Sounds like a somewhat common "hypnogogic" (
probably spelled wrong) state.
Somewhere between sleeping & waking consciousness, where the two seem to blend. A lot of people experience this state of mind when they suddenly wake up, just as they are about to make the switch from waking consciousness to dreaming consciousness. The part of the brain that does the thinking wakes up suddenly, but the part of the brain that controls the body takes a few sec/min to catch up.
Some folks report being
paralyzed, unable to move for a short time, until the body realizes it supposed to be awake.
Some report other
people, or "
entities" in the room with them,
swirling colors, and/or
objects that should not be there & eventually
fade away, or disappear suddenly.
There is a common one that's been reported for a long time, that people call "
the old hag" where the person awakens in this state, unable to move & struggling to breath because of a heavy weight on they're chest, when they open they're eyes they think they see an old, creepy, "witch-like" woman (
or "old hag"), sitting on they're chest, staring at them, right up their face!!
Obviously this causes the person to panic & freak out!! Soon after, the "old hag" & the other
effects fades away.
At all familiar? (
at least the first part...)
WS
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