I am fortunate enough that i have never experienced sleep paralysis. I’ve heard from people who go through it that it is very frightening. I’m sorry you’ve had to go through that.
Omg, I’ve been having Sleep Paralysis recently these days. It freaks me out to the point where I’m crying every time my body could finally move again. 😭😱😭
Sorry to jump in… Sleep paralysis is horrible. When I’m stressed I get episodes very often and it’s so bad I have panic attacks later. Like, it’s really a torture 😭
Just a month ago, it happened to me in school while we were taking an exam. I had finished way before anyone else and the sleep paralysis happened when I slept, bored of waiting for the other students to finish. I tried so hard to move, wanting someone to notice. I knew they thought I was asleep but I kept screaming inside my head and got so frightened. I told myself to just calm down and that it will pass soon but the process gets sooo scary and I want to move so badly.
When I could finally move, I was shaking in fear and started crying in the middle of the rest of the students taking the exam. *sigh* It’s the worst. 💔💔
Thank god I’ve never had one at school, but yes, it’s so scary. And you know you have to calm down but you just can’t, so it feels worse, and you start getting impatient and desperate… It’s horrible
I know. I remember my first time experiencing it and was so SCARED and confused at the same time, asking myself “what’s happening?! Why can’t I move?!” And now I can never sleep by myself again. I tried once but had a nightmare and woke up being scared if I was going to go through sleep paralysis again.
I’m so glad to be able to talk to someone who understands. None of my friends understands how scary it is cuz they’ve never gone through it or just don’t try to understand how scary it is.
I had it once but once was more than enough to scare me. I used to be fine sleeping by myself but now I can’t sleep without at least some of light and sound beside me.
