Thread: sleep paralysis with decision to wake bed mate

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Situation: I've had a history of sleep paralysis with all the characteristics you may have heard described before. It's been a few years since this has happened and suddenly is happening again. I attribute the return of this to an increase is stress in my life.

The difference: Two nights ago I was going through a typical sleep paralysis dream state that turned not so typical for me. During the dream I became sort of aware. I realized that the only way to escape the dream since I couldn't wake myself up was to wake my husband. I made a conscious decision to yell and wake him so he could in turn wake me. It worked.

I asked him if I was moving. He couldn't remember. I asked him if he could tell what I was saying. He couldn't. (I was shouting his name and "help" alternately). I asked him how loud I was. He said it was mumbling but very fast. I felt as if I had been screaming.

My question is: Is this lucid dreaming? I thought lucid dreaming was controlling your dreams. I was completely unable to control inside my dreams but was able to control outside (by waking him up so he could wake me).

Any thoughts?