Well, I wish I had some better sleep in me.

First of all, I tried to stay up like I said I would earlier. What ended up happening was I fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours at 3pm. I am currently lying in my bed after waking from a 3 hour slumber. I don't normally post on stuff like this very regularly but I sometimes feel better when I can get things off my chest, or in this case, off my back:

What I'm about to describe to you, only takes place when I am either: sleep deprived; or sick. My first episode occurred five years ago with I had a horrible case of the flu. I was asleep for only a couple of hours then all of a sudden - I am awake, except, I cannot move. Then, I felt a presence in the room. I begin to freak out then suddenly awaken and say 'fuck that' to trying to get back to sleep. They're called 'night terrors,' along with other names. Information can be found here: Night terror - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What's extremely interesting to note is that of the sections that describe the 'In Adults' and the 'Treatment' sections. They describe me perfectly.

My history with them, including tonight:

Before 2010, it only happened to me a few times. A really bad one was when my gf and I were sleeping in my bed and were asleep on our sides facing each other. I awaken, open my eyes, look at her, but cannot move. Her face then becomes distorted, demon like. I try to move but can't. I begin to yell to her but she does not move. Her eyes are open and staring back at me. At this point, I'm screaming. Then I awake in a sweat. She is asleep but I wake her fucking ass up anyways and tell her what happened while demanding to know why she would wake up when I was yelling at her.

Night terrors / sleep paralysis has happened maybe 6-7 times in my life, twice in the last 3 days.

Two nights ago, I'm sleeping in my bed. All of a sudden, I feel like I'm in the movie 'Paranormal Activity' because I'm being dragged out of my bed. I awake yelping.

A half hour ago, this happened to me: Fell asleep at 2 am, three hours later, I am dreaming about trying to get to sleep while my brother is in a sleeping bag on my floor, playing his PSP or something. I'm lying on my stomach and I'm playing with my cell phone. He says: "I think someone is coming in this room." I feel something get on the foot of my bed, but don't know what it is and cannot see it. I figure it's just him messing with me. Then it sits on my back and puts its hands on my through, strangling me. I'm thinking, "WTF DUDE GET OFF OF ME." It turns out to be not a practical joke, I think I'm going to die. I'm able to spin to my back and look up at this thing strangling me. It's nothing but a shadow, with weight. I awaken myself, scared as hell, in this dark room, with a back that felt like someone heavy had just been sitting on it.

I was really scared. Since then, I've been typing, put the light on, and have been listening to the radio, so I feel a little better now. However, I'm not going back to sleep. My back still hurts. I'm an atheist and am 99% sure that this is all in my head and a result of sleep deprivation. The fact that I'm not 100% certain, has me terrified.