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

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!
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I woke up in my bed and found myself in a foggy and dimly lit version of my room. all my movement was extremely slow and forced and there was light that seemed to come from no particular source. i finally made it to the hallway and realized this was a dark place. so i prayed the lord's prayer and i woke up. i forgot to mention that in my last post. maybe this is a spiritual thing. there were no demons present. there was a sense of no one in the house. a sense of being alone.
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Ive had similar experiences. im 20 btw. i'm able to move but it's always very slow movement and with great force. it takes so much will power to move even a finger and sometimes when i can move my whole body, it's always slowed down movement. when i do make some progress moving around. I usually end up back where i started in the same position.
But here's the add-on to my experiences. and maybe this might help?

Dream:
I was in a wispy reality. I had no body. and everything was wispy. there was nothing there. but anyways,i felt like i could access any knowledge in the universe. and in my dream i came to the realization that humans CAN know anything. but there are questions we are to afraid to ask because of what they could mean. and I remember thinking 'is our world real?'

i remember thinking that right before i found myself in my bed again. but the room was foggy with ominous light coming from no particular place. and all my movements were slowed down. and when i rolled out of bed and made it to the hallway, i realized this was a sort of dark place. and i got worried. then i found myself back in my bed but this time i was actually awake. and the lights were on how i'd left them.

it was freaky. and i've recently started having these dificult-to-move-my-body reality/dreams. but there's never been any evil shadows or presences. it's always been my willpower against my body not wanting to move.
after reading all these posts im starting to wonder what it could really be.
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Hi @samantha21...i do have exact dream or nightmare like you...i dont remember exactly when it start..but i know it was 2 years ago..i always have these dream terror/bad dream..or i can say for me evil dream... my dream is this..same place in my bedroom im always at my bed and always dark but i know that im on my bed wearing the exact clothes im wearing before i sleep..den there is this a guy figure i cant see how he looks like but i can tell he is a male shadow black figure..this guy figure sometimes standing beside my bed looking at me, or lying beside me hugging me..and worst he is on top of me...and its scared the hell out of me because it felt so real..i can feel this guy figure arms around me his breath..but i cant do anything i try to move and shout in top of my lungs but no words or sound came out....also old woman figure wearing black dress and vail and though i i cant see this old womans face i got this feeling or terror that this old woman is kinda look evil or have a scary look, same like the guy figure she always stand beside my bed looking at me and lying beside me hugging..but this old woman figure somewhat different more scary than the guy figure .because whenever this old woman hugged me i felt her cold breath in my neck and ear and worst she's saying something in my ear that i cant understand..its like (raaaahhhhhgrrrhhhhaaa) like a monster or demon saying something in my ear..and it was very scary the voice is EVIL!.. den lastly i dreamed of a huge dog with a fire red eyes and a pointed tail..(like an arrow)...a guy figure holding this dog...all these dreams happened only in my bedroom....sometimes 3 times a week and worst everyday .... all i can say is that im very scared i tell this to my parents telling me that the reason why i get this kind of dream is because i got lots of thing going in my mind or conscience..i also go talk to a priest about this..saying im disturb or my soul is disturbed that i should pray..my grandmother say the woman figure is my guardian..i even get a psychiatrist point of view about this she tells me that this dreams occur because im thinking alot of things and my body energy is drained and exhausted and didnt get a enough rest...i talk to a feng shui expert he told me that i should re arrange the possition of my bedroom...

All i can say is that im just a normal person in a 20th century in a modern time..kinda religious but not that much...and this dream scared me and give terrors in me... this dreams occur when i closed my eyes slowly though my brain not that sleepy so whenever i have this dream or during i have this dream im praying..im shouting..i tried moving my fingers and toe..but nothing seems to work it just stop... so please if theres anyone experiencing the same as me.. email me @ ***@**** will feel relief and would like to share the complete story of my dreams...(sorry for my english)
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Hi @samantha21...i do have exact dream or nightmare like you...i dont remember exactly when it start..but i know it was 2 years ago..i always have these dream terror/bad dream..or i can say for me evil dream... my dream is this..same place in my bedroom im always at my bed and always dark but i know that im on my bed wearing the exact clothes im wearing before i sleep..den there is this a guy figure i cant see how he looks like but i can tell he is a male shadow black figure..this guy figure sometimes standing beside my bed looking at me, or lying beside me hugging me..and worst he is on top of me...and its scared the hell out of me because it felt so real..i can feel this guy figure arms around me his breath..but i cant do anything i try to move and shout in top of my lungs but no words or sound came out....also old woman figure wearing black dress and vail and though i i cant see this old womans face i got this feeling or terror that this old woman is kinda look evil or have a scary look, same like the guy figure she always stand beside my bed looking at me and lying beside me hugging..but this old woman figure somewhat different more scary than the guy figure .because whenever this old woman hugged me i felt her cold breath in my neck and ear and worst she's saying something in my ear that i cant understand..its like (raaaahhhhhgrrrhhhhaaa) like a monster or demon saying something in my ear..and it was very scary the voice is EVIL!.. den lastly i dreamed of a huge dog with a fire red eyes and a pointed tail..(like an arrow)...a guy figure holding this dog...all these dreams happened only in my bedroom....sometimes 3 times a week and worst everyday .... all i can say is that im very scared i tell this to my parents telling me that the reason why i get this kind of dream is because i got lots of thing going in my mind or conscience..i also go talk to a priest about this..saying im disturb or my soul is disturbed that i should pray..my grandmother say the woman figure is my guardian..i even get a psychiatrist point of view about this she tells me that this dreams occur because im thinking alot of things and my body energy is drained and exhausted and didnt get a enough rest...i talk to a feng shui expert he told me that i should re arrange the possition of my bedroom...

