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Place withheld · 2012-03-21 · from the DREAMVIEWS archive

Paralysis

I had several random dreams this morning, then I woke up at 4 AM coughing uncontrollably. I have no idea why I had the need to cough so much. I just know that I could not help it. I got up, got some cold water to drink, and went back to bed. The next thing I know, my whole body is tingling intensely from head to toe and there is a loud ringing sound in my right ear. I feel as though somebody is standing beside my bed or over me. I turn around and peer into the darkness but no one's there. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I know, I am on a table in a white room, I am looking up at some kind of contraption, and there are needles that I cannot see going into all my limbs and every part of my body--I was literally pinned down by needles! That is how it felt anyways. I tried as hard as I could to move or lift my hands but my body just would not budge. When I attempted to raise my right hand, I felt as though someone who was standing a few feet from my right jumped back. But I could not see anyone. I feel as though they are performing emergency maintenance on me for some reason--they absolutely have to do this now. Both of my eyes were wide open but I do not recall being able to see out of my left eye. I am able to slightly turn my head to the left and right but I am unable to discern anything except for the table I am laying on and this contraption several feet above me. I can feel the pressure of every invisible needle that is in me or is going in me but there is no pain or fear--just this intense pressure. I remembered thinking and trying to determine whether or not if this was actually hurting me. This could not have been sleep paralysis because I was able to move my head left and right--not by much--but I was still able to do it. And I was able to move my fingers but I could not life my hands because something was keeping them held down. I have had many, many sleep paralysis episodes, and in every single one of them, I was absolutely unable to move any part of my body, except for my eyes. All I could do was move my eyeballs, blink, and breathe--that is it. And even if I used every once of strength in my hands, I could not bend a single finger. This was nothing like that. The next thing I know, I am back in bed and there are some guys standing around my bed. There was a girl, and at least two boys--all around the same age of perhaps 16 or so. The girl and one of the guys were standing at the foot of my bed. And the other guy was standing at the side of the bed. The guy who was standing at the foot of the bed was saying something about escaping. I closed my eyes, changed them (my eyes), and opened them. They jumped back, shocked, surprised, and appeared to be impressed. I then noticed how strange everything looked. It appears to be day time. I look out of the window and the sky is lit up and there is not a cloud in the sky. I looked at the sun and noticed that there were three suns in the sky and they are in the process of aligning with the one in the middle--kind of like a solar eclipse. I did not actually see the suns moving, however, I knew that they were almost done aligning.

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