Sleep Paralysis or Exploding Head Syndrome

[DMC]

I was dreaming recently that I was on a couch and there was a box of Twinkies on the table and I wanted to get up and get them because someone else was about to take them. I could feel my legs twitching but they wouldn't move, and I was wide awake seeing the Twinkies and yet I could do nothing. NOTHING. Needless to say when I awoke I went and bought 2 boxes of Twinkies and ate every one back to back.

[Trainwreck2100]

sleep paralysis happened to me chronically when i first made the transition from sleeping on my side to sleeping on my back. It got so frequent i would stop freaking out when it happened and just learned to ride it out.

[Chinook]

I had looping dreams that centered around sleep paralysis back when I was in high school. Now I do get it from time to time and have learned to live with it. I also get this thing where I get like five psychedelic dreams within about 15 minutes of real time. Like I'll have a strange, somewhat scary dream, wake up temporarily but be too exhausted to actually get up, then fall back asleep and have another psychedelic dream. It's actually unnerving as to have that happen when I'm just trying to take a nap.

[DMC]

I had looping dreams that centered around sleep paralysis back when I was in high school. Now I do get it from time to time and have learned to live with it. I also get this thing where I get like five psychedelic dreams within about 15 minutes of real time. Like I'll have a strange, somewhat scary dream, wake up temporarily but be too exhausted to actually get up, then fall back asleep and have another psychedelic dream. It's actually unnerving as to have that happen when I'm just trying to take a nap.

Ever had a dream that seemed to last an hour and you wake up 5 minutes later?

[Spur|n|Austin]

I had looping dreams that centered around sleep paralysis back when I was in high school. Now I do get it from time to time and have learned to live with it. I also get this thing where I get like five psychedelic dreams within about 15 minutes of real time. Like I'll have a strange, somewhat scary dream, wake up temporarily but be too exhausted to actually get up, then fall back asleep and have another psychedelic dream. It's actually unnerving as to have that happen when I'm just trying to take a nap.

The same dream or a new one all together?

[Chinook]

The same dream or a new one all together?

The looping dream was pretty much the same one. Like, I'd think I had woken up from it but would actually just be starting it again. I don't know about you guys, but I have the ability to wake up if I don't like a dream. It doesn't happen all the time, but most of the time, I'll become aware that I am dreaming and go "Time to jet." But doing so feels like it takes effort, like swimming up from the bottom of a dark pool.

In the looping dream, I got to the point where I was getting exhausted from having to "wake up" repeatedly. Got to the point where I almost gave up. No idea if that would have meant anything.

If you mean the psychedelic dreams, they were always different.

[Chinook]

Ever had a dream that seemed to last an hour and you wake up 5 minutes later?

Not five, but like 15 minutes.