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here is another pic of the spookiest boy gary.
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this is the creature i see during sleep paralysis. https://imgur.com/gallery/Jf461
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TrenchMaster
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here is another pic of the spookiest boy gary.
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this is the creature i see during sleep paralysis. https://imgur.com/gallery/Jf461
twointhepo
Fun fact: sleep paralysis hallucinations that occur when waking up are called hypnopompic. When going to sleep: hypnagogic
twointhepo
Lots more info https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637172/
LtMushroomCock
"mom says it's my turn to play Xbox"
djeZRAASSASSIN
Was looking for this
Cotcan
Looks like he is taking a dump.
KingLeonidus
It's like "Sup Gary, nice to see you again, sane time next week? Cool."
GuestChrist
looks like a banana with the end cut off and a face there instead. Hi Gary.
hintoriousbig
Built-in banana for scale
digress
Has it talked to you?
StarL0rd6
Had one where a lady looking creature would sit on my chest and scream. Shit scares me to this day
toocreative45
One time it was my grandma in the form of the lady in black from Insidious. Still scares the shit out of me
YouThinkThatsBad
That’s crazy about dreams. It can look like someone else entirely but you just know that figure represented someone else.
RoloTonyBrown
That’s called a Banshee.
ISometimesScratchMyAssAndSmellMyFinger
Try looking up the origin of the word “nightmare”. Then reflect on your dream.
yourmomisminenow
hot
thisguyisagoodguy
is that what you named him? Cuz my names Gary and the first time i read that it creep the shit outta me.
CaptRandom1290
One of the top comments from his last sketch was user @jbnore saying "That's just gary" and it looks like OP ran with it. Funny stuff
TrenchMaster
hey naming him something funny is better than no name.
fancyass
Hey op quick question. Does he show up only when you sleep on your back or does your position not matter?
BayzieBonez
Kinda reminds me of No-Face from Spirited Away :). Brains be crazy! Definitely keep up the drawing too.
InsecurExtrovert
Yeah imma need about tree fity
CurryandRice
Don't give that monster no tree fiddy
AntiAlkoholMan
I gave it a dollar.
TotaltyNotCIA
Too late
GrumpyStump
I gave him a dollar
BananazForScalz
She gave him a dollar!!
GrumpyStump
I thought he'd go away if I gave him a dollar
BananazForScalz
You give him a dollar, he's gonna assume you got more!
LiterallyAPotato91
I'm getting real fucked up by people saying they've seen the exact same creature....
MissLadyPants
This looks like a picture from a roald Dahl book.
justyourregularpileofgarbage
“Yo you got any snacks?”
immabosssortoff
Godamnit gary!
whyj2000
ManicYEEtPressive
My reply:
SatanOfCourse
Cortezdelanoche
Scumbag Gary. Only shows up for snacks.
BeneGesseritConspiracyTheorist
*What's your WiFi password? "
yzmotoxer807
Came here to say this. Beat me to it +1
SandyBottoms
+1 made me laugh
TrenchMaster
"all i could find is some poptarts and they arent even the good kind its the shite brown ones."
LordOfTheRingDings
You best unfuck yourself, sonny. Anybody with working taste buds knows brown sugar&cinnamon is fucking ambrosia.
HDSDIWifiGuy
Psh, that cinnamon shit can fuck right off. :p
ChickenFingersYT
*drags OP off into the eternal shadowy abyss of his closet, unable to fight back*
MissSaraPants
Thank you.
illogical1
think he means the dessert one. cinnamon brown sugar is too fire to h8
CrunkArt
I don't think I've found a single poptart that I abhor. It doesn't matter which when it's 3am.
Ohio
There are unfrosted pop tarts. Yes I have bought them on accident and no I did not finish the box
IGoByMeme
Watermelon
WreckitFrank
This happens to me sometimes, the worst part is sometimes I pop out of it violently and attempt to attack the being that isn’t there
HorsefaceBeeguy
I saw gary in a dream once. It was not fun
phantomgallery
did he stick his fingers in your mouth like he did that other guy?
HorsefaceBeeguy
Naw he went to the poop shute instead.
