#54: “I woke up minutes later feeling foolish for sleeping on a sidewalk”

I was in a very strange place that I did not recognize but it seemed somewhat familiar. I was alone laying on top of a hill just thinking and feeling strangely sad. I decided it was very late and I should walk home, but only halfway there I decided that I should lay down and just take a quick nap because I was exhausted from walking. I woke up just minutes later feeling foolish for sleeping on a sidewalk. But then I realized that there was a car coming down the road. I tried and tried to get up but my limbs wouldn’t move. I felt so desparate and so sad and I couldn’t move an inch. I can distinctly remember the tires getting closer and closer to my face, my fear growing and my heart beating violently in my chest. Then just as I was about to be squashed beneath the tires i woke up.

#9: “…I could not move and fear set in.”

This is not a dream but rather a nightmare. I had been dreaming a lot one night, when suddenly I woke up from the middle of a dream, and realized someone was laying on top of me. I tried to see who it was and as I struggled to move out from underneath the crushing weight I realized I could not move and fear set in. I tried to scream for my mom but no sound came out. I tried to form the word, tried to force a noise from my mouth but I could not make a sound. It was when I tried screaming that the hand of whatever was on top of me moved over my mouth. My only thought was to get out from whatever I was underneath as I gathered all my strength in an attempt to throw myself off the bed. This, too, was unsuccessful but I guess I fell back asleep after this. Needless to say I did not sleep a wink the next night, but thankfully, whoever, or whatever, visited me that night, has not returned since

Editor’s note: the writer of this dream asked that I include these two links to help you understand a dream like this. The first is an article on sleep paralysis, which is often an explanation for “paranormal” experiences such as this one. The second is the wikipedia article on the incubus, not the band, but a demon-like creature that was used as an explanation for events like these in the days before medical advancement.Illustration by Scott Donaldson.