The Curious Foxes, Chapter 4: Marianne
I only ever felt that sort of disoriented waking up when my anxiety spikes and my sleep paralysis strikes the night before. or was it the morning before? i looked out the windows.
Chapter III: Horsepower
But it was like trying to wake from sleep paralysis. he mentally screamed and rattled against the powerful cages of his body but his arm just kept moving.
Luna and Thief, OI Ch 15
A sense of sleep paralysis dared to flutter over him; every terrifying thing made his eyes water. nothing could distract him. not a thought. not a sound.
Lone Wolf No Longer
Despite the sleep paralysis, shawn started to press down, his hips easing into the bed. he ground against it, feeling the pressure back against his hardening cock, only spurring on his nocturnal activity.
Metempsychosis VII - Sovran and Nashim/Rubber (2026)
I didn’t usually suffer full sleep paralysis (though my parents claim it happened a handful of times), but i would wake drenched in cold sweat, trembling violently, sometimes running a mysterious fever that doctors could never explain.
Goodbye, New Mexico (Ghost of Dog)
I grew up with severe sleep paralysis. a chemical imbalance and repressed childhood emotions caused me to lose muscle control before, during, and after rem sleep, as well as hallucinate terrifying imagery during these periods.
Virtually Real Chapter 64: The Kobold Connection
Kind of hard to be scared of sleep paralysis demons when you have what most people would see as the ultimate death demon lurking about. "so reaper, did i survive or am i a clone now?" there was no answer. that did scare me.
Virtually Real Part 13: What To Do With a Fox
Logically i know it is just sleep paralysis. it happens every time i have the dream. i'm alone. i'm always alone. i'll be alone for the rest of eternity. i chose to be alone. why? i know why, it's because i didn't want the dream to be real.
Gaining Confidence
It felt like the world's worst case of sleep paralysis. yet he was moving. he wasn't in control of his body, but he was moving. avery watched as the doe moved down and snorted playfully.
Luna and Thief, OI Ch 8
sleep paralysis is the best way to word it. i’m fully awake. damned from the start._ it left her stiff while the steps ran amuck, the odd murky voices roared all around the woods. they had guns, camouflage, even radio contact.
A Spell of Perception 2: "Quandary"
He looked towards the bear driving, watching the passing trees outside past the window, "it was like sleep paralysis, but things were really distorted."
Ideas in lieu of an actual story
She reveals herself to be a minor fear demon, tasked with the menial sleep paralysis thing, and she's honestly confused about what's going on. as soon as he breaks out of the paralysis she's gone.