WyattskinthatsmokewagonEarp
First and only time I experienced it something whispered "there is 4" in my ear, I still get chills remembering feeling the breath on the F
Floatsmagoats
I have sleep paralysis too OP. Sucks, is the best way to put it. Nice sketch. Btw, try falling asleep in a different position. Might help
jemiole
I agree^ when I sleep on my back it triggers the shallow breathing and I can tell I’m going to have paralysis
KIBAOFAKIBA
Tell Gary I said hi,I've met his brother a few months ago
ezekieldanzz
these creep me out but i wanna see more
jemiole
I have just the Twitter thread for you. Let me find it and I’ll comment it here
jemiole
Here @Alphabubba , story of Dear David. Read on desktop it’s much easier https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/897621323547103233?s=21
ezekieldanzz
tyvm
yourhotdog
Do you ever have "auras" before your sleep paralysis? As in, can you ever feel one coming on or know when to expect a bad night?
Beelzebutton
I know it’s gonna happen when I start hearing waves. It’s like overlapping frequencies that get louder and louder and I feel eyes on me
TradeMarkedTwisted
I also have sleep paralysis! I've found out it's definitely stress induced. It's easy to tell how my life is going by how often it happens.
ZombieLoveX
during my last one i saw an old witch made of black smoke who got in my face and screamed like a cat.
HeatherEK13
My SP Attacks have me trying to get my partner's attention. Eventually, he hears my "distress noises" and stays with me until I am awake
tillychoes
Happened to me once. Very close to this.
tillychoes
Saw a figure in the door way. When I tried to yell it ran over and jumped on me. Woke up flailing.
TheIrish0ne
I had something similar, It was woman though, I remember hearing the sound of feet running on concrete and then it was on the side of my 1/2
TheIrish0ne
Bed my side whispering in my ear, I swung at it and fell out of bed. 2/2
LordJosmar
My episodes never have a visual other than what is actually there. It usually has sounds and voices attached to it, though.
marblekick
experienced this once. a weird pale child with eye sockets but no visible eyes & black teeth kept grinning at me til I kicked it off the bed
Beelzebutton
Fuck. Yeah, I recently started seeing a goblin child too. He just squats and is weirdly catlike.
HobNobBob
Focus on breathing loud and easy, then work really hard on moving toes. Got me out in about 10 seconds.
TheFlyingSmidget
Takes me up to 30 mins sometimes...
toocreative45
Yes. I breathe loud and quick and it gets me out
stricklinsarah10
OH MY GOD this is exactly how I escape. Heavy breathing and toe moving which I hear from my wife doesn't actually happen.
Shovi
I get semi awake and i can feel when one is coming, and i figured out that if i flail my hands around i won't get one.
antman2988
If I wake up from a crazy dream or like wake up into basically a dream, I can't get out for a while. When I do know I'm in it, I just force
antman2988
My right shoulder up. As if someone was holding my shoulders down. That's how I get out.
WithaLittleBitOfLuckWeCanMakeItThroughTheNight
Used to get sleep paralysis all the time. It's the deafening sirens that shat me up the most. Good sleep routine is the way to stop it
BobtheStickFigure
I’ve heard what sounds like overlapping symphonies. Still some scary ish
Tjo28
Yea a better sleep pattern def. Helps. I always just would see someone walk by in the hallway (obv. No one actually there).
IgnemPorto
I'd get them a lot in college probably from stress. Since I graduated I haven't had any real serious ones.
featheredmonkey
Same
sircowdog
While I was reading this on my phone an ad started making siren noises. Wtf!! Google analytics out of control, or demons?
funkyfresh5
Sleep specialist. CPAP. May not work for everyone.
Klingon00
If I try to sleep without mine after years of using it I wake feeling paralyzed and unable to breathe or move. Frightening shit.
funkyfresh5
For sure. Used to get sleep paralysis and super bad anxiety attacks. Once I got mine, the problems almost instantly went away.
Bloodelfbtw
For me it was like being choked and having the sound of 100 minivans with bad brakes stopping as something walked into my bedroom. It was--
Bloodelfbtw
Always something dark. Just almost shapeless. Kinda like the boi in this post.
