mentioned earlier is called 'lucid dreaming' actualy. And I'm not sure if it overlaps with sleep paralysis.