Thread: A question about not being able to move/suffocating

Firstly, hi, I have recently joined here in the hope I can learn to master lucid dreaming

I remember a month back or so, I had the same reoccuring dream two days in a row (dream or real life I don't know because it was so real, but I presume it was dream) where in the morning, I would wake up, but not be able to move any part of my body, and then once I had realised this, I would not, and I mean really not be able to breathe, like I actually kept thinking to myself "I am actually going to suffocate and die."

The first day this happened, I couldn't open my eyes, so I was literally stuck on my back, arms down by my side, facing upward, not being able to move at all, no matter how hard I tried to move, and suffocating, just not being able to breathe. It felt like it was going on for ages, and I really started getting scared because it felt so real. Then right at the last minute, I would open my eyes, get up and physically gasp for air. At this point I would be fully awake.

The second day this happened and this time I could open my eyes, and I saw my covers over my face, was in the same position and I could not move again or breathe. Right at the last minute again when I thought I was going to die from lack of air, I got up and took in a deep breath.

Just to clarify, the parts where I took in deep breaths at the end were in a fully concious state!

After this second day in a row of this happening, I started to get worried before going to sleep incase this happened again. However, this type of dream has not happened since. One thing I noticed was that these two times this happened, I was sleeping downstairs on the sofa and not in my bed.

I would really appreciate it if anyone could enlighten me about this a little bit. This has been like no other dream I have ever had, and it felt so so so real, it was really stange.