NoBeardTheIrate
Fuck. I only experienced it once that I can remember. It was 6 months ago. A small crooked grey wirey haired woman ran into my room 1/2
NoBeardTheIrate
I was sleeping on my stomach and pushed myself up to yell to leave and I was stuck like that as I felt her sit on my legs. Fucking terrified
dlite0529
I totally forgot about the sirens! Ugh
TebWeb
I get a wrasping wail that starts at the corner of the room and launches towards me. Great. Also one time someone speaking to me
RageQueen
I get a deafening bandsaw sound. Did stress affect it as well or just no sleep routine?
WithaLittleBitOfLuckWeCanMakeItThroughTheNight
Stress, drugs, poor routine....its all linked !
brezhoneg
Now that youve mentioned it, it happens when i skipped night sleep.
BruhStop
AstronautChicken
I got insomnia from taking the anti depressant vybrid. Found out when I tried to wean myself off It triggers my sleep paralysis 1
AstronautChicken
Woke up from a dead sleep hearing a very loud buzzing and explosions all around my house complete with impact. Thought we were under alien 2
AstronautChicken
Attack. Realized I couldn't move and just had to lie there until i could pull myself out. Another time i got to talk to Batman though.
thevortexmaster
I only got it when I was doing a shitload of drugs and drinking a lot. When I stopped that mostly, they stopped
resipsaloquitor
Makes sense...
SDidge
Same here. Also, don’t ever sleep on your back. Ever.
SDidge
Check this if you don’t believe me http://www.thesleepparalysisproject.org/about-sleep-paralysis/symptoms/
Fluffycorn
Well damn... I had an operation and now only sleep on my back.. I will also have to sleep less for my next job... WE WILL SEE US THERE GARY!
thevortexmaster
I can’t fall asleep on my back, never could
SDidge
Fair enough. Well i found that I always got it when sleeping on my back. Since I stopped that(along with drugs) it’s also stopped.
ironglutton
I can only sleep on my back...
thevortexmaster
Huh, well glad they stopped. weird shit
foodisyuminmytum
Why not?
SDidge
It causes sleep paralysis
SDidge
Check this if you don’t believe me http://www.thesleepparalysisproject.org/about-sleep-paralysis/symptoms/
foodisyuminmytum
I’ve never heard that before. Terrifying!
GorgeousGen
Oh yeah, I'd get defeaning screams.
ZzaLord
Like the screams wake you up? Or you’re awake, can’t move and hear screams? I get creepy ass super loud screams that wake me up all the time
majaimay
Same for me. Deafening screams shadow people the works
bandarr5000
How does sleep paralysis happen? Also what exactly is it?
Pukako
Story in New Scientist said brain's way of identifying muscles one by one so it knows where they are. So we can move and shit.
CheifyMcDANKk
Disclaimer: I don't suffer from sleep paralysis. If I understand correctly, it's like you're awake but can't move, and you feel a dark, evil
CheifyMcDANKk
Evil presence that has been described as anywhere from curious to violent or threatening
CheifyMcDANKk
And some people see things like OK drew
CheifyMcDANKk
I meant "op" but OK looks like a little person so I'm not deleting it
treybyday
Mine looks exactly like this, but with red eyes.
Themexicanadian
When I moved into my current house when I was a wee lad, I would always see the exact same thing, except I wasnt in sleep paralysis. 1
Themexicanadian
I always had full control. Ive asked him questions before, he never answered verbally, but I still got an answer. Asked why he was here 2.
Themexicanadian
And he just extendedhis hand towards me. Jesus those hands. Most people describe him as smoke, its not, itsfire thats so dark, its has 3.
YouThinkThatsBad
Are you done typing? Did it get you before you said too much?
Themexicanadian
Taken on the shadows. He glows with darkness. Not anger, or threat, but darkness. I rwached for his hand and could feel the heat 4.
Themexicanadian
Coming off of them. It burned. He retracted faster than I did, and just left. Told my parents the next morning, priest was there by lunch 5.
dreamingnagem
Are all sleep paralysis experiences scary? I've never heard of a pleasant experience.
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ahiso
most pleasant one i had was just this ringing sound with it being drowned out by the rain,i was still scared but it was strangely felt safe
PleinPlein
I usually see nothing. It's a lot less scary once you learn the actual cause and realize it's not demons like the church suggested.
TrenchMaster
never had anything pleasant but definitly not all negative mostly neutral experiences overall i guess.
hiphopcheerios
Mine normally range from shadows growing out of corners to knocks or my name being called. Never pleasant.
