Hello, this is my first post here and the first issue I would like to raise is Sleep Paralysis, or as it's called here, SP right? I am fifteen years old and have had some pretty bad encounters with the events that take place during this time. I used to get it all the time when I was younger, and had some very frightning experiences with it. So much so that I even had a panic attack, with an uncontrollable shaking and extremely high heart rate. I would hillucinate seeing a UFO or some sort of ancient or foreign or not even readible text writing appearing right before my eyes. I would feel like something is around me, at first I told myself it's merely a kind alien wanting to learn all about my adventures with my Horsey puppet and the great fun we would have togethor, but that instantly was overcome by more fear. I imagined a black figure next to me, me believing there was some sort of alien race above the building asked to please pick someone else. But of course this was all in my head. I've somewhat noticed I haven't gotten as scared anymore, but last time I had a clear sleep paralysis was a few years ago, that I remember anyway.

Is there anything that can assist me in just "shrugging it off" and just dealing with it, and once I can accomplish this, what's the next step towards my soon to be wonderful and wild adventures (or not)

Also, any bad encounters you guys may have had with SP?

Edit: Oops, no pun intended on the topic description.