
Originally Posted by
snapjaw
This is not rare and is called sleep paralysis. Happens when you are in between that state of wakefulness and the body being asleep but your mind is still alert, for some reason it heightens your fear levels. Happened to me regularly in high school, I used to swear there was an evil spirit around when I'd get stuck in this state, I'd have to move a finger or something to "wake up". Over time however I got used to it and when I found out what it was, it made sense to me. Very rarely happens to me now but I can recognise when I'm about to get it when falling asleep, basically I just let it happen, there's no more "spirits" around though, and a few times I've tried to "astral project" but never seems to work.