#sleep paralysis nightmare

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Night Terrors, illustration by Justin O’Neal on Instagram

[ideologyofone]

Vi has been beating the piss out of this man for 7+ years 😭

[voidface-entity]

There You Are

[weirdlookindog]

Valère Bernard (1860–1936) - Le Cauchemar (The Nightmare), c. 1860-1900

[st-hedge]

I’m going to give no context and just post this shoddy comic strip about Ganondorf’s nightmare

[unboundprompts]

Hey, I was wondering how to write nightmares, or sleep paralysis for my next story.

How to Write Nightmares and Sleep Paralysis

Causes of Sleep Paralysis:

Insomnia

PTSD

Anxiety disorders

Panic disorders

Disrupted sleep patterns (ex: jet lag)

Family history

Symptoms of Sleep Paralysis:

Paralysis (duh)

Feeling outside of your body

Chest pressure (as if someone is standing on your chest)

Sense of suffocating or breathlessness

Feeling like there is something dangerous in the room

Nightmares vs Night Terrors:

When having a nightmare, you are likely to wake up during it and will possibly be able to recall the dream or parts of the dream.

When having a night terror, you will not wake up and you won’t be able to recall the dream in the morning.

Symptoms of Nightmares:

Fast heart rate

Shortness of breath

Sweat

Anxiety

Struggling to go back to sleep

Writing Prompts

-> feel free to edit and adjust pronouns as you see fit

She felt like she couldn’t breathe. Her eyes darted around the room, quick as lightning. She could see the nightlight she kept in the corner, casting the far wall of her bedroom in a blue light. Then she saw it. It watched her with a thin smile. She tried to sit up, to scream, anything, but she was frozen. The thing noticed her distress, and it stalked towards her, limbs elongated and as dark as the shadows of her room.

He sat bolt upright in bed. His heart was pounding so hard he felt like it was going to break through his chest. He grasped at his shirt, gripping the fabric as tight as he could. His skin was slick with sweat, and he had to peel his clothing off.

They stared up into the eyes of something. It was standing on their chest, looming over them with an emotionless gaze. They couldn't move, their limbs stiff and refusing to listen to their mind pleading with them to run. And so they stared. And the thing stared back.

She woke up screaming.

He tossed and he turned, but no matter what he did or however many times he flipped his pillow over, he could not fall asleep. He was too afraid. Afraid of that same, damn, nightmare.

They ran a stressed hand through their hair as they tried to control their breathing. It was quick, and they felt more and more lightheaded with each passing second. There was nothing they wanted more than to go back to sleep, but every time they closed their eyes it was like they were transported back to that awful dream. They slowly pulled themselves from the bed and stalked to the shower. They knew there was no way they would be able to sleep again tonight, so they might as well start their day.

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[lover-of-skellies]

I forget what I said was canon for him, oops

The current fixation is him marking someone and then stalking them. They're the only one who can see him, and no one else is aware of his presence as he watches his victim from the shadows

Sometimes he appears to them in public, when they're walking through a crowd or walking down the street, briefly appearing and disappearing whenever other people pass in front of him or whenever his victim tries pointing a flashlight at him. Other times, he appears in their home; behind them while they brush their teeth, peeking through their barely cracked open closet or bedroom door, in their windows, so on and so forth

He enjoys causing fear and making them question their sanity. They'll try to reach out for help eventually, and when they do, no one will believe them. This will drastically increase the negativity they put out, in turn making him stronger

As the days pass, and their mental and physical health begins to weaken and deplete, he gets closer and closer, until they can feel his breath on the back of their neck. When he gets that close, falling asleep becomes a death sentence for them. As soon as they drift off, he'll be there to snuff out the last little bit of life that they have left

In the mood for spooky things again, for absolutely no reason

Time to start daydreaming about Lyzer, I guess

[asyayordanova]

[madcat-world]

I am Never Alone - Alex Andreev

[yashley]

Sometimes I do stuff to you guys while you're sleeping.

[horvival]

The Evil Within (2014)

[incognitopolls]

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[cottoncandycasketspray]

[shesmore-shoebill]

okay this IS honestly something i find deeply interesting and compelling in general. but more importantly WHERE IS THE REST OF COURTNEY'S STORY. The level of detail is Sending me but also if they're giving us all that the LEAST smosh can do is give us the rest of it 😭😭😭😭😭

[cupophrogs]

Does drew ever see pops or dogday having nightmares or the other way around. How do they help them

“We all do, on account of all the trauma, but we’ve got a bit of a system. Dogday is usually fine so long as he’s sleeping close to somebody, and physical touch usually takes his mind off a nightmare fast. Pops’ll wake up screaming sometimes, but a little bit of music or a small game calms him down; something to focus on. As for me, well…”

“By the time I remember where I am, I’m already distracting myself. And once the others are awake, I’ve forgotten. I don’t mean to hide it, but it just slips my mind. Besides, we have other things to worry about, like Catnap’s gangly ass.”

[fern-writes-whump]

Oh my god how have I not talked about nightmares yet?? It has to be one of my favourite tropes ever

Oh we have more than one bed? Too bad I had a nightmare come here

Nightmares getting so frequent that poor whumpee decides to straight up stop sleeping. Which. They obviously fail miserably at because now they're just collapsing in the middle of the day

Waking up screaming bloody murder and scaring the shit out of caretaker

Waking up screaming and making whumper even more mad <3

Not being able to tell if they're awake or not

Just sleep paralysis in general

Waking up from a nightmare convinced they're still in whumper's clutches

Having a nightmare where caretaker is hurting them and not wanting to explain why they're so skittish around them all of a sudden

Just.. ✨️nightmares✨️