Weird Dreaming Issues/ Sleep Paralysis

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I have been under a lot of stress lately and not sleeping well. But the last few weeks I've realised I'm dreaming and not been able to wake up from it. Anyone else had this? To make it worse I've thought I've woken up only to realise that I'm actually still sleeping and the cycle has started again. It's really freaking me out and putting me off sleep. Any ideas what I can to do to stop it? Could be a sleep paralysis thing?

It sounds a bit like false awakenings, which are horrible. For me they usually go hand-in-hand with sleep paralysis - I can 'wake up' into another dream, often three or four times, and then end up with a bout or two of sleep paralysis before I wake up properly. Stress is definitely a factor for me, and they also happen if I sleep on my back or if I go back to sleep after waking up - usually on a weekend morning, ruining my lie-in.

Thanks I have never heard or experienced it before its really frightening and sometimes even when I do wake up because it's happened 3/4 times already I actually end up questioning if I'm still dreaming.