I had a weird dream that occurred...sometime ago, I forgot the time, but I do remember the details for the most part. I wake up in my room, everything around me seems the same, the TV is on for some reason, which still makes sense because I would sometimes fall asleep without turning it off. Nothing seems out of the ordinary...except that my right eye was permanently closed shut. For some reason, I couldn't open it at all, no matter how much I tried to do so. It wasn't anything terrifying really, but I did (sort of?) panic internally right there and then. I went to my brother's room to ask him what is wrong with me, but yet he wasn't even supposed to be at home during this time. He was only supposed to be home on the weekends and off to some kind of College Summer Program on the weekdays.
Also, very recently last Sunday, I've experienced something in the middle of the night I've never felt before.
Sleep Paralysis.
I was pretty scared in those few minutes, as I tried so hard to move an inch of my body to no avail. After that, it would stop and I could move around again. I try to go back to sleep, and I'm hit with it again for another few minutes. These few minute paralysis intervals would continue until I got up to turn on the fan (as it was feeling a bit warm), and then I finally got a peaceful (but very short) sleep. So apparently, your body produces these two chemicals, Glycine and GABA that are responsible for the paralysis that prevents you from moving when you are sleeping. So obviously, when your mind is awake but your body still thinks you're asleep, it is quite a terrifying experience. I was surprised to find out it is a very common occurrence among people, so it was weird to think I only had something like that happen just now. By the way, I was hearing voices during the all the times I was sleep paralyzed. I couldn't really decipher anything from it, and the voices just added to the fear factor. One may hallucinate during an episode, such as hearing, feeling, or seeing things, so at least I know its something normal that happens as well.