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Hi all, thanks so much for all your kind words, means a lot.

I've been suffering from this for years. I thought cutting contact with my abusive father would end them but the fallout has made them worse at times. I did manage to tell the 'dark shapes' to leave me alone and stop bullying me one night though!

I think Sleep Paralysis is very closely related to whatever I have. It definately occurs in the no mans land between waking and dreaming. It is certainly equally terrifying. Thanks for link KF.

It does unsettle me badly the next day as you say lonewolf.

Its funny you should mention children having night terrors Kizzie - my husband has suggested getting a night light. Its kind of obvious but might help because it would define awake and asleep more clearly, whereas in darkness there is no clear division.
I doubt it will solve it but I hope it might reduce it a bit.

Hi new here but been on Out of the Fog forum for a few months.

One of my worst CPTSD symptoms are waking nightmares or night terrors. These are not simply nightmares, though I get my fair share of those! No, these are hallucinations had between sleeping and waking. So I will see people standing by the bed or over me. Its sometimes an indistinct malevolant force above the bed.

Last night was the worst one yet. I was rolled over cuddling my husband and as I woke I saw him as not just dead but a decomposing corpse. I screamed and screamed. Then I sobbed.

Temprature is a factor, if I get too warm it occurs. If I need to pee it can happen (because that pulls you out of sleep). But I can only assume these are physical triggers for essentially a psychological issues.
These have occured since early childhood but have got much, much worse in my twenties.

Does anyone have any experience of this? Any thoughts? Also is there anyway to control or stop them? Its becoming more difficult to cope.