Thread: Facial sleep paralysis?

I had a dream that disturbed me and I would like to know if it is significant in any way. If you need to know more about me, there is a summary of my personality in this thread: http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-inte...oar-house.html

Last night my dreams started off as normal. I was in a friend's house vacuuming their home, which didn't make sense but still. Then I was in another house and for some reason I was completely naked and trying to hide from my family. I am a very modest person in real life and fear of being seen naked is an enormous thing with me. Eventually I am punished for something my sister should have been punished for, not sure what though. I remember that I am screaming.

I eventually ended up back in my bedroom and I knew I was dreaming and wanted to control my dream. I remember being able to think perfectly as though I was awake. But something was wrong. My mouth was wide open and I couldn't shut it, and I could physically feel it. It began to hurt my face. I told myself to wake up repeatedly and I could feel myself outside of the dream smacking my face with my hands. Still I did not awake.

I woke up inside the dream and my mouth was still open and from the neck up I was paralyzed. My jaws were in pain. I decided to get up and get my mother, since it was morning. As I crawl to the edge of my bed, I am startled to see that I am sitting on a bed that must be fifty feet tall. The floor is a long way away and I feared falling all that way. But just at the bottom of the bed is a pair of small shadowy hands creeping out from underneath. Convinced I am awake and hallucinating, I go back to the other end of the bed and sit fearfully. I then realize that this was my old bed before my room was remodeled, not my new one.

Still paralyzed in the face, I decide to just sit and wait it out. I lay back against the pillow, but now my bed seems to have disappeared. I see only pitch black and my body is being spun in backwards circles, almost like I'm in a drying machine. I remember this sensation having been extremely lifelike and I could physically feel myself being swung around.

Finally when it stopped, I was laying in my bed again. I remember still being paralyzed and trying to scream, but my scream was caught in my throat. I was choking instead and I remember being able to hear myself rasping. I got up, got off my bed. It was no longer in the strange elongated state. I stumble into my mother's bedroom. I remember thinking that it must be some kind of sleep paralysis and maybe she could help me. I remember going through scenarios in my head, like writing down everything I wanted to say on paper that I couldn't because my mouth was paralyzed. I came into her bedroom and tried to get her attention, but I only choked and couldn't get any words out.

I remember there being some kind of dark presence in the dream. Like a demon. This was one of the most terrifying parts.

Then I woke up for real. My mouth hurts terribly, my jaws are sore, and I am coughing and breathing heavily. My heart is beating and I feel incredibly uneasy and anxious.

There may be more to the dream, but I can't precisely remember it all. These were just the most vivid moments. Throughout the entire thing I was convinced I was awake and I'm not sure what parts I actually was (not counting the few trippy moments) simply because of how real it was.