Sleep Paralysis

I suffer from sleep paralysis sometimes. I had it got it a lot as a child and mostly grew out of it, but sometimes it pops up again.

For those who don't know: Normally when you go to sleep your brain shuts down your body (for the most part) this is normal. People who's bodies don't shut down during sleep suffer from sleep walking/talking. Sometimes the opposite of that happens, where the body is shut down while the mind is still awake. Usually this happens just as you are about to fall asleep or just as you're waking up. Episodes of sleep paralysis can be accompanied by auditory or visual hallucinations that are a little like mini-dreams. These hallucinations can be terrifying, and my last one was.

I was laying in bed and there was a shadow outside my window. It was trying to seep in around the edges of the window plane, and something bad was going to happen to me if it got in. I knew what was going on, but that didn't stop the choking horror at this thing.

I did eventually snap out of it, but damn I hate when that happens.

The Bad Men Outside

This was a real nightmare, haven't been this scared in a dream in a long time.

I was sitting in my bed reading when I looked out the window (which in real life is covered with many sheets) and saw several men in my backyard. They all carried heavy tools like pipe wrenches or steel mallets. They hadn't seen me (somehow, my window isn't small and there was nothing between me and them to block their view, they just weren't looking at me) I knew these men would want to hurt me if they knew I was there. I rolled off my bed and hid between it and the floor.

Then I heard a tapping on my window. I wasn't looking but I knew one of the men had seen me and was using the pipe wrench to tap on my window to get my attention. He would want me to open the window to let him in. I ran from my room towards the garage. I keep my keys in my nightstand and they were within easy reach but for some reason I didn't grab them. I was thinking I should grab them and as I ran I was cursing myself for not getting them, because without them I wouldn't be able to start my car and drive away. But I knew in my mind it was to late to go back and grab them because soon the men would brake the window and come for me.

I woke up before reaching my car.

A side note, my room was mostly the same as how it is in real life, except at the foot of my bed where my tv is there was a really long alcove that added a strange 8ft long 2ft wide extension to room.


Real Room:
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|tv    bed   |
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Dream Room:
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|     bed  |
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Mirror Cat

I had this dream before we got Itty but after I knew we were going to get her. I was in the bathroom standing at the sink. In the mirror in front of me was a small black kitten, that is, there was a reflection of a cat, but no real cat to cast the reflection. She stood between the mirror and the sink faucet, so it wasn't as if she was behind me and I just just couldn't see her from where I was standing.

This didn't freak me out. I was happy because I knew the real kitten would be there soon (in a few seconds apparently). I closed my eyes for a second and turned my head to face the shower. When I opened my eyes the black kitten came out from behind the cabinet and rubbed up against my legs.

Then I woke up.