Ronan23
08-03-15, 13:06
Hi,
This will probably come across as completely crazy but I had a really ****ed up experience last night and i'm scared to go asleep again.
I was asleep and then got into this sort of half-awake state. I was dreaming but kind of knew I was dreaming if that makes sense. I've heard of lucid dreaming but I couldn't control this so it wasn't lucid I don't think. Anyway I was close to waking and randomly, the grim reaper appeared in my dream. This was followed by an intense hot feeling where I was trying to wake up but couldn't wake up. It lasted about 20 seconds before I finally opened my eyes. I've had bouts of sleep paralysis before but this felt different. I didn't feel paralysed I just felt I couldn't get out of the dream state and was focusing intensly on my breathing, expecting it to stop any minute. Has this happened anyone before?
As an anxiety sufferer it freaked me out badly. Could this have been a near death experience or was it likely just a really strange dream?
This will probably come across as completely crazy but I had a really ****ed up experience last night and i'm scared to go asleep again.
I was asleep and then got into this sort of half-awake state. I was dreaming but kind of knew I was dreaming if that makes sense. I've heard of lucid dreaming but I couldn't control this so it wasn't lucid I don't think. Anyway I was close to waking and randomly, the grim reaper appeared in my dream. This was followed by an intense hot feeling where I was trying to wake up but couldn't wake up. It lasted about 20 seconds before I finally opened my eyes. I've had bouts of sleep paralysis before but this felt different. I didn't feel paralysed I just felt I couldn't get out of the dream state and was focusing intensly on my breathing, expecting it to stop any minute. Has this happened anyone before?
As an anxiety sufferer it freaked me out badly. Could this have been a near death experience or was it likely just a really strange dream?