Some say its sleep paralysis, i think not at all

I wrote about this on quora. Seems Im not alone. For a little over two years I had these weird dreams/ dream states idk. I knew as I was starting to fall asleep I would get a sensation in my head, like pins and needles when your foot falls asleep. Then I knew I was going to have " one of those dreams". I would become afraid and I always thought I was able to wake myself up...not so. And every dream I would end up talking to the same character ( wasnt a nice fella). At some point I would realize I was in fact asleep and needed to get myself out of the dream. Anybody else?