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Posted by Robyn on June 07, 1999 at 22:53:08:

I am 31 years old and lately I have been falling asleep and then waking up suddenly thinking I have stopped breathing and that I am dying. It has been happening quite frequently. Usually after a few seconds I realize that I am OK and then go back to sleep. Then last night I had my first night terror (never had one before in my entire life). I remember having the same feeling of anxiety about waking up dead but could not snap out of it. I looked around my bedroom and it was as though my husband and all the furniture had disappered. The room was empty and glowing in a white light and that I was there alone waiting for the grim reaper to take me away to some horrible afterlife. I remember I kept yelling "Oh no, Oh no, please no!!" Then I looked over to my right and saw my husband appear and he was moving towards me in what seemed to be slow motion. Calling my name and saying it was going to be OK. That's when I started to wake up and realize that I was sitting up in bed yelling hysterically. When I snapped out of it my heart was racing and I was crying... I still don't know what caused this. Anyone have a similar experience?

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