Years ago I had woken from a dream, but my body hadn't. It's very scary to wake up and hear people around you (I was sleeping on our living room couch) but not be able to move or call to them. I began losing breath, and I knew I had to calm down and go back to sleep if I was to lose paralysis. My first attempt failed, but suddenly I was able to whisper through breathing - unfortunately the TV drowned out my voice to anyone near me so I calmed down again until I went back into a dream. I awoke finally able to move, I was drenched in sweat and felt like I had been suffocating.