Once , 2 years ago..
I was sleeping alone in an entire floor with no lights on. No one there to call for help or to check up on me.
I was having a nightmare ,thats nothing new .
But this time something was different.
I woke up suddenly while falling in the nightmare,I should have woken with a gasp & curses...yet i didnt.
My eyes were open,my Tongue was stuck as were my lips .My throat was probably trying but there was nothing to move. No sense of arms or legs .Just of a general body .
I tried my hardest to get up ,roll over, make noise ... the only thing i could remember is my eyes enlarged in shock or fear ,desperately looking up at the silent ,dark ceiling .I wanted to tear open my lips & cheeks but they were stuck frozen.
I was stuck. My mind was racing,my body was heating up ,but my ears were silent & body was cold .it was strange.
Adrenaline was rushing in ,seconds felt like minutes ...i just wished it to end...
Thankfully after a few minutes ,i lunged up ...& turned the lights on.
I had read about sleep paralysis before ,but this was the first time I had experienced it. So I at-least knew the theory & didnt loose my mind about what exactly had happened ,just hadnt anticipated experiencing the practical yet.
Sleep didnt come anymore,that night.
I too stayed silent ,my mom would have started praying too ...she would have started worrying. Thats why i didnt say anything.
Later i remember once ,many years before as a boy ..having this kind of experience.I had almost forgotten it but the trauma of this reminded me of that half forgotten time.
This was not an experience I was keen to repeat anytime soon.
You have my sympathies & my understanding @Zazzles.