[gexla]

Wow, there is a term for it! I get this all the time and didn't think enough of it to seek out understanding of it. It's it bit scary, but mostly annoying. If I'm sleeping I want to be sleeping, if I'm awake I want to be awake. Being somewhere in the middle isn't fun.

For me it's like a dream where I can see what I would be seeing if I were awake and I can make the decision to try to wake myself up, but moving is really difficult. In fact, I'm not sure that I'm actually moving myself at all or if I'm just dreaming that I am. So, I have to try to move my arms and shoulders, first very slowly and then I pick up momentum until I finally wake up. It's as if I'm trying to learn how to move again.

I never feel like there are demons in the room, but I do get a feeling of paranoia that someone could be messing with me and I couldn't do anything. Not really a rational thought since people could have been messing with me while I was totally asleep anyways.

[Manger]

I think I also experienced it several times. Basically, I was seeing what I would see if I was awake, but I could not move and if I tried, I felt I was moving "in my imagination" or in a dream, but not in "reality".

However, I never felt any terror while experiencing this, which makes me doubt it was sleep paralysis. It was just like dreaming I was lying on my bed, unable to move.

It only happened while attempting to nap in the afternoon. Now I try to always listen to music while napping (preventing me from going into deep sleep), so I don't have this kind of experience anymore.