For as long as I can remember! My first real fear of "ghosts" as a child was from a sleep paralysis episode where I had the usual hallucinations that go with it

For as long as I can remember! My first real fear of "ghosts" as a child was from a sleep paralysis episode where I had the usual hallucinations that go with it. Every morning when I "wake" into sleep paralysis, I'm lucky if I'm shaken awake because I can signal it with my breathing. Either way, I will wake up after some struggle... and it is so exhausting that I will sometimes fall back asleep, only have sleep paralysis again. It means I wake up stressed! A bonus is that I also "fall" into sleep paralysis when going to bed. Having to make up to 4 attempts to fall asleep can be frustrating... Here is the combo! I can barely breathe through my nose, so if I experience sleep paralysis whilst I'm on my side, front, or somehow under the covers, I will feel like I'm suffocating... when I pull out of it, my eyes will feel strained and on rare occasions bloodshot. "you look terrible you should get some sleep"