EndingYourPreciousFieldTrip
It’s happened to me a few times. I‘ be never seen anyone or felt like someone was watching me. I just freak out because I think /1
EndingYourPreciousFieldTrip
I’ll stay that way. /2
Owlberightback
Same, I pissed myself during an episode but never felt a thing. Only heard it. Literally thought I was genuinely paralyzed.
TheIrish0ne
I once saw a guy nailed to my wall pained white and screaming but sounded like his vocal cords were cut.
DynamicOstrich
For me it was the first couple of times. Now i just try to see how much I can move or see when it happens lol
sircowdog
Probably has something to do with the complete lack of control combined with feelings of helplessness. Not fun.
dreamingnagem
That's true. I have heard some people can eventually control it. I wonder if it can become enjoyable.
sircowdog
Hmm...ive had lucid drems that we're influenced by my room. But the only sleep paralysis I had was of being dead and my own shadow on (1/2)
sircowdog
...the wall reaching out to pull me up into heaven. When I "woke up", I was sleeping on my side, arm stretched towards my actual shadow(2/3)
sircowdog
While I wasn't in control, it wasn't necessarily unpleasant. Although a little unsettling maybe.
ModsSometimesHeedMyScamWarnings
I have random moments due to sleep apnea, which causes small black figures next to my bed. I always swing for em and let out a yell 1/2
ModsSometimesHeedMyScamWarnings
So basically what I'm saying is the night my kid wants a glass of water they're probably getting punted. 2/2
DeviljhoKiller
Not scary exactly, but when I had one the worst thing was being unable to move. Like, you know you’re awake, but your body won’t respond.
OddBrock
Never experienced it myself, but I suspect that it isn’t pleasant as the persons’ inability to move causes an instinctive panic
Shovi
The first time i got one i heard what i think would be demonic chanting, but i was glad i got to experience it.
FuttBuckit
It's always been a tall, dark figure making its way over to me while I'm trying to scream my lungs out
KleverGurl
I had one where I left my body, but I wasn’t afraid. I felt like I rolled off the couch, and was barely crawling since I was paralyzed. 1/2
KleverGurl
And as I started to look around the room, I snapped back into my body and opened my eyes to find that I was still asleep on the couch!
SosigBakinEgsTost
Sometimes I feel or see someone staring at me through the window.
SpikeThruTheStreetRoof
Just imagine the thing you think is watching you is something funny
THEsquatch
Imagine being awake but unable to move your limbs or talk. You feel like you are screaming at the top of your lungs but you are silent.
TheParticlesSon
Well, I can’t think of any situation where paralysis is preferable to being able to move ...
Theunstablebear
The one and only time it happened to me I couldn't breath and the room was completely pitch black. I screamed but no one heard me somehow?
Theunstablebear
One of the worst experiences of my life 5/7
Kyorbi
Basics: you can always exit sleep by breathing hard. Don't want to exit? don't get too excited. Also, it can take time to exit. Don't panic.
Kyorbi
My worst nightmares aren't scary. They're just physical manifestations of fear. Like, I'm not afraid,I can just hear the whole neighbourhood
Kyorbi
the dreams that are "scary" tend to end well, because I can tell I'm dreaming in them and they turn around pretty quick.
Kyorbi
It's after I'm claustrophobicly stuck to my bed while retarded assailants yell grunts at me for six seconds that I wake up in a cold sweat.
leeloumultipass
I felt something watching me the night of my Dad's funeral. I was too scared to even turn around to look. It was terrifying.
hawkesnightmare
I can only recall once. It wasn't as bad as others have mentioned. I just couldn't move for ten seconds and panicked myself out of it.
MrRegularPants
It sucks. The thing that stays with you is the feeling of helplessness.
Beelzebutton
If you don’t panic then you manage to keep the event neutral. As soon as you have a negative thought, the shadow people will appear.
