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Anyone experienced Sleep Paralysis?
It's crazy the things that your mind makes you go through when you're over stressed and anxious about life. I haven't always been an anxious person, but with every passing year, as I climb the scale of adulthood, the coping seems to get increasingly difficult.Lately, I've been experiencing something very peculiar and SCARY.Some times when I drift off to sleep in the midst of an active mental awakened state, I mean, while doing something that keeps my head extremely active (like working on a paper, studying, after a stressful day in general), I end up dreaming for a short while, and then suddenly waking up WITHOUT ACTUALLY WAKING UP. In other words, I'm conscious and aware of the fact that I'm dreaming. The worst part is, you cannot move a single muscle in your body nor let out a sound. You just helplessly lie paralyzed and immobile, experiencing a dream which 99% of the time is actually a frightening nightmare, and wait for the fit to pass and your body to wake up.The last time I remember, I saw a giant horse come striding inside my bedroom and rear its legs up to kick me! I know it sounds funny right now, but when I saw it in my paralyzed state, the horse felt nothing less than a ghost or a demon!I've been told that this happens to people experiencing extreme stress and anxiety, and the only cure is probably to release the mental heat. But in any case, I would like to know if anyone here has faced something like this before?-
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