I am 15 years old and have been experiencing sleep paralysis on and off for the past year. However, recently I have been having having this more often and also had a case of exploding head syndrome(hearing an extremely loud sound when falling asleep or waking up).
My sleep pattern is getting worse because of this as I don't like sleeping. I try to stay up as long as possible so most nights I am going to sleep from 4am-6am and getting little amount of sleep, but almost every time I wake up I am unable to move only for a couple of seconds which isn't as bad as it can be because I have learnt how to control it better, but today I woke up and my methods didn't work(staying calm, taking deep breaths, wiggling toes etc) and was stuck for longer which has now made me scared to sleep more, I have not told anyone but my brother about this because I don't want to make this a big deal and I don't really open up to people much.
p.s
I don't see demons or anything that will harm me, I just can't move. I have only had once where I couldn't breath and every time I sleep on my back I experience sleep paralysis.