Nightmares...

I hate sleep paralysis! Happened to me several times now and I dread it each time.

The sleep paralysis used to scare the shit out of me - seriously petrified (pun WIN!). For some sufferers like me it is coupled with hallucinations which are ALWAYS fucking dark - feelings of an evil presence in the room. Back in the day, people thought they were being visted by the devil.

I get this often. usually try to wake myself up by shouting, and apparently I do shout and swear out loud in my sleep

My partner's sleep paralysis episodes are always populated with threats. Generally, conviction that someone has broken into the house but all the way up to great big evil fucking dogs sat on the bed/her chest and fully formed images of people in the room.
Her sleep or lack of is damaging her health i think but she refuses to try and sort it out, no doctors or internet research nothing. she's far to stubborn and its messing her up. frustrating.

I haven't remembered a dream in about 15 years now. Every now and again I get spates of nightmares that have me waking up in the middle of the night, scared shitless with absolutely no idea of what has frightened me. Not knowing makes it much harder to go back to sleep.