Beelzebutton
But I’ve had some instances where it’s just very intense and not scary. Like super sexually charged and overwhelming but not scary
tsukiip
I had it fairly often as a kid, one time I distinctly recall “waking up” and seeing what I though was my brother (I have no brothers irl)
tsukiip
2: only to realize that it was my dad as a child. I had been looking through family photos that day and for whatever reason the child
tsukiip
3: I saw was my dad, wearing the same clothing he was wearing in his baby pictures that I previously went through.
tsukiip
4: wasn’t “scary” I guess but it was still unpleasant and weird as shit with all the whispering and not beating able to move lol
SosigBakinEgsTost
Usually I’m just trying to get my wife’s attention by screaming but I can’t, I feel like I need her to save my life. It’s freaky.
00tj
Used to get them all the time. Never had a pleasant one.
Ironynotwrinkly
Once. I felt like I was floating above the bed. I couldn’t move or breathe or scream. I felt like someone was watching me. Horrifying.
MFsatan
Mine was terrifying. I was so disoriented that I didn’t know what was up and down. My vision was slow and blurred. Swear I saw a spooky boi.
Megghead
I just panic because I can't move then I breathe faster and think I'm going to suffocate so I panic more. But I've never seen anything.
Chapstickers
This is pretty much my experience every time as well. I hate it! I always want to know what would happen if someone moved me around.
Megghead
Whaaaaat that sounds horrible if anything moved around me for sure my heart would explode
Megghead
Oh wait "if someone moved me" ya I feel like that might free me. Somehow I can open my eyes when this happens so maybe I could communicate?
spinkitte
Mine are always terrifying because I have a recurring nightmare where I can't scream/get help. This makes that 1000x worse, because I (1)
spinkitte
Can't actually move or make any noise, and it usually gives me shortness of breath. Even when I realize what it is, I spend the time in (2)
spinkitte
The dream/hallucination trying to make myself fall asleep in the midst of what is basically a panic attack because falling asleep and (3)
spinkitte
Waking up *right* is the only thing to make it go away.
idislikehotdogs
Pretty much involved sleeping for a certain period of time (few hours) waking up for a about an hour, then going back to sleep.
idislikehotdogs
Once you know you're under sleep paralysis, you can confront it and move past it. I used meditation techniques, like focusing on breathing.
meganical
Like Kill Bill if you get it enough times. Last time it happened, I was able to move my hand. Chest hurts though. Felt someone on my bed b4
YourWaifuIsTrash
Apparently there are very rare instances of good ones - I remember reading about one where the person saw a woman in the corner playing a >
YourWaifuIsTrash
harp, and felt absolutely peaceful and safe. But I think 99% of sleep paralysis incidents are scary or at least uncomfortable, there are >
YourWaifuIsTrash
some cases where you're just stuck, no hallucinations just awake and unable to move. And some cases where there's no visual, but you have >
YourWaifuIsTrash
an intense feeling of fear, either general (like hearing creepy music in a horror movie where you don't know the premise), or specific >
YourWaifuIsTrash
(convinced that there's a faceless man standing over you, while you lie on your stomach). Myself, I've had few experiences, and only as a >
idislikehotdogs
When you let the fear take over, you're not in control. Stay in control and realize what it is.
suiseiseki
I always get it during long car trips. I'm perfectly aware of the driver next to me but can't help do much but try to call out... nothing.
madradglad
I had one the other night where I hallucinated my mom hugging me. Pretty nice.
TheSauceGuy
When I saw it next to me, then after closing and opening my eyes few inches from me, the mental stress and fear was more than you can imagin
JasmineWindsong
Ehh it’s just scary feeling like your soul is trapped in your dead body. I imagine that’s what it’s like for a short while when you die.
PepperoniPizzaSlice
I’ve had it happen dozens of times. Some times are scarier than others. A few times have been extremely bad, but I’ve begun to realize 1/2
PepperoniPizzaSlice
When it’s happening and can pull my self out of it by remaining calm and wiggling my toes. For the most part now it’s more of an annoyance.
antman2988
This is exactly how I am too. I used to have extremely terrifying ones but I've had them so many times that now it's not so bad.
thealmightywalrus420
Most of the time I'm just stuck. Sometimes it'll be a little demon dude chillin on me, or someone cuddling with me that won't let me up.
