Hello everyone. This is my first post here on this website. I am going to get straight to the point...

Today I was lying on the couch falling asleep when my whole body went completely numb and tingly and I could not move. I couldn't wake up and I couldn't scream. Once I stopped being scared of what was going on the numbness seemed to stop and it went pitch black. I still could not wake up. When I finally woke up I was fully awake and not groggy or tired feeling. This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time, I was lying in bed sleeping and when I started to wake up, I felt like someone was holding me down and I had the same feelings of being paralysed with the tingly sensation. I was able to scream that time. What woke me was the fire department pounding on my door at 3:15ish in the morning.

Can anyone explain to me what is going on?

I honestly have never heard of lucid dreaming until I did a search on why this was happening to me (today), nor have I ever heard of WILD. It is a really uneasy and slightly scary experience.