so last night for the first time in about a year i had nightmares, but not just one, nearly a whole night of them. I have no idea what brought this on, i didnt watch any scary films or anything like that so i could see no cause.

so i went to bed at 12:00 which is relativity early for me, and i had my first dream which i cant quite remember but i do remember being woken up as it was scary, and as i woke up the first sleep paralysis set in, i couldent move (then i remembered the tips on this forum said to try to turn your head) so i did, and i believe my head was actually turning but i couldent move anything else, and even though i knew it was sleep paralysis i was still terrified and the nightmare that i just had didnt help.

So later on i woke up again from a dream where there was somebody outside trying to get into my house and i was trying to lock my door with my key, but the key just kept on turning and the door wouldent lock, and i woke up, and again sleep paralysis set it, and i opened my eyes and looked infront of me (still paralysed) i started hallucenating, i saw a cat run across my floor (i have no cats) and it jumped on my bed and started to lick my face, and i could actually feel it (doesnt sound scary, but this is the first time that ive hallucenated and i was petrefied) and i started to feel other strange sensations

but strangley enough as i fell back to sleep i took the opertunity to created a dream scene and it lead into a successfull lucid dream which is cool, but after that i had another, yes, another sleep paralysis where was trying my hardest to fully wake up as i just wanted to get the hell out of bed and be safe, and after what seemed like an eternity, i got control over my body again.

usually i hardly ever get sleep paralysis maybe 1 every 4 months. why the hell did i have so many in one night? and what can i do to make it a shorter/better experience?
thanks for reading and i hope somebody can shed some light on this, becasue that was one of the scariest nights ive had in a long time, thanks.