Uninvited
This is poste here so my mother doesn't start worrying about me... again.
As some of you know, I occasionally suffer from "sleep paralysis". In other words, where your body is still paralysed by the mechanism that stops you from acting out your dreams in a humerous fashion, but your mind is wide awake and you're fully conscious.
I lay there face-down, willing myself awake, hoping that I would awake in time to avoid smothering myself with my pillow. My drowsy mind wondered if someone would wake me up if I called out (of course you can't make much noise in that state but you can try).
Immediately, I remembered I was completely alone, if something bad happened to me, I would only be discovered days later. I would have shivered if I had voluntary control of my body. The phrase "it is not good for man to live alone" shot unbidden through my head. Now, in the state of sleep I was in, the mind is very open to suggestions, even your own suggestions...
It suddenly felt like there was a person standing behind me. Maybe two. I had the distinct impression they had walked in through the front door and were looking at me curiously. The feeling I had was that they were not necessarily malicious, but not necessarily benevolent either. Now I really was frightened, it seemed very real, too real. I prayed they would just take the laptop and go.
In my panic, I eventually managed to yank myself out of my deep sleep state. It's never pleasant doing that. I jumped out of bed and cautiously went up to my main door.... it was unlocked.
I locked it and made my weary way back to bed... that was a "dream" I would just as soon forget.
As some of you know, I occasionally suffer from "sleep paralysis". In other words, where your body is still paralysed by the mechanism that stops you from acting out your dreams in a humerous fashion, but your mind is wide awake and you're fully conscious.
I lay there face-down, willing myself awake, hoping that I would awake in time to avoid smothering myself with my pillow. My drowsy mind wondered if someone would wake me up if I called out (of course you can't make much noise in that state but you can try).
Immediately, I remembered I was completely alone, if something bad happened to me, I would only be discovered days later. I would have shivered if I had voluntary control of my body. The phrase "it is not good for man to live alone" shot unbidden through my head. Now, in the state of sleep I was in, the mind is very open to suggestions, even your own suggestions...
It suddenly felt like there was a person standing behind me. Maybe two. I had the distinct impression they had walked in through the front door and were looking at me curiously. The feeling I had was that they were not necessarily malicious, but not necessarily benevolent either. Now I really was frightened, it seemed very real, too real. I prayed they would just take the laptop and go.
In my panic, I eventually managed to yank myself out of my deep sleep state. It's never pleasant doing that. I jumped out of bed and cautiously went up to my main door.... it was unlocked.
I locked it and made my weary way back to bed... that was a "dream" I would just as soon forget.