My friend asked me to post this for him because he's not a member of Dream Views. Here it is:

"This happened a few weeks ago and when I read around this forum I thought I could share it with you guys....
I was sleeping dream-less when all of a sudden I feel a thumping that happened like every 3 seconds... at first i thought it was a faraway sound.... The first time it didn't really feel like anything only a little bit of pain all over. I realized that these pains or awkward feelings felt exactly how it feels when someone jumps in front of you and startles you.... with a scary mask.

But the next thumpings were like my whole body was like a really numb leg. Every thumping I felt myself gasping for breath and by the 4th thump I realized i wasn't breathing. Also... every thump made my numbings worse. I ended up forcing my awakening by shaking myself and eventually getting rid of the (i might add "loud") thumping. I found myself awake on my right side gasping for breath. I was terrified and didn't budge for a while... then I think I went to go drink some water and lay myself to sleep once more. This has happened once, a few months ago. During school, in the middle of class, I sometimes realize that I haven't been breathing and I gasp for air.


-Random facts:
my maternal great grandpa died of a heart attack
diabetes runs in my father's family"