So, bear with me while I explain why.
Last night I had a bad dream. I was being chased by a man who wanted to attack me. At some point I entered some kind of hotel with my partner who said we'd be safe there. Nope! The chaser knew I was there and was intent on getting to me. We were in a ground floor room with windows to the street (yeah, I know, crazy!)
I went to the bathroom in the hotel room and while in there the chaser came crashing through the window and attacked me. I tried and tried to scream for my partner in the next room, but I couldn't make any sound come out. The person was weirdly attacking my mouth.
By now my brain was in the early stages of waking and I gradually realised it wasn't a man attacking me, it was my dachshund, who sleeps on my bed, furiously licking my face. I must have made some noise when I was trying to force out the scream in my dream.
I was still not properly awake at this point and was in the grip of sleep paralysis. I could not for the life of me move a limb, even though I was struggling to do so. Worse, the dog was still madly licking my face and mouth and occasionally his tongue went in my mouth 🤮
I slowly came fully awake and was able to move my arms and fend off the licking onslaught. I'm not sure what was worse - the feeling of complete helplessness as I was unable to move, or the bloody dog licking my mouth. I obviously haven't used bleach, but there was a gallon of mouthwash used this morning - ugh!
Weirdly, I was only talking this week to my adult DD about the sleep paralysis that I suffered from a few times, years ago before she was born, so strange it happened again after so long.
Anyone else have any examples of experiencing sleep paralysis?