absolutely there is a connection

funny you should write this at this moment, i am right in the middle of writing about the horrific nightmares and SP and HH i was experiencing when my ex-employers were harassing me.

search in google or in the search box on here for "old hag syndrome" we have discussed this before. this is the nightmare where you see a black figure in your room and feel like it is attacking you

I don't ever see anything but I often feel, as I'm falling asleep, that something horrible is in my room.

I see, feel, hear and on occasion I can smell things. They used to be really bad. I would be afraid to go to bed at times. But I started working on controlling my dreams about 8 years ago. I am a very logical thinker which helps I think. If I spot anything that I know is off in the dream, or that feels like a dream, I can take over and control some things or at least enjoy that it isn't real. ....for the SP and HH episodes when I am going to sleep and awaking up, it is much harder to control them. In fact, I really only try to direct my thoughs to less scary ideas or things I know my brain is making up ...but still better things since I know my mind is doing it.

One GOOD thing that has just started to come about from this is that I have a better idea of when I am having more REM episodes at night. I have a lot of little REM periods that I have grown to ignore. ...like hearing people walk around my room, feeling someone touch the bed and touch me (that happend multiple times during the night). I have started to connect these REM episodes with how tired I will be during the day. This connection is new...only a couple of weeks I have been paying attention but I'm kinda amazed by my results. Nightmares don't scare me as much as being sleepy during the day and unable to do much about it......so it seems to be helping.

My suggestion would be to check out some books on lucid dreaming.

If you can get Xyrem prescribed for sleep it helps greatly with dreams. I have been on it going on 15 months now and when I do dream, although very strange never scary or unpleasant. Also it has stopped all SP, which I had every night several times a night, and stopped all bad hallucinations. I still occasionally have hallucinations but never anything scary. Sometimes I wish the hallucinations were real as they are mostly pleasant! LOL

Thanks for all of your replies! I will find out more on Monday about if I have it or not.