I had a problem for a while with something wrapping itself around me in the middle of the night -- or laying on top of me to where I couldn't move, or breathe. But I found out later it was something called Night Terrors, probably caused by stress -- and I was under a whole bunch of stress, trying to go to school, work and go through a divorce at the same time.
The internet was around, but it wasn't like a time when you could just go look something up and find a million answers to your problem in seconds. Back then, when fucked up shit happened you were stuck with it, unless you wanted to ask someone who was an expert on the subject.
At that time in my life, I came around to thinking some physical presence was with me in the room. I dreaded going to sleep. Of course it was my mind playing tricks on me.
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