Is this Sleep Paralysis or just Anxiety?

@Wolfram Thank you Wolfram, maybe mine was a touch of sleep paralysis (something I’ve never had before) and classic hypnogogic weirdness.

@SomaticSun🌤️ Maybe. I've had it 4 times and all had something that would've interrupted my rem cycle. 1. Demon dog in the corner of the room, sleep interrupted by tower fan next to the bed. 2. Something similar to slenderman walking past me and into my cupboard. Sleep interrupted by boiler. 3. Witch hovering over my bed and staring at me. Sleep interrupted by boiler. 4. Man in the corner of the room leaning against the wall. Sleep interrupted by boiler Brains are weird

@Wolfram Oh! I just remembered.. they were working 2 houses down on the roof. I kept hearing them pounding so it was repeatedly waking me up, yet I’d drift back into sleep… back & forth, back & forth.. then I got stuck, where half of me kept sleeping and the other half was awake. This makes sense! Thank you. PS Sorry for the scary visions/hallucinations you had to endure. Yes, brains are weird. At times, dare I say.. evil. Thank you, woulda never remembered the workers unless you posted this ^^

@SomaticSun🌤️ Makes sense. They weren't that scary. I was aware it was sleep paralysis whilst in it as my ex had it all the time. I actually laughed at the dog, jumped out of the bed for the slenderman thing only to laugh as if I was pranked, the witch I woke up fully and was like "meh" and rolled over. The last one though with the man leaning unsettled me because I could not wake myself up fully unlike the other times. I called the name of all my dead dogs in order to protect me and after went into a deeper sleep, waking up later saying "wtf"

@Wolfram Yep, my experience was that of the last one you said, I could not wake myself up fully and this gnawing numbness (maybe paralysis) would get worse and worse the more I tried to break free. I’ll be honest, it almost felt like death or something. Very unfamiliar and “not right.” I would take an OCD game that’s purposely keeping me awake over THIS any day! This was too weird! Thanks I believe your deceased dogs may have come to your aid. You just never know. Felt like I was dealing with evil spirits trying to take over my body and mind. Not cool.

@SomaticSun🌤️ Yeh the feeling of the stuff your brain imagines being evil isn't nice 😩 I got ear plugs to help me sleep when my boiler goes off in the night. Maybe if it persists, try and get some?

@Wolfram That’s a good idea, ear plugs..or white noise. Yet, I do like to sleep with the TV on in the background, and that’s always changing tones and tunes. But I’m used to that. The pounding on the roof was something different. A normal person would be like, huh, that was weird. And forget about it. But a person with anxiety & OCD will ruminate about it all day. In fact, I think my OCD is secretly enjoying this. It certainly interferes when I enjoy ANYTHING. Go figure. Thanks Wolfram, you’ve been a big help. Was at 7-Eleven earlier thinking, can things get any worse?! OCD is a little bi*ch all on its own. And now this. Thanks again I don’t feel so alone or like a total psycho. This came outta nowhere

@ZeeIsNotOkay Oh of course! I tell him everything. This was sooo creepy. Very disappointed in my mind and the way it operates. It’s just constantly reminding me it doesn’t function right. Even when I’m doing well…. Surprise! I’m still an idiot. Thanks Zeels This sucks

@Nica Thanks Nica, if I did hallucinate, they were purely auditory and tactile. Auditory for sure, I’m no stranger to them. I hear people talking back & forth sometimes as I’m falling asleep. Unless the super-vivid dreams I had were hallucinations as well, because they were certainly worse than nightmares. There was a unique “strangeness” to them, and I just wanted to get away from them because they felt somehow “wrong” I Hate My Brain Would do anything to fix it for good. Thnx again

@SomaticSun🌤️ You might be lucid dreaming, which you can control if you work on it. I suggest looking into lucid dreaming and see if that fits.

@SomaticSun🌤️ *Nica (OCD at its finest)