So are u experiencing sleep paralysis or night terrors? Because the two are distinctively different and occur during different stages of sleep and often at different stages of life.
Night terrors occur most often in children, that tend to grow out of it. My son used to have night terrors and it’s disturbing to watch. He would wake up screaming in his cot and I’d go in there to see him thrashing around and if I tried to touch him or pick him up he’d get even worse with the thrashing and screaming, kicking, swinging. And same if I tried to talk to him or soothe him. I learnt not to look at him and just stand by the cot and get ready to block his head from hitting the sides of the cot as he’d launch into them. The longest one lasted about 35 mins one night. They always ended the same way where he’d just stop and lie back down and be asleep just like that. There is also no recollection of night terrors for the person experiencing them upon waking in the morning.
I experience (haven’t for a couple of years now) sleep paralysis, which often begins, as in my case in adolescence. My eyes open and I’m aware of my surroundings but will still have a dream playing at the same time with the sounds everything. I can’t talk and can’t move no matter how hard I try. I’ve read a lot of articles where people see shadows and evil spirits etc waiting to possess their bodies. I don’t see that but I do feel intense fear and completely vulnerable and exposed. To what I’m not sure.
To watch someone having a night terror compared to sleep paralysis are two completely different scenarios and like I said they occur at different stages of sleep.
It sounds like you’re experiencing sleep paralysis and like I described you still have whatever dream playing in front of your eyes even tho they’re open and can focus on the things around you. (Or at least the ceiling anyway, for me). So that coupled with the morbid fear felt throughout the paralysis, you’re confusing with a night terror. (Which you more than likely wouldn’t remember anyway.)
Either way, have you tried smoking weed before you go to sleep? I don’t know what your smoking habits are, but if u smoke during the day you could try cuttting down or stopping all together and smoking right before bed. That’s what works for me and not saying it would for you but can’t hurt to try.
Good luck with it all anyway babe and hope u find a way to get more peaceful sleep in your life