[mikem170]

Some of what you said reminds me of a friend of mine who had "night terrors". This friend described how they would sometimes wake up in the wrong order. Their conscious mind would wake up while the body was still paralyzed with sleep, typically with a terrible feeling of dread, like someone behind them is going to attack them and they can't move. What you described made me wonder if sometimes you fall asleep in the wrong order.

[Zachsa999]

Thanks for the comment. Interesting observation, you suggest that I am experiencing a form of lucid dreaming, but I only notice it when I experience a specific dream?

One thing that is constant throughout app these occurrences is the emotional path and my mouth lips and tongue that experience this feeling.

[mikem170]

I googled and found the correct term for what bothered my friend: Sleep Paralysis [0]:

> Sleep paralysis is a condition identified by a brief loss of muscle control, known as atonia , that happens just after falling asleep or waking up. In addition to atonia, people often experience hallucinations during episodes of sleep paralysis.

I didn't get as far as knowing if there are mitigations. I saw where it can happen falling asleep and waking up, so maybe it is relevant.

[0] https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-paralysis