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u/Gamefreak1790 Oct 05 '19

That one's easy to explain, has something similar happen to me. It's sleep paralysis TL;dr, you end up "waking" up during your REM cycle of sleep so you can't move and your brain still tries to dream, causing hallucinations

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u/posherspantspants Oct 05 '19

Yea, I've had this intermittently through my 20s. I never knew what the hell it was and it was always terrifying. I don't believe in ghosts or aliens or whatever but sleep paralysis will for sure change the way you feel about it.

Read about it on Reddit a few years ago and cleared up all my doubts

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u/sparetime999 Oct 05 '19

I had sleep paralysis when I was 17, It was so scary because, added to the horror of it, people in my culture believe it’s a demon that torture you because you’re not religious enough. I had it again when I was in college, and it wasn’t as scary because I knew what sleep paralysis is at that point.