Chapter 58: I Can't Move!

Recently, I experienced something which used to happen quite a few times in the past.

A few days ago, I woke up in the middle of the night to find that I could not move any of my limbs or body at all. What I meant was, I knew I was awake, but it was as though I had suddenly lost control of my body. It felt just the same way as it had in the past, as though ropes had bound me. Fortunately, I administered my usual response by focussing on snapping those ropes and moving, which had success in a less than a minute. But the terror was still the same. It felt like a phobia of sorts. Similar to claustrophobia.

This usually happens to me when I have a dream, which is quite an uncommon occurance. Only this time, there was no dream that I could recollect, which I found unusual.

These dreams were not pleasant ones either. They usually consisted of the feeling of falling down, thinking I have an overdue report despite full knowledge that there is no way for that to be real, dreaming of an examination where I could not answer enough questions in time, and dreaming that there were only a few days from an examination that I had not prepared for.

I am not sure if anyone has ever experienced the same, but now I am quite worried. On deeper thoughts, is this even natural, or is there something wrong with my nervous system? I am not so sure.