Are nocturnal panic attacks a thing?

[NoraB]

While I'm frozen still I will be full of impending doom.

Yes, I get this. It's like a feeling that of being outside of myself but not in an OBE way. It's a sensation. Hard to describe, but it feels like part of me has separated from my body, but I am awake, and something horrific is about to happen - despite a feeling of 'calmness'. It's almost 'too calm' - like in horror movies, you know? Then the symptoms kick in....
I prefer to wake up with my heart going nuts tbh - I can deal with that.

I have had sleep paralysis - once. TERRIFYING. Give me a million panic attacks over that brain-shittery!