11-13-2024, 09:44 AM
These are terrifying. The most memorable one I had was coupled with repeated false awakenings. I felt like I was suffocating, and drowning, so I panicked and the scene changed. Then I felt like something was squishing me and I was trapped. I tried to squirm free but couldn't. After a few times of this, I actually realized I was dreaming and tried to wake up. I thought I did but I didn't. I tried to turn onto my side but everything felt like it was moving like vertigo but it wasn't. It reminds me of this optical illusion:
![[Image: motion.004.jpg]](https://www.cns.nyu.edu/~david/courses/perception/lecturenotes/motion/motion-slides/motion.004.jpg)
I'd twist, some something would tear, and I'd think that I woke up but then a few moments later I was right back in the same place. It was very not pleasant. I eventually woke up still panicked and wandered around in a daze for a while, I still had the feeling that it might be a dream still and was afraid of snapping back to suffocating.
I think it was apnea. I usually don't sleep on my back. I think we're usually sleep paralyzed so we don't kick the wife when imagining running in a dream, for example, but when sleep is interrupted and it is still in place it is horrible terrifying and the mind flips out.
I'd twist, some something would tear, and I'd think that I woke up but then a few moments later I was right back in the same place. It was very not pleasant. I eventually woke up still panicked and wandered around in a daze for a while, I still had the feeling that it might be a dream still and was afraid of snapping back to suffocating.
I think it was apnea. I usually don't sleep on my back. I think we're usually sleep paralyzed so we don't kick the wife when imagining running in a dream, for example, but when sleep is interrupted and it is still in place it is horrible terrifying and the mind flips out.
