what happened to me this morning?

I really have no idea what happened to me so I'm not sure under what topic to post this. Sorry

Anyway this scared me to death so I'll explain everything. Last night I go to bed around 3am but I couldn't go to sleep because my hand was hurting ( not sure why but it felt like growing pains x100) so I wake up this morning around 8am(which is early for me) at least I think I was awake. I get this werid feeling in my stomach like the feeling u
get when you get scared, then I like slip into this "trance". I can't feel my body , not numb but I just can't move my body. My eye lids were very heavy and I had a hard time keeping them open. I felt my self fighting to keep my eyes open (they were like flickering) the same time I was fighting to keep my eyes open I heard my self telling me to just breathe. So I started focusing on breathing, I could hear my long calm breaths. At that time I could see my cell phone 2 inches in front of me by my pillow but when I tried to reach for it my arms ( whole body for that matter) wouldn't move. At this point I just could not keep my eyes open, I was so scared that if I closed my eyes and fell asleep I wouldnt wake up, but I just couldnt keep them open anymore so I just let them close. Instantly ( atleast it felt that quick) after I closed my eyes I snapped out of it. I felt fine. WTF just happened?!
 
It sounds like you had an episode of parasomnia or sleep paralysis. This happens (the theory goes) when your conscious mind starts to wake up, but the brain is still in the sleep mode. It is quite common, but very scary. My husband has had these episodes once or twice a year all his life, and still hates when it happens. Hope you feel better, Sera.
 
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