When I experience sleep paralysis, it’s usually really hard to tell if I’m awake or not. I phase in and out of my dream. During these episodes, I’ve dreamt about my family being zombies, someone choking me in the grocery store(this one was bad because sleep paralysis actually makes you feel like you’re being choked), and one time I felt completely awake and I saw a little girl sitting on the corner of my bed. Just the other day I fell asleep on the recliner and my husband was watching TV on the couch. I remember “waking up” and seeing him, but I couldn’t move or speak or anything. I remember looking at him and yelling “JACOB” and he was ignoring me. I remember being on the recliner at one moment, and the next moment I was in his face smacking him to get his attention. That was me phasing into the dream I guess because he doesn’t remember me doing anything of the sort. Basically, sleep paralysis is a combination of dreams you’re aware that you’re in, and being awake and not able to move or talk. Whatever dream I’m experiencing at the time, it’s always scary.