[Binuilienzync]

Hi all. This is my first post here on a subject which is close to my heart. I've suffered with sleep paralysis for a number of years and seems to crop up when I'm at my most stressed. When it first happened I woke up and couldn't breathe. I went into fall blown panic mode and tried to move but I couldn't. I was lying on my front and found I had to roll out of bed to try and get a full breath. It scared the living daylights out of me. I had about four or five intense family and work stressors around that time and just couldn't cope anymore. I thought I was managing well with all that had gone on but my mind and body had other ideas. I would not wish sleep paralysis on my worst enemy and reading some other peoples experiences brings those memories back but not in a negative way. I came through a very stressful period in my life a stronger person and have mechanisms in place for me to be able to deal with anything similar in future.

During the last 6 - 8 months I've also been having THE most intense dreams. Really vivid and have full recall of everything I saw and felt but the last two weeks especially I keep waking up at 2.40am every morning. I'm not regimented in the times I go to bed. Sometimes it's early, sometimes it may be after midnight. What's different for me and I would really love some input from fellow DC members on this. I wake up suddenly but when I blink it feels to me like I'm taking a picture with my eyes (strange I know and hard to put in words) i.e. it's like a flash on a camera but the last two nights I've had an aurora borealis effect (light wave????) across my vision. It's not scary, just not expected. Thoughts please?

Thanks