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I just kinda open my eyes and that's how I escape
for me that's when the nightmare begins
Keep opening your eyes until you escape
I can't really put it into words but I just randomly (?) have this thought of "certainly not" and have the feeling of "this has got to be a bad dream... Oh wait, it's actually a bad dream, why am I still here at all".
I just don't always manage to.
You've heard of sleep paralysis?
Some of us get that dream effect (eyes open, dream reality overlaid over real reality) but without paralysis.
Opening your eyes? They're already open and the dream is running
Getting out of bed? Touch hallucinations may become part of it
Usually turning on a light gets me out. That or time
Thankfully, I just occasionally get the not being able to move for 10 seconds, no residual dreams bleeding into consciousness.
It really sucks for nightmares. I heard about someone else with the same thing, they were prescribed sleeping tablets and told to use a sleeping bag if sleeping above ground floor (for fear that the dream might make him jump out of a window
I don't think accidentally hurting oneself is a likely outcome though as these dreams only happen when you're very close to full consciousness on the way to sleep or wakefulness, and they dispel quickly after you start being active
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I'm glad I'm not as bad of as him or the one on the podcast
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Now that just sounds like garden variety psychosis lmao
That's how my "I'm stuck in my own bed and can't move or talk" nightmare usually begins.