Hello all.

Twice now I have woke up in the middle of the night to my room being brightly lit to the point where I couldn't see anything, I felt as if I were blind. I managed to do a reality check, slapped myself in the face to see if I were dreaming but as far as I could tell I wasn't. The light lasted for about 30 seconds.

As someone who has tried to induce lucid dreams and has experienced sleep paralysis many times I know what that is like. I was wondering if anyone has come across an experience such as this and what it could possibly be.