have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?

Before the SAT I had a sleep paralysis dream that my mom was on top of me in my bed stabbing me because I said I was going to take the breaks (which are mandatory). My mom doesn't even care about my schooling it was my anxiety manifesting me disappointing her, I think.

That same time I finally woke up enough to get out of bed and I saw my little sister in her bed staring at me but not responding when I said her name. She was not in her bed, she slept elsewhere that night, so it was just weird.

I also hallucinated my cat in the hallway when I got up to pee at like 1 am (this was a different night) when I reached down to pet her she faded away. Sleep paralysis is something I've experienced a lot but these are the most recent, normally it is not scary like the mom stabbing me one. It's usually one of my pets that have died curled up at the foot of my bed asleep.

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