soooo idk if this has happened to anybody else but it has happened to me quite a lot & i finally have some scientific predictions as to why it happens and how you can turn it into a lucid dream.

often upon waking up in the early morning (or whenever i have been sleeping for a long while) I usually get up and go to the bathrooom or get a drink of water then go lay back in bed and try to sleep.
but what happens is my body is extremely tired while my mind is wide awake (my mind is awake due to stress most likely or just an active mind, so people with anxiety or who have very busy schedules that they mull over in the nighttime/morning may find this technique easier than those who fall asleep easily)
so since my body is falling asleep it starts to go into Sleep paralysis (preparing my body for sleep by making my muscles and ligaments imobile) when my body enters sleep paralysis my mind is still awake because it did not fall asleep as quickly as my body does

this process used to scare me because i would start feeling people having sex with me?? weird i knowww....
but its really just my mind going into sleep mode, i also would hear a random loud banging noise or a door closing, etc. this is also sounds that occur when the mind is going to sleep.
now since my body is in SP when this happens i obviously cant move (which can be scary )
(you can get out of SP by wiggling your toes tho fyi and working up the body which will allow u to move &Wake u up)
but now i know instead of trying to wake my body up i can focus my mind on any scene i want too and its like u have to let yrself get sucked into the picture in ur mind
then your there and its a lucid dream!


its much easier to turn the experience into a lucid dream rather than to get scared and try to wake up from SP.

i hope this post made sense and wasnt all over the place!