All i can say is that im just a normal person in a 20th century in a modern time..kinda religious but not that much...and this dream scared me and give terrors in me... this dreams occur when i closed my eyes slowly though my brain not that sleepy so whenever i have this dream or during i have this dream im praying..im shouting..i tried moving my fingers and toe..but nothing seems to work it just stop... so please if theres anyone experiencing the same as me.. email me @ ***@**** will feel relief and would like to share the complete story of my dreams...(sorry for my english)
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Hi @samantha21...i do have exact dream or nightmare like you...i dont remember exactly when it start..but i know it was 2 years ago..i always have these dream terror/bad dream..or i can say for me evil dream... my dream is this..same place in my bedroom im always at my bed and always dark but i know that im on my bed wearing the exact clothes im wearing before i sleep..den there is this a guy figure i cant see how he looks like but i can tell he is a male shadow black figure..this guy figure sometimes standing beside my bed looking at me, or lying beside me hugging me..and worst he is on top of me...and its scared the hell out of me because it felt so real..i can feel this guy figure arms around me his breath..but i cant do anything i try to move and shout in top of my lungs but no words or sound came out....also old woman figure wearing black dress and vail and though i i cant see this old womans face i got this feeling or terror that this old woman is kinda look evil or have a scary look, same like the guy figure she always stand beside my bed looking at me and lying beside me hugging..but this old woman figure somewhat different more scary than the guy figure .because whenever this old woman hugged me i felt her cold breath in my neck and ear and worst she's saying something in my ear that i cant understand..its like (raaaahhhhhgrrrhhhhaaa) like a monster or demon saying something in my ear..and it was very scary the voice is EVIL!.. den lastly i dreamed of a huge dog with a fire red eyes and a pointed tail..(like an arrow)...a guy figure holding this dog...all these dreams happened only in my bedroom....sometimes 3 times a week and worst everyday .... all i can say is that im very scared i tell this to my parents telling me that the reason why i get this kind of dream is because i got lots of thing going in my mind or conscience..i also go talk to a priest about this..saying im disturb or my soul is disturbed that i should pray..my grandmother say the woman figure is my guardian..i even get a psychiatrist point of view about this she tells me that this dreams occur because im thinking alot of things and my body energy is drained and exhausted and didnt get a enough rest...i talk to a feng shui expert he told me that i should re arrange the possition of my bedroom...

All i can say is that im just a normal person in a 20th century in a modern time..kinda religious but not that much...and this dream scared me and give terrors in me... this dreams occur when i closed my eyes slowly though my brain not that sleepy so whenever i have this dream or during i have this dream im praying..im shouting..i tried moving my fingers and toe..but nothing seems to work it just stop... so please if theres anyone experiencing the same as me.. email me @ ***@**** will feel relief and would like to share the complete story of my dreams...(sorry for my english)
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I have had these expreances also, in that twilight hour between awake and sleep. I have also felt my bed move as if children were playing on my mattress with thire  shoes off walking up and down. I do not mean to scare anyone, but what you are having is visitaions from sprits. I know a lot of people will not belive me and thats ok. I have a daughter who is 34 yrs. old who actually get attacked buy demons. They sctrach up her back, legs, face, arms any where on her body. She sees them in the flesh and I have seen her under attack. She is the only one this happens to, and it started in her teens. She has not lived the life that she should, and she does alot of liying, most of the guys she deals with just seem to be a little strange. But when she are not dealing with thoese types she is fine.She married a guy who belived in roots. Thats when someone puts a spell on someone ealse.And that is when she really was attecked bad, but once she left him she was fine. They are divoriced now. But I told you all of that to say this. Be honest with yourself and reflect on your life and she where you have allowed the devil to come into your life. Yes the devil is real and it is ok if you do not agree. But watch where you go, who you hang out with, what you watch and let your children watch on tv. There was a movie out where  people would touch each other and an evil sprit would transfer to who ever they touched. That was a movie but they had to get that from somewhere. An yes sprits do transfer from one to another. The only way to combit them is to get your life right with the LORD. I don,t mean playing with him doing the week and the devil on the week end. I don,t mean to preach to anyone, just being real. I read where some one said if you say The  Name Of JESUS that it works, they are right but you have to have the power of jesus befor it will work. And that only comes throught you giving your life to him. I start saying JESUS down in my sprit untill it comes out of my mouth an it flees . But he returns because he was constanly returning to temp JESUS. So it is with us.God Bless you all.
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