Last night I had SP for the first time, a terryfying experience! I'll quote for my DJ:

"The next thing I know I was awake in my bed with my eyes closed. I heard this panting sound, like a dog but more grotesque and louder as though it came from a much larger creature. At this point I thought that I had had a false awakening and was still dreaming. I tried not to let the sound scare me, I told myself it was not real. But the sound got louder, the creature was coming in through my bedroom door and up towards my bed. I also felt some kind of malevolent presence in the room. I tried to lift my head to see the creature but I couldn't move and couldn't open my eyes. This heightened the sense of fear. My heart started beating really fast and suddenly I woke up in a cold sweat. I say woke up but the only thing that changed was that the panting stopped and I could move.

The worst part of this was that although the panting stopped I could still feel this ghost-like evil presence in the room. I RC'd and decided that I was fully awake (time was 23:30). I had to turn the light on and read a book to take my mind off it, but I was spooked, the evil spirit thing remained for the night, eventhough I was aware it was only a figment of my subconscious. This was all quite unsettling for me as I haven't had a proper nightmare since I was a child."

After reading more about SP I have decided this was not in fact a false awakening but hypnapomic hallucination with SP.

Does anyone else have the evil presence still in the room after awakening?
Anyone know how to make it go away or deal with it?