Smokinsalmon
I was attacked by the grudge once. That was pretty fucking wild foooor suuuuure.
idislikehotdogs
I've successfully used SP as a jumping point to lucid dreams. I'd actually look forward to getting SP, and you can initiate it with practice
dreamingnagem
What?! That's crazy. I imagine this took a lot of time and practice.
idislikehotdogs
A little bit of time and patience. Meditation definitely helped the process though, keeping my mind at ease.
fe1od1or
Huh, that's odd. You broke out of the paralysis and start lucid dreaming?
idislikehotdogs
I'd describe it like a wormhole, personally. And it was a comfortable shift from SP into the lucid dream transition.
jezmilla2
yeah you can train yourself to do it. there's tons of stuff on reddit about techniques on how to make the transition.
jezmilla2
once you've done it a few times it becomes an amazing experience and one to be enjoyed not frightened of.
fe1od1or
Certainly interesting! I've never has SP, and don't often dream/ remember dreams, but I'll keep it in mind...
puckernuts1975
When i had mine it felt like i was being picked up by my feer and being drug across a cold floor. I couldnt move or yell
BushWithOwl
I’ve had it a few times. I’ve never seen anything, but I’ve had several experiences where I felt something was watching me. Not too bad tho
boopitybapity
I had it once but I was on my belly. I imagine if I could see around the room it’d be trippy as shit
dreamingnagem
That's neat. I have read that some people can eventually control their sleep paralysis with enough practice.
Myowngrampa
Sounds like mine
Zhadan
I read somewhere that it is a cultural phenomenon, and some people can perceive these entities to be mischievous or benevolent creatures.
Xephynn
Used to have episodes when I was a kid. Kept hearing loud voices attributed to inanimate objects making fun of me for not being able to move
Xephynn
Like I'd try to sit up, wouldn't work, and my lamp would give me shit for it. Funny now, but I remember being terrified at the time.
LordShtaffWaan
This is the funniest thing I’ve read today
dreamingnagem
That's the scariest for me...
Almostkindasortaadulting
I had them growing up. Bed would dip like something there, saw nothing. Wake up with bruises that look like hand prints.
dreamingnagem
What? Have you considered an exorcism of the home?
Almostkindasortaadulting
Was when I was a preteen. That is not the only weird thing that happened. But I think I may of been attracting something. Rough upbringing
dreamingnagem
I feel you on that. My upbringing wasn't very well either. My life is so much better now. And my children have way more than I ever did. 1/2
dreamingnagem
2/2 I hope everything has worked out for you/ will work out for you!
ArbitraryAlpaca
I had the impression that there was a threat in the room, but that's it.
WookieeStyle
I get it like this too. I'm always actively trying to open my eyes, as it feels like someone is walking up the stairs...
YouThinkThatsBad
Is that from you’re aware should anything bad happen, you’re asleep and you can’t do anything about it?
ImperatorFurious
That's how it is for me.
ArbitraryAlpaca
It's like your brain saying, "hey dumbass, get moving... or else."
sherlockweregoingdown
I’ve never seen or felt the presence of anything. I get it once every few weeks and it’s just a little scary not being able to move.
dreamingnagem
After reading all these. I hope to never have sleep paralysis.
kathleenmonster
I had one when I was 10. I didn’t see anything but it felt like a cold rush of air came from the closer and pinned me down. Scary shit at 10
dreamingnagem
No doubt.
BushWithOwl
A couple of weeks ago I kept losing so much sleep because every time I would fall asleep, I’d immediately “wake up” into a lucid dream.>>
JacePv
I hate that. Dreamed I woke up and had a full conversation with my fiance and then she had no idea what I was talking about when I woke up.
BushWithOwl
And in the dream I’d just be laying in my bed, in the dark, exactly how I fell asleep, but I knew I was dreaming. I couldn’t move, so I’d>>
BushWithOwl
just lay there, until eventually I’d get this feeling that something was watching me. And if try to wake myself up in a panic. >>
toocreative45
I know this feeling. One the rare occasion, I will have sleep paralysis, wake myself up in a panic but be so tired I fall back asleep 1
toocreative45
2 And go back into sleep paralysis with a bad feeling in the room, wake my self up again and go through that cycle like 5x. Awful awful
BushWithOwl
I had this same dream multiple times a night for multiple nights. It was not a fun experience.
YouThinkThatsBad
And it was a result of a really bad sleep cycle that week I believe.
YouThinkThatsBad
This is what I commented happened to me. In my head it was my sister watching me but I couldn’t see her. She was just out of view