I am afraid to sleep at night

This is the scariest shit ever this happens to me sometimes and I like shit myself every time and cry

stop watching movies like the rite and excorsist.

aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

that's not even comparable. I have that same experience constantly, today in fact, sleep paralysis is something all together different in terms of longevity, severity, and tone. There's a misconception being spread here that sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming/comparable subconscious brain activity are the same thing and honestly it's coming across as condescending. As someone who has had bouts of sp and also influenced dreams consciously, they may occur in that same region of the brain/state of consciousness or lack thereof, but they're not the same phenomenon or subjective experience. There's no awareness of sleeping or dreaming for the vast majority of sufferers. In fact, I'd day sp has more in common with sleep walking then anything else. Also, I don't suffer from significant or clinical anxiety in waking hours.

Just close your eyes you'll be fine.

happened to me a lot of times...and i kinda masterized the whole problem...At first i nearly went nuts trying to move, or get up or talk and nothing happened and was really frustrating and scary every time...but then i came to the conclusion that i have to breath deeply and relax, then it's a matter of seconds till my body functions go alive again!! hahaha i do this everytime it happens and it always works.
actually im not going through this, it just hits me sporadically but i havent experienced one in a long time...
and on a side note, y have elder family members thath went through it...could it be related?

looking for somewhere to spout my shit, and i guess it's kind of making it hard to sleep so here will do. i dated a girl for 5 months or something, about as serious as i get, and she started getting pretty serious, close to the l word kind of deal. i liked her and all, but wasn't anywhere near that, wasn't in it for the long run, so i jumped ship before i did anymore damage. it felt pretty shitty at first, but after about a week i decided it was the right thing to do, and went on loving the single life.

fast forward 2 months and my lack of any good action had me remembering all the reasons i dated her: gorgeous, loved sex, and all the positives of having a girlfriend, and the time made me forget the reasons i bailed:not much in common, didn't feel anything strong for her, new if i stayed around i'd be playing with her emotions.

we haven't talked much since the split, and tonight i went to a buds house and she was there. ok, fine, won't make it awkward, have a decent time, have a couple beer, whatever. then, she and a buddy of mine are leaving (they take the same bus home). i was gonna stay, but i made the split second decision to sleep in my bed instead of a couch, so i headed to catch up, but they's getting all cuddly and close out on the street.

turns out they're bangin, or if to someone more mature "dating." i headed back to my bud's house since i'm taking the same bus and i'm uninterested in the awkwardness that would be that busride. this is where my current situation comes up: my brain's alright with it: i broke up with her, i've been having the time of my life while she felt like garbage for a month. the dude's also a good guy, way to go, all that noise. but i've still got that bummer of a feeling in my gut that comes from mishaps with the ladies, and as i'm sure a lot of you know at a certain point there's no way for it go away but wait it out, so there i am. feeling shitty (all happened at the end of a shitty day as it was) for what i know isn't a valid reason, but all the same, and i've got nothing to do about it but lie in bed probably think about it.

i apologize for the tl:dr block o' text, but apparently i'm not so good at brevity when i'm 5 beers deep.

WOOOOOO YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO SLEEP WELL AFTER THAT WIN. GO JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really? It sucks but its not that bad. Just a weird experience. Usually for me It is during a bad dream and i become aware. Then i try to yell and i cant, and as i come out of it im just barely making a yelling sound that is barely audible.

Kind of weird but nothing to be scared off.

That sucks man. It happened to me when I was 14 for a few months and it's fucked up. I was conscious in my dream and I knew I was dreaming but i wasn't able to get out there... Then the panic goes on. I hope it stops soon for you because it is not fun.

the not reallity really a dream part could be a depersonalization, or actually it sounds like you have really bad anxiety and possibly derealization, that's what i have, shits weak yo.

I think i had one of these last night, no bullshit, I was in a barn that was at my old house and a street sign attacked me and it had a sign that said FACEBOOK as a head and then it had hand and it beat the shit out of me so i was running away into my house to find my brother to protect me. I found my brother but then the sign grabbed me from behind and then i woke up yelling or screaming my brothers name t the top of my lungs. Crazy scary

Not sure if this has been said cause I dont have time to read, but lucid dreaming. Get good at it. I am at a point where I can voluntarily enter sleep paralysis and control the hallucinations (to a point). It's an absolutely amazing experience and it should solve all your problems and make your wildest dreams come true. Also it's really fun to lucid dream in general.