Dreams/Nightmares that feel real and I can't wake myself up

[samantha21]

Okay, So every now and then I will have a dream or dreams that really scare me. Pretty much its a dream I'm having and I'm myself... in my bed. In my dream I will open my eyes and see human figures but usually I can't tell who it is. If I can't its dark like a shadow. Sometimes its one, or sometimes it a few figures. These dreams/visions always happen just as I'm falling asleep (ya know when your mind starts to wonder right before you doze off, eyes are closed and everythign but you are still conscious).... that stage is when I realize that I'm about to have one of these scary dreams. so I'll either opt to stay awake or turn the lights on for a minute then try to sleep again. The most recent one I had, I was asleep in my bed with my boyfriend...in the dream I opened my eyes and I saw out of the corner of my room a strange figure of a man walking towards my bed.... I cant do anything, I cant move and I can't talk... at this point I'm scared and I know I am ony dreaming. Well I try to wake my self up I try so hard to be able to speak and call my boyfriends name... and this is all while i'm asleep... that right as I wake up I blurt out a noise( the kidna noise you would make if you were trying really hard at something but not saying anything and then all of a sudden noise comes out) It's so frustrating. And in the dream I feel paralyzed like I can't even get up and run. All I can do is lay there... and If I don't wake up before the person gets to me... I can feel the "person" on top of me... literally..I feel their breathe... I feel it all... and what gets me is I KNOW I'm dreaming... and i try to wake up but I cant. and even though I'm aware that I'm dreaming I still know that I'm feeling whoever is on my bed or whatever)
The first time I had one of these very realistic dreams was a couple years ago the night after I drank mooshine for the first time.... ha yeah. (Basically I had a really bad case of the spins alll day the next day and I felt completely out of whack) Well that night as I just went to sleep I was dreaming that I was driving a car and the wheel starting to slowly turn to the left and right as I was about to hit a car my body jerked and I woke up. I stayed awake for a min or 2 then went back to sleep... thats when it all went down hill. The next dream I had... I was in my bed (by the way all these dreams are from my point of view...1st person) and I woke up to see a frightening girl with long black stringy hair and a horrible face, on her hands and knees on top of me just looking at me and breathing heavily.... I swear to god it felt so real.... The only thing I could think to do was hide under the blanket... but right before i drew the balnket over my eyes she slowly, very slowy moved her face inwards towards me. I knew I was dreaming but I could not wake up... Well once I did wake up... well I thought I did... I looked to the left of my bed and there was a about 3 people just sitting in my room... it didnt scare me at first cuz I thought I was awake and I figured maybe it is some freiends surprsiing me... but just as I tried to get a closer look a person who was laying on the floor next to my bed sat up right in my face! It scared the livivng **** outta me. that's when I really for real woke up. Anways I couldnt go back to sleep for a few hours I was a little frightened... I felt as though I would get stuck in a dream like that... And I wanted to avoid haveing another one like that again... I did go to sleep that night however all of the lights in my room were on....
I know this is really long. But I just wanted to know if anyone has experienced the same thing or something similar. I'eve had more but I don't want to write a whole novel here but if someone can relate then please let me know!

[Victoriajenkins]

Has anyone been able to figure out the cause?
I'm a 16 year old girl, and I'm not quite sure when these kinds of dreams started for me, but it's been at least a year.
I can't figure out what's correlated with these episodes, minus the fact that I'm in a very sleepy state when I have them. Which is annoying, because even when I try my hardest to stay up, quickly drift to asleep, and immediantly have the dreams.
Everything you described is like my dreams; I'm in my bed, I can't move or make real noise despite the fact that I hear myself muttering screams in my dream, I see frightening things, I feel the pressure of the characters In my dreams, and I cannot wake myself up.
It's become too frequent for me to handle, and it's causing me to lose so much sleep. I just need a solution; if anyone knows of a way to stop these dreams let me know, I'd appreciate it!!!.
(I'm currently having those dreams tonight)

[psychotikmind]

i have these same dreams 3 of these nightmares were im sleeping and my friend come from my hallway but he all shaking all crazy and his face just shifting from demon to his face and i kant move or talk im just pressed down nd he slowly walkin towards me till he right in front of my face looking at me with his yellow eyes that wen i mutter f u demon im not scared nd i woke up but after that i alone in my house i talk out to him to do something nd a while later my music turns offf i was terrified nd i talk to my mom and she used to have the same dreams till she  put holy water and now i feel like whatever wanted her now wants me

[Ivetter]

Its crazy cause i also have those bad nightmares where i cant talk scream or move and it is scary,im afraid imma die in one of those cause my heart beat is beating so fast,,what can i do to stop this if its possible

[rbnsnbby13]

I always had those kind of dreams, it scared the hell out of me. Sometimes it took me hours to go back to sleep. Sometimes I woke up and my eyes are wet from crying in my bad dreams. My fiance had to wake me up sometimes when he heard me crying or hear me cries out. It is frustrating though. Sometimes I couldn't even remember what I was dreaming about on the next day.

[Emma_Lynn8712]

I had one of these nightmares last night I could move and I knew I was sleeping but in my nightmare it was dark and there was this thing that was controlling me like where I walked and stuff so I tried to wake myself up and when I thought I was awake I just ended up in a different nightmare worse then the last one but the same stuff happened I even try to scream for someone to wake me but every time I tried nothing would come out! If someone can please help me that would be amazing you can contact me at ***@****    PLEASE HELP!

[naz170]

thats scary..i know how it feels..i had one like 2 days ago..