This is a very disturbing pattern I've noticed in my dreams. I'll have dreams where I am in sleep paralysis and things are going on around me. Once I was half lucid and opened a door to go to my bedroom to go back to sleep to end the the dream. As I opened my door, I was sucked into a very deep blackness. I had a false awakening into sleep paralysis where I felt wind rushing by me and the noise of water rushing, both getting more intense in my ears. I am familiar with this experience from sleep paralysis. I fought very hard to get out of it and ended up actually waking up to my surprise.

And again last night, I woke up from something I don't remember. The room was very dark. I was paralyzed. My blinds were turned open so I could see the blackness of the window (one of my biggest irrational phobias). I saw at the edge of my bed a ghostly figure, a girl with a disfigured face. She moved in stop frame animation as she crawled up my body to attack me. I found myself fighting to wake up, thinking it was sleep paralysis in the middle of the night. I was completely paralyzed, and as I struggled i was able to first move my neck and jaw a little bit and start moaning. I was trying to yell and wake myself up. Next my neck fully worked, then my upper back, my hands and toes, then finally my legs and arms as I woke myself up and found it was bright and blue in my room.

This is a very scary experience and unlike regular sleep paralysis. I am not sure what causes it, what it is classified as (FA, SP, just a dream, etc.), or what to do about it.

Anybody have similar experiences?