Sleep paralysis? Help I need to sleep!!?!

Sleep paralysis? Help I need to sleep!!?

I know this is really weird. I was laying in bed, I think I woke up from a dream? And I was bit on the neck, raped, and then choked. I was trying to scream, but I couldn't. I even tried banging on the wall, because my roommates are in the room next to me.. couldn't move. I was obviously terrified and thought I was losing my $%@ing mind. I came to the conclusion of sleep paralysis? These sorts of episodes happened to me as a teenager(early to mid teens). And I don't know if it matters, but I was sexually abused as a child. Are those kind of vivid hallucinations possible? The dream I had before the episode was of a woman and I was about to kiss her.. and thats all I remember from it. I also remember screaming at something/someone directly after the episode to get out of my body and felt like I was shaken kind of harshly. Really spooky! Sounds crazy I know!!

p.s. i would really like some kind of immediate solution for this problem.. since i haven't slept since the incident (too scared!)

Sounds like your brain awoke before the rest of your body. You're right, it is sleep paralysis. It is believed that dreams occur during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. During this stage, the only part of your body that moves is your eyes. The rest of your body is, essentially, paralyzed (to keep you from acting out your dreams). Occasionally, your brain will awaken and not communicate to the rest of your body to follow suit. There's not much you can do about it besides trying to remain calm and remembering exactly what is going on.

Hope this helps.