hi everyone,
i decided to join this forum today because a couple hours ago i had one of the strangest experiences of my life. i was napping on my couch where i tend to have very vivid, and sometimes lucid dreams. i tend to be in a weird dream state when i nap on the couch, constantly falling asleep and coming too over and over again. i had been dozing off for about an hour or so, and im not exactly sure what happened, but my eyes were either open when i fell asleep or they had opened suddenly and i could now see the doorway of my living room. instinctively, i sat up and walked out of my living room and up the stairs. i was extremely dizzy and light headed, and even thought i was still half asleep, walking upstairs to bed, when i suddenly was back on the couch in the same position staring at my living room door. i thought it was extremely weird, so i got up again and made my way up the stairs. again i was "teleported" back to the same position. i was certain i was awake and kept getting up, now even more "conscience" and "aware" of my surroundings, but each time i was getting less and less further away from my starting point until i was literally stuck there, and there was no ability to "teleport". it suddenly stuck me that i had been dreaming or something along those lines with my eyes open and i was still looking at the door. i was completely paralyzed however, and couldn't move my physical body in reality, or my new dream like state i had never experienced before. my parents were in the other room, so i thought that i would just call out to them and they would come over and give me a shake or something. i literally tried to yell to them "hey, can someone come and wake me up, im stuck". but it was too difficult, and i think i may have just whispered it. i then started to get a bit nervous, and started "thinking" as hard as i could. somehow, my unconscious dreaming and conscious living reality aligned so to speak, i exited sleep paralysis, and i suddenly snapped back to being actually awake... lol for real this time... staring at the doorway of my living room. i have looked everywhere, but have not read about any cases of what i experienced, mostly just people experiencing fear and the feeling of a person or people around them, not movement. im also confused by the fact that my house was exactly the way it is when i was in my dream state. if anyone can tell me about this, or about their experience in a similar situation i would like to know. thanks