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Sleep paralysis is part of my life (nights)
Apparently, it’s a harmless condition. I hope so.
I estimate I suffer from it once every three nights. I’ve experienced it for years. Decades.
It happened today. Actually, today was an unusual case. I took an overnight flight from California to Florida on Friday night. Usually, I have no problem sleeping while traveling but this particular travel was bad. I wanted to sleep but felt extremely squeezed on my first flight (my change-over was in Atlanta) so I slept badly. Once I got to Florida I had a relaxing day — I was able to catch up on sleep during the day and then went to bed early, despite the time difference. On Sunday morning I got up at around eight, had breakfast, chatted with my mom, and then decided to sleep again. I felt drowsy and heavy. So it happened then — very late in the morning during my second sleep.
It was scary. All of my sleep paralysis episodes are unpleasant. Some are outright scary. It was going to be a late morning nap but I fell asleep. Or I was starting to fall asleep. I was dreaming I was at my desk in some room with white walls around me. I suddenly felt that I wasn’t feeling well. I couldn’t move any part of my body. I tried stepping away from my desk but I couldn’t. Maybe I managed to crawl a…
