Creepy sleep paralysis experience?

Kinda, I can normally control whether I turn left or right for example, or think about what to say to someone in a dream before actually saying it to them the way you would in real life. And I'm almost always aware I'm dreaming.

And most days when I wake I often think "Am I awake now?" and then either carry on dreaming even though I may be sitting up in bed for example.

There's also been a couple of times during the day when I've been convinced that something which actually happened was a dream and not real... I've been ignoring this as I don't want to be labelled as reverse-hallucinating or something.

Crazy question for you here dude. Which hand do you write with?

I used to suffer from this a lot in the past, such an awful thing. It started off with me just not being able to move but I could see my surroundings, I always thought it was a dream. Then things got disturbing when I started to feel pressure on different parts of my body and feeling light breathing across my face or down the back of my neck. Then I started seeing dark figures that would just stand in front of me. Only one time did I ever see a face and honestly I cried a little when I got out of it. Usually I coped with it because after a while I learnt how to calm myself down and also get out of it quicker. But the one time I saw that face I was terrified to sleep for weeks. I had a little nap one evening around 6/7, and when I went into it I literally felt as if someone has pushed down the extra pillow behind me, then I felt breathing on my neck. I managed to turn around somehow and I kid you not I saw a man sitting on my desk chair smiling at me. I couldn't scream, I couldn't move or do anything. I was just crying on the inside until eventually it went away. Whenever I got out of the sleep paralysis I would always have this weird feeling as if something has just escaped from my body... Very strange and I am so thankful I don't experience this anymore.

Does your dog not react while this is going on if she's close by? And why arent you scared by the figure, could you recognize its voice? Did it speak like a normal person?

Jesus ****. Look at that scary ****er.

Have you experienced this recently? The man in the chair thing is scary. How long did that one last? It seems from other posts here that seeing figures is common. I have no idea how you felt, this sounds awful.

That's so scary! I had no idea this is what it's like. Do you remember what this man looked like? Can you remember the first time you had sleep paralysis, did you know about it? What is the most scariest one you've experienced? This thread is really interesting

Uhh... My right? Although generally in terms of hand dominance, I guess it's a 40/50 split. Sometimes I find I can do things better with my left, but not totally ambidextrous.

do you get any of the added extras?

Thankfully no. I can't remember how long ago my last one was. I really don't want to go through it again lol. Umm from what I can remember probably around 10 seconds. Doesn't seem long but when you're in a situation like that it seems like forever. Thing is with sleep paralysis I can understand the science behind it, like why it happens because what happens to our body, but as for the figures and feelings, I personally believe it's somewhere on the supernatural scale. What science explains (from what I've researched) hasn't mentioned hallucinations or anything- as that would be many people's reasoning for the figures. But that's just my opinion

I'm glad you haven't had one recently. 10 seconds is really long, I thought you were going to say half that time. I don't really know anything about this, is the scientific part of it to with how sleep pattern and stress increases chances of this happening? I can understand why you would associate the figures with the supernatural May I ask what the man on the chair looked like to you?

I couldn't make anything out other than a shadow like figure I had it a day or two after one that I found really creepy, I thought I woke up from a dream where a city was being destroyed I didn't know what by so I was running until I fell over which at that point I felt like I was a wake and opened my eyes where I could see a women. From far away she looked like a young women in her 20s just walking over in a long grey coat with curled black hair just walking over with a sinister smile. As she came closer her face changed and she started to turn into a demon looking creature until she got to my head all the while still smiling.
She crouched down next to my head and looked at my her eyes where nothing but white. Her wings spread out around me and she held out her hand to touch my eyes gently and just whispered to me in a calm voice "Try not to wake up".
I couldn't get back to sleep after that. But I couldn't help that and the one with the shadow man was connected in someway which I guess sounds silly.

The first time I saw what looked like a homeless man crawl out from my bed with a look of pure anger.
He bent over me and just strangled me. I tried my hardest to move or scream to do anything to get the man off me but I couldn't do a thing. All I could do was watch as this man tried to kill me. I felt suffocated and like I couldn't last any longer until it was over. I had no idea what had happened.
I stupidly checked to see if all my doors where locked and then I looked it up.

I feel like the scariest one was the first as I had no idea what had happened with the others I knew what was going on so they don't tend to bother me as much.

I sometimes hear people call my name when there's no one there, or even when surrounded by people but none of them have said anything. Also before I go to sleep most nights I think I hear snippets of conversation from family members
which I usually try and put down to starting to dream before falling asleep, or a combination of suddenly sensitive hearing and them talking in their sleep from another room.

I also get the odd smell hallucination too, either as a memory type smell (grandpa's tobacco smoke, great nan's perfume) or else just random smells that no one else can smell when I ask them.

Umm...

Me too haha. Well from what I know the reasons for it happening can be due to lack of sleep, stress or dramatic change in sleeping pattern. I think I once read that environment too might be a factor? But don't quote me on that. So I started working on that and it did stop it eventually. Hmm, he was white and skinny (especially in his face, so he kinda looked wrinkly but not old), dressed in all black and he had the creepiest smile on his face as if he were trying to imitate the Joker or something.