Lixy... what you've experienced is a condition called sleep paralysis, which can be scary and frustrating to anyone who goes through it. Basically, your brain wakes up but your body's still in a resting state, and doesn't respond. The imagination goes into overdrive during these experiences, usually driven by a feeling of helplessness... which doesn't always make for a good time.

Believe or not, sleep paralysis is a common origen of 'alien abduction' scenarios. Nutty, huh?

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