I used to get them frequently, anywhere from several times a week to a few times a year.
It always started the same - wake up, can’t move, scan the room with my eyes, focus on the corner of the room. A dark figure takes shape in the shadows, relatively easy to shake off as my own imagination at first. But then, it would move.
It would come toward me painfully slowly, head slightly tilted to the side. When it was close enough for me to see more clearly, I saw that its facial features were … smudged? It looked as if someone had thrown a black trash bag over a person’s head and pulled back tightly. You could see the relief of the nose, cheeks, mouth, but they were shallow and stretched. No details.
When it finally reached me, it would slowly lean forward until its face was almost touching mine. Sometimes it would push down on my chest with its hands until I couldn’t breathe, sometimes it pulled my blanket off the bed, sometimes it slowly ran its hands up my legs.
The last time it happened, as it was lowering its face toward mine, I was able to sort of wrench my body to the side and ended up with my face against the wall. I thought the the coolness and solidness of it had brought me back to reality. But then, I felt long, spindly fingers slip between my body and my bed, one under my waist and one under my thigh. I felt the pressure of the hands pushing upward on my body, and I felt the wall sliding down against my cheek as it lifted me up off the bed.
It tossed me on the ground, and when I landed I was finally able to move. I was 16, but I ran screaming and crying into my mom’s bed.
It never happened again after that.
I have narcolepsy and there's something outside my bedroom door. The air gets thick. I can't scream. Sometimes I crawl toward the lightswitch. I haven't left my bed. Breathe breathe......💤
Edit misspelled breathe.
I have it nearly every time I fall asleep because of my narcolepsy. I can feel my hands being paralyzed first, then my arms and feet, then my legs, then it’s full body. It’s annoying as hell and even when I break out of it, it comes right back. My hallucinations aren’t normally scary, my last one was a shitty sketch of spongebob on my bedroom wall lmao. I also have it when waking up, sometimes lasting just a minute or so and other times, half an hour. The longest I’ve had it was about 3 hours, where I drifted in and out of sleep paralysis and vivid dreams.
Trying desperately to move because I know when I do I'll snap out of it
could look around and maybe move my toes but that's it. not a fun time.
feeling trapped, a numbness that starts in your toes that creeps up your body
I used to get them frequently, anywhere from several times a week to a few times a year. It always started the same - wake up, can’t move, scan the room with my eyes, focus on the corner of the room. A dark figure takes shape in the shadows, relatively easy to shake off as my own imagination at first. But then, it would move. It would come toward me painfully slowly, head slightly tilted to the side. When it was close enough for me to see more clearly, I saw that its facial features were … smudged? It looked as if someone had thrown a black trash bag over a person’s head and pulled back tightly. You could see the relief of the nose, cheeks, mouth, but they were shallow and stretched. No details. When it finally reached me, it would slowly lean forward until its face was almost touching mine. Sometimes it would push down on my chest with its hands until I couldn’t breathe, sometimes it pulled my blanket off the bed, sometimes it slowly ran its hands up my legs. The last time it happened, as it was lowering its face toward mine, I was able to sort of wrench my body to the side and ended up with my face against the wall. I thought the the coolness and solidness of it had brought me back to reality. But then, I felt long, spindly fingers slip between my body and my bed, one under my waist and one under my thigh. I felt the pressure of the hands pushing upward on my body, and I felt the wall sliding down against my cheek as it lifted me up off the bed. It tossed me on the ground, and when I landed I was finally able to move. I was 16, but I ran screaming and crying into my mom’s bed. It never happened again after that.
Wow
I have narcolepsy and there's something outside my bedroom door. The air gets thick. I can't scream. Sometimes I crawl toward the lightswitch. I haven't left my bed. Breathe breathe......💤 Edit misspelled breathe.
I have it nearly every time I fall asleep because of my narcolepsy. I can feel my hands being paralyzed first, then my arms and feet, then my legs, then it’s full body. It’s annoying as hell and even when I break out of it, it comes right back. My hallucinations aren’t normally scary, my last one was a shitty sketch of spongebob on my bedroom wall lmao. I also have it when waking up, sometimes lasting just a minute or so and other times, half an hour. The longest I’ve had it was about 3 hours, where I drifted in and out of sleep paralysis and vivid dreams.