One moment you’re fast asleep, the next you’re awoken by a sound or a feeling or even a smell that doesn’t seem right. Now that you’re awake, you find yourself incapable of moving. You can’t lift your arms or turn your head. You feel there is something in the room, a nefarious presence, likely unfriendly and certainly uninvited. You gasp for a deep breath but it feels like something is pressing on your chest, inhibiting your ability to take that breath to call out for help. No matter how hard you try, you can’t make a sound. You feel prone and vulnerable, at the mercy of whatever might be
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