Hello all, allow me to beg your indulgence for one moment yet again, please. I'm sure you have all experienced a dream that suddenly "at the drop of a hat" turns into a nightmare? What exactly causes this - a nice normal dream to a nightmare where you are frozen in terror? I will share my example of last night, which is the most recent time it has happened to me. I went and laid down at about 3:30 am and woke up at exactly 7:15 am. I don't remember dreaming at all during the night prior to this. After waking up all i remember is i was at my grandparents house. My sister went out side to get a movie from her car. As she was walking up i heard my pap say from the kitchen "lol, she forgot to grab her movie, lol". i got up from the couch and as i walked to the kitchen to see what he was talking about. This is where it turned from just an ordinary dream to a nightmare. As i was walking to the kitchen, i all the sudden got that tingly feeling all over my body, like you would get when scared in a nightmare. I then started to get tunnel vision in the dream and everything faded to black. I then woke up w/ my heart beating normal, but the tingly sleep paralysis / frightened feeling. Nothing in the dream really changed to make me scared, it just happened on a dime. This happens ocasionally with my dreams. usually they are more vivid and some paranormal/alien/killer happens to frighten me. feel free to share your examples of similar situations.

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