Night Terrors
I get night terrors quite often - a semi-awake state in which I think a person, sometimes a bird, or sometimes creepy crawlies are in my room whilst I'm asleep. The delusion can last about 30 seconds before I realise that they're not real and go back to sleep.
I've had them for a while now and they don't really bother me, but to other people, it can come as a bit of a surprise when I suddenly announce at 2am that there's a snake trying to come through the door etc. Here are a few prime examples:

A few nights ago:
"Well I never. What a stupid bird"
There was no bird. What a stupid me.

To my twin sister in the bunk bed above:
"It's falling in on me! IT'S FALLING IN! I'm holding it up!" said whilst pushing up on the mattress above me
Sister: "The only thing *you're* holding up is my good night's sleep"

After revising too hard for my chemistry A-level:
"Argh! A benzene-derived hydrocarbon! IT'S ON THE CURTAINS!"

To the boy I happened to be sharing a bed with:
*DRAMATIC GASP* *sit bolt upright, stare at boy* *pause* *realise where I am* *go back to sleep*
Fortunately he was asleep too so no harm done.

In hospital, staring intently at my pillow:
"It didn't have a pattern before!"
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 19:11, 10 replies)

"Argh! A benzene-derived hydrocarbon! IT'S ON THE CURTAINS!"
pffffffffft!
( weaver., Sat 25 Jul 2009, 19:33, closed)

You definitely get a click
For a "Argh! A benzene-derived hydrocarbon!" night terror.

I had a few of them.
(Blue_in_Exile, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 20:58, closed)

Hahahaha
The reason I clicked as well :')
(SpamHammer thinks the world will end on, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 23:39, closed)

I clicked for that too!
Yay for chemistry geekness!!!!
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 11:36, closed)

Haha!
~clicks~

Are these night terrors then? I also see insects in the room that aren't there. It's usually spiders and I swear a bit before realising they're not real. I didn't realise this was a night terror...
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 21:35, closed)

It's spiders for me too
Once woke my ex husband up by screaming, "Spiders on the picture. SPIDERS ! THEY'RE ON ME !"
Many issues there-
We were staying in a hotel. Woke everyone else in the two ajoining rooms up too. Oops.
I am virtually blind, and the picture I refered to was way above the head of the bed, far far too far away for me to even be able to tell it was there - and I couldn't see a fecking spider anyway unless it was literally on the end of my nose.
I am not actually afraid of spiders.

Weird how the dream mind works.
(womanwhocanonlylivewithdogs, Mon 27 Jul 2009, 9:14, closed)

It is weird
how you imagine there's something there that you're not normally afraid of - I'm not afraid of birds at all but often imagine they're in my room. Even more wierd considering I have a toy blackbird that I voluntarily go to sleep next to every night!
( Peapod Has returned to the fold on, Mon 27 Jul 2009, 13:57, closed)

My episodes
always involve me cursing and blaspheming in the most unpleasant way, and promising to violently kill whoever is in the room with me. Unsurprisingly, I remain single, and whenever working away the crew ALWAYS ensure I get a room to myself, even if everyone else is sharing! Such nice mates eh?
(Rsoles, Sat 25 Jul 2009, 23:24, closed)

my sister
suffers from sleep paralysis (look it up its freaky) the other night she was semi conscious eyes wide open but said all she could see was blue sky and clouds. She told me she thought she was actually dead and lay there for around 5 mins trying to scream for help but physically couldn't. scary!
(fernbrittonsexcessskin will give a shit later, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 16:26, closed)

I used to get that too
posted about it a few days ago. Tis a horrible thing but I seem to have grown out of it now.
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 21:10, closed)