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?

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4meAndyou · F

I DID suffer from sleep paralysis at one time. It is something most people grow out of. Sleep paralysis is when you are TRYING to wake up, and you can't.

During that period of NOT being able to wake up, you will probably dream that you are awake, out of bed, and doing something odd...like floating up above the bed...or floating down the hallway on the ceiling...or pulling yourself along the ceiling with your hands and looking in the bathroom mirror downstairs, to see if you can see yourself in the mirror...but there is nothing there.

Those are hallucinations. All people with sleep paralysis want to wake up so badly that they hallucinate in their sleep.