Hello!
I've had sleep paralysis for a long time and it's terrifying each time because it feels like I'm going to die.
First question. When you feel like you cannot breath during sleep paralysis, are you actually having trouble breathing, or is it just the sensation?
Also when I have sleep paralysis my ears ring really loud so that's all I can hear usually. Sometimes I hear people talking that I don't even live with or I will hear a large crowd of people talking even though nobody is home. So I guess that would be auditory hallucinations. Sometimes it sounds like radio static.
If my eyes are open I don't see much but it looks like when you have bad reception on your tv and you can sort of make out a channel but it's mostly fuz.
At that point I usually feel like I am dying. My chest will hurt. I feel like moving but can't. Or I will think I moved and got up but then realize I hadn't done anything. Sometimes I feel as if I am being tickled.
Over the years the symptoms have gotten scarier and scarier. Does anyone else get something similar...such as hearing things or seing things or feeling things that aren't there? It makes me feel like I'm dying. Last night I was pretty sure I wouldn't make it